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Running the host idle - System resource use


Morten Haughom 965929
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Morten Haughom 965929
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Hi Ross!

First off. Your software is awesome to put it bluntly. A matured VATSIM Client, simple in use, yet powerful. Seemingly totally bug free too! Thanks for this contribution, top ten this decade

 

Question:

We have, my father and me, built a full scale 737 sim. Where the FSX computer will run vPilot in host mode. While another computer is used as the remote client, where all the pre-flight prep will happen. Connecting to VATSIM and so on.

 

The FSX computer boots all the way into "outside view" so to speak, a fully automated process.

For ease of use, I wonder if the host module could be auto loaded during boot and remain in memory in "idle" mode. without affecting the FSX simulation unduly.

 

More to the point:

 

Will the host vPilot "interrupt" the FSX process often while doing nothing? I.e. if we choose to run a sim session OFFLINE (not running the remote), how will the host module affect the FSX simulation?

 

Regards

Morten Haughom

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Ross Carlson
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You should be able to add vPilot to whatever your current startup process is. It will make a SimConnect connection to the sim, which will use a tiny amount of memory and a tiny amount of CPU resources, because it will be reading your aircraft position and radio states periodically. I can't imagine you would ever notice this tiny amount of idle resource usage, compared to everything else the sim machine is doing.

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Morten Haughom 965929
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Thank you Ross!

 

Exactly what I needed to hear. vPilot is now loaded during WIN7 boot

 

Feature request:

Any chance you'll make an option for the "host" module to stay minimized, possibly in the tray?

Nice to have feature, but non-critical. So don't even consider it if it means changing entire cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]es of code to make it work.

I'm sure the community wants to have other features that are far more valuable in any upcoming upgrade

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I'll put that on the list for a future update. Should be pretty easy.

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Morten Haughom 965929
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Thank you Ross

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Ross Carlson
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There's already a minimize button on the host window. Is that not sufficient?

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