Sunday, May 8, 2016

Various versions of Traffic Optimizer

There are two primary versions of Traffic Optimizer (ok, actually 3 but lets leave the 3rd one out for now):

1. For FSX, FSX-SE (Steam Edition) and P3D

http://www.mediafire.com/download/zmdftsy127jgux2/AirTrafficManagerFSX-P3D_Radar.zip

This is version you should try first. It is based upon FSX-SP1 version of SimConnect, 10.0.61242.0,  and hence should work for majority of the people including FSX-SE.

In case you have issues running it, please try re-installing SimConnect from:

...\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\redist\Interface\FSX-SP1\retail\lib

or from the FSX SDK folder:

...\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\LegacyInterfaces\FSX-SP1

or for FSX-SE:

...\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\LegacyInterfaces\FSX-SP1


2. For FSX-SE (Steam Edition)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/d6b10dn3mqkc70h/AirTrafficManagerFSXSE_Radar.zip

This one is for FSX-Steam Edition only. You should try this if the first one does not work. This is based upon FSX-SE's SimConnect version - 10.0.62615.0.

In case you have issues running it, please try re-installing SimConnect from:

...\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\lib


Note: These are the only two download links and they always point to the latest versions (FSX/P3D - 1.9.1.3 and FSX-SE - 1.9.1.2 as of now).

Finally the 3rd version was based off LM's P3D SimConnect. I don't think its really needed so I won't be releasing/managing it.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

P3D v3.2: Solution for Large fonts in ATC / GSX / ProATC X and other windows

With P3Dv3, Adobe Scaleform is being used for user interfaces like menus, ATC Window, and Simconnect created menus by other apps like GSX, ProATC X etc.

However on high DPI displays, e.g. 4k on Win10, the fonts on the ATC / GSX windows are quite small. As part of the P3D SDK, LM has provided the UI files for developers to customize these interfaces. Using those I have created a modified version which shows large fonts.

Instructions:
1. Download and unzip the attached file, you will get MenuWindow.swf.
2. Navigate to Scaleform directory under your P3D installation folder
3. Backup the existing MenuWindow.swf
4. Copy the file from 1 here.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/prtkmma7lt22426/MenuWindow.zip

Note: Tested with P3D v3.2 only