Simconnect issue preventing use of multiple addons

Discussion Hub Tools & Utilities
1

Hi All,

To start with I wanted to explain that I don’t think this is an issue with GSX itself and more one of simconnect.

I discovered this problem however as a result of that error in GSX saying that it is not running when the program itself clearly is, from a bit of troubleshooting (including a combination of running the sim and coautl as admin) I have discovered the problem appears to be with sim connect and more specifically how many programs are using it.

I fly with FSUIPC, VPilot (for vatsim) and GSX. Interestingly I’ve found that trying to use all these 3 at once doesn’t work for me, if I for example fire up FSUIPC and VPilot, both connect fine but when I used GSX I get the error that Coautl isn’t running. If I close one of those say FSUIPC then GSX connects fine and loads in, when I then go to start FSUIPC again it says it can’t connect to the sim. The same occurs with VPilot, I can run GSX and FSUIPC fine together but VPilot can’t detect the sim, close one of those 2 programs and hey presto VPilot detects the sim and connects.

I’ve not noticed this before SU10 but I only purchased GSX after SU10 was released so can’t say if it’s a problem post update or not. Does anyone have any ideas or experienced the same issue ?

It’s almost like simconnect is reaching a limit with the programs that it can talk to, I have a very good PC with high end GPU and CPU so not a system limitation problem.

Any help would be great!

2

The problem is GSX crashing after being already launched (and tray icon remains there) or not being launched at all. It´s not a simconnect issue. It´s better to execute GSX via FSUIPC rather than via game´s exe.xml. That xml tends to randomly not launch all apps included there as far as I have seen. Just use FSUIPC launch feature at it´s ini file (edit your paths in accordance and use Run2, Run3, etc if you already have more apps there):

[Programs]
Run1=READY,CLOSE,"F:\Fsdreamteam Addon Manager\couatl64\Couatl64_MSFS.exe"

As an alternative just create a bat file that launches everything you need in one go.

Anyway GSX can still crash after being correctly launched. Leave a shortcut at desktop to re-run it manually just in case.

Cheers

3

But I can get GSX to connect fine with no issue as long as I’m not using those other programs and vice versa with other programs as long as I’m not using GSX.

If it was a GSX issue then it wouldn’t connect at all would it ? I have also tried your suggestion and again it is the same issue so I’m sure it’s a Simconnect issue.