Peter Lürkens
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In the related thread it is stated that the software has to be run under admin rights. Unfortunately, under W7 this is not even sufficient, if files are to be created or altered in "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86)", unless you execute FSX with "Right-click, Run as Admin".
However, you can more easily make it work, and thereby running FSX and its related add-ons from a Standard User Account (yes and leaving UAC active) by logging in as admin and giving the group "Users" (or even lower, e.g. "Everyone", not recommended, though) full access to to the directories in question, i.e. FSX root directory and all its subdirectories. By doing so you can run FSX from any user account without sacrificing OS security by turning off UAC or working as admin all the time.
This solution works for most older programs and can also be extended to registry entries in the HKLM branch likewise.
best regards,
Peter
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A PC capable of running FSX smoothly is required, there should be many recommendations on the web regarding this. There are no special requirements for soaring. For the controls a joystick is required (I'm very happy with the Saitek-PC-Aviator), and I recommend strongly rudder pedals, in particular for gliders.
A large monitor (24" or more, or several monitors) improves wide angle field of view and adds to "immersive" feeling. The lack of wide-angle field of view is one of the most apparent differences in the visual perception for those who know real-world flying.
As you have already real-world gliding experience, there is not much theory to add for simulation. I would do everything as exercised in the past, that will do pretty well, I expect.
bests,
Peter
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I heard that the guys from UK-Virtual Soaring are pretty good at it. I currently do not have chance yet to try it out myself, neither supporting it.
best regards,
Peter
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Hi Teepa,
thermals will be found only under the "special" clouds produced by CumulusX! (or somewhere in the blue if no clouds are present at all), and not necessarily under the "normal" FSX clouds. To make the difference clear, set weather theme to "Fair Weather" first and tick the "UnBlue" option in the Add-on Menu of FSX under the branch CumulusX!. This should show you the CumulusX! clouds only and make it easier to fly to the spots where you'll find definetely thermal lift.
best regards,
Peter
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HI Scott,
afaik, for FS9 the free version of FSUIPC does support GPS out, too.
bests,
Peter
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Great tip, com0com works already with me in local loopback, thanks!
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Hallo Detlef,
zuerst das angehängte Modul in "Modules" entpacken. Um das Modul zu testen, belege eine unbenutzte Taste (z.B. Scroll-Lock) mit dem Kommando "Lua PBYDrag", aund eine andere, etwa "Shift-Scroll-Lock", mit "LuaKill PBYDrag", um das Modul wieder zu stoppen.
Mit Hilfe der Profil-Funktionen von FSUIPC kann man das Starten und Stoppen auch automatisieren (siehe FSUIPC Advanced User Guide), d.h. wenn eine Catalina geladen wird startet es, wenn ein anderes geladen wird, wird es wieder rausgeschmissen.
Gruß,
Peter
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Hi Ivan,
welcome back!
Maybe an option is using a bluetooth tunnel as a virtual serial port in your case. Though I never got it running because BT is crappy with my WM6.5 P3650.
I have a similar problem with Vista 64 and WM 6.5 since the WMDC does no longer support virtual com ports, and all 3rd party virtual com port drivers are expensive payware, because of mandatory driver signatures.
bests,
Peter
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Damit die Cat-Landungen nicht zu lang werden soll man nach dem Aufsetzen die Nase möglich hoch halten um durch Auftrieb Widerstand zu haben und auch nicht zu schnell anfliegen (75 kn + 1/2 Wind + Böen).
Für FSUIPC-Lizenzinhaber hätte ich noch ein "Widerstandsmodul" im Angebot, dass den Widerstand beim Rollen auf dem Wasser und im Langsamflug realistischer macht (nach meiner unmaßgeblichen Meinung). Damit muss man auf dem Wasser den richtigen Anstellwinkel finden, sonst kommt sie nicht "auf Stufe".
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Hi Dennis,
thank you for your kind comments,
best regards,
Peter
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It seems to happen, when the session flag "User can change realism settings" is removed by the session host.
However, you may map the sim command "Fuel quantity (increase)" to a key-combination, say Spacebar-F1. Whenever you press it, fuel quantity is increased by 20%. Not very realistic, though, but it works still if the session host has blocked slewing, too.
bests,
Peter
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So mach ich das. Allerdings ist es ein Hub mit eigener Stromversorgung.
Gruß,
Peter
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Normalerweise beschwert sich der Rechner, wenn zu viele normgerechte USB-Geräte angeschlossen werden, da diese ihren Stromverbrauch an den Rechner melden und die Gesamtleistung überwacht wird.
Nach meiner Erfahrung kann man alle Ports mit USB-Geräten mit geringem Stromverbrauch problemlos belegen (z.B. andere einfache Joysticks ohne viel Beleuchtung oder FFB, das Saitek Throttle Modul, Tastaturen, Mäuse).
Allerdings kann man die Saitek Panels nicht anschließen, selbst eins braucht schon zuviel.
Mich würde allerdings auch interessieren wo man ggf. ein kompatibles Netzteil bekommt, denn ich kenne bis jetzt keinen Anbieter in DE, der das Original-Saitek-Netzteil liefert. Bei der erforderlichen Spannung gehen die Meinungen im Web auseinander (5 oder 12V?) und in der Dokumentation gibt es anscheinend keine Angabe dazu. Auch der Coax-Stecker hat ein eher ungewöhnliches Format.
Gruß,
Peter
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Normally CumulusX! ends automatically just a bit before FSX is ended. However, CumulusX! cannot change some tow plane settings while FSX is running. The message simply means, that CumulusX! waits until the FSX process has fully terminated and writes back the modified settings into the FSX configuration file then. It should not recur the next time when you start FSX.
