Not connected to FMGS server

[kholt]

Just installed Jeehell today. I set the installer to install the ‘Master P3D PC’ component as well as under ‘Main Application’ the ‘FMGS Server and AP/FBW’.

When I launch using the Sarter.exe, I get a ton of windows that appear, some of which such as the FBW window say ‘Not connected to FMGS server’.

I see nothing in the documentation about starting an FMGS server separately from the Starter, and no options anywhere to connect to one.

In the Windows task manager I do see a process running named ‘FMGS_Server.exe’ an
d something under it named ‘A320 JeeHell Ware Server’.

Everything is installed on one PC, so this should be an easy thing to make work I would imagine, but the documentation says nothing about it. What am I missing?

[balu69]

hello kholt
Did you then start p3d?
I think that only when this is running will the fmgs server be connected

[kholt]

Thanks, that was it. Now I have another issue as I’m not sure which aircraft I am supposed to load when I start P3D. There isn’t anything in the vehicle list to select that is related. I choose the default F-35 and that did result in the modules connecting to the FMGS server, but I’m guessing its going to fly with a little more enthusiasm than an Airbus!

[balu69]

perfect.
I think it's the "FMGS A320..."
lots of good landings

[kholt]

Yeah, that option doesn’t exist. Something must have gone wrong with the install. I guess I need to try it again.

[jeehell]

What version of P3D do you use?

[kholt]

v5.4. I also have v6.1 I could try.

[jeehell]

Go in your C:\Users\Your_User\Documents\Prepar3D vx Add-ons\A320FMGS and check the content of add-on.xml.
Also make sure you did not disable jeehell FMGS addon in P3D (P3D menu bar -> options- addons -> jeehell FMGS -> check it is checked)

[kholt]

So, I get the same behavior with version 6.1 of P3D. There is no add-on installed in the <User>\Documents\Prepar3D v6 Add-ons folder or in the equivalent for v5.

It does obviously install into C:\A320FMGS because I am able to launch the starter and the configurator.

Am I supposed to run the installer as Administrator?

[jeehell]

It could help

[kholt]

Running the installer as Administrator didn’t install anything in the add-ons folder either, and as best I can tell from the text displayed rather quickly during the install, it didn’t try.

Oh well, I have nothing else to try, so I guess it’s back to FSLabs I go…

[jeehell]

Did you select P3D master PC with the correct p3d version at installation?

[kholt]

Yes, I did.

[kholt]

After a little more investigation, the installer isn't compatible with the use of Microsoft OneDrive. The jeehell add-on directory is installed in

C:\Users\keith\Documents\Prepar3D v6 Add-ons\jeehell

rather than

C:\Users\keith\OneDrive\Documents\Prepar3D v6 Add-ons\jeehell

as it would need to be. I copied it over to the proper directory and it appears it should all work now, as P3D recognized the add-on.

The first directory shown above is not normally seen by an end user when OneDrive is installed, so this issue isn’t so obvious as it might seem. I do not know why Microsoft does what it does…

Keith

[gillesaqsim]

hello Keith,
it'seem that your Documents Path is rooting to your Onedrive profil.
do you use Onedrive regulary or it's no wanted?
it's possible to re rooting at the good place in documents property (emplacement in french....)
good end year.
gilles