Two questions re FSUIPC 3.9

[wombat457]

I have just installed the paid version of FSUIPC for FS9 and have one problem with it and one question regarding it.  They are:

When trying to access FSUIPC from within FS9 my screen goes black and nothing happens.  In other words, I click on FSUIPC in the FS9 Modules menu and the screen goes completely black then nothing happens.  In order to get out of FS9 I have to use the task manager and cancel it???

The question, is FSUIPC 3.999 compatible with PF3?

Thanks

wombat457

[Pete Dowson]

14 minutes ago, wombat457 said:

When trying to access FSUIPC from within FS9 my screen goes black and nothing happens.  In other words, I click on FSUIPC in the FS9 Modules menu and the screen goes completely black then nothing happens.

That's a video driver problem. Try running FS9 in Windowed mode and you'll see.  See if you can update your video drivers.

Usually what happens is that the dialogue gets drawn BEHIND the full screen FS9 window, so you don't see it. 

16 minutes ago, wombat457 said:

 In order to get out of FS9 I have to use the task manager and cancel it???

That sounds like a VERY serious driver problem, then. You should be able to just press escape to exit the dialogue.

All FSUIPC does when you select it is open a standard Windows dialogue -- using all standard Windows functions. There is no fancy code, it is very basic Windows calls only.

19 minutes ago, wombat457 said:

The question, is FSUIPC 3.999 compatible with P

If PF3 is supposed to work with FS9, then, yes, of course. Does PF3 use FSUIPC at all?  If it does and if it is okay with FS9 then it is certainly okay. If it doesn't use FSUIPC then the question isn't relevant.

Pete

 

[wombat457]

Pete,

Thanks, I have just reinstalled windows etc etc etc so I will update my video drivers and hopefully that fixes things.

Yes PF3 does utilize FSUIPC and does run with PF3.  I just wanted make sure it was all compatible as I had heard/read that some people had issues with FSUIPC and FSX/PD3 and PF3.

Okay one more issue though.  Because of the issues I had above, I uninstalled FS9 completely, formatted the drive it was on, reinstalled FS9 and then FSUIPC.  Now, when I try to start FS9 I am confronted with a message telling me that FS9 can't start because there are duplicate copies of FSUIPC running?  How can that be when the drive was formatted prior to installation?  As such, I have (again) uninstalled and formatted the drive, which is getting very tedious indeed.

Cheers,

wombat457 

[Pete Dowson]

7 minutes ago, wombat457 said:

Yes PF3 does utilize FSUIPC and does run with PF3.  I just wanted make sure it was all compatible as I had heard/read that some people had issues with FSUIPC and FSX/PD3 and PF3.

Well, that sounds strange. If PF3 uses FSUIPC how could it not be compatible with it? That's rather self-contradictory.

8 minutes ago, wombat457 said:

Now, when I try to start FS9 I am confronted with a message telling me that FS9 can't start because there are duplicate copies of FSUIPC running?

Make sure there is no FSUIPC.DLL also in the main FS folder, or FS may load it there. It must only be in the Modules folder.

Otherwise this normally only ever occurs if you have FS still running, as a process, from a previous session -- i.e. it has hung, after closing its Windows etc. Use Task Manager to find it and end it so you can start another session. Something you are running is causing FS to hang on closing instead of closing properly.

FSUIPC3 is no longer being changed and has been the same, stable and working program now for many years. Your problems are somewhere else I'm afraid.

Pete

 

[wombat457]

38 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

Well, that sounds strange. If PF3 uses FSUIPC how could it not be compatible with it? That's rather self-contradictory.

I don't know, all I was saying was what I have read regarding FSX and PD3 so wanted to make sure, nothing more.

39 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

Make sure there is no FSUIPC.DLL also in the main FS folder, or FS may load it there. It must only be in the Modules folder.

I will double check but honestly, I can't see it being in the main FS folder when it is a completely clean install of FS9 on a newly formatted drive.

42 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

Otherwise this normally only ever occurs if you have FS still running, as a process, from a previous session -- i.e. it has hung, after closing its Windows etc. Use Task Manager to find it and end it so you can start another session. Something you are running is causing FS to hang on closing instead of closing properly.

This makes sense and when I reinstall FS9 again I will make sure that it closes properly before reloading it.  On this point, do you have pointers on what might be causing FS9 to "hang" if it is?  

44 minutes ago, Pete Dowson said:

FSUIPC3 is no longer being changed and has been the same, stable and working program now for many years. Your problems are somewhere else I'm afraid.

Pete, I know FSUIPC has been around for a long time and, until now, I have never had a problem with it - it has always been great.  If it wern't for the fact that everything was new (clean installs windows/FS9 on formatted drives) I would not have bothered you for advice or suggestions especially as I use your paid version.  In short, I just thought what was happening was not normal hence my coming here.

Cheers,

wombat457

[wombat457]

Okay, just so you know - when I run FS9 in "Windowed mode" FSUIPC opens as it always has for me.  It seems as though the problem only occurs when in "full screen" or "non windowed mode".

Cheers,

wombat457 

[Pete Dowson]

8 hours ago, wombat457 said:

Okay, just so you know - when I run FS9 in "Windowed mode" FSUIPC opens as it always has for me.  It seems as though the problem only occurs when in "full screen" or "non windowed mode".

Yes, that's the certain symptom of a video driver problem..

Pete