Side addons affinity not working

[Wanthuyr Filho 83]

Trying to free Core Zero as much as possible for P3D itself, was able to take ChasePlane out of Core Zero, but not ActiveSky nor SkyForce. The batch file command line is identical for all three of them. What is going on?

[lownslo 592]

20 minutes ago, Wanthuyr Filho said:

The batch file command line is identical for all three of them.

Could you paste the command line of each app here?

Thanks,

Greg

[Wanthuyr Filho 83]

start /b "ActiveSky" /affinity 3E "c:\blablabla\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

 

[Nemo 1,305]

12 minutes ago, Wanthuyr Filho said:

start /b "ActiveSky" /affinity 3E "c:\blablabla\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

 

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "Active Sky" /affinity C0 "C:\Program Files (x86)\HiFi\AS_P3Dv4\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

works for me ...

 

[Wanthuyr Filho 83]

1 minute ago, Nemo said:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "Active Sky" /affinity C0 "C:\Program Files (x86)\HiFi\AS_P3Dv4\AS_P3Dv4.exe"

works for me ...

 

This is the method I started with, but no success either for me.

Thanks!

[Nemo 1,305]

1 minute ago, Wanthuyr Filho said:

This is the method I started with, but no success either for me.

Thanks!

Do you start the app as administrator?

[Wanthuyr Filho 83]

I think I have solved the thing. Starting the two programs as Admin apparently made it work. As to ChasePlane maybe it was already set that way, I'm not sure.

[Wanthuyr Filho 83]

Just confirmed ChasePlane was NOT set as Admin, despite the affinity setting worked right on first attempt. No idea what made it work!

[Nemo 1,305]

If someone is interested ...

 I've written a batch for the UTL client. It can be run after P3D has started. It first stops the UTL client and then re-starts with affinity mask active ...

Edited January 14, 2019 by Nemo

[Mace 1,902]

Just now, Nemo said:

If someone is interested ...

 I've written a batch for the UTL client. It can be run after P3D has started. It first stops the UTL client and then re-starts withAffininity mask active ...

I'd be instrested.

I'm still inexperienced in the cores3-4-5-6 hex value for my 6-core, but I assume I can go to the Gatwick site and get it.  i.e. C0 is probably not for me.

[Nemo 1,305]

3 minutes ago, Mace said:

I'd be instrested.

I'm still inexperienced in the cores3-4-5-6 hex value for my 6-core, but I assume I can go to the Gatwick site and get it.  i.e. C0 is probably not for me.

https://www.mathsisfun.com/binary-decimal-hexadecimal-converter.html

code:

@ECHO OFF
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 1: closing client . . .
echo.
TASKKILL /F /IM utl_client.exe
echo.
echo.
echo STEP 2: Starting Client with AffinityMask . . .
start "" /affinity C0 "E:\P3Dv4_ADDONS\V4_TRAFFIC\UTL\utl_client.exe"
echo.
echo SUCCESS: client restarted - will be active in approx. 15 seconds
echo.
echo.
Pause

 

 

[Mace 1,902]

Thanks.  I believe my hex val is simply "F", which is 001111, that should get UTL onto cores 3-4-5-6.

[willy647 193]

8 minutes ago, Mace said:

Thanks.  I believe my hex val is simply "F", which is 001111, that should get UTL onto cores 3-4-5-6.

No, this will use cores 0,1,2,3. You have to read the bin value from right to left

You need to use hex 3C

Edited January 14, 2019 by willy647

[Mace 1,902]

Ah yes, 3C -- right to left -- thank you.

[Nemo 1,305]

13 minutes ago, Mace said:

Thanks.  I believe my hex val is simply "F", which is 001111, that should get UTL onto cores 3-4-5-6.

No, The binary/AM works from right (core 0) to left. Core Numbering starts with core 0. In your case (6 cores) it must be Core 0, Core 1, .... Core 5.

Binary for the use of  core 2, core 3 core 4  core 5 corresponds to 111100 which corresponds to hexadecimal: 3C

 

Edited January 14, 2019 by Nemo