Problem with 'Traffic Range'

[Lukosius]

I am using the latest (test) version, 3.1.4.129, and have used a number of previous versions before this one.

For a long time now I get constant crashes of Plan-G, including this latest version. It generally happens when I come into an area of high AI traffic. When I turn the AI traffic off, or significantly reduce the 'Traffic Range', the problem seems to disappear.

I can live with that, however I have a strange problem with the 'Traffic Range' setting.....

If I set the range at 20km, it works correctly and I only see traffic up to 20km away. But if I have this setting at anything above 20km (e.g. 21km or above), the software will show traffic up to the maximum that Plan-G allows (200km), even if I have the setting at, say, 50km.

This is annoying as I want to find a good balance between being able to see Traffic greater than 20km away, while not crashing the software. But as it stands at the moment it's either 20km of traffic or 200km, and nothing in between.

Thoughts?

[tim arnot]

Simconnect or FSUIPC? And what sim?

[Lukosius]

SimConnect
FSX Acceleration

[tim arnot]

Okay, try FSUIPC. The Simconnect library can be a bit flaky sometimes (3rd party, nothing I can do about it). FSUIPC is slower at pulling traffic, but it's a lot more stable.

[Lukosius]

Yep, FSUIPC worked. Yeah, it's a bit slower, but still better than it crashing every 5mins.

Thanks.