John Dowson

Only the WASM component of FSUIPC should be installed into the Community folder (and this cannot be changed), The application itself (the FSUIPC7.exe) should be installed in a non-windows protected folder (e.g. not under the windows Program Files or Documents folders) which you select during the installation process (defaults to C:\FSUIPC7). There should be no issues using the MSFS Add-on linker with FSUIPC (WASM module), but you should probably always have the WASM running when FSUIPC is running (for access to lvars/hvrs/bvars/presets/calculator code) although this is not required(and won't be needed if you do not use the facilities it provides. John

Why not just try FSUIPC? Thee is a trial license available for FSUIPC7 (for MSFS2020 and MSFS2024) in this post , although the current one has lapsed (it will be replaced in a day or two): https://forum.simflight.com/topic/92702-fsuipc7-trial-license-available-here/ John

I agree 100% with this - you can't use multiple monitors for views very easily with MSFS, without treating them as a single (stretched) screen, with all the issues that brings with it. Also note that MSFS2024 will be released next month - maybe that will have better multi-monitor support, but I doubt it. Better to look into solving your display issue. If you want to upgrade, I would consider P3Dv5, or possibly P3Dv6, but check your add-on support for the latter. If using FSUIPC5, you will need to update to FSUIPC6 for P3Dv5 and/or P3Dv6 (and FSUIPC6 also supports P3Dv4). John

For those using PF3 (and possibly other ATC add-ons that use FSUIPC), an issue has recently been identified where AI aircraft in the Init or Sleeping status get promoted to Enroute (by FSUIPC) due to the a/c ground altitude being reported incorrectly as 0. This can cause some ATC add-ons to think there are AI aircraft in the air when they are actually still on the ground. This issue is detailed in this thread (on the FSUIPC support forums): https://forum.simflight.com/topic/98929-ai-traffic-query/ There is a patched version of FSUIPC6 available in the same thread, here: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/98929-ai-traffic-query/?do=findComment&comment=595003. For FSUIPC7, please use the latest beta release (also with traffic zapper enabled, as well as the traffic limiter) available here: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/98884-fsuipc7-version-7418beta-now-available-traffic-zapper-and-traffic-limiter-functionality-added-back/. Any issues, please use the FSUIPC support forums. John

No, but here it is: FSUIPC7 v7.4.12a (beta release) (right-click and select Save link as... - I will remove this once released) Please see the aforementioned Announcement link on SimFlight for usage details. John

For @MM and others, I have released a beta version of FSUIPC7 with auto-tuning of the start-up parameters available - please see: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/98322-fsuipc7-7412a-beta-release-with-auto-tuning-of-start-up-parameters/ John

I was also thinking along similar lines - I will investigate and see if I can come up with something for the next release. It is not that difficult really - you just need to calculate the difference between two timestamps. Another way to roughly calculate the value would be to time the period from when you see the FSUIPC7 splash screen until MSFS arrives at the main menu and use this value. You shouldn't need to check/change this very often - only if/when the MSFS loading times change significantly, either due to a lot of new add-ons in the Community folder, or due to an MSFS update. With the latter I can also adjust automatically as I always release a new version after a major update, or when a new SDK is available. Yes - it doesn't matter that much if the value is slightly higher than optimal or slightly lower. When it is too high, it may take a short time after MSFS is ready before FSUIPC7 is ready to use, and when it is too low you may get a few re-connection attempts, but as long as there are only a few then this should not cause any issues. You can also configure the MaxClients property in the SimConnect.xml file to allow more connections. as problems should only arise when SimConnect is starved of connections. The MaxClients parameter determines the total number of connections allowed in a session - if a connection is closed it is then dead and cannot be re-used. The issue with 7.4.10 was that I reduced the default InitialStallTime to 5 seconds, and so for users who have loading times > 1.5 minutes or so, it would be re-connecting every 5 seconds. So if the loading time was 4 minutes, this would use 30 connections, and the longer the loading time the more connections are used, which can then starve other clients of connections. This was a mistake on my part as I reduced this value for testing purposes and forgot to reset it before I built for release - this was corrected in 7.4.11 and now a default value of 30 seconds is used, with a minimum of 15 seconds if auto-started. John

For any users with issues, please download and use the latest version, 7.4.11, and set/configure the DetectToConnectDelayAuto ini parameter for your installation as documented here: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/98307-fsuipc7-configuring-connection-parameters-for-optimal-use-and-to-prevent-simconnect-issues/ This should fix any and all issues with auto-start. If not, please post any issues to that same topic, and include/attach your FSUIPC7.log file and I will take a look. John

When you install FSUIPC6, it should detect your FSUIPC5 installation and uninstall this before installing FSUIPC6 in the same location. Or you can manually uninstall FSUIPC5 first if you prefer, and then select the same folder when you install FSUIPC6 - although you can of course change the installation location, but then you would need to manually copy/move any files you still need from the old location to the new one. Remember to rename your FSUIPC5.ini file to FSUIPC6.ini to preserve your settings. Any issues or further questions, please use the FSUIPC support forum: https://forum.simflight.com/forum/30-fsuipc-support-pete-dowson-modules/ John

This is an issue with the aircraft, not FSUIPC. However, I have implemented a fix for this that will be available in the next release. A beta version with this fix is currently available in the following post: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/97959-fsuipc7-thrust-reverser-breaks-built-in-msfs-sim-limitation/?do=findComment&comment=589697 John

Also check out these other support issues for users who had the same issue (VRI Port failed to open) - the issue is that either the com port does not exist, or some other software already has the port open and windows is blocking further access: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/67615-fsuipc-vrinsight-mod-problem/ https://forum.simflight.com/topic/66306-vrinsight-isnt-connecting-thouroghly/ https://forum.simflight.com/topic/64790-com-3-not-opening/ https://forum.simflight.com/topic/64262-vrinsight-mcp-pro-support/ John

For help with FSUIPC, please use the FSUIPC support forum: https://forum.simflight.com/forum/30-fsuipc-support-pete-dowson-modules/ I do not provide support via any other channel. For issues with Linda, you should use the Linda support channel here on AVSIM: https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/429-linda-support/ - sorry, see you have already cross-posted there.... John / FSUIPC

Thanks for your kind words. Yes, MakeRunwys has also been updated and released, ready for the P3Dv6 release. For any issues with any of the products I supply/support with P3Dv6, once released, please use the FSUIPC support forum: https://forum.simflight.com/forum/30-fsuipc-support-pete-dowson-modules/ Regards, John / FSUIPC

If you are running the sim as an administrator/with admin rights, all SimConnect clients must also be ran with admin rights otherwise they wiil not connect. Right-click the exe files, select Properties and then Compatibility and check Run this program as an administrator for your add-ons (chaseplane, vPilot). But really you shouldn't run with admin privileges unless absolutely necessary... John

Take a look at this StreamDeck plugin in the FSUIPC User Contributions sub-forum: https://forum.simflight.com/topic/92110-introducing-pilots-deck-a-streamdeck-plugin/ John