PSX + X-Plane for scenery

[Greg Hateley]

This is the xview log file.. hope that helps.


Local time and date : Mon Oct 13 07:34:40 2014
XView Version 1.01

HEADER = "XView Configuration File Mon Oct 13 07:04:27 2014"

SETTINGS_PATH = ""

BOOST_ADDRESS = "127.0.0.1 : 10749"   ; IP address

MAIN_ADDRESS  = "10.1.1.101 : 10747"   ; IP address

SMOOTH_TRAJECTORY = FALSE   ; Extrapolate between PSX updates (default: FALSE)

DO_ANIMATIONS = TRUE       ; Animate external view, eg gear, etc(default: TRUE)

DO_LIGHTS = TRUE           ; Animate lights (default: TRUE)

INJECT_ELEVATION = TRUE    ; Set to true to send scenery elevation to Main server

PSX_TRAFFIC = 4         ; Set to the number of traffic planes you want driven by PSX (max 7)

SIDE_VIEWS = FALSE          ; Set TRUE to allow PSX to set X-Plane view angle

DO_TIME = TRUE             ; Set true if PSX sets X-Plane time

DO_WEATHER = TRUE          ; Set true if PSX sets X-Plane weather

DO_COMMS = FALSE            ; Set true if PSX  sets X-Plane comms

USE_PSX_TRAFFIC = TRUE     ; Set true if PSX drives the traffic aircraft

USE_XP_TRAFFIC =  FALSE     ; Set true if XP drives the traffic aircraft


Debug file opened

Can't find DataRef for number 89 :
Can't find DataRef for number 90 :
Can't find DataRef for number 91 :
Can't find DataRef for number 92 :
Can't find DataRef for number 96 :
Mon Oct 13 07:34:40 2014 Connected to Boost server
Mon Oct 13 07:34:40 2014 Connected to Main server
PSX Version 10.0.1-alpha23

33 lexicon lines processed
Mon Oct 13 07:34:41 2014 Injector thread launched
Found dataref editor

[mikeindevon]

Two questions:
- why isn't the main server on 127.0.0.1 like the boost?
- does XP crash if you run it with the XView win.xpl but don't connect PSX?

Mike

[Greg Hateley]

Hi Mike,
Firstly, thanks so so much for xview.
I reinstalled and the problem has gone. I think I got the old and new win.xpl files mixed up. My bad.
I was thinking to save some network congestion to run psx and xplane on the same pc. I am open to advice on the best networking configuration for xplane smoothness. Should I just point both to 10.1.1.101?

Regards
Greg

[mikeindevon]

Hi Greg,

On the same machine use 127.0.0.1 :10747 and 127.0.0.1: 10749 for main and boost respectively.  A 127.0.0.1 connection is routed straight through by the OS and doesn't touch the network adapter - at least that is my understanding.  So it should be faster.

I wouldn't worry about network congestion.  I haven't measured it, but from my back of fag packet calculation I doubt the boost server outputs more that 10Kb per second.  Peanuts compared with the network speed.

X-Plane is the most power hungry part of the software.  So for best performance put that on your fastest machine and PSX on the other.

Thank you for flying with XView  

Mike

[Berndo]

Mike,

sorry that I still can't report back if the altitude reporting with X-IVAP is solved, had no ATC on my routes lately.

One thing I just noticed regarding the aircraft lights: Can't get the Strobe & Beacon lights to work, all others are fine. Do you have any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Performance wise I have no troubles at all - just wanted to give the other guys a heads-up.

Bernd

[mikeindevon]

No progress on the ATC as it is out of my hands.  I can't see it being resolved any time soon.

With regard to the lighting, it works ok for me.  Check you are using HDR rendering in X-Plane and that the bulbs or whatever hasn't blown in PSX.

Mike

[Berndo]

No progress on the ATC as it is out of my hands.  I can't see it being resolved any time soon.

With regard to the lighting, it works ok for me.  Check you are using HDR rendering in X-Plane and that the bulbs or whatever hasn't blown in PSX.

Mike

Mike,

I know that the IVAO stuff is nothing that you can do anything about. I just wanted to let you know that after changing the transponder to S mode only I had no controller online who could tell me whether it is now reporting the current alt or not.

HDR rendering is on, the datarefs report that strobe & beacon or on and I repaired everything in PSX.
Then I loaded an en-route situation in PSX, still no joy.
Will report back once I have my new PC up and running (maybe changing from AMD to nVidia will solve that).

Regards,
Bernd

[mikeindevon]

XView 1.2 is now on the server.  You access it at ftp://larkshayes.com.

Username : xview@larkshayes.com
Password : 747Pilot

The PSX Plane has been updated slightly.  As an alternative to downloading the whole file, you can download 747_Wings.obj and overwrite your existing copy of that file.  It lives in the objects sub-directory of PSX Plane, which is in the Aircraft directory of X-Plane.

The new XView version includes some interesting improvements:
- options to turn off the transfer of time, weather and comms from PSX to X-Plane
- weather improved with CBs included and better matching of PSX cloud layers
- clouds not re-drawn when other weather data changes
- full implementation of PSX weather regions
- improved handling of engine fans
- updated User Guide
- introduction of Relay output for boost server data.

This latter allows the connection of a single copy of PSX to multiple copies of X-Plane.  In this way you can drive several cockpit windows from one copy of PSX.  This avoids the distortion associated with a single wide display, even when spread over several monitors, and provides a silky smooth frame rate.  This is definately the way to go if you want several windows animated.

Let me know of any problems.

Mike

[Berndo]

Once again, thanks for your efforts, Mike! I like the new version very much.

Regarding the transponder/X-IVAP issue, sadly the controller at the scope still sees the altitude as 0. Really weird as the tracker is logging everything correctly, so my assumption is that the problem is somewhere between X-IVAP and the controller software (but I don't know the IVAO network architecture).

To be sure that it is not a problem of my local installation (or the dreaded PEBCAK) I have to ask: Does anyone else have the same problem when using PSX with X-View in X-Plane and flying online with X-IVAP?

Bernd

[cagarini]

Mike,

great news !

I am curious about the weather zones implementation you mention.

AFAIK, X-plane 10 doesn't allow to set weather much far apart from the current aircraft position / active set of "Earth tiles", so, when you write "full implementation of PSX wetaher regions", do you mean that you have found a way to set the weather at those stations all at once, or that you transit between weather settings between each two stations in a more smooth / progressive way? Or, are you referring to the modeling of jetstream constellation ( even more complex... in X-Plane or FSX... )?

Also, and since X-Plane10 does not include "Cb" in it's cloud types, how are you injecting "Cbs"? It is possible to set cloud thickness ( and actually very limited because you can never set it less than 2000' or 3000', I do not exactly recall right now, unless it's "Ci"... Do you mean that when a report of Cb or TCu is available, you set cloud thickness high, with a non OVC layer, or together with it in case of embedded systems ?

Anyway, I will try to test this new version ASAP!

[cdpohl]

How about us guys running PSX on Macs. Can we expect a plugin to utilize X-Plane 10 scenery?

[mikeindevon]

I have bought on of the new mac minis, which should arrive (from China) tomorrow. How long you have to wait for the mac version depends on how long it takes me to learn to program under OS X.

Mike

[tango4]

Thank a lot Mike!
I will try it as soon as I can !

Charles

[flomartin]

Why not just running Windows 7 with Bootcamp ?

It works perfectly well !

[mikeindevon]

Re the weather - I set X-Plane weather to the nearest zone set in PSX, or the planet weather if there are no zones within 320nm of the current position.  I don't have access to X-Plane today so I cannot be specific, but there is a storm setting on the xp weather page. It produces quite large cloud puffs.

Mike

[cagarini]

Thx Mike,

anyway, I'll find that myself in about 2hrs...

Do you have any feedback for when your XView is used with SkyMaxx Pro ?  I don't know ifI am going to install it this turn, because I guess it might be problematic when I updarte XP10..., but I would like to see how the new Cb look ...

Also going to find out if the tool I am now using with FSX, borderless windows, as suggested by Gerd at another thread, will finally allow me to dimension the XP10 window the way I want. Until now the smalest I can get is arounf 2 /3 of the monitor height.

[Zapp]

Hi, I am experiencing problems with x-view: it seems I can't complete a flight without the dreaded "couldn't complete an asynchronous load" x-plane error or something like that. Is that happenng to anyone else?

Tnx

Andrea

[mikeindevon]

This happens when xp decides it is taking too long to load the scenery. I have seen this for example when xp starts first and begins to load scenery from its previous session, but then PSX starts up at a different location and the xp scenery load starts all over again.

I have never seen it during  a flight. It is an xp issue as xview doesn 't load any scenery. Try running with less complex scenery or putting the scenery on a SSD. Don't use high values of time acceleration over complex scenery areas.

Mike

[cagarini]

And... load XP after PSX is loaded and at the situ you want to sart from IS active...

[Berndo]

Hello Mike,

after some time I finally could do some testing with different controllers.

Conclusion: weirdness
One controller saw my altitude, but only sometimes. A second one only saw my climb rate, no altitude.
Changes in the filed transponder didn't do anything (C or S).

Frustrated I tried searching the X-Ivap plugin for datarefs and found the following that I think are related to altitude:

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sim/flightmodel/misc/h_ind
sim/cockpit/misc/barometer_setting
sim/flightmodel/position/elevation
sim/flightmodel/position/y_agl


The last two are only readable, so maybe X-Ivap uses the h_ind one as you guessed earlier.

If I can find another controller that is open to testing (the first session lasted an hour or so) I'll try to set h_ind.