Thank you Henry. Yes, I'm using two computers. I gave it a try but it doesn't work. That's obvious cause there would have to be a configuration option to input the IP address of the server.
Here is my reason for asking initially. Cigar Box is working reliably, not on a single flight I had problems. However, I was experiencing that when Cigar Box is running (after pressing "Start Flight") it is interfering with the smoothness of P3D. This is nothing to blame Cigar Box for, it also applies to other software running in parallel to the sim like weather tools. My P3D is externally locked to 30 Hz and runs smoothly at 30 FPS. With additional software running I see jumps in the FPS count and this causes stutters. This is rather a sync issue than a performance issue.
A possibility to avoid this is to run the additional software on a client computer (as I do with Little NavMap and Active Sky).
Another possibility is to restrict the additional software to cores that are less utilized by P3D. So I took a look with HWINFO64 and decided to restrict Cigar Box to cores 5 and 7 using an affinity mask to invoke Cigar Box.
Here is how I did it, maybe this can be for some help for others:
- create a file with the name xxxx.bat
- edit the file and put the following line into it:
start /B "" /affinity A0 "C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\FS-Products\Cigar Box\kACARSII - MistyFlyingClub.exe"
- start xxxx.bat by double clicking it
A0 is the affinity mask for cores 5 and 7. Here is a affinity mask calculator:
http://www.gatwick-fsg.org.uk/affinitymask.aspx?SubMenuItem=utiltiesThis eliminated all issues and the sim is running smooth like silk again.
Karl