XP-12 and SPACARS

Smitty,

Sorry that you were having compatibility issues with SPAACARS.  Unfortunately, it would be up to the developers of XUPIPC to resolve any compatibility issues by matching XUPIPC with FSUIPC functionality.  SPAACARS relies on memory locations set by FSUIPC.  SPAACARS was actually never developed for the Xplane simulator, but XUPIPC's development allowed XPlane users to use 3rd party programs, like SPAACARS, enjoyed by MS Flight Simulator users.  When XPlane updates deviate from these memory assignments, it's up to XUPIPC developers to make the necessary adjustments so that SPAACARS can read and write to the same memory locations supported by FSUIPC.  You would need to consult with the XUPIPC developer's website/forum for solutions when problems occur.

Yes - our manual pirep entry is always an option, but yes, it can be a pain to do all of that manually.  I'm glad you've found a work-around for the time being.

Happy flying,

John

Smitty,

Simconnect was always the interface to the simulator.  FSUIPC is built on top of Simconnect.  Thus, SPAACARS talks to FSUIPC which talks to Simconnect which talks to the simulator.  I opted for FSUIPC as the interface for SPAACARS because it was less complex (albeit less flexible) than working directly with Simconnect.  I was in a hurry to get something up and running so I could fly my planes and not spend lots of time learning the intricacies of Simconnect.  FSUIPC SDK was enough to handle for a programmer of limited abilities such as myself  .

The additional benefit, and it's a significant one, is that changes made to the simulator result in changes to simconnect.  Some of those changes would negatively impact the functioning of the 3rd party programs interfacing with simconnect.  If SPAACARS interfaced directly with Simconnect, I would have to find out what changes occurred and alter SPAACARS code to make it functional again.  By using FSUIPC to interface with Simconnect, the developers of FSUIPC make the necessary adjustments to FSUIPC to ensure that the functionality of FSUIPC remains the same regardless of the changes of Simconnect.

Considering the many changes in the many simulators from FSX, P3D and FS2020, and now FS2024, and not just the new simulators themselves, but the many version updates that have occurred for all of them, the developers of FSUIPC have done an incredible job maintaining compatibility of the different versions of FSUIPC to meet the needs of 3rd party programs, like our SPAACARS.  As a result, SPAACARS works for all of the above listed simulators and I have not had to make any adjustments to SPAACARS to maintain its functionality.

That's it in a nutshell...or more likely painful detail  .