nzch2010 Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi everyone, Have been using NGX and EFB for about a week now with no simconnect issues after making a change in the simconnect.xml file. So, now all the AI aircraft show up on the board, and stay on the board, and UT2 planes do not disapear from FSX anymore. To see if this works for others who are experiencing this issue, I have pasted the change you need to make below, and it is very easy. Please note, for every addon that requires simconnect, via network or on the fsx pc, count each addon as 5. So for example, I have UT2, NGX,EFB,ASE, so that makes total of 20. So, scroll down to 10< Default number is 10, Now change it to 20. If you have 5 addons that require simconnect, make that number 25. reboot computer. This is not a proven fix till it is tried by other users, otherwise I will look a complete goose, but I have been running now for a week with no more simconnect issues using the tweak. Please reply in this thread your results. Simconnect.xml can be found in the same folder as your FSX.CFG. I would suggest using notepad + to edit the xml, to be safe. Just type Notepad + in google, it is freeware. Edit: For those who fly online, Vatsim, IVAO etc, this may work for you, I don't know as I do not fly online. Maybe you have to up the numbers a bit, i'm not sure. Regards Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackharpenden Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi Julian, Will give this a go later. Sounds very promising. I'll see how that works on Vatsim for me. Regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzch2010 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Hi Julian, Will give this a go later. Sounds very promising. I'll see how that works on Vatsim for me. Regards, Jack Ok Jack, you may have to play with max user number to hit the sweet spot, so will be interested how you get on. Regards Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackharpenden Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I will do so, and keep you updated. Regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawydz Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 It didn't work for me. My MaxClients was already set to 64 and I have increased that number to 512 but traffic still disappears after some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackharpenden Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 It didn't work for me. My MaxClients was already set to 64 and I have increased that number to 512 but traffic still disappears after some time. I've not tried it yet, but I'm pretty certain that you've misread Julian's post. - You need to work out how many applications you're using that requires SimConnect, add those up. The best number to set will be based on that. Try re-reading the post Thanks, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzch2010 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 It didn't work for me. My MaxClients was already set to 64 and I have increased that number to 512 but traffic still disappears after some time. As Jack said, you need to manipulate the number a bit. As there is so many variables when dealing with simconnect (Pity aces only half did the job) that this may not work, if it all for some. It is possiable down the track, I add another SC required addon, and then I am back to square one. Now, if you are wondering if the creators of simconnect understood how it worked, probably not, and we can be forgiven for not understanding it either. I think if you have the number too high, that has the same effect if it is too low. Don't be disappointed if it does not work for you, I am sure someone will offer a better solution than I have. regards Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzch2010 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 One thing I should mention, and it is a paradox, that FSX can suck the life out of SC, and SC can suck the life out of FSX. For example, I did a flight (in the NGX) from Monastir in Tunisia, to Berlin Tegel, once you get to italian airspace the ai traffic starts to build up, even more so in German airspace, and UT2 @100% stayed on the display unit. Landed at EDDT, ai still on the DU. (GEX and UTX, and GAP EDDT. Next flight, KSFO (flightbeam with AS SFO cities) to KLAS (Mega Nevada, AS Las Vegas Cities, and FSDT KLAS) Ai stayed on the board till I reached the border at Nevada. This is when resources are starting to bite, AI started to drop off the DU. abeam KLAS, OOM error, end of flight. I have a fairly high end system, and even in the MD11, it OOM's at that very spot. Do I need to up the numbers in the SC xml ? probably not, removing AS cities or Mega Nevada, yes. Now the flight I did in Europe as described above, if I did the same flight with the default number @10, the AI falls off the DU. Something to think about, whilst having a coffe and listening to your GPU fan breaking the sound barrier. Regards Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawydz Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks for explanation guys, I'll change that value to proper one and I'll give it another try tomorrow. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wycliffe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Have we heard anything from PMDG regarding this issue. Wycliffe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest William Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I read this whilst on my hols and have looked into it. I would seem to have a problem as my simconnect.xml file has only this <?xml version="1.0"?> SimConnect SimConnect.xml False False Auto local Doing a search the only other reference I have is in the SDK folder where there are examples. Why would I have it like this? The SDK was properly installed (I thought). As someone rapidly closing on three score+ten I do not tinker with this sort of thing as I hate reinstalling so some knowledgeable advice would be appreciated. Thanks EDIT Sorted it with the help of THIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradrcfii Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 How do I determine how many programs use simconnect? Is it based on applications running on a remote machine? I am running EFB, ASE, on a remote machine and running UT2 on the FSX machine. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydigital Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I've not messed about with any of the fixes mentioned in this thread but I am now using the NGX with SP1 which was released earlier today and I am currently flying the new 700 expansion and the AI traffic is currently showing on the map even when the NGX is in the air, let's see if it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydigital Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Yes the traffic stayed visible throughout my 90 minute session, which is more than I can say for any previous version of the NGX, a provisional "well done" to PMDG from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackharpenden Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Good to hear, Andy. Will give it a go later this evening as I'm presently flying VATSIM's manic event; Cross the Pond. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydigital Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Unfortunately the return flight wasn't so good, all traffic disappeared again like normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackharpenden Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Agh... Well that's a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontheair Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I've not messed about with any of the fixes mentioned in this thread but I am now using the NGX with SP1 which was released earlier today and I am currently flying the new 700 expansion and the AI traffic is currently showing on the map even when the NGX is in the air, let's see if it lasts. I'm too running the NGX/SP1 : the FSX AI traffic is there as it was before but what is really new with the brand-new NGX SP1 is that I saw for the first time today on my online flight YSCB-YMHB with the 737-900 NGX an IVAO traffic rather close to my route at FL340. This a/c was displayed on the Eye as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisv007 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Hi guys, Tried a flight yesterday with the NGX SP1 and to my surprise (with traffic to 100) I had all of it on EFB!!! Very nice. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wycliffe Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 I did a complete reinstall of the NGX and SP1 and I have no traffic on VATSIM and get CTD's. The CTD's may be related to view swapping but I dont think so. Next experiment will be to try a flight off line with just ai traffic to see what happens. Wycliffe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterDa Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Wanting to try the simconnect.xml modification, but no such file is present in the directory with fsx.cfg (in my case C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX), and -yes, I have turned on "show hidden files". Any suggestions? - Peter D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest William Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 If you run on a network then you probably have not installed SimConnect from the FSX disk. If you don't run on a network then you don't need SimConnect. If you need help setting up SimConnect try THIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CXA001 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I can also confirm that since installing SP1 for the NGX all traffic appears when flying on VATSIM. Note: Display Unit is running on a secondary PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterDa Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If you run on a network then you probably have not installed SimConnect from the FSX disk. If you don't run on a network then you don't need SimConnect./ASXDocumentation/networkedconfig.html]THIS[/url] Thank you, William. I gather that this fix doesn't apply for those of us running everything on one system. Unfortunately SP1 hasn't solved this problem voor me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougal Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I run on a client PC and the fix doesn't work for me Don't know why, but I was just assuming the NGX SP1 would sort this out. This is a real 'party-pooper' for me. Can't see any way round it other than trying to run another addon at the same time. Sort of defeats the object though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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