[UPDATE] [v4.5 - Microsoft Flight Simulator] FlightControlReplay v4.5 for Microsoft Flight Simulator JUNE UPDATE 21 DISCUSSION

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

Since the beginning of FlightControlReplay adventure, I have in mind the users experience because I am also a flightsimmer. I wanted to design the Record and Replay tool with features that I would like to have for my own use. Of course, with the release to the public, the users feedback, the new updates and even more users comments, there are even more suggestions and requests that feed my inspiration. Thanks you guys !

Still in the users interaction topic, I feel now that it's more important to try to enhance the tool usage, its look, its usability. There are already a good bunch of features included, that may be enhanced even a bit further, and new ideas to implement as well. So, beside the tool technology, I feel that my works will also look into the usability, to find the actions more naturally even if you are a new user. That's my mood currently !

Now, let's share a part of what the content creators produced with FlightControlReplay in the last days  :

Drawyah
[MSFS] Vienna to Doha - Boeing 787-10 Qatar｜HD 1440p

Outrun Overdrive
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 | ULTRA GRAPHICS | CRJ-700 Full Flight To Seattle | CYLW-KSEA｜HD 1080p

CptUK
MSFS l PMDG 737 (Ryanair) l East Midlands, UK - Región de Murcia, Iberian Peninsula｜HD 1080p

 

[FabioMerlo]

Hi !

Back to basics. Flight Control Replay has lots of features yes, but first of all, it's a powerful tool to record and replay, that's exactly what you want to enjoy your flight situation after a landing. That's what most simmers are looking for from such utility software.

You just click on the Record button and there you go. 
And if you want to Replay your current flight that you have just finished, click Stop. And Play to watch your last flight from all the default camera views of your simulator.

Of course, you can enjoy it with the most popular airliners : PMDG, Fenix, Maddog. They are already compatible. Nice !

Watch the specialists enjoy FlightControlReplay with their advanced airliners and effects including the new GSX for MSFS.

Blu Games
Alaska PMDG 737 w/ GSX Pro | PANC-PABR | MSFS (Vatsim)| HD 1080p

Drawyah
[MSFS] GSX RELEASE! Amsterdam to Milan Linate - PMDG 737-700 KLM｜HD 1440p

The Flight Sim Deck
GSX Pro Beta Arrival | Easter Island | Microsoft Flight Simulator | 4K

GlenB Gaming
MSFS 2020 - Fenix A320 - LIRF Rome to DTTA Carthage(Tunis) - Flight Control Replay | HD 1080p

 

[S3rg1o]

i'm trying to understand the mechanics of FCR, I use MSFS only.

I already manage to whatch some recorded sessions, but I remember when I installed and used it for the first time i had seen a replay on a flyby camera, and now I don't know I to do it... 

Also, whenever i'm watching a replay in a outside view it changes automaticaly to inside view zoomed to max... how can prevent it?

Thanks

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

In order to complete the basics that I mentioned last week, FlightControlReplay can also, for example, automatize when to start the recorded flight.

The start point of the recorded flight can be defined by the user : triggered by an altitutde setting, or a timer after take-off.

You can also choose the sample rate to record a flight (6 times per second, 1 time per second, Custom Visual Frame per second, every 4 seconds and Automatic). The option FPS (Frame per second allows) to choose the speed value for recording/playing a situation! The User can set directly his preferred FPS number.

To trigger the start of the recording by a determinated altitude, set an altitude value in FCR options to make the system start recording above or below the desired altitude. At the beginning of the session, the User MUST press the Record Button from the User Interface. After that, the system correctly manages when to start the actual recording.

In the last days, many users have been busy flying the PMDG 737-800 and/or testing Ground Services X Pro ! Let's see how FCR recorded some sessions.

AviationLads
Aerosoft - Menorca Airport | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Trailer] | 4K

Drawyah
[MSFS] GSX RELEASE! Amsterdam to Milan Linate - PMDG 737-700 KLM｜HD 1440p 

Blu Games
United PMDG 737-800 | KIAD-KBOS | MSFS (Vatsim) | HD 1080p

 

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

One of the interest in the flight replay, is to enjoy your flight from another point of view than the pilot view. You can change the camera with FlightControlReplay. I can give more details below.

Manual procedure 
During Replay, click anytime on the Yellow Slider timeline. Choose among the available cameras for between the categories Cockpit / External / Showcase. All MSFS default cameras are available for your selection. Only your custom cameras you may have set yourself are not supported.

