May 7, 20242 yr This problem has been ongoing for several months. I am currently using 0.4.2.11 The app works just as it should and modifies TLOD and OLOD as I wish. However, I am not seeing the control/display box where one can change values. I was seeing the box and experimenting with Expert Mode but now - no box of information. I start GPU-Z and then start MSFS_AutoFPS. No sys tray icon appears and no AutoFPS display appears but Task Manager shows AutoFPS running. The AutoFPS log shows everything working correctly.: 2024-05-07 16:21:49.684 [INF] [ App:InitLog ] MSFS2020_AutoFPS v0.4.2 started! Log Level: Debug Log File: ..\log\MSFS2020_AutoFPS.log 2024-05-07 16:21:49.686 [INF] [ App:InitSystray ] Creating SysTray Icon ... 2024-05-07 16:21:49.838 [INF] [ ServiceController:Run ] Service starting ... 2024-05-07 16:21:49.842 [INF] [ IPCManager:WaitForSimulator ] Simulator started 2024-05-07 16:21:49.871 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:Connect ] SimConnect Connection open 2024-05-07 16:21:49.871 [INF] [ IPCManager:WaitForConnection ] Connection not established - waiting 30s between Retries 2024-05-07 16:21:49.984 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnOpen ] SimConnect OnOpen received 2024-05-07 16:21:55.273 [DBG] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_Receiv ] Sending Ping to MobiFlight WASM Module 2024-05-07 16:21:55.383 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnClie ] MobiFlight WASM Ping acknowledged - opening Client Connection 2024-05-07 16:21:55.489 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnClie ] MobiFlight WASM Client Connection opened 2024-05-07 16:22:05.159 [DBG] [ MemoryManager:GetActiveDXVersion ] Steam MSFS version detected - DX12 . . .2024-05-07 15:36:28.544 [INF] [ LODController:LODController ] GPU-Z companion app running 2024-05-07 15:36:28.544 [INF] [ LODController:LODController ] GPU-Z GPU Load sensor found 2024-05-07 15:36:28.545 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Starting Service Loop 2024-05-07 15:36:28.545 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Normal startup detected. Getting default MSFS settings from MSFS. 2024-05-07 15:36:28.564 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Initial LODs PC 150 / 200 and VR 150 / 145 2024-05-07 15:36:28.566 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Initial cloud quality PC Ultra / VR High 2024-05-07 15:36:28.567 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Setting TLOD Min on ground 150 2024-05-07 15:36:28.568 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Setting OLOD @ Base on ground 150 2024-05-07 15:36:49.852 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 66 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 150 OLOD: 150 AGL: 4 FPM: -1 Clouds: Ultra GPU: 0% 2024-05-07 15:38:16.977 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 37 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 200 OLOD: 150 AGL: 3 FPM: -0 Clouds: Ultra GPU: 100% 2024-05-07 15:38:27.117 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 33 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 200 OLOD: 150 AGL: 3 FPM: -0 Clouds: High GPU: 72% 2024-05-07 15:40:46.942 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] ServiceLoop ended This problem started after a CTD with the GPU failure message. But, it has also occurred several times in the past and then resolved itself for no apparent reason. What is causing the app to run and operate perfectly but not display any information on the screen? YES! Removing and reinstalling fixes the problem - but what is causing it? Edited May 7, 20242 yr by TacomaSailor AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D / MSI X870 Tomahawk Mobo / 64 GB DDR5 memory / RTX 4070 Super with 12 GB VRAM / AORUS FO48U 4k display NVMe for Drive C, an NVMe device dedicated to Flight Sim 2024 and a separate NVMe device for Flight Sim 2020 and an NVMe dedicated to 500GB of addons managed by AddonsLinker / 1 GB Comcast Xfinity Internet connection / HP Reverb G2 / Tobii 5 Head & Eye Tracking
May 7, 20242 yr 17 minutes ago, TacomaSailor said: This problem has been ongoing for several months. I am currently using 0.4.2.11 The app works just as it should and modifies TLOD and OLOD as I wish. However, I am not seeing the control/display box where one can change values. I was seeing the box and experimenting with Expert Mode but now - no box of information. I start GPU-Z and then start MSFS_AutoFPS. No sys tray icon appears and no AutoFPS display appears but Task Manager shows AutoFPS running. The AutoFPS log shows everything working correctly.: 2024-05-07 16:21:49.684 [INF] [ App:InitLog ] MSFS2020_AutoFPS v0.4.2 started! Log Level: Debug Log File: ..\log\MSFS2020_AutoFPS.log 2024-05-07 16:21:49.686 [INF] [ App:InitSystray ] Creating SysTray Icon ... 2024-05-07 16:21:49.838 [INF] [ ServiceController:Run ] Service starting ... 