Slopey

AH2 Early Access is imminent - details are here: http://www.justflight.com/product/air-hauler-2

Is anyone else having issues with SimConnect based addons after the Windows 10 updates over the last few days? It would seem that the update nerfs Simconnect somehow, but I haven't got to the bottom of it yet. Also - disabling automatic updates in Windows 10 may not work. If you want to avoid any updates going forward, also set your network connection to "Metered", and that'll prevent Win10 from downloading updates automatically.

Yup - The Elite BPC is me also (new version in the next day or so). No further updates on release for AH2, but it will definitely be this year, and as soon as I can get it out the door. The best way to run AH with P3D is to put AH into WideFS mode, and launch P3D manually, then let AH connect to that. But I'd definitely disable the "see your fleet in FS" option in AH just to be sure.

Hi All, First up, P3D is not supported with AH1. YMMV, and it does work according to users on forums, but there's no officials support for it and there won't be any updates to resolve any issues. P3D support is coming in AH2 later this year. As regards AI traffic, AH simply generates a request to FSX (or the sim) via Simconnect to create an AI aircraft going from A to B and departing around a given time. It doesn't pass waypoints (beyond the from/to airports), and the request is created, and handed off to FSX which is then entirely responsible for the AI flight. If the Sim decides not to create the flight, or to remove the flight at any point, there's nothing AH can do about it - it won't even know that's happened. When traffic is removed from FSX (or the sim) it's usually due to a 3rd party traffic utility which clears down all AI traffic but its own. I'd suggest disabling any 3rd party traffic utils, and seeing if that works. It does work in FSX however, so if it's not working in P3D, I'm afraid there's not much I can do about that at the moment, barring the release of AH2. Also, as regards flight plans, P3Dv3 doesn't like the old style FS9/non-XML flight plans, so again, YMMV. AH2 uses the updated format so that's not an issue in the next version. Cheers, Slopey (AirHauler Developer)

Hi there, Couple of things to try - swap to the default C172 then back again after AH has loaded FS. Or, put AH into WideFS (networked) mode, and launch FS manually, set up the flight and see if that works better. I don't have Ezdok unfortunately so can't test it myself. Cheers, Slopey AirHauler Developer

Sorry it's been a bit quiet to date, but rest assured, it is coming. Obviously Q2 didn't happen (real life intervened and my proper job has been insanely busy), but I'm still aiming for 2014. More info in the next month or two, likely via the JF site

Its not a re-hash of a previous release as far as I understand it - it's an FSX from the ground up release. I didn't test it, and don't have it (yet), but I've played with it pre-release via JF and it's decent

A solution may be to use ScruffyDuck's BGL2XML, then parse the XML file and compare to a parsed AIRAC? Should be easy enough in cpp or c#.

Hi All, I'm aiming for q2 2014 - could be sooner, could be later, but I'll keep you all in the loop. However, it *is* incoming for next year, that's a definite! I doubt it'll take me 8 months, but it'll definitely need between 4-6 months as it'll need quite a bit of beta testing with the new VA and Economy features. I'll pop back here every so often and try and answer any queries, or catch me over at the JF forums or Mutley's Hangar. Cheers, Slopey AirHauler Developer

I'm kind of hoping AirHauler 2 will be the new AH/FsP combo Details on AH2 have been released on the AirHauler facebook page, or you can get them from Mutley's Hangar, or the Just Flight forums.

Hi All,Enjoying the Caravan, however, I don't seem to be able to resize any of the pop-up windows/panels as I'd normally be able to. I'm using a 3 monitor 5040x1050 Eyefinity setup, and the panels come out stretched horizontally and compressed vertically rendering the 430 panel unusable, and the other door/aircraft control panels heavily pixelated?Anyone else finding the same problem or am I missing something? I assume I can edit the panel sizes in the aircraft.cfg, but just checking if it's just me or they are not re-sizeable by control clicking on the borders.Aside from that, it seems to need an inordinate amount of trim.Cheers,Slopey.

Actually, AirHauler won't care if it's a passenger jet - all it's worried about is how much cargo capacity the aircraft has - just because that's usually people, doesn't matter. Just think of it as putting a box on each seat! :( AH will happily let you fly pax aircraft around the place loaded with cargo - makes no difference as long as you can carry the weight, and you can import any aircraft you have in FS for use in AH.Cheers,S.

Hi All,I'm writing a small utility to monitor an FSX flight, and using the VB.Net Managed Request sample in the SDK I've got the basics organised - but questions are:- Is there a list of datatypes for each simconnect Variable anywhere, I've got the units one from the SDK, but the datatype I have to take a guess at or find by trial and error. Or have I missed something in the docs?- G Force - what datatype should I use for this? I get odd numbers. I understand the data should come back in ft/min^2 and 32.17 is equivalent to +1G - but I don't seem to be able to get a number I can convert to x.xG.- Touchdown - I'd like to monitor the landing - as far as I'm aware, the only way to check if I landed where i was supposed to is to compare the lat/lon of the aircraft against where it should be (i.e. within a 1/2nm radius) and that it touched down on the correct surface. Also, is there any way to get touchdown VSI/IAS etc or do I have to wait for the SIM ON GROUND flag to be set and grab the values then?And last question - how do I call FSX and get it to load a flight plan automatically with the plane cold and dark at an appropriate (or default) stand/start point? (from a command line or from an external application with a call) If I put the flight plan on the command line, I end up in the flight planner or in a menu rather than on the apron. Is there a command line option or something I need to set in the pln file to do that?Many thanks!,Slopey