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Hi For some reason I'm losing my connection to simconnect after seemingly random amounts of time. I turned on the diagnostic window in simconnect.ini and I see this after setting level to Warning: 2466.20049 [69] I/O Error! (2, 80004004) 2488.763255 [128] Disconnected! (5, C000014B) A couple questions: 1. What are the sections of each line? a. 2466.20049: number of seconds elapsed b. [69]: c. I/O Error!: d. (2, 80004004) 2. What causes an I/O Error? MySimconnect.exe is on the same machine as P3D 1.3. Does it have something to do with the data I'm sending? Could I be overloading simconnect, or sending data that is not the right format? How can I track down what's causing this? Help Please! Thanks Bobby

Yes, it can be very confusing working with the helicopters. But in any case, you have a pitch_stability item just like in the airplanes.So, if I set the stability to a high number, 1.5 for example, the 'elevator' at cruise works well. The VSI will not change too fast. But the problem is in a hover is much more difficult because it's so stable. You really have to over-exaggerate the controls to keep position.Low stability allows for a good hover, but it also allows the VSI to be super unrealistic. A tiny input at cruise will make the VSI change by a huge amount.Airplanes tend to have similar characteristics. The difference is that airplanes don't hover, therefore you don't get a chance to notice this.This has been annoying me for a long time. If I can fix it in one aircraft, I can fix them in all my aircraft. But I guess the airplane wouldn't be the best thing to test with.ThanksBobby

Ok, so I guess I forgot to mention one minor detail. I'm talking about helicopters. But for fixed-wing, the same variable is the pitch_stability in the [flight_tuning] section is the same variable.So would anyone have any ideas how to fix this if we pretend we're talking about fixed-wing?ThanksBobby

HiI want to be able to allow the pitch control sensitivity to correlate to the airspeed. I want it to be less stable at low speeds, and more stable at high speeds.Here is what I know so far. empty_weight_pitch_MOIlow_realism_stability_scaleThese two items in the aircraft.cfg seem to affect the stability. I thought that maybe a high MOI, and a low stability would have the desired effect, but it doesn't. I don't like that the vsi shoots from 0 to +-1000 ft/min just because I move the elevator an inch or so. Can you imagine if that happened in real life?!Anyone have any knowledge on this subject?ThanksBobby

That's a good point.Thanks

Thanks for the info

I was afraid you'd say that. I haven't decided if I should convert everything to ACE, or resize my bitmap. I've got about 15 gauges that will need it, and many of them are different sizes.Thanks for the help n4gix.

HiThis may have been discussed before but I've never used x-plane. Is it true that you need multiple machines to run multiple displays. I run multiple displays now with fsx, but I only need one computer. I'd like to try x-plane, but not if I need more than one machine to have window views.ThanksBobby

HiI know that in the ACE xml format you can use <SizeScale> to scale an image:<Element id="Element"> <FloatPosition>0.000,0.000</FloatPosition> <Visibility>1</Visibility> <SizeScale>0.5</SizeScale> <Image id="My_image.bmp" Name="My_image.bmp"> <Transparent>True</Transparent> </Image> </Element>I'm trying to use this in an older style xml gauge and it doesn't seem to be working. Anyone know what the key to solving this is, or should I convert my old gauge to the new style?Thanks for the helpBobby

Thanks meshman. I see it in the selecet airport section.

Is there a way I can use simconnect to open the flight sim menus, as opposed to using the mouse. For example, if I want to open the world->go to airports menu, is there a command for that? I see that there is a command to open up the world->map, but I'm wondering if you can open up all the menus with a command.ThanksBob

Just curious if anyone has ever counted the exact number of airports in flight sim. I think the box says over 24,000. I know some programs read the airports from flight sim, so I thought maybe somebody knew the number.ThanksBob

Thanks everyone. I was thinking that if I could call some macros that I have defined in my main gauge, I could add some stuff outside that gauge and not affect/change/add to the original file. I've gone ahead and added to my original file.Thanks

HiDoes anyone know if you can call a macro defined in "This_Gauge.xml" from "That_Gauge.xml"?// ------------------------------------------------------------------------For example, I have<Gauge Name="This_Gauge" Version="1.0"><Macro Name="MyMacro">...</Macro>// ------------------------------------------------------------------------I would like to call MyMacro from "That_Gauge.xml"Is this possible?ThanksBobby

HiDo the "NoDraw" and "Cover" Fail_Actions work in xml? I have an airspeed gauge that works correctly with the "freeze" and "zero" actions, but with NoDraw and Cover, the gauge still freezes. All I'm doing to test is change the word freeze to cover or NoDraw.Am I missing something?thanksbobby