1 hour ago, somiller said:

I launched AutoFPS with MSFS2024 not running and when I selected show updates and it shows RC4 available "here" when I click on the "here" link nothing happens.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into it.

3 hours ago, somiller said:

I launched AutoFPS with MSFS2024 not running and when I selected show updates and it shows RC4 available "here" when I click on the "here" link nothing happens.

Found the issue, which was a side effect of introducing the left click window drag capability back at Test3 whereby hyperlinks were inadvertently not excluded.

I have fixed it in RC5, but you won't see the fix until you upgrade to RC5 and there is another update after that, because the fix is in RC5 if that makes sense.

FYI, and this goes for anyone else using Show Updates, if you do want to install a particular update on offer easily, you can temporarily switch to Prompted Updates and click Yes, or choose Silent Updates, and the auto-update will occur. After the auto-update, you can switch back to Show Update if you desire.

Edit: While I was in there, I changed the link for test versions from the general releases landing page to the more useful specific test release page and a bunch of small UI scaling improvements. RC7 is now out with those changes.

Edited September 19Sep 19 by Reset XPDR

On RC7: Borders are fine, window doesn't open up to the right anymore.👍

1 hour ago, Lange_666 said:

On RC7: Borders are fine, window doesn't open up to the right anymore.👍

Yay! I was pretty thorough with the UI today, so hopefully that's the last we see of such shenanigans. 😊

While playing around a bit more I just noticed a minor glitch in width (if it's a glitch or on purpose that's up to you... 😊).
When i select LODs, Clouds, Trees , RT Shadows in the Reduction Settings Suite, the app windows widens a bit to make the text fit the selection part. If i then switch back Lods 50% Only or Full Reduction Suite or Custom the overall app windows reverts back to the width it was before.

52 minutes ago, Lange_666 said:

While playing around a bit more I just noticed a minor glitch in width (if it's a glitch or on purpose that's up to you... 😊).
When i select LODs, Clouds, Trees , RT Shadows in the Reduction Settings Suite, the app windows widens a bit to make the text fit the selection part. If i then switch back Lods 50% Only or Full Reduction Suite or Custom the overall app windows reverts back to the width it was before.

That is intentional. The app window is now designed around the widest line at 100% text scaling, which is what almost all users run, so its footprint stays as small as possible. When text scaling is increased above 100%, the window will accommodate the larger text and maintain its normal width up to a point, but very high scaling can require a slight expansion to fit longer strings. For rare cases like yours, this behaviour is preferable to forcing a permanently wider window on everyone, similar to how the earlier oversized window wasn’t ideal for you.

Latest update all remains good with the widget 👍

Incidentally I've been working with a modder of one of the 'Hide Toolbar' mods who has worked in a way to Hide Toolbar Windows with a keybind, working well in testing so that's that sorted...for me at least 😄

Edited September 20Sep 20 by MarcG

3 hours ago, MarcG said:

Latest update all remains good with the widget 👍

Incidentally I've been working with a modder of one of the 'Hide Toolbar' mods who has worked in a way to Hide Toolbar Windows with a keybind, working well in testing so that's that sorted...for me at least 😄

I'm glad the widget is going well. At this late stage of development, I'll take no other news as good news and 0.5.4.0 will be released very soon.

I know I didn’t take on the keybind request to hide the toolbar, but the idea you suggested to hide the toolbar itself was a good one. It made the widget nice and slim in MSFS, so thanks for that!

MSFS_AutoFPS v0.5.4.0 has just been formally released, available either through auto update in the app or from here. My thanks goes out to all who provided valuable feedback during the test phase.

This major release introduces the new MSFS In-Game Toolbar Widget and local webserver, adds a native Dark Mode theme with title bar and window-handling enhancements, delivers a comprehensive UI layout and text scaling redesign for seamless high-DPI and accessibility scaling, expands RTSS Dynamic Frame Generation support with post-FG targeting, introduces intelligent deferred auto-updating to prevent in-flight update interruptions, adds custom Community folder and Addons Linker management to the installer, and delivers broad stability, SimConnect, and diagnostic improvements.

After auto-updating to 0.5.4.0, users encountering the widget for the first time will be presented in the app with a one-time prompt to add the MSFS in-game widget. If accepted at this time, the app will auto-install the widget and restart the app. If declined and the user subsequently wishes to install the widget, they will be required to manually run the installer and select the MSFS Widget option then click Update. The app will remember your widget installation preference for all future updates until such time as you change your preference by manually running the installer again.

Here is an example of what the MSFS in game widget looks like, configured here in dark mode and with the title bar showing. The title bar can be hidden by either double clicking on the title bar or anywhere in the widget window that is not a control and revealed again by performing the latter. The title bar setting and the three other controls in the Control section are syncronised with the main app UI and give you easy access to the main settings you may wish to change while in MSFS. Note, the widget does not have the full control set of the main app window as it is intended for use rather than configuration and to have the smallest in-game footprint possible, so if you wish to change other settings you will have to still do that in the main app window.

The app UI improvements include dark mode, as pictured below, but also enhancements such as being able to hide the title bar, better behaviour with Windows text scaling, a right-click context menu to reveal the title bar again and exit the app, and the ability to close the app without a confirmation prompt when selected from the taskbar context menu.

Finally, the Installer has had a bit of a layout makeover and adds the MSFS Widget option and the ability to change the Community folder location where the app installs your mobiflight module and widget, particularly useful for those who use MSFS Addons Linker.

Enjoy!

FYI, a few users have noted Windows Defender flagging the new installer with Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.B!ml.

This is a standard false positive caused by Microsoft Defender's automated cloud machine learning (!ml) heuristic. Because v0.5.4.0 is a new release with a widget code package that it has never contained before and the installer is unsigned, Defender's AI heuristics flag the installer's file extraction and local webserver code.

I can assure you that this is the same exact same code as was released in 0.5.4.0-RC8 yesterday, except compiled with an internal flag flipped from Test to Release, with no reports of such a threat in over 600 downloads and is similar to all other test releases over the last month. As such, I am extremely confident that this is indeed a false positive.

As more users install and run it over the next 24–48 hours, Defender's telemetry will automatically build reputation for the file and the warning will clear on its own.

In the meantime, you can safely allow the installer in Windows Security:

1. Open Windows Security > Virus & threat protection.

2. Click Protection history.

3. Select the blocked installer entry > click Actions > Allow on device.

Fantastic stuff! I just wish your expertise could be mirrored by the Asobo devs: the whole top menu toolbar thing is a GUI disaster.

308 pages for one topic seems a bit much.

15 minutes ago, Eclex said:

308 pages for one topic seems a bit much.

We're going for a World Record!!

Seriously though ... I'm not sure what your problem is. Tremendous feedback from the developer of one of the best MSFS tools out there - with loads of helpful submissions from the users. What more would you want?

37 minutes ago, Eclex said:

308 pages for one topic seems a bit much.

Oh the irony of you adding to the length of this topic! Enjoy! 😁

1 hour ago, Eclex said:

308 pages for one topic seems a bit much.

Hop on! Its a great ride!