Live View

If you can't save your camera file on your client then the sharing and permissions are not correct. The delay in starting after pause is illustrating the problem with your server. The position and attitude updates are not being issued smoothly by FSX, probably because it is busy doing other things.

I would even try swapping roles and running the server on your client and vice versa. If you can't even start off smoothly after a pause then something is not quite right and your server FSX does not seem up to the job.

Stephen

The sharing and security permissions have to be done both ways, that is on both systems. It is also very easy to overlook the Everyone Full Control settings. Best step through the guide again.

Stephen

Have you done this ...

Control Panel - System and Security - Windows Firewall - Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall

Enable both Home/Work(Private) and Public options for the following features,
Core Networking
File and Printer Sharing Network Discovery
Once again, at the very least you should have 'FILE AND PRINTER SHARING' enabled through the Firewall on your server and all client systems.

Also check ...

Sharing and Security Permissions

Set up your sharing and security permissions for Everyone on your server and client systems. Both the drive and the FSX install folder must be shared and accessible.

Sharing

To set up Sharing on a drive run Windows Explorer, right click on the drive you wish to share, select Properties, select the Sharing tab, select Advanced Sharing, tick the checkbox to share the drive and enter a share name. Click on Permissions, enter Everyone in the Group or user names box and tick the checkboxes to allow Full Control for Everyone. Some users find it is not enough to share folders, the whole drive must be shared.

Security Permissions

To set up Security Permissions run Windows Explorer, right click on the drive you wish to set Security settings for, select Properties, select the Security tab, select Everyone in the Group or user names box and ensure the Permissions are Full Control, if not click on the Edit button and tick the Permissions checkboxes to allow Full Control for Everyone. Also select Authenticated Users in the Group or user names box and tick the checkboxes to allow Full Control.

Repeat on all systems.

It is best to step through the Getting Started guide and do not assume it is done. For instance, share your drives and the OpusFSX and FSX install folders.

Stephen

The staggering is down to your server FSX system, there is little I can do at he moment, we will have another look to see if we can squeeze the very last drop of performance out of FSX, but my similar speed PC (but with more memory) gives twice the updates and is quite smooth. Not as smooth as the server, no system can achieve that, so there will always be very small stutters rather than the silky smooth motion of the server display.

Personally I would set the firewall advanced settings anyway. These are just settings that Windows will enable. I would also be a little concerned about whether your switch is slowing the connection. I would try a point to point LAN connection, that's what we use. I think you just need to try different things to see if you can improve the systems performance.

Stephen

OK, if its an intelligent 1Gb/s switch it should be fine.

Stephen

Hello Stephen

Thanks.

Stephen, I wrote, now after sharing the whole drives, it was OK with the camera file.

If there is no lag it means FSX is transmitting position updates as fast as possible. We can get well over 100 updates per second driving into a laptop client and it moves very smoothly. We have set 20 FPS on the server and unlimited on the laptop client. All I can suggest now is to try different frame rate settings on the server.

Hi Michel

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Stephen

Vous êtes les bienvenus

If you have no lag then its more likely to be in your server side FSX I would think. Try selecting a very simple aircraft on your server just as an experiment to reduce the processing as much as you can, lower the window resolution etc. you may get some idea from doing things like that.

Stephen

Unfortunately no, but I will have another quick look at the software tomorrow to see if there is anything I can do to smooth out the updates. Remember it will never match the smoothness of your server display, but I had expected you to be getting more updates. I can get easily over 100 per second over a point to point link between my server and laptop client. I still think the problem lies on your server. In our tests the software and IPC link over the LAN is able to communicate the updates as fast as the server is able to generate them, hence I suspect your FSX is not reporting them smoothly enough. All I can suggest is to simplify your server FSX, just as a test, lower screen resolution, simple FSX aircraft, no other Addons etc.

Stephen

OK Thank you Stephen. I'll test tonight.

I can't do anything more in the software, once again I don't think the problem is with your network, if there is no visible lag then the software and network is communicating the updates, receiving and processing them as fast as your server FSX can generate them. Any slight stuttering you see is just a reflection of the slightly staggered position reports generated by your server FSX. As I said you will never get the same smooth display on your client, its impossible, but any visible stuttering should be very minor. Perhaps post another video and let us see what it is like now, but it is impossible to match the smoothness of your server display which is driven directly by your server FSX. The client display is controlled at the end of a chain of events. I think the sever, network and client are now communicating and processing all updates as fast as your server can produce them. The problem lies in your server FSX. With this latest version I can now get well over 100 updates per second, that's with my server set at 24 FPS.

I wouldn't waste any more time investigating your LAN, everything is working optimally and what you see is most likely an accurate depiction of what your server is reporting.

Stephen

Thank you !

There are plenty of people using Live View. We started selling OpusFSX with just Live View and Live Camera. There is another staggering system which is running on a quad core but single threaded server with 6Gb of memory, and a dual core single threaded client with just 4Gb of memory. The four and two available processing cores seem to be a severe limitation, along with the restricted 4Gb memory. His client CPU is in fact maxed out.

I have stated my system spec above. Both systems are dual threaded giving 12 and 8 processing cores, and 24Gb and 12Gb memory respectively.

My client is smooth. Not as perfectly smooth as the server (that would not be possible), but smooth. No major stutters or jitters to be seen. Many others have reported Opus to be smoother than WideView. Are you expecting the motion to be as perfect as your server, that will not be possible considering how FSX works. Have you turned off the DHM Bump Aircraft effect and the FSX turbulence and thermal effects on your server. Also close any antivirus program's on both systems.

Stephen

P.S. Obviously you can notice the difference between the server and client displays. If you couldn't then it would be perfect something that is just impossible. But I would not class it as staggering and in normal flying the display changes are smooth and fluid, good enough for out of the window views.

If you prepare another video for me I will examine it and compare. I will try to prepare a fraps video if I can and have a spare moment. But there are only three possibilities to consider,

1. The server FSX is not generating position updates smoothly enough.
2. The client cannot process the updates smoothly enough, it will discard updates it can't cope.
3. The network cannot transmit the updates smoothly (unlikely with LAN cable connections).

We have proved, and have numerous systems using Live View, that the software can, if allowed, communicate the updates as fast as FSX can generate them. So really your guess is as good as mine.

Stephen

What type of view are you attempting to display on the client. It was really intended for either 2D scenic views (2D panel 100% transparent) or external aircraft views. Were you testing with one of these view types?

I apologise if I repeat the same questions but I answer a great number of posts and many emails every day.

Stephen

Live View Test Options ...

Instead of a video I will work on a Live View Test option on both the server and client systems. The test will simulate say 40 updates a second and move the aircraft smoothly in pitch, bank and yaw. Running the test on the server will allow you to check out your LAN and client response. Running the test on the client will test the client FSX response to the simulated received updates. Between the two test options you will be able to isolate which part of your system is not working smoothly.

Regards
Stephen

Michael Blackbird wrote: didn't find any users on specialized forums as Mycockpit.org for example. If you know other places, I'm interested of course.