sebselle Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hello everyone, I've installed SimpleCam on P3D V3.4.9, launched the " SimpleCam Configurator" (the "SimpleCam" program was launched immediately when I started the sim), and started a flight (I tried with several planes, the issue is the same). I am able to set up the view I want, but I can't save it. When I press " CTRL + (any NUM PAD key) ", absolutely nothing happens and when I press any NUM PAD key after, the view stays the same. I have installed SimConnect and I've tried to reinstall SimpleCam 3 times, but nothing changed. What can I do to solve my issue ? Thanks and have a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi, I am able to set up the view I want ... Does this mean that you can pan and tilt the view using the arrow keys and ctrl-arrow keys? When I press " CTRL + (any NUM PAD key) ", absolutely nothing happens Could you please try the following: 1) Open the configurator program and verify that all three check boxes at the upper right corner are ticked ("Show information ... selected, ... copied", and "User must confirm ..."). 2) Close the configurator. 3) Then restart your simulator to restart SimpleCam (If the simulator was not yet running, just start it now). 4) As soon as the simulator is running (the virtual cockpit must be visible and the sim must not be paused), verify whether the SimpleCam message (a green bar) at the top of the simulator window appears, telling you "camera presets for aircraft x loaded" 5) Verify on your keyboard that the "NUM LOCK" is ON 6) Select camera no. 7 (NUM PAD key 7) and verify whether the message appears that camera no. 7 has been selected 7) Use the arrow keys to move the current camera to any position, and then press CTRL+NUM PAD key 7 and verify that the message appears that current camera settings have been copied to camera 7. 8) Now select any other camera except 7 to move the camera to the initial position 9) Press "NUM PAD key 7" which then should select camera 7 and re-position to the previously saved position Please let me know which of these steps worked. Some more questions: - Do you also run FSUIPC on your computer? - Are any key-commands assigned in FSUIPC (which might interfere the SimpleCam settings) And BTW, according to the forum rules, please sign your posts with your real first name. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebselle Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thank you for your quick answer. Yes I am able to pan and tilt the view using the arrow keys and ctrl-arrow keys. The only issue is that when I press " CTRL+NUM PAD key X", nothing happens, I have no message on the sim. I've done all the 9 steps above but nothing changed. I don't know if it's related, but I also have an issue with Ground Services X since the update of P3D V3.4.9 with the dialog box not showing up when I press CTRL+CAPS+F12, maybe that's why the dialog box of SimpleCam to confirm the view saving is not showing up too. - I do run FSUIPC on my computer but it is the "free" version, I don't have any key-command assigned on FSUIPC. Moreover, I've disabled all the key command assignements on P3D that might interfere with "CTRL+NUM PAD key X" or "NUM PAD key X". Regards, Sébastien.E EDIT : I've tested the program on FSX-SE and it works flawlessly. I thought that the issue might be with P3D so I've reinstalled it but the problem is still here. Maybe the program is not fully compatible with the update 3.4.9 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi Sébastien, thank you for your answer. I have not yet installed P3D 3.4, I'm still running 3.3 but on 3.3 SimpleCam works flawless. I will install 3.4 in the next few days and report back whether it is reproducible then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebselle Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Hi Urs, I've solved my problem and I would like to share how I did. According to various forums, the issue was related to the new menu configuration of P3D V3.4. During the update, the "content" did not fully install and therefore, several programs (GSX and Simplecam for me) menu were not showing up when asked. The two solutions to these issues are : - install the content of the version 3.4.9 (for most people, it apparently worked, but I had to go further and make a clean reinstall) or - a clean reinstall of P3D (as explaned here http://www.prepar3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=120904 ) At least, that's what worked for me. Hope it'll help somebody in the future. Regards, Sébastien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Thanks Sébastien for sharing this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 A clean install means you loose all addons configurations planes etc. SimpleCam works for me with the saved configuration but I cannot save any changes This happens after todays P3D v3.4 update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Hi Bert (?) According to the forum rules, please sign your posts with your real first name. Thanks. If you can select the camera from the saved configuration, then the connection so SimpleCam works. That's OK. When camera positions cannot be saved, it is usually because of interference of key assignments. When you start the SimpleCam configuration tool, which button in the lower tab pane is enabled ? The "Delete key assignments" or the "Reload backup file". It is important that the file "Standard.xml" which holds all the simulators key assignments, does not have any key assignments from the numeric key pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Hi Urs Thanks for the quick reply, however due to private problems I could not react earlier. No changes were made but the upgrade to P3D 3.4 I immediately lost both Simplecam and GSX (Just the popup menus) I see some issues in the forums with Simconnect but I also use EFB and that's working ok. Any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Hi Bert, did you do what I have suggested/explained in my previous post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Hi Urs Thanks for your reply I have to get back on this later. Just removed all fs hardware because the room will be refurbished. I also copied the standard.xml from the working version P3D 3.3. No luck there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Hi Urs FS is running again I copied a fresh standard.xml to my P3D In the configuration tool I deleted the key assignments as per the button Still the same result only the saving part is not working the rest of the software works well P3D version 3.3 still working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi Bert, could you please send me the Standard.xml file for further inspection to support@aivlasoft.com. The file is located as follows: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hi Urs I emailed standard.xml and removedkeys.txt to you Thanks for your assistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi Urs Today I found out that the software is working ok, but only the popup window to save views does not show. If I deselect the confirmation option in the configuration tool then the views are properly saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aivlasoft Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi Bert, that is good news! Did you figure out why saving the views was not working properly? It could be interesting for other users who experienced similar problems. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertdeKeizer Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Hi Urs It was not 100% solved while the window was not shown With the confirmation option deselected it works because the window is not necessary But anyhow I did solve this issue for 100% While updating to P3D 3.4 the client update only is not sufficient You need to update the content part as well After that SimpleCam worked even without reinstalling it Note: This solved similar issues I had with GSX as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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