2024-05-07 16:21:49.842 [INF] [ IPCManager:WaitForSimulator ] Simulator started 2024-05-07 16:21:49.871 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:Connect ] SimConnect Connection open 2024-05-07 16:21:49.871 [INF] [ IPCManager:WaitForConnection ] Connection not established - waiting 30s between Retries 2024-05-07 16:21:49.984 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnOpen ] SimConnect OnOpen received 2024-05-07 16:21:55.273 [DBG] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_Receiv ] Sending Ping to MobiFlight WASM Module 2024-05-07 16:21:55.383 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnClie ] MobiFlight WASM Ping acknowledged - opening Client Connection 2024-05-07 16:21:55.489 [INF] [ MobiSimConnect:SimConnect_OnClie ] MobiFlight WASM Client Connection opened 2024-05-07 16:22:05.159 [DBG] [ MemoryManager:GetActiveDXVersion ] Steam MSFS version detected - DX12 . . .2024-05-07 15:36:28.544 [INF] [ LODController:LODController ] GPU-Z companion app running 2024-05-07 15:36:28.544 [INF] [ LODController:LODController ] GPU-Z GPU Load sensor found 2024-05-07 15:36:28.545 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Starting Service Loop 2024-05-07 15:36:28.545 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Normal startup detected. Getting default MSFS settings from MSFS. 2024-05-07 15:36:28.564 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Initial LODs PC 150 / 200 and VR 150 / 145 2024-05-07 15:36:28.566 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Initial cloud quality PC Ultra / VR High 2024-05-07 15:36:28.567 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Setting TLOD Min on ground 150 2024-05-07 15:36:28.568 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] Setting OLOD @ Base on ground 150 2024-05-07 15:36:49.852 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 66 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 150 OLOD: 150 AGL: 4 FPM: -1 Clouds: Ultra GPU: 0% 2024-05-07 15:38:16.977 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 37 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 200 OLOD: 150 AGL: 3 FPM: -0 Clouds: Ultra GPU: 100% 2024-05-07 15:38:27.117 [INF] [ LODController:UpdateVariables ] FPS: 33 FGAct: True Pri: TLOD TLOD: 200 OLOD: 150 AGL: 3 FPM: -0 Clouds: High GPU: 72% 2024-05-07 15:40:46.942 [INF] [ ServiceController:ServiceLoop ] ServiceLoop ended This problem started after a CTD with the GPU failure message. But, it has also occurred several times in the past and then resolved itself for no apparent reason. What is causing the app to run and operate perfectly but not display any information on the screen? YES! Removing and reinstalling fixes the problem - but what is causing it? Maybe your AV is causing a problem.
May 7, 20242 yr Have you tried using Alt+Tab to find it? If so, check the box "On Top" to keep it in sight. If you do that and find it. once you have it on top make sure you click back somewhere on MSFS to make it the active applicaiton in Windows. If not you will disable Frame Generaton if you are also using it. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
May 7, 20242 yr Author NO anti-virus running ON TOP is checked Alt+Tab does not show the app BUT... I've now found that after a remove and reinstall - the app behaves as expected and the control box appears on the display. I can start and stop the app with no adverse effect. I find the app with Alt+Tab and Task Manager shows it running as an APP Then - for no apparent reason - the next time the app starts it runs as a Windows BACKGROUND process and no display box shows, I cannot find the app with Alt+Tab and it does not exit when MSFS ends. But - while running as a background process - it works PERFECTLY. I can't find anything about why an app would run as a foreground process and then suddenly become a background process. I do find lots of stuff about preventing apps from running in the background BUT, at least on my system, MSFS_AutoFPS is not installed as an app. It does not show up in either START (system startup) or APPS. And all the instructions to prevent an app running in the background depend on finding the app on the system which, does not happen here. Edited May 7, 20242 yr by TacomaSailor AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D / MSI X870 Tomahawk Mobo / 64 GB DDR5 memory / RTX 4070 Super with 12 GB VRAM / AORUS FO48U 4k display NVMe for Drive C, an NVMe device dedicated to Flight Sim 2024 and a separate NVMe device for Flight Sim 2020 and an NVMe dedicated to 500GB of addons managed by AddonsLinker / 1 GB Comcast Xfinity Internet connection / HP Reverb G2 / Tobii 5 Head & Eye Tracking
May 7, 20242 yr Author STRANGE NEW UPDATE I have isolated the problem - after a fresh install MSFS_AutoFPS works perfectly and shows the appropriate data on the screen. IF MSFS ends normally the MSFS_AutoFPS app (running as a foreground process) also ends normally and will start normally the next time I want to use it. IF the sim ends abnormally for ANY reason (task manager: end task, CTD of any type, SysTray Icon:close window) the MSFS_AutoFPS app (running in the foreground) ends but then instantly restarts or is "moved" to the background by some function in Windows. The same effect occurs if I stop MSFS_AutoFPS in any fashion when it is running as a foreground process. It instantly becomes a background process and the result is as follows. After being moved to the background - MSFS_AutoFPS will never start again as a foreground process. The only way I can find to resolve the problem, after an abnormal sim termination, is to remove and reinstall MSFS_AutoFPS. ??? Edited May 7, 20242 yr by TacomaSailor AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D / MSI X870 Tomahawk Mobo / 64 GB DDR5 memory / RTX 4070 Super with 12 GB VRAM / AORUS FO48U 4k display NVMe for Drive C, an NVMe device dedicated to Flight Sim 2024 and a separate NVMe device for Flight Sim 2020 and an NVMe dedicated to 500GB of addons managed by AddonsLinker / 1 GB Comcast Xfinity Internet connection / HP Reverb G2 / Tobii 5 Head & Eye Tracking
May 27, 20242 yr The disappearance of this App has no relation to CTD or other improper exiting of MSFS in my case. It returns with a fresh install, but after 1 or 2 flights it disappears again. I have not found any resolution to this problem except the temporary one (reinstall).
May 27, 20242 yr I think the developer is on a holiday. when he gets back , I am sure he will have a solution.
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