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I'm just starting out in FSX and wanting to do gliding. I have found some gliding scenery addons at Simviation. I have FSX and was planning to use CumulusX - But these scenery packs suggest they add thermals already. thus are they compatible or redundant if CumulsX is used? Are there other benefits of these scenery sets besides the thermals? Also the one I found for my home region BC Canada is FS2004 - will it work with FSX Acceleration? Also from the discussion above I am curious if I have to turn the Native Thermal effects OFF when using CumulusX so that the cumulative superposition of the native thermals and the effect of the flight dynamic dont become unrealistic - or is that taken into account already?
Hi , I have no personal experience with these sceneries but I suppose that they use FSX built-in thermals, which are mostly non dependent on weather or season. As the name implies, thermal sceneries might be relatively static, i.e. you will experience thermals at the same place every day, the whole day long, regardless of season or general weather conditions.Furhtermore there is little to no chance to experience ridge lift. If you want just a simple try-out of gliding you may try these.
However, if you like to experience the flavour of real gliding, than you should give CumulusX! a try. In CumulusX! thermals develop depending on season, time of the day, region, weather conditions, and the properties of the underlying landscape. Ridge lift is produced when wind is blowing against slopes, taking into account also complex shading effects of mountains in upwind direction. Every calendar day will be different. CumulusX! works also with real word weather and with alternative weather programs.
best regards,
Peter
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No that's not the reason for this poll, we were just wondering why after all those posts on all forums nobody seems to discuss it anymore.
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It really is a a great sim, but clearly right now not for our customers.
I was curious as anybody else and invested a couple of hours to find out what's possibly in for me. The only substantial progress (compared to "legacy"-FSX) I could identify is the smooth operation without fiddling around wiht cryptic setting deep in configuration files, all the time running the risk to get unwanted side effects with 3rd party addons.
Alas, meanwhile my FSX is running smoothly as well, on a much higher content level and degree of realism, and I dare to say, that even the detail quality of the visuals is better then in MSF.
So eventually, my conclusion is that there is nothing in for me and so after the mentioned couple of hours I was through with it. No reason to bother furhter. It's still on my HD but it was already several times close to removal.
Edit: Detail quality includes a couple of add-ons for FSX. MSF looks great on a first glance, however, if you look sharply, then you will find out that the visual depiction in MSF quickly looses fine details in the distance and the actual number of details seems to be less, than in FSX, regardless of installed add-ons. It reminds me in a way to a too-much compressed JPEG picture, which in a first glance also looks great, but after a closer look you find yourself unable to identify smaller details (like persons in the back, car license plates and so on). MS does certainly a good job here as this deficiency is really subtle.
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Maybe you have a joystick button or axis (unintentionally) mapped with a mixture funtion. Check if you have mapped a joystick axis as "Mixture lever". If you have a Saitek yoke there maybe an issue with spurios button events related to the three buttons located on the yoke's center. As FSX maps any new controller automatically one of these may be assigned unintentionally with "mixture down" event.
You may check all recognized devices in the FSX controls setup drop down box for unwanted button or axis assignements.
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I can confirm this. It seems to me an issue when the GPS is used in as part of the VC. This Discus has a similar effect. I wouldn't go as far to say it becomes unflyable, but it is annoying in some way.
Maybe it depends also on the type of graphics card. Mine is a NV 9600GT.
best regards,
Peter
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Hi Jonathan,
unless you have some other addon using the Simconnect.dll and which is working properly, it seems that you have a broken FSX installation. Did you have an FSX install previously to Gold? The only way to recover (to my knowledge) is the following procedure:
Uninstall FSX completely.
Navigate to C:\Windows\winsxs
Search for *flightsim*
You should not find anything, but it may take while until complete as this directory is not indexed.
However in your case you may find remaining files from FSX even after the complete uninstall:
Up to three subdirectories:
[x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.60905.0_none_dd92b94d8a196297]
[x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61242.0_none_e079b46b85043c20]
[x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61259.0_none_55f5ecdc14f60568]
And those files in the subdirectory "manifests":
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.60905.0_none_dd92b94d8a196297.cat
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.60905.0_none_dd92b94d8a196297.manifest
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61242.0_none_e079b46b85043c20.cat
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61242.0_none_e079b46b85043c20.manifest
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61259.0_none_55f5ecdc14f60568.cat
x86_microsoft.flightsimulator.simconnect_67c7c14424d61b5b_10.0.61259.0_none_55f5ecdc14f60568.manifest
Delete the three simconnect subdirectories and the six files as above. Do not delete the entire subdirectory "manifest". Reinstall FSX and ACC again, then install CumulusX!.
Well, this work-around is risky. If you delete any other files than exactly those you may end up with re-installing your PC entirely.
best regards,
Peter
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Hi Jonathan,
let's try this, to rule out a basic problem with FSX installation:
Go to the directory with the unzipped archive, navigate to this subfolder:
Modules\CumulusX!
and double-click CumulusX.exe. This starts CumulusX! in user mode, without attempt to integrate into the FSX directory structure and setting up for autostarting with FSX.
Please report the result.
best regards,
Peter
Edit: You may also try the attached "HelloWorld" to verify your Dotnet Environment is working.
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Edit: And now I've removed SP2 again and re-installed Acceleration - same result.
That should have re-installed the library in any case.
Edit2: Could it have anything to do with the fact that I do not have FSX installed in the default position (F:\MSFS) ?
That that shouldn't matter.
Did you install CumulusX1.8 first and then 1.8.1 patch, or does the error message occur already during install?
Could you post a screenshot of the error message?
best regards,
Peter
Cumulus X crashing!
in CumulusX!
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Hi Josh,
install FSX SP1 and SP2, and it will work,
bests,
Peter