Romflyer

Those links don't work for me either ...... ? Any chance you could just upload them to a post? Cheers Romflyer

This is very odd.....I have had the Cessna trim wheel for about two years now, and have never had any issues with it....I have it plugged into the usb plug on my Saitek yoke. worked flawlessly in FS9, works flawlessly now in P3d, originally without fsuipc, but now with it.....flawlessly. I am running the SST software, but I don't use any profile related to the trim wheel. Do you leave your flight sim gear plugged in all the time? Or do you plug it in only when you are ready to fly....I do the later, but I have had issues in the past with some controllers that have been left plugged in (unused) for extended periods....and when you go to use them they don't function until they are unplugged and re-plugged...??

I have noticed with P3D that the game doesnt seem to recognize the use of the numlock key for numberpad inputs....as it was in previous versions of FS.........I need to be able to have a separation between the numbers on the Numpad and PgUp, PgDn,Home, End, etc etc. Does anyone know if there a way to change this?.....perhaps in the cfg file? Any suggestions would be appreciated Cheers Romflyer

If you ran it and it said it worked then I would suggest you go try out the sim and see if the crashing is cured.......the installation of the patch is very quick, be sure that you ran it on the exe in the fs9 folder......not the shortcut on your desktop I hope it works for you Cheers Romflyer

4 gig patch http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php It will likely fix your problem Cheers Romflyer

Thank you very much.....the link is excellent!! FSPS=FS Panel Studio ....DOH!!

Thanks for your response....I will explore the ident options, do you by chance have any explanation of ident or zorder and what exactly they relate to? As for FSPS......I have no experience with it, but did I understand you correctly that you where able to connect the two programs together using FSPS....? Cheers Romflyer

You just back-up your FS exe and then run the patch..... Then you can just reinstate the backup if you decide that 2gigs is better than 4gigs Hey John......sorry, I wasn't meaning to try and call you out And yes my analogy did have some rather large holes in it :-) How about, my old car only had 4gears and my new has 5gears......and the old one worked just fine.......so why would I use that 5th gear? Cheers Romflyer

Hello all I am a long time FS9 user who has recently made the jump to P3D 2.3 and I am really happy with this new platform.....I am struggling a bit as I am trying to get my dual monitor set-up to function as I had it in the older sim platform. I have made custom 2d undockable panels to be moved onto my second monitor using FS panel studio, on my old set-up I was able to build these 2d panels into most planes on my install, and it has been a very effective flightsim set-up for me.... Here is a link with a bit of background on my set-up http://forums.simviation.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=166438 My question....or request for help..... I have managed to get only 2 planes to work correctly with my 2d custom panels (DHC2 and 737-800) every other plane I have tried to set-up with a custom 2d panel, simply refuses to work. Can anyone with some experience in manipulating panels offer me some advise on how to get these undockable panels to behave consistently for me.....I had this system of panels completely working in FS9, and I have been spinning my wheels now for about a month...unable to really enjoy my new P3D simulator without everything working properly..........Any help would be much appreciated Thanks in advance Cheers Romflyer here is a some text from the Beaver panel which works [Window Titles] Window00=Main Panel Window01=Radio Stack Window02=GPS Window03=IFR Panel Window04=Center Window05=Flaps Window06=Trim Window07=Mini Panel Window08=Pit [Window08] file=Pit_single.bmp size_mm=1600 position=7 visible=1 ident=5 gauge00=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!asi, 17,96,314,314 gauge01=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!attitude, 369,89,314,314 gauge02=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!altimeter, 705,97,314,314 gauge03=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!turn_bank, 21,501,312,312 gauge04=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!dg, 339,495,331,326 gauge05=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!vsi, 698,500,318,319 gauge06=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!flap_indicator_needle, 1205,100,232,111 gauge07=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!manifold_pressure, 1085,269,227,228 gauge08=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!rpm, 1324,271,222,218 gauge09=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!glideslope_vor, 1087,517,222,221 gauge10=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!rmi, 1319,520,228,228 gauge11=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!oil_fuel, 1089,756,223,223 gauge12=DeHavilland_Beaver_DHC2!fuel, 1325,763,228,221 And here is similar text from c172 which doesn't work...??? [Window Titles] Window00=Main Panel Window01=Radio Stack Window02=GPS Window03=IFR Panel Window04=Landing View Window05=Mini Panel Window06=Pit [Window06] file=Pit_single.bmp size_mm=1600,900 position=8 visible=1 ident=PIT zorder=4 gauge00=Cessna172!Airspeed, 18,89,314,314 gauge01=CessnaWAlpha!Attitude_Alpha, 369,89,314,314 gauge02=Cessna!Altimeter, 699,83,314,314 gauge03=Cessna!Turn_Indicator, 23,443,312,312 gauge04=Cessna!Heading_Indicator, 354,439,323,321 gauge05=Cessna!Vertical_Speed, 700,443,318,319 gauge06=CessnaWAlpha!VOR1_Alpha, 1094,232,215,201 gauge07=Cessna172!Tachometer, 1324,237,218,202 gauge08=CessnaWAlpha!VOR2_Alpha, 1092,449,219,205 gauge09=Cessna182s!Oil_Press_Temp, 1330,454,218,204 gauge10=Cessna172!EGT_Fuel_Flow, 1092,663,215,207 gauge11=Cessna172!Fuel, 1329,671,223,197

