vPilot 2.0 Open Beta now available

[Ross Carlson]

I'm looking for some brave souls to try out the vPilot 2.0 beta version. I say "brave" because nobody aside from myself has run version 2.0 yet, and it incorporates some major changes. You can expect that there will be bugs, probably show-stopping bugs that will make it unusable until I have a chance to fix them. Such is the case with untested software.

 

That being said, I would very much appreciate the help from anyone willing to give it a try and report your feedback.

 

Please make a backup of your existing installation in case you need to revert back to it. The existing installation can be found here:

 

%LOCALAPPDATA%\vPilot

 

The 2.0 installer lets you change the installation folder, so you can always put it in a different spot if you don't want to overwrite your existing 1.0 installation. However, I would prefer that you let it overwrite your existing installation in order to test that it properly upgrades your existing configuration file the first time you run version 2.0.

 

Here are the docs for version 2.0:

 

http://vpilot.metacraft.com/Docomeentation2.aspx

 

Here's a description of the major changes with some anticipated FAQs:

 

http://vpilot.metacraft.com/UpgradingV1toV2.aspx

 

Finally, here's the link to download the version 2.0 open beta installer:

 

http://vpilot.metacraft.com/DownloadHandler.ashx?m=0&ver=2.0.11&file=vPilot-Setup-2.0.11.exe

 

Please create a new thread here in the vPilot forum if you run into any issues.

 

Thanks for the help!

[Mirza Samnani 1263151]

Already downloaded and tested for model match 10/10 will use it on my long flights this week. so far no issues at all

[Norman Blackburn]

About to jump into the fire

[Ernesto Alvarez 818262]

worth noting for PMDG and other payware aircraft users, you might want to disable these models in the advanced settings so they arent part of your model matching. otherwise your frames may come crashing or the sim itself. be warned

[Ross Carlson]

It won't make use of the PMDG models because they aren't part of the model database, and it can't determine the aircraft type and airline code by parsing the aircraft.cfg data.

 

The same may not be true of other complex add-ons, though.

[Ned Hamilton 1215492]

If I move the existing folder to a safe place then to revert back to version 1 can I simply move the entire folder back to the original location?

[Johnathan Ellis 1250874]

If I move the existing folder to a safe place then to revert back to version 1 can I simply move the entire folder back to the original location?

 

 

Yes. I have done so already

[1275389]

It's not possible to have both versions installed at the same time right?

[Ross Carlson]

Yes, it is, as long as you put them in different folders. The shortcuts created in the start menu and on the desktop will only point to the most recently-installed one, though.

[Bahaeddine El-Zarif]

Ross,

 

Please advice on the tower view. Do you launch vpilot and use the dot command or is there a specific way to connect FSX with Euroscope?

[Ross Carlson]

Yes, launch vPilot and use the dot command. Refer to the Euroscope docs on how to set it up as the server.

[Bahaeddine El-Zarif]

Yes, launch vPilot and use the dot command. Refer to the Euroscope docs on how to set it up as the server.

 

Thank you!

[Rob Jones 951929]

I have the same IP address in Host and Remote but they won't connect. I can't think of any reason why not, can you suggest any please?

 

Rob

[Marcelo Duran 1176670]

Hi Ross.

 

Thanks for the new version.

 

Some issues here:

 

1. Cant't start in debug mode. Shortcuts p[Mod - Happy Thoughts] an invalid command line argument... "-mmlog". If I delete it, debug mode works as expected. This one is easy to fix...

 

2) Networked configuration. Set IP on remote computer... default port 8809 on both sides... Start host first then remote app... then remote app hangs with message:

 

Unhandled exception: value can't be null.

Parameter name: key

 

or something like that... It's in Portuguese, since my windows is also in Portuguese.

 

On the host side, I have the following log:

 

[11:35:24.001] vPilot version 2.0.0.0

[11:35:25.381] Simulator connection failed.

[11:35:27.960] Attempting simulator connection...

[11:35:30.380] Simulator connection failed.

[11:35:32.962] Attempting simulator connection...

[11:35:35.378] Simulator connection failed.

[11:35:36.849] Remote connected: 192.168.0.21:49722

[11:35:36.879] Remote disconnected.

[11:35:37.962] Attempting simulator connection...

[11:35:40.382] Simulator connection failed.

 

Just for the record... my FSX was not running yet (and it didn't matter, actually).

 

As you can notice, port number is different from the one I set on both applications and each time I run vPilot, I get a error log message with a different port number.

 

I tried to set Firewall off, too. No success.

 

Let me know if you need more information.

 

Marcelo Duran.

[Ross Carlson]

I am able to reproduce the remote mode crash and I'm working on a fix. Until then you won't be able to use vPilot 2.0 over a network.

[Mirza Samnani 1263151]

Hey there Ross one small bug I found if u hover over the controller position u see name as unknown however if u open pvt chat and then Hover again. U can see his/her name.

[Maurizio Cinti]

Same error here as many other users reported.... " value can't be null"

let's wait for Ross to sort it out

 

Maurizio

[Kirk Christie]

 

 

Please create a new thread here in the vPilot forum if you run into any issues.

 

[Ismail El Moussati]

Hi sir,

 

Nice to see always alive spirits, thx for the new version sounds good really.

 

Unfortunately i have a problem with model matching, check the picture below.

 

 

[Don Desfosse]

IVAO is not supported on VATSIM, per their demand.

[Ross Carlson]

IVAO is not supported on VATSIM, per their demand.

 

Something about that screenshot makes me think he knew that already.

[Bruce Carson]

Is this different from V1.x ? The IVAO MTL were supported in that release.

Is this a new IVAO restriction? - Alternatives?

[Norman Blackburn]

Is this different from V1.x ? The IVAO MTL were supported in that release.

Is this a new IVAO restriction? - Alternatives?

With 1.x it could work but that is not the same as supported.

[Don Desfosse]

Lots of freeware and payware alternatives, though none as comprehensive and convenient as what I'm told the IVAO library is. WOAI is probably the most popular and comprehensive freeware source. I still pray that someday VATSIM will take on the project of developing its own library similar to IVAO's. Will be a huge undertaking, but so worth it!

[shreyas sanghvi 1315970]

Sir I have few problems while using VPilot 2.0.

 

 

* I need to have VPilot as my active software as in the VPilot should be in focus and selected to transmit voice. Without that the transmission does not occur.

 

*sometimes even while having VPilot in focus and pressing the PTT voice is not transmitted over.

 

*and if its suppose to display a 777 as a pmdg 777 if I own one. It isn't the case with me. I see a 777 as a Woai's 777.

 

Thank you. And all the best with the new version looks very very promising