Automatic Change Camera procedure
You can also get a helping hand from FCR tool. Load a Replay in FCR. When you want an automatic change camera on the frame of your choice, click now on the current position of the Yellow Slider timeline and click on the pencil. In the Camera Change options window, set a keyboard shortcut for that function. And select a Camera among the categories Cockpit / External / Showcase. 
Now restart the Replay.
At the exact frame that you chose previously, FCR will trigger your keyboard shortcut. This action will automatically call and activate the cockpit camera, smartcam or other default MSFS camera at this chosen frame. Without any other action from you, just seat back and enjoy the show.

More shows featuring FlightControlReplay from streamers, here they are :

Glu Games 
KLM Caribbean Dreamliner | B787 HeavyD Mod | TNCC - TNCM | MSFS (VATSIM) | HD 1080p

Drawyah
[Real Flight] London Stansted to Rzeszów - Boeing 737-800 Ryanair｜Drawyah | HD 1440p

CptUK
MSFS l Fenix A320 (British Airways) l London Heathrow - Warsaw, Poland | HD 1080p

 

[FabioMerlo]

Hi,

You will be pleased to learn that I'm running tests of a new Beta update for FlightControlReplay that will bring enhanced compatibility with the popular airliner add-ons of PMDG and Fenix in MSFS.

With such advanced aircraft, their developers often use custom and complex code to manage their animations and this can lead to limited compatibility with other add-ons.

My beta testers group has received the new version and when their feedback is positive for a public release, I will wrap it up for you with in depth details of the enhancements included.

This week, many youtubers seem to fly mainly the PMDG but there are also new aircraft coming for MSFS - as always with such dynamic community ! - Enjoy the following videos featuring FlightControlReplay.

Fangzahn Aviation Studios
[MSFS] CORFU Landing - PMDG 737-800 | 4K

Drawyah
[Real Flight] Rzeszów to London Stansted - Boeing 737-800 Ryanair｜HD 1440p

AviationLads
Airfoillabs - Bristell B23 | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Trailer] | 4K

 

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

The current tests of the new update for FlightControlReplay are running very well, it's only a matter of a few days before I make it public to everybody. It has been made for the full support of PMDG and Fenix airliners in MSFS.

I have a special hint for beginners in the video edition. FlightControlReplay can help you to display dynamic texts during Replay, and it will be included in your final MP4 video directly rendered by FCR.

You can write Notes at any point in a Replay Flight loaded in FCR using Dynamic Text buttons that appears below the Yellow time slider. You will be able to pause the recorded flight at a custom point in the timeline and to click DynamicText Edit button or Delete button. The User can add, modify or delete notes. These Notes will be visible in FCR User Interface, and also in the simulator that replays the flight. Dynamic Text can be customized via FCR Option dialog box to show the duration in seconds, to edit the font and color of the text.

Last week, our streamer friends had - again - good times enjoying their flight sim as you see below.
AviationLads
LatinVFR - Airbus A319 | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Trailer] | 4K

Drawyah
[Real Flight] Frankfurt to New York JFK - Boeing 747-8i Lufthansa｜HD 1440p

Drawyah
[Real Flight] London Heathrow to Frankfurt - Airbus A320 British Airways｜HD 1440p

AviationLads
Air France - KLM Virtual Group | Official Trailer | 4K

 

[FabioMerlo]

FlightControlReplay Professional version 4.5 got a new and FREE update for MSFS users : the advanced airliners PMDG 737NG - in all variants - and the Fenix A320 MSFS are both supported. Their respective custom animations of moving parts are now correctly reproduced with smooth moves and accurate position to produce your Replays and Videos. The included parts are Flaps, Gears, Ailerons, Spoilers, Reverse Thrust and Slats.

FCR is also compatible with the official Microsoft patch Sim Update 10, to avoid risks of crash-to-desktop and freeze. So it’s mandatory to update your FlightControlReplay tool even if you don’t fly the airliner add-ons mentioned above.

Go to your customer account at simMarket and download the new setup. Uninstall your existing software and launch the new one, and you’re done.

