Ah, what a pity, I would need to buy FSUIPC7.

1 hour ago, peloto said:

Ah, what a pity, I would need to buy FSUIPC7.

A free version of FSUIPC has been available for decades. 

21 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

A free version of FSUIPC has been available for decades. 

You do need the paid/full version for this to work. 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

A free version of FSUIPC has been available for decades. 

Addon webpage says a registered version needed, I guess it is the paid version.

2 hours ago, mikethe6th said:

You do need the paid/full version for this to work. 

That's unusual...

21 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

That's unusual...

The registered version is required to program and use Lua scripts. It's a very powerful utility for the price.

7 hours ago, mikethe6th said:

I've been using this for about a month and it's superb! Thank you. 

Is it possible to turn the "unstable" annos off? I'm on the glide & fully configured but I get a lot of "unstable, unstable." I understand I can change the airport elevation(s), but it would be easier for me to just switch off this one announcement. 

Thank you!

Unstable alert is not related to a correct glide path, or angle or aircraft landing config, it surveys the vertical speed stability (computing normal deviation) on 15 seconds periods during final. Changing airport elevation would have NO effect.

As you have probably noticed, only a single argument can be passed through FSUIPC lua start command, so I cannot add startup options unfortunately. As you are the second guy to give feedback on this subject, I suppose I can relax a bit the unstable alert threshold.

Edited April 15, 20233 yr by roland_lfor

where do i place the MakeRunways.exe ?

On 4/15/2023 at 10:13 PM, peloto said:

Ah, what a pity, I would need to buy FSUIPC7.

dont  know  if  the  one  that  fs2crew (raas   also  used  in p3d as well) is  the  same  or  not  and  it  doesnt  say  you  need  a  paid  version  for  raas  at all

Edited April 18, 20233 yr by pete_auau

2 hours ago, sonny147 said:

where do i place the MakeRunways.exe ?

Your download folder is fine.

1. Run MakeRunways. It will generate a file in the same folder called R4.csv. This takes about 10-15 minutes.

2. Copy R4.csv to your FSUIPC folder along with RAAS.lua and wsay.exe

You're only using MakeRunways to generate the csv file.

I have this application to load automatically. If you want the same, open fsuipc.ini from your FSUIPC folder and add:

[Auto]
1=Lua RAAS, 1

45 minutes ago, pete_auau said:

dont  know  if  the  one  that  fs2crew (raas   also  used  in p3d as well) is  the  same  or  not  and  it  doesnt  say  you  need  a  paid  version  for  raas  at all

You don't need FSUIPC of any flavor for the FS2Crew version; I've been using it for a while and have never installed FSUIPC.  It went through a rough patch with the SU12 update's changes to the airport API, but is now working well again.  It's quite configurable, giving a lot of control over which alerts you get or don't, and you can set up profiles for each aircraft you use it with.  Makes it possible to model the options of a specific fleet at a specific operator.

I know this thread was about a freeware project and I don't mean to distract from that; community dev is wonderful and I'm thrilled we have the community we do.  If I'd known about this I probably would have tried it first, but oh well. I've been pretty impressed with the FS2C version though, so figured they deserved a plug ;).

6 hours ago, mikethe6th said:

Your download folder is fine.

1. Run MakeRunways. It will generate a file in the same folder called R4.csv. This takes about 10-15 minutes.

2. Copy R4.csv to your FSUIPC folder along with RAAS.lua and wsay.exe

You're only using MakeRunways to generate the csv file.

I have this application to load automatically. If you want the same, open fsuipc.ini from your FSUIPC folder and add:

[Auto]
1=Lua RAAS, 1

And don't forget to activate all your 3rd party airport sceneries in community before running Makerunways!

@roland_lfor I understand your project is free, however, are you considering a rewrite in a language with which a simconnect SDK exists? I understand it’d be a massive undertaking of course but would really open to the amount of users who could use RAAS. I Ofc understand you not wanting to because of the hurdle but I figured I’d query none the less.

well i ran the makerunways and it just keeps saying Failed ?

18 hours ago, Lucky38i said:

@roland_lfor I understand your project is free, however, are you considering a rewrite in a language with which a simconnect SDK exists? I understand it’d be a massive undertaking of course but would really open to the amount of users who could use RAAS. I Ofc understand you not wanting to because of the hurdle but I figured I’d query none the less.

As far as current version suits my needs, I won't go through dozens or hundreds hours of effort to get nothing more. Obviously it makes no sense. And honestly, you should consider purchasing FSUIPC, as it's a very useful utility, at low cost. This would also help getting FSUIPC support in the future... or consider to buy FS2Crew product?

I have one thing in my ToDo list: get rid of MakeRunways.exe initial process and R4.csv usage, as the current SDK, more mature now, can probably provide surrounding airport list and correct runway properties. (At the time of first MSFS version of RAAS, it was not possible). Not scheduled however.