Problem with RAAS and FSUIPC on FS9

[stephan]

Hey folks. Now,I have a problem. I have FSUIPC 3.8+ . I downloaded RAAS (runway advisory alert system) and opened it up.Placed the folder in my main FS9 folder and clicked on the exe file.It said it found my FS9.It also said it found x many airports.But,when I pull up to the runway I get no announcement as to the runway,or close aircraft and such that is supposed to be announced.Am I supposed to take the files from RAAS out of the folder and put them in a particular location> I have the 1.1 version. I also downloaded the 2.0 version of RAAS,but the install sheet said it required FSUIPC version 3.987 or higher.I cant find that version anywhere,even on the mother site for FSUIPC. AND...anything larger than version 3.9 wont load into FS9 because it is for FSX only.HELP.

[stephan]

,,,and one last question on this topic...: I have a registered FSUIPC 3.8~ for my FS9. I JUST NOW found FSUIPC 3.999z9 on the FSUIPC page and downloaded it. Before I try to install it,I need to know if it will auto update my present version,or will I have to buy the registration for the newer version?

[OldAirmail]

As to the update, You can install it over the old version (that has worked for me when upgrading), but I think that you may have to re-enter the registration again. Sometimes I haven't needed to, but I keep a printout of registration info just in case.

[stephan]

I just installed FSUIPC over top of my older version and clicked the install old key and got a message that the key was invalid.So,I deleted the new version and installed the back up of my old version.Guess I'll have to buy a new key.NOT! This BS gets expensive after a while.

[stephan]

I got tired of fooling around and got a download of FS2Crew RAAS unlocked and installed it. It works without the FSUIPC that the other pain in the....,well,never the less.It works.HOWEVER. About every 30 seconds,the screen ( frame rate ) stalls for a second or two then continues.This occurs during the entire time the sim is active. Got tired of that nonsense and uninstalled it as well. WTH !!! Do I need a super computer to run this stuff as well? Might as well get a better computer and trash FS9 and go with FSX. I mean,why half step. That or take up fishing. Pretty fed up right now.

[Fozzer]

I got tired of fooling around and got a download of FS2Crew RAAS unlocked and installed it. It works without the FSUIPC that the other pain in the....,well,never the less.It works.HOWEVER. About every 30 seconds,the screen ( frame rate ) stalls for a second or two then continues.This occurs during the entire time the sim is active. Got tired of that nonsense and uninstalled it as well. WTH !!! Do I need a super computer to run this stuff as well? Might as well get a better computer and trash FS9 and go with FSX. I mean,why half step. That or take up fishing. Pretty fed up right now.

I highly recommend Fly Fishing for overly frustrated Flight Sim Pilots....

Relieves the fingers from endless typing...

Paul..... ... ...!

P.S. Having a peek at Richards Airport..Elyria, Ohio, Grass Strip.... ...!

[stephan]

Hahahaha!!! Great advice as usual Paul. Thanks !!! Yeah...I used to live 1/4 mile from Richards home,which is on the same property,and east of the airfield.They have an earth moving business. Danny Richards and I went to school together.He started flying (dont know how legal it was,) when he was around 15. His dad owned the aircraft. I think they owned 2 Cessna's at one time.They still fly around. It's the brightest yellow Cessna you ever saw!

[stephan]

...by the way Paul...; it took me almost 3 hours before I finally got your joke in your comment. FLY fishing...as in Flying?....duh! I'm kinda slow today,hahaha! Like 3 hours slow!!! Anyway,...that was a good one and gave me the grins 3 hours later when I finally caught it. Hahaha!

[PhantomTweak]

I'm not certain if anyone else mentioned ths, but a quirk of FSUIPC, any revision, is that there can only one, to quote Duncan and Connor McCleod.......copy on any given HD for it to function properly. I know that when one gets into DLing and installing newer versions etc of a file is that it's easy to wind up with more than one copy, even if different revisions, on a HD without realizing it. When I am DLing aircraft of guage add-ons, I do a scan for FSUIPC files before I launch the sim, just to be safe. Especially aircraft or gauges with self-installer files, which, btw, I dislike intensely.....

Anywho, just a thought, no idea if it will help any or not.

Good luck with all this!

Pat~

[stephan]

Thanks for the reply,but though I have a few problems with simming,I take great care in managing my files and folders on my computer. Something I learned many,many moons ago,before there was Windows or Microsoft. Nope.Only one copy of FSUIPC in my sim. Deleted the first.Only kept the joystick cfgs from the old FSUIPC.ini pasted on Notepad,and pasted them into the new FSUIPC in order for my customized cfgs to operate with out having to go thru reconfigurations. It may turn out that I need more RAM,and that I should get a better sound card.One that has quite a bit of memory on it as well. If the sound card doesnt have decent memory in it,then the vast audio data has to be loaded elsewhere,ie., into RAM,where the rest of the sim data goes not figuring video data into the equation .

[garymbuska]

I have been flying for many years now on one sim or the other and I never understood the need of buying FSUIPC I have never bought a copy of FSUIPC.
But if you need you need it to each his own. The freeware version does any thing I need.

[stephan]

If you want the radar to work,you need a registered copy of FSUIPC. And there are several other add ons that require a registered version of FSUIPC.

[zswobbie1]

The registered version of FSUIPC should be an essential purchase for every serious simmer. Not only can you calibrate joysticks, yokes, etc far better than the defaults, it also allows you to use your mouse wheel as a trim wheel, allows you to assign a lot more key strokes than FS does. eg.. FS only allows 'G' for gear up/down.. with FSUIPC, you can assign separate keys to make things a lot more 'realistic' This works for me with my CH Products yoke, where I have assigned a toggle for 'gear up' & pressing it down for 'gear down'.

I have a separate keyboard that I have assigned keys & stuck on labels. I could never have done this without FSUIPC.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I really am so impressed with FSUIPC.

[stephan]

No problem.You're not hijacking bud,...you're adding to the knowledge. FSUIPC is a great tool. I need to learn how to use it to tweek my flight stick tho.But since I've flown so long with a little deviation in it,I got used to it and it's no big deal.

[garymbuska]

The registered version of FSUIPC should be an essential purchase for every serious simmer. Not only can you calibrate joysticks, yokes, etc far better than the defaults, it also allows you to use your mouse wheel as a trim wheel, allows you to assign a lot more key strokes than FS does. eg.. FS only allows 'G' for gear up/down.. with FSUIPC, you can assign separate keys to make things a lot more 'realistic' This works for me with my CH Products yoke, where I have assigned a toggle for 'gear up' & pressing it down for 'gear down'.

I have a separate keyboard that I have assigned keys & stuck on labels. I could never have done this without FSUIPC.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I really am so impressed with FSUIPC.

I have Ch peddles and a Saitek flight yoke and I have no need for a registered version of FSUIPC I have FSMAP It comes with a working radar and I can add the gauge to any aircraft in FSX or FS9.
But like I said I am not trying to put down the program by no means I just do not have a need for it. I do not have any issues with any assignments.
The Cessna yoke I use from Saitek comes with a profile editor that allows you to assign any key stroke you want for any function. I even replay to ATC messages with a push of a button on my yoke, Lower raise flaps and landing gear and so forth.