12 hours ago, guenseli said:

Guys, just use simstarter! 

 

Oh heck yeah!  SimStarter is one terrific program!

 

36 minutes ago, DaveCT2003 said:

Oh heck yeah!  SimStarter is one terrific program!

 

Hi Dave-

I tried this app a while back and found it unnecessarily complicated for what I do, not to mention my aircraft at the time starting in full throttle with my lever at idle.

It also goes against my ongoing mantra of running systems to manage systems (FFTF,PL,etc.) and the commensurate overhead. Currently, Lorby's Addon Manager and .bat files do the trick with no added sugar 😊

I am going to look into FSUIPC as onebob has mentioned above. Looks to be little or no overhead and has an affinity capability that SPLAT does not.

Cheers,

Mark

2 hours ago, jimcarrel said:

No, this is just a .bat file on desktop. If you want to go fly, just click on the P3D.bat file. (assuming I understand the question)

Already explained that to him 😉

Plus, he's already solved the problem anyways, he meant to rephrase the question as, "How to fix addons that don't start automatically?"

@umi그들은 당신의 질문 때문에 잘못된 생각을 가지고 있습니다. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by arwasairl

1 hour ago, newtie said:

Hi Dave-

I tried this app a while back and found it unnecessarily complicated for what I do, not to mention my aircraft at the time starting in full throttle with my lever at idle.

It also goes against my ongoing mantra of running systems to manage systems (FFTF,PL,etc.) and the commensurate overhead. Currently, Lorby's Addon Manager and .bat files do the trick with no added sugar 😊

I am going to look into FSUIPC as onebob has mentioned above. Looks to be little or no overhead and has an affinity capability that SPLAT does not.

Cheers,

Mark

I'm in the same boat you are in. I bought it, thinking of things I'd like to do, but once I opened it up, I realized I could spend time doing other things. I've tried installing twice over the last two years and each time, I look at it and that's all I do with it. I end up just flying rather than deciphering info on how to use it.

3 minutes ago, jimcarrel said:

I'm in the same boat you are in. I bought it, thinking of things I'd like to do, but once I opened it up, I realized I could spend time doing other things. I've tried installing twice over the last two years and each time, I look at it and that's all I do with it. I end up just flying rather than deciphering info on how to use it.

On top of that... it's not free!!!!! 😭😭😭

Edited December 27, 20187 yr by arwasairl

1 hour ago, jimcarrel said:

I'm in the same boat you are in. I bought it, thinking of things I'd like to do, but once I opened it up, I realized I could spend time doing other things. I've tried installing twice over the last two years and each time, I look at it and that's all I do with it. I end up just flying rather than deciphering info on how to use it.

I imagine if you have a ton of scenery with a ton of aircraft with a ton of settings and a lot of time, this would be the tool.

I tend to find the most accurate aircraft and learn everything about it, flying into generally the same spots all as time permits. Currently, that is the Flysimware Falcon 50 with KSFO, KLAX, KSEA, KLAS, KPHX and KSAN being the likely suspects.

Cheers,

Mark

4 hours ago, newtie said:

Hi Dave-

I tried this app a while back and found it unnecessarily complicated for what I do, not to mention my aircraft at the time starting in full throttle with my lever at idle.

It also goes against my ongoing mantra of running systems to manage systems (FFTF,PL,etc.) and the commensurate overhead. Currently, Lorby's Addon Manager and .bat files do the trick with no added sugar 😊

I am going to look into FSUIPC as onebob has mentioned above. Looks to be little or no overhead and has an affinity capability that SPLAT does not.

Cheers,

Mark

 

I certainly can't argue what you said... SimStarter does have a little learning curve, but the capabilties are simply immense - though I don't use all of them myself.  I often use it when testing aircraft as I can put myself on any approach, and the time savings doing that (so important when I test products) is so nice to have.

But for everyday flight simmers?  I still think it's a wonderful product especially for those who are learning a new aircraft.

My very best wishes!

 

And for completeness sakes, the way it is supposed to be done per P3D V4 spec is with one or more add-on.xml files.

Example:
\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\MyOwnAutostart\add-on.xml

with these contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AddOnXml" version="4,0" id="add-on">
<AddOn.Name>My autostarting apps</AddOn.Name>
<AddOn.Description>Everything starting and stopping with the sim</AddOn.Description>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>EXE</Category>
<Path>C:\FooFolder\AnyAddon\MyAddon.exe</Path>
</AddOn.Component>
<AddOn.Component>
<Category>EXE</Category>
<Path>F:\CoolApp\Anotherapp.exe</Path>
<CommandLine>P3DV4</CommandLine>
</AddOn.Component>
</SimBase.Document>

does exactly the same as the entries in the exe.xml would. The benefit is, that you can turn it on or off in the Add-ons menu in P3D. This works even better if you create an individual add-on.xml for each exe - as the developers of those addons are supposed to do anyway. You could then turn these apps on or off individually in P3D. Be mindful of the first line. The encoding is UTF-8 only if you set your text editor to encode in UTF-8. If you create the file with the Windows Notepad, it should either read encoding="Windows-1252" - or you just remove the whole line.

The same is true for the DLL.XML, you are supposed to add all those entries as AddOn.Components of Category "DLL".

Learning Center -> SDK -> Add-ons -> Add-on Packages

(both options can be managed with P4AO using the "other addons" tab - so you don't have to write XML files yourself).

Best regards

 

 

Edited December 28, 20187 yr by Lorby_SI

On 12/27/2018 at 9:19 AM, David Roch said:

I use SPLAT and love it.
With a simple shortcut on my desktop I launch Process Lasso, P3D, REX SF, AS, FFTF, and PRO-ATC sequentially.
Very handy free tool 🙂

Hi David,

Does it work on Windows 10, I use shut up which also helps limit Windows running background stuff.

Yes, sure! 🙂

Thanks, I will give a look.

On 12/27/2018 at 11:05 AM, onebob said:

Just tested with the suggested syntax, ASp4 stared immediately at the  Prepar3d opening screen.

 

edit ..

[Programs]
Run1=AM=252,"C:\Program Files (x86)\HiFi\AS_P3Dv4\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

as example this appeared to work , I had to start Prepar3D with 'Run as Admin'

 

bob

Where in the FSUIPC manual is this described? I looked, including in the advanced section, but couldn't find it. Probably right in front of me...

On 12/26/2018 at 8:04 PM, arwasairl said:

ㅠㅠ 

 

애드온을 다시 설치하고 입력 한 텍스트를 삭제하십시오.

 

 

My EXE contains these lines...I assume needs to be type "Launch"... should be added after?

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="3,0" id="exe">
    <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
    <Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
</SimBase.Document>

Edited December 31, 20187 yr by cyyzrwy24

2 hours ago, cyyzrwy24 said:

 

 

My EXE contains these lines...I assume needs to be type "Launch"... should be added after?

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="3,0" id="exe">
    <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
    <Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
</SimBase.Document>

Is your Prepar3D installation in a different drive from the C:\?

8 hours ago, newtie said:

Where in the FSUIPC manual is this described? I looked, including in the advanced section, but couldn't find it. Probably right in front of me...

Yes in the Advanced , page 43.

and the to close when you exit prepar3D is :-

[Programs]
Run1=AM=252,Close,"C:\Program Files (x86)\HiFi\AS_P3Dv4\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

 

bob