Horatio (or Mr Socks if you prefer) B) Despite any fear mongering you might have read ...... the bottom line is that FS is a 32bit application and when it was made it was designed to use a max of 2gigs of Ram......as hardware and software became better they implemented a 64bit operating system..... which, among other things, allows programs to use more than 2 gigs of ram......the 4gig patch allows your 32 bit FS install to access 4 gigs of Ram when you run your game instead of 2igs......that is ALL that it does I found the 4 gig patch to be VERY helpful in stabilizing my FS9 install .....I've always been very confused why there seems to be quite a few people that are so adamantly defiant against the benefits of this extremely simple but effective fix.....that helps older software make use of newer hardware, it's that simple ......it's not voodoo magic....it's common sense. Why anyone would stubbornly insist that it's better to run a program like FS on 2gigs of Ram, than running it on 4 gigs is beyond comprehension........ it just doesn't add up. If it aint broke don't fix it..?? my car runs just fine in second gear.....why in the world would I bother to go into a higher gear?.....who knows what could happen?....I heard that one guy who went up into one of those higher gears actually got a speeding ticket for going too fast!! :rolleyes: That's my 2 cents Cheers Romflyer

Try the 4gig patch http://ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php Regardless of how good your computer is, FS9 and FSX are 32 bit programs and are not optimized to be "large address aware" The 4Gig patch will allow your computer to use 4gigs of Ram to run the sim.......without it your game is only using 2gigs of Ram......Regardless of the 8gigs you have under the hood. Its simple, easy, and quick to install...It wont harm your game, and it wont harm your computer.....It will stabilize your install and get rid of 90% - 95% of those annoying crashes. Cheers Romflyer

Yes you can assign reversers without fsuipcI have had the best luck using the SST program, but can also assign within FS under button assignments, you go to "decrease throttle quickly" F1 and assign the reverse indent on your TQ.... The trouble I ran into with using the FS assignment is that it will sometimes go into reverse when at idle which is very annoying, but using the Saitek software seems to fix the problem

If anything a sticky to the top of the FS9 section would have been appropriate......clearly who ever moved this didn't READ through the thread.

Interesting.....I never noticed it not having an alternator switch. My suggestion to the OP would be to try and turn on the alternator using a keystroke instead of within the VC.....go into button assignments and check which button is used to toggle the alternator/generator and then go fly the plane, when the electrical starts to fade then press the correct keystroke and things should come back to life......if that doesnt work then hopefully someone else has a good idea. Good luck Cheers Romflyer

Alternator/generator ...... Yes, be sure to turn it on when you hit the master and your batteries will keep going more than 5 mins This will fix your problem for sure Cheers Romflyer

What exactly does......."SHEZ" mean ??

Vancouver + is amazing!........If you go collecting those other sceneries for this area then you really will want to get Victoria + http://www.jonpatch.ca/flightsim/

Hey Jeff If you have any interest in the west coast of Canada you might want to check out this sight http://stuff4fs.com/open.asp?JS=TRUE it has many airports around the south coast and Vancouver Island.....it's a good base for a regional build of the area, and each airport is very well done. Cheers Romflyer

Nicely said Jeff....But I don't think you are the one who should be apologizing......The arrogant and dismissive tone from a few of the members involved in this thread have been really.......un-acceptable, un-necessary, and clearly uninformed. Just because you haven't encountered this specific problem with your install it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.......regardless of how long you have been a member of Avsim Edit the quote is supposed to be Jeff's post to Bill.......but it refuses to work :rolleyes:

actually I found that making my fs9.exe file 'large address aware' had no impact on frame rates at all......all it did was put an end to random crashes/freezes/and CTDs that would happen to me if I had too many things going on at once.......and these would usually occur in a busy area, and then like the straw that breaks the camels back something simple like tuning an ILS or VOR, or making a radio call, or reconfiguring your aircraft for landing would be that one process too many and...........your flight is over. Sound familiar? It sounded familiar to me when the OP was still part of this thread.....and it kinda sounds familiar when you brought up your experiences.

Hey Steve, welcome to the conversation ...... Your issue does sound similar however much more consistant than the OP's......? A lot of things happening in a very small area. Out of curiosity, are you currently using all of your 4 gigs of ram, or are you leaving FS restricted to 2 gigs?

I would suggest you go get yourself a new fs9.exe file, either from your disks or better yet on the Internet, from there you move all your other backup exe' s away to another folder ( perhaps the recycle bin) and place the new exe in your main fs folder.....if after that things are still not right then go in and remove your fs9.cfg file.......restart the sim and let it rebuild a new one Assuming this fixes your problems, then you can try again to install the memory patch. Hope that helps Cheers Romflyer

I'm not really understanding what your statement means .....I think it was supposed to be some sort of an insult????My question was what do you think the OP should do next?.......at least Mac had something intelligent to say. The problem with fixating on scenery is that he has flown through the area a couple of times with no issue.........which brings us to something variable like traffic..... But he has this turned off.....? So as long as your not gonna take it personally I'm asking you what should the OP do next?

Well billy .........yes I'm talking to you Mac .... I took your first poke at me pretty graciously, there is absolutely no need for you to be making this personal. We have a different opinion on what is happening with the OPs install.... That's it So settle down At this point it seems he has checked all his Afcads, turned off all his traffic, he has de-activated all his scenery, he has flown over the area a few times more and had a freeze/CTD/crash on one flight but not the other.....? So ...... What's next?......Jim ?.....billy ?

Thanks for the info.....that definitely looks like a solution, although I was hoping for something a little more inclusive from within the sim. This would add to my start-up costs of using Xplane dramatically. I'll have to think a bit more about this before I shell out $200-$300 just to get my feet wet.