FlightControlReplay has been among the top sellers MSFS at simMarket since the beginning thanks to the multiple and existing features included, which are (not exhaustive) :

* Fly the Maddog, Aerosoft CRJ, Just Flight 146 Professional already supported in MSFS !
* Record MP4 videos with just a few clicks
* VR headsets support and display of the user interface in VR
* Simulate Formation Flying with PlayAsAI
* Crash-to-desktop flight recovery and Resume
* Re-Live Instant Replay to resume the flight from a specific moment in the past
* Camera Manager to create and save advanced camera movements and paths
* Detect, track, follow and record AI Traffic aircraft
* Toggle control of your aircraft and fly one of the AI Aircraft in the surroundings
* FCR controls with voice recognition
* Automatic Camera Change in Replay

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

Little behind-the-scene post, so you have a glimpse of the time and work process I have gone through during the last weeks before the release of my last update for FlightControlReplay with the accurate animations reproduction of PMDG and Fenix airliners in MSFS.

When you want to retrieve information from advanced airliners programmed with thousands of lines of code, there are different manners, different ways to catch them. And each method needs its investigation time, its time to initiate the draft, tests, and corrections.

After that, the party has started : the code needs to be completed to reach all targets, with surroundings, with potential issues identified and fixed. 

In a programming project, never under estimate the external issues that you will try to avoid or eliminate. For this case, I could not ensure that all hardware, all flight controls units of the market, would work flawlessly with the advanced animations of complex airliners. I just don't own them all, of course, but my Beta testers team enlarge the scope clearly.

All these different steps didn't even include the final stage of wrapping the build, and the necessary work of explaining and communicating about the update content to the users community. 

Maybe such post details a bit more the quite long process before you actually get your gear and flaps actually working in a replay of MSFS when the aircraft add-on is among the most realistic available designed upon custom code.

The following content creators know how to work out of the box too with really nice and innovative stuff, with one point in common : they use FlightControlReplay !

Blu Games
Pilatus PC-12 in New Zealand! | MSFS Multiplayer (VATSIM) | HD 1080p

AviationLads
FlyLogicSoftware - Langenthal Airport | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Teaser] | 4K

The Flight Sim Deck
Worth The Download & Time? World Update XI: Canada | DX12 | Microsoft Flight Simulator | 4K

 

[FabioMerlo]

Hello,

You can use FlightControlReplay to interact and have a look at the AI traffic generated by MSFS, or generated by PlayAsAI feature of FCR tool.

In FCR options, make sure that the last option "Enable / Record Multi Objects at the same time" is ticked to make it activated. This way, FCR can detect and lets you Cycle view / Record / Replay the different active aircraft : your own aircraft as user, the AI Traffic, or other models injected in the simulator by PlayAsAI from FCR to generate ghosts for a Flying Formation !

When this option is activated, 2 changes can be seen in the User Interface.
1. Click on the Record Button calls a new Window to select here one or multiple aircraft to follow and record.
2. Click on the Load button and a similar Window is displayed for the same purpose : to let you select one or several aircraft available in the recorded situation.

Use the last button on the far right on the User Interface of FlightControlReplay to cycle view between the different aircraft that you selected.

Use the orange button that is just beside on its left, to take / leave control of the aircraft currently selected and displayed on your screen. Yes, this means that you can control and fly an AI aircraft. Click again on this button to leave the control to FlightControlReplay and all aircraft and their respective settings return in line with the recorded values from the Replay situation.

If you want to try that a bit later, watch now some videos produced by experienced content creators !

AviationLads 
SimWorksStudios - Kodiak 100 Amphibian | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Trailer] | 4K

AviationLads 
Aerosoft - SeaRey Elite (Light & Advanced) | Microsoft Flight Simulator [Official Trailer] | 4K

Blu Games
Air Canada Fenix A320 | CYUL - CYHZ | MSFS (VATSIM) | 1080p HD

CptUK
MSFS + FSLTL l Fenix A320 (Delta) l Atlanta Hartsfield - New York LaGuardia (America!)

 

[Babis Strv]

Greetings flight simmers!

I believe there's a slight issue with my FCR, or i may be wrong, i don't know. Please correct me :

I think my external replays are a bit too fast in my opinion, especially when compared to other replay tools, such as skydolly, or even jumpseat positions.

Am i doing something wrong?

Have a good day!

[Nick Liu]

Hi Fabio,

The new updated version works good with Fenix A320 except of an issue: I replay my FCR file after take off. The flap’s configuration was recorded perfectly, however, the spoiler went up during rolling on the runway and remained up for entire flight. I could not fix it by moving the spoiler lever up and down it keeps up no matter what I did.

do you know what went wrong?

Edited October 16, 2022 by Nick Liu
Wrong spelling

[FabioMerlo]

On 10/14/2022 at 11:29 AM, Babis Strv said:

Greetings flight simmers!

I believe there's a slight issue with my FCR, or i may be wrong, i don't know. Please correct me :

I think my external replays are a bit too fast in my opinion, especially when compared to other replay tools, such as skydolly, or even jumpseat positions.

Am i doing something wrong?

Have a good day!

Hi !

It happens if you ll record at a more FPS than the replay situation . Do you can adjust your frame rate in FCR Options , putting the value that you reach (FPS) with your system .

 

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[FabioMerlo]

On 10/16/2022 at 1:36 PM, Nick Liu said:

Hi Fabio,

The new updated version works good with Fenix A320 except of an issue: I replay my FCR file after take off. The flap’s configuration was recorded perfectly, however, the spoiler went up during rolling on the runway and remained up for entire flight. I could not fix it by moving the spoiler lever up and down it keeps up no matter what I did.

do you know what went wrong?

Hi !

Very strange behaviour . Do you can send me your flight .FCR via email at flightonfly @gmail.com?

Thanks

[FabioMerlo]

After a long development and hard work during several months, FlightControlReplay Version 5 will come as a new generation tool that will greatly enhance your experience in Replay and Video recording of your flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator and Prepar3D.

This is not a simple update, the core program code has been significantly reworked, and it’s also visible on the user interface revamped with a new look.

Three main goals are on the target :

• Easier to use

• More performance

• Innovative features

NEW LOOK

Based upon the users feedback and suggestions, a total new design for the user interface makes FlightControlReplay look modern and intuitive. It’s also adaptative to your needs : three different sizes with their respective arrangement are available. On top of these, an optional transparency is at your disposal. Whether you want the full buttons visible on a separate window, or the minimum space used with low visual impact as an overlay over the main window of your simulator, everything is possible. And FlightControlReplay still supports VR headsets with access to the controls in VR mode if you like.

MSFS INTEGRATED IN-APP

Another way to launch and control FlightControlReplay in MSFS is to use the toolbar directly from the simulator without leaving the full screen, or the main window. Main features are accessible there on a transparent overlay for direct control.

CORE PROGRAM REVISITED

In order to ensure the best performance, the core program has been deeply upgraded for less CPU and Memory usage. This gives more power to your Windows system and simulator to provide smooth display with faster Video encoding.

BUNCH OF NEW FEATURES

Are you ready for new perspectives ? FlightControlReplay introduced in previous versions the simulation of Flying Formation during a Replay.. With the new version 5 you can now fly LIVE with an AI GHOST right beside your plane. And it will not simply replicate your current flight path, it will be impacted by the winds and speeds alteration.

New perspective also for a Cinematic Replay with different cameras automatically cycled without your intervention. Just seat back and watch your flight Replay with different External / Internal points of view!

Often used to watch the challenging moment of the landing after the flight, FlightControlReplay will help you to monitor your pilot skills with a Landing Report showing some data for you to monitor and to keep flying better.

 

FlightControlReplay will keep included all existing features already available in the current version 4.5 :

• MP4 Video Recorder,

• Crash-to-desktop recovery,

• PlayAsAI Formation Flying in Replay

• Re-Live to resume a flight from any instant during Replay

• AI Traffic detection, following, recording

 

In the next days, more in depth information of each feature, and the expected time of release will be detailed soon. Stay tuned.

[Dr_Eddie]

I bought the upgrade to V5 and all it does is crash MSFS to the desktop when I try to play a recorded file. Or the plane crashes into the sea or terrain. I've got the most recent version installed and it 5.0.2309.22. I find it as much use as a chocolate teapot despite all the bold claims I've seen about this tool. I've set my options as per the manual and always run it in Admin mode too. For me its a complete waste of time. I'd rather spend my time flying than trying to figure out what's wrong.  It worked for one session and since then just crashes the sim.

[Alex Reed]

Hey, this isn't exactly related to your problem, but you seem knowledgeable😎, and I figured this forum thread is a good place to ask. I'm thinking about buying a simulator like DOFReality or either to play MSFS. Can you suggest any options? Do you have any experience using smth like that?🤔

[Starjun]

Hello, new addon Bravo space 787-8's reverse thrust animation does not get capture by flight control replay. Could you please help include this addon (reverse thrust animation) to the list for a possible update please? Other key animations for this new addon airliner appear to be properly captured already with the existing version.

[FabioMerlo]

I can take it and i ll insert something during summer i hope