Hi,

P3D is actually very stable for me and once even ran for 1500 hours without any crashes.

But every now and then I find the autosave option useful.

I currently use Volanta's autosave function.

But it costs me a monthly fee and I only have the subscription because of Autosave.

I saw the FSUIPC purchase version that has an autosave function.

Can somebody say something about this ?

Does it work well? does it cause problems?

I read earlier that you shouldn't use autosave. But in Volanta it works very well. But I don't feel like spending money every month.

thx

 

I don‘t know Volanta but I use FSUIPC‘s autosave function without any problem in P3DV5.4. Very handy!

Yep FSUIPC autosave has saved my bacon a few times, especially on long hauls. 

I can recall, some years ago, that the FSUIPC auto save function was causing stuttering/ freezing during the auto save process for some users.

This may no longer be an issue with more powerful hardware.

4 hours ago, Lenovouser said:

Does it work well? does it cause problems?

I’ve been using the autosave function for over 20 years in the various versions of FS and FSUIPC. It calls the standard save scenario function so can’t really cause any issues.

A registered version of FSUIPC gives you a lot more such as custom button commands for specific aircraft. Not something the standard interface can do. I have programmed two buttons for my PMDG NGXu that starts the clock and sets TOGA thrust. That’s just an example of what you can do.

4 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

I’ve been using the autosave function for over 20 years in the various versions of FS and FSUIPC. It calls the standard save scenario function so can’t really cause any issues.

A registered version of FSUIPC gives you a lot more such as custom button commands for specific aircraft. Not something the standard interface can do. I have programmed two buttons for my PMDG NGXu that starts the clock and sets TOGA thrust. That’s just an example of what you can do.

I have been using it the same way as Ray for years.  Very good utility.  I also send my controls through it and adjust curves/deadzones with it etc.  A very very handy tool.  Autosave works very well.  Just be sure to clean out any 3rd party aircraft saves after a while.  I let FSLabs go for a year or two of autosaves in their folders - had nearly 100GB of them!

All "autosaves" in the post-FSX world work exactly the same way. They send a SimConnect command to save the flight. Nothing more, nothing less.

Cheers

Does the Auto Save function require the paid version of FSUIPC?

2 hours ago, Shomron said:

Does the Auto Save function require the paid version of FSUIPC?

Yes.