Touche tail!

[Rafape]

Hello.

Lately I have to add +20 knots to the landing speed because it always touches the tail. Have I touched something I shouldn't?

Thank's

[jeehell]

You may have an issue with simpatcher

[Rafape]

I'll check to see what happened.

Thank you very much J.L.

[Rafape]

Hello Jean-Luc.

I have reviewed this topic viewtopic.php?p=214&hilit=SimPatcher.dll#p214

From what I see, neither SimPatcher.dll loads nor does air File appear in the P3D V3.4 Menu

In the DLL.XML file I have:

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>SIMpatcherModule</Name>
<Path>c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\Simpatcher.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>

I added in the add-ons.xml to test:
<AddOn.Component>
<Name>SIMpatcherModule</Name>
<Category>DLL</Category>
<Path>c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\Simpatcher.dll</Path>
</AddOn.Component>

simpatchlog.txt:

18:31:33 Module Start B58.0
18:31:33 WXR data output path:C:\A320FMGS\WXR\
18:31:33 SimConnect_Open OK
18:31:34 friction file:c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\frictionPoints.ini
18:31:34 Friction Hack OK
18:31:34 sim1:3.4.22.19868
18:31:34 XwindOffset file exists:c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\XwindOffset.ini
18:31:34 10.0.61472.0=$11110
18:31:34 2.5.12945.0=$111BA8
18:31:34 3.4.9.18400=$125778
18:31:34 4.5.11.29713=$1526A8
18:31:34 4.5.14.34698=$154AB8
18:31:34 5.1.8.26742=$1577E0
18:31:34 5.1.12.26829=$1577E0
18:31:34 5.2.18.27565=$157870
18:31:34 5.2.22.27615=$157880
18:31:34 5.3.12.28072=$157878
18:31:34 5.3.15.28131=$157878
18:31:34 5.3.17.28160=$157878
18:31:34 PreFoundXWINDoffset:0
18:31:34 XWIND Hack OK 7 times
18:31:34 XWIND Hack not preset for this version of P3D, not using the XWIND hack!
18:31:34 DllStart OK

I can't think of any more ideas.

[jeehell]

in c:\A320FMGS\Simpatch you should have a file called simpatchConfig.ini.
Open it up with notepad and inside you should have:

[config]
sleepTime=120000

Try to increase sleep time to 180000
Are you sure you installed P3D V3.4 option at installation?

[Rafape]

Hola Jean Luc.

Whenever your program is updated by default, version 3.4 is selected for me, but I always check it.

In the simpatchConfig.ini file the value it had is 50000 from 11/8/2022. I am going to change to 180000 and I will tell you, to see if that has been the problem.

At the moment, having changed that data, now Simpatcher B58.0 and Air File OK appear.

Tomorrow I will continue testing, but it has been putting flap 1 both on the ground and in the air, and it has made me spin around the longitudinal axis like crazy.

Millions of thanks for your work

[Rafape]

Hi Jean Luc.

After all the cockpit preparation, everything was perfect until I put Flap 1 and this always happens to me. Why could it be happening? Yesterday it did not do it to me on the ground, but on approach.

Thank you!

[jeehell]

Did you install from scratch?
Did you port any files from an older installation?

[Rafape]

No. I only modified the simpatchConfig.ini.

[jeehell]

You did not reply to both questions.
And clearly you used a modded aircraft since it has a livery not included in my package...

[Rafape]

Jean-Luc. Does installing from scratch mean uninstall everything, reboot and reinstall? I haven't done that, maybe it's for the best.

Regarding the livery, I have been using it for several years, they are only bmp files. I don't think it will affect it, but I'll remove it anyway!

I have done more tests, and in the last one for some reason the Air File loaded did not appear in Add-ons, and it has not failed me.

Anyway I uninstall everything and start from scratch.

Thank you so much!

[jeehell]

are you sure you copied only textures files? could you have overwritten the air file or cfg file?

[Rafape]

From what I see, they are just textures. Oh well...

And I only modify the C:\A320FMGS\Aircraft\A320\Aircraft.cfg indicating what texture it is. The rest do not touch anything from any file

Thank you!

[Rafape]

After uninstalling everything, including P3D v3.4, FMGS and all add-ons, I've done a clean install again, without touching anything. After a day wondering why the P3D would restart, but it would disappear from the screen, I removed this from the dll.xml file:

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>SIMpatcherModule</Name>
<Path>c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\Simpatcher.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>

The simulator starts perfectly. I'll keep investigating, but I think that Simpatcher doesn't like it!

[jeehell]

If you remove simpatcher, you will get issues with aerodynamics.
Try again the fixe from here and re-enable simpatcher.

in c:\A320FMGS\Simpatch you should have a file called simpatchConfig.ini.
Open it up with notepad and inside you should have:

[config]
sleepTime=120000

Try to increase sleep time to 180000
Are you sure you installed P3D V3.4 option at installation?

[Rafape]

Clean installation of both P3d V3.4 and FMGS 58.0.4.

No add-ons installed. All factory:

[jeehell]

read my last message.

[Rafape]

Yes.

SleepTime=180000 and installer V3.4

[masterp]

@Jean Luc, may be the version of simconnect is not matched the available version in the XwindOffset.ini file ?
Xwind hack not preset, then simpatcher can not be loaded to the old simulator?

Just my guess because I am having the similar issue with new Simpatcher and FSX Acceleration (currently using simconnect version 10.0.61637.0). my Simpatcher log file similar to Rafape:

The log file stopped with "DllStart OK" no more message, and Simpatcher/ AIR file never shown up on Simulator's menu (FSX\Modules) (P3D/Addons)

"18:31:33 Module Start B58.2
18:31:33 WXR data output path:C:\A320FMGS\WXR\
18:31:33 SimConnect_Open OK
18:31:34 friction file:c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\frictionPoints.ini
18:31:34 Friction Hack OK
18:31:34 sim1:10.0.61637.0
18:31:34 XwindOffset file exists:c:\A320FMGS\SimPatch\XwindOffset.ini
18:31:34 10.0.61472.0=$11110
18:31:34 2.5.12945.0=$111BA8
18:31:34 3.4.9.18400=$125778
18:31:34 4.5.11.29713=$1526A8
18:31:34 4.5.14.34698=$154AB8
18:31:34 5.1.8.26742=$1577E0
18:31:34 5.1.12.26829=$1577E0
18:31:34 5.2.18.27565=$157870
18:31:34 5.2.22.27615=$157880
18:31:34 5.3.12.28072=$157878
18:31:34 5.3.15.28131=$157878
18:31:34 5.3.17.28160=$157878
18:31:34 PreFoundXWINDoffset:0
18:31:34 XWIND Hack OK 7 times
18:31:34 XWIND Hack not preset for this version of P3D, not using the XWIND hack!
18:31:34 DllStart OK"

[Soarbywire]

@Jean Luc, may be the version of simconnect is not matched the available version in the XwindOffset.ini file ?
Xwind hack not preset, then simpatcher can not be loaded to the old simulator?

Interestingly Simpatcher did not install into the A320FMGS\Simpatch folder with a clean 59.1 install.

I am also unable to see it in the Prepard3D v5.3 menu.

[jeehell]

You did select the P3D PC option at install?

[Soarbywire]

Ah - Master PC option was not selected. Thank you. Need to get my eyes check, desktop resolution is set to 4K and text is extremely small