SimLauncherX

Hi all, The latest release of SimLauncherX seems to be compatible with P3Dv4 out of the box. You just need to change the simulator settings in the Global settings and make sure all your P3D profiles point to the correct folders. The easiest thing to do is to delete the SimLauncherX.P3D.Settings.xml file, open the SimLauncherX.Profiles.xml file and delete all your P3D profiles, start SLX, create your P3D settings and profiles and rebuild the database. Unfortunately it is not (yet) possible to use P3Dv3 and P3Dv4 side by side within SLX. I will try to make this possible, just as I have done with FSX and FSX-SE. If you find any issues with P3Dv4, please let me…

Hi SLX users, SLX is compatible with FSX Boxed Edition, FSX:SE and Prepar3D versions 1, 2, 3 and 4. Download SLX here: https://library.avsim.net/download.php?DLID=199304 Note: if you have an older version of SLX installed and you did not upgrade to a newer version lately, you might need to perform a reset before all new features become available: use the button on the backstage menu (top left hand icon on the ribbon). 2017-07-13: added a simulation of Honeywell's RAAS system. 2017-08-14: added a taxi route finder and the map orientation can now be set to north up, heading up, track up or desired track up 2017-08-24: much, much faster database cre…

Hi all, SimLauncherX supports the use of AIRAC cycles from both Navigraph and NavDataPro. Navigraph's FMS Data Manager has support for SLX from AIRAC cycle 1509 onwards. NavDataPro has support for SLX from NavDataPro version 1.0.2.6 onwards ((released on 07/31/2015). thanks, Maarten

Hi all, As a courtesy to me and your fellow SimLauncherX users, please sign your posts with your real name. Maybe it's old-fashioned, but I simply like to know who I'm talking to. thanks, Maarten

I think support for SLX is easier to handle for Maarten and fellow users when questions are posted in separate topics. It also serves better as a reference for other users that might have the same question. Nobody wants to read a long thread. I have been a beta tester for SLX and I can honestly say that this is the best add-on utility for FSX and P3D that I have ever seen! And the personal and helpful support of Maarten is second to none. He also provided a very comprehensive manual. I know that nobody wants to read manuals, but please have a look at it because it tells you features you otherwise might have missed! Everyone should give Simlauncher X a try. Maar…

As the title says, SLX is only finding airports in scenery.cfg not in either add-ons.cfg files in programdata folder or users/[name]/appdata/roaming/Lockheed Martin/Prepar3D v4/. Config for SLX seems right. Any pointers please.

I have a "feeling" that given SimLauncherX's installation and setup options that it should bolt up just fine with Prepar3D V5. However, I am not so confident it will be able to support both V4.5 and V5 at the same time. Perhaps a different user ID? Actually, that's probably not a bad idea - keep things completely separate. Thoughts?

Hi, I have been using SimLauncherX for many, many years. Now, since a few months ago, the map does not show up any more. Airports, VORs etc. are visible, but there is no map in the background, just a flat white background. I have tried a number of things: reinstalled completely, even tried MapBox, but I cannot fix it. Any ideas? Thank you. Klaus P.S.: I take it that Maarten has stopped supporting and developing SimLauncherX. That's really sad, since it is a great program.

How do you get All of the airports to display on the map. They are listed in the airport lists is there an issue with the airports if they do not have runway sizes and other info. All help greatly appreciated. Thanks Peter

I know that Simlauncher does not need a SimConnect.cfg file on the remote but can someone please tell me what port# it requires as I can get everything else setup but cannot get communication to P3D. I have Rex Skyforce working OK but when I put another entry into SimConnect.xml to try and get SimlauncherX running Rex stops. Any Help Greatly appreciated. Thanks Peter

Hi, Is everything OK with Maarten as he has not responded to any posts since 5th October 17? I sent him a personal e-mail back in January but have had no response. Nigel French

Hello, I was using Simlauncher at home with an Internet connection and everything was fine. I take advantage to thank you for your software. Since I use it with the same PC somewhere with no connection, I can't display a map except frontiers. I read there are files for different maps in appdata folder (...AppData\Local\TelerikMapCache\OpenStreetMapProvider). I found them (108 files) on another PC while it was empty on the PC with no maps. So, I copied and pasted these files but it's still the same thing, no map. What can I do to use it offline and having a map. Thanks for your help. Michel Merle

Hello, Something strange. In the updates panel I can read : You have version : 6.0.6490.42717 The latest version is : 6.0.6488.29527 Confirmed by the notes below these informations. So no update. How can I have a newer version than the last one? Michel

HI Maarten! Locking on plane on the map,or even following is only working every once in a while. That's very annoying,also that Sim Launcher is not responding very often. Scott

Hello, it is a wonderfull tool, but I can not save a flightplan to the flightplanfolder of FSX. My workflow: I create a flightpan with SimlauncherX add him to the choosen flight (it shows requested flightplan with the name).But I am not able to save the flight plan, the button in the contextmenue is inactive And so if I start the choosen flight, there is no flightplan to load in the FMC etc....Whats wrong? Thanks for help! Klaus

I decided to try out SLX after seeing all the things it could do and seeing some of the good reviews it was getting. I installed it, pointed it to my P3D v4 install and off I went. I noticed that after installing the program, my sim ran far less smooth than it once had before having installed it, so I poked around my Prepar3d.cfg file to find that it made changes without my knowledge. Luckily I had a backup and reverted to that. After realizing the changes it made, I decided to uninstall SLX because there was nothing that said it would edit my config or even make a backup before doing so. It did indeed make a backup, though it was a backup of its own changes instead …

Hi, first of all i want to congratulate you for this wonderful app you created! Now let me explain my problem in short words: i can not make it to work on my client PC! I'm using P3d4 (v4.1)...and everything seems to work flawlessly on my server PC (the one where P3d is installed)...I followed your step by step guide on the manual but I am only able to connect the client slx to the server by starting slxserver on my server PC... and i can also start p3d from my client PC... but it won't connect to the simulator then (the second "traffic light" red light wont turn green...) The folders are correctly set (both on server and on client PCs) all simconnect files are corr…

can anyone explain how to create a SLX video (SLX connected to FSX). I've tried various programs and options, but what I can get is just a FSX or desktop video or empty one, never SLX thanks

Hi Marteen, I have just purchased an aircraft for FSX thru Steam. This is steam Download Content (DLC) which, however is not installed in the usual C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes folder. Steam installs each one in a separate numbered directory stream below "DLC" e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\DLC\379575\SimObjects\Airplanes. This more convoluted routing is not picked by SLX's database builder. While it appears possible to fool SLX by dropping another copy of the files from the DLC sub folder stream into the FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes folder, I don't know yet if this may have an adverse impact o…

Hello. This is my first post as I have just learned of Simlauncher literally moments ago. Excitedly I downloaded the latest version, and all seems to go well (once I tell Avast to go "F" itself) but the program seems to lock up during the "Creating P3Dv4 database" on NL2000 v4.0 EHAL every time. I have attempted this three times now. It flies through the creation until it hits EHAL, then just freezes up. The timer on the window is always under a minute when it reaches EHAL ... as I type this it is currently sitting at 8 minutes and still stuck on that airport :( Is there a way to force the program past this without uninstalling EHAL? I am looking so for…

Tried to install latest version, Avast detects the .exe as malicious and quarantines it.

Hi, I just started to use SLX, it seems nice but a bit complex to me. I still don't find very intuitive though, have to look for options and stuff all the time (even though I read the manual), but I'm slowly getting to know it better. Yesterday I tried flight planning, but I had troubles with understanding its logic. Can't write ICAO codes for dep. and arr. airports in the little boxes next to the plans name or even in the boxes down at the details, drag and drop not working as I thought it should, flight planner tries to plan a route between two airports through my planes current (random) position (do I have to move my plane first to the departure airport?) etc…

Hi Maarten, I've installed your latest build and "fixed" my AI... planes. I understand now that incompatible P3DV4 versions are "disabled" by removing the [flight.x] section in the aircraft.cfg file (not sure if that is the correct section name). I have many ai...files and it would a long time to go through each aircraft cfg file...is there an easy way to find which ones are active and those removed? Thank you, Jeff

I've installed your very excellent program. I mainly installed to 'fix' the AI traffic for P3DV4. When I ran your Misc->Fix AI tool, it removed the [fltsim.0] section in all of the IVAO_MTL aircraft config files. Because of this, PSXseeconTraffic can no longer use these AI (the VMGenerator program disregards any aircraft config files missing this section). The AI_liveries.txt file does not have any of the IVAO_MTL AI aircraft listed. Below is one of the removed sections, which were saved in the aircraft.cfg.slx.bak file. [fltsim.0] description=LOD1 polygons: 58\nLOD10 polygons: 2640\n model= sim=SBAI-An148 texture=ADB title=A148ADB ui_manu…

Hi Maarten, Just installed the latest update. The logbook manager seems to be freezing the SLX program when selected (after you have chosen logbook.bin) can only close SLX with Task Manager, so not sure if this working before the update, as I was just trying out all the buttons :-) Cheers Chris Perth Western Australia Win 7 Ult 64 FSX/P3D v 2.5 and V4