What files needsd to bring over the hobb hours?

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Re: What files needsd to bring over the hobb hours?

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I've discovered a strange thing.....
If DLSS frame generation is enabled/V-sync disabled then the hobb hours counter = 0 hrs.
But, if DLSS FG is off/V-sync is on then hobb hours counter shows my state from MSFS2020!!! :D
I have no idea what this is about. I double checked it and it just happens.

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I just checked and I too have DLSS frame generation enabled and v-sync disabled if this helps.
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mlody147 wrote: 25 Nov 2024, 13:27 I've discovered a strange thing.....
If DLSS frame generation is enabled/V-sync disabled then the hobb hours counter = 0 hrs.
Interesting. And no idea why frame generation would cause that. We can't reproduce it here because we don't have the access to streamed version of our aircraft from marketplace yet, but I'll try to make some changes in the code that will hopefully resolve the issue.
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FWIW -- My version of the Comanche was installed to Community folder from A2A. In case it makes a difference, I actually installed it to a different folder on my C drive and am using Addon Linker to send it to the Community folder, which I also moved to a different C drive folder location from MSFS default. I too have FG=off / V-Synch=on, but I was still getting 000 hobbs hours after I transferred all of my data files over from 2020, and I checked that I had all of them. My Work folder screenshot looks similar to what brendanv1 posted, with the livery named dat and dat.f files, but after the first time that I loaded into the Comanche MSFS2024 created it's own blank name .dat and .dat.f files. I was last flying a custom livery in 2020 (N8298P) in MSFS 2020. I have always had persistency by livery checked and active.

I was able to get the 2020 hobbs hours to transfer over and show up in 2024 by copying the N8298P_Custom_Registration.dat and .dat.f files off onto my desktop. Then I renamed them to match the MSFS created blank ones of .dat and .dat.f. I deleted the .dat and .dat.f files that MSFS created in the Work folder, and then moved my renamed .dat and .dat.f files from the desktop back into the Work folder. Then going back into MSFS 2024 and loading the Comanche custom livery into a flight, my 2020 accumulated hobbs hours were there along with my last fuel levels etc, etc. Great! HOWEVER -- Now those same hours and all other saved state elements show up regardless of which livery of the Comanche that I load into. I tried moving my renamed ones back out of the Work folder and re-loading into the Comanche. Once again, 000 hobbs hours and after closing the sim it had re-created it's own .dat and .dat.f files. Deleting those and moving my renamed ones back in then caused the hobbs hours etc. from MSFS 2020 to come back (but again same ones show regardless of livery chosen). So it seems like MSFS 2024 is only reading whatever the no-name .dat/.dat.f files contain on load, and also if they aren't present it re-creates it's own. It appears (in my instance) to not try and match the selected livery name to any data files containing that livery name.

The other interesting thing in my case is that MSFS 2024 see's the custom livery loaded from the Community folder as another Variