Packages

FSUIPC is effectively a successor to FS6IPC.dll. Both modules are designed to allow external (i.e. separate) programs to communicate with and perhaps control Microsoft Flight Simulator. FSUIPC can only help external applications talk to FS, nothing more.

FSUIPC.dll is a module for FS98, FS2000 or FS2002, and it should be placed into the ‘Modules’ folder—see the Installation section of the documentation. Whilst its prime job is simply to do for FS2000 and FS2002 exactly the same sort of work that FS6IPC.dll did for FS98, it also attempts to provide a compatible FS98 interface for FS2000/2002, so that applications written for FS98 will work with FS2000 and FS2002.

With effect from Version 2, FSUIPC will also work within Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. With CFS2 it provides access to many of the things that programs enjoy on FS2000 and FS2002, including full weather control. However, it should be noted that CFS2 is not the main target, and support for 100% of the features is not guaranteed. With the original Combat Flight Simulator (“CFS1”) the features are much more restricted: for instance there are no operating weather facilities in FSUIPC for CFS1. FSUIPC will not work with CFS3. There is no place for add-in programs at all in CFS3.

Whilst FSUIPC can be used in FS98 in place of FS6IPC. WideFS users will want to, as will any users of those more recent applications that specifically depend on FSUIPC rather than FS6IPC.

The most useful utility for shutting down unwanted programs while running FS. so that all resources can be used for FS and not wasted.

My friend Chuck Dome has produced a utility to enable FS98 gauges to be converted to show "Pink" night lighting when used in FS2000. This can be downloaded from here by clicking on the link below.

I will tell you now this utility DOES NOT WORK on my RCS gauges so don't even bother to try. All it does is invokes the inbuilt "Security System" and renders the gauges useless.