Simstarter NG for P3D v4?

[Shomron 251]

Any owners of this program to share their thoughts?

I don't use different profiles (I use only complex airliners) so the main feature is less relevant for me. I am guessing the tweak section is less relevant for P3D v4 users as it was targeted initially for FSX.

The main reason I want this program is that it saves you time in preparation for the sim launch - launching all of the addons and having their affinity set in advance

Thanks

 

 

[PaulFWatts 100]

I have used this for a long time now and find it excellent. It is promptly kept up to date with latest P3D versions.

Key reason I use it is that I have a lot of payware sceneries and have divided these into "regions", e.g. Oceania, Norway, North America, ... etc" and use SS NG to only load the scenery files necessary for that region.

This greatly reduces the initial P3D startup times if you have a lot of sceneries.

 

 

[ESzczesniak 128]

I have it and no longer use the program. Like you, I was not using different sets of settings or scenery and  running P3D v4, so it was more of a flight setup tool. 

I’ve not spent the time to trace it definitively to SimStarter, but have had multiple times where some .cfg file was corrupted (P3D, scenery, exe, dll, etc). Even deleting and rebuilding these files, I ended up having to use SimStarter to get P3D to start again. I haven’t had the issue since stopping using SimStarter. 

It’s been a while since I’ve used it, but with earlier builds I was not the only one with this problem. So I gave up. 

[Egbert Drenth 250]

4 hours ago, PaulFWatts said:

I have used this for a long time now and find it excellent.

I concur.
I use it for several settings, both P3DV4 settings as external settings
(online/offline/AI/etc)

4 hours ago, PaulFWatts said:

and use SS NG to only load the scenery files necessary for that region.

I use it to load dept/dest airports only, so no memory/stutter issues enroute.
- Basic scenery set (fixed)
- Enroute scenery set (dept/dest, changed per flight)

[hs118 707]

I use SimStarterNG for several capabilities:

-The obvious function of selecting what I call scenery operations areas. eg., USA West Coast, USA East Coast, Africa, etc. 

-Custom FSUIPC configs. I have almost 300 LUA scripts in my library so have separated into a couple different FSUIPC.INI files

-Different P3D.cfg settings. eg, for ground vehicle or ship pilot scenarios, for aircraft scenarios, for high density autogen areas like SoCal Orbx, etc

-Different starting scenarios. I use LorbySI WAMA and have different airport start scenarios with WAMA working

-Different run sets to control which auxiliary applications (WAMA, ActiveSky, etc) are run with P3D

It IS another piece of software to learn,configure and maintain but, for me, a must have.

@ESzczesniak there was an issue right after P3Dv4 came out where SimstarterNG could corrupt the cfg files because of the change in text encoding in P3D. That has definitely been fixed.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by Henry Street

[Patco Lch 1,465]

I purchased this last winter and gave up on it. Seemed to increase complexity unnecessarily. I found it easier to just do my tweeks and changes manually.That is just my experience. Some seem to really appreciate it. Maybe I didn't understand everything it does and should have been more patient but I spent hours with this app when it was supposed to be making things easier. You need a pretty in depth understanding of the Sim program itself for it to be of use.

[vgbaron 3,615]

Overall I like it. I use it mainly to control liveries and the ability to sort the prepar3d.cfg file is a BIG plus to me. 

 

Vic

[Psybear 23]

Excellent program. Constantly updated with regards to Prepar3d v4+. Use much the way Vic does. Easily locating .cfg files worth the price alone.

[Shomron 251]

Thanks all for the info looks like this may be an overkill for my needs as it may be adding unnecessary complexity.

Is there another program available for constant affinity settings (I currently manually take off core 0 all addon processes via the task manager)?

 

[krazyk 157]

18 minutes ago, Shomron said:

Thanks all for the info looks like this may be an overkill for my needs as it may be adding unnecessary complexity.

Is there another program available for constant affinity settings (I currently manually take off core 0 all addon processes via the task manager)?

 

Process Lasso can do that for you. 

[hs118 707]

I have used FSXAssist in the past. Not sure of it's current status.

Here is a blog post I wrote: https://uchisworld.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/more-like-rocket-surgery/

Search my blog for "affinity"...there are a couple of other posts.

Edited August 22, 2018 by Henry Street

[roarkr 104]

I use SimStarter NG and have 4 profiles that I use depending on my flying:

- 4K flying in Europe( flying and using my 4K TV as main screen)

- 4K flying in USA( flying and using my 4K TV as main screen)

- Home cockpit flying in Europe( flying in my full size cockpit and using a 100 inch projector screen @1920x1080)

- Home cockpit flying in USA( flying in my full size cockpit and using a 100 inch projector screen @1920x1080)

With these profiles I also have different add-ons  and sceneries that are loaded.

- ActiveSky, Pro-ATC-X, SmartStarter w/MapLog in all profiles

- CFY TQ, OC4BA in Home cockpit profiles

 

Both SimStarter NG and SmartStarter w/Mapalog is a must have for me. Everything is started via these programs.

[FreeBird(Josh) 314]

I use it. Its like a Swiss army knife for flightsim. I never start my sim without it. Really easy to mix and match profiles for whatever your going to do.

[jbcallender 53]

It's very powerful and somewhat complex if all you want is to startup a few programs with P3D.  That being said it is an excellent program.  

[kowen 64]

Use it and like it as well.