Moving FSX To New PC

[English Rebel]

I have been running FSX on one PC. I'm now going to move it to a new PC that is networked to the original PC. The original PC has my Pokeys card connected that I set up with FSUIPC and it was recognized as Joystick 1. I have a lot of buttons and encoders already programmed on that card and really don't want to go through the whole procedure again.

I understand that FSUIPC with WideFS will recognize devices on a networked machine but adds 1000 to their ID. Can I simply go into the FSUIPC.INI file and change the number of that device from 1 to 1001?

Thanks

Alan

[English Rebel]

Doesn't anyone have any idea if this is okay to do? I guess I'll just have to try it but I need to know if I have to restart FSX if I make any changes to to FSUIPC.INI while FSX is running?

Thanks

Alan

[Ian P]

You'll probably want to wait until Pete is back, Alan. Sorry.

Ian P.

[Pete Dowson]

I have been running FSX on one PC. I'm now going to move it to a new PC that is networked to the original PC. The original PC has my Pokeys card connected that I set up with FSUIPC and it was recognized as Joystick 1. I have a lot of buttons and encoders already programmed on that card and really don't want to go through the whole procedure again.

Best to aways use the "joy letter" facilities. Then FSUIPC will recognise devices by their name and unique GUID, and changes in joystick numbers won't then matter.

I understand that FSUIPC with WideFS will recognize devices on a networked machine but adds 1000 to their ID. Can I simply go into the FSUIPC.INI file and change the number of that device from 1 to 1001?

Ah, if you are using buttons on a separate PC then joy letters are irrelevant. So, yes, after checking that it is still "1", and looks like 1001 or whatever via WideFS, just edit the INI file.

Note that axes and POVs are not sent by WideFS.

Really you'd be better off moving the device connection to the new PC. Editing the INI file would be the same amount of work either way, and maybe less if you used Joy Letters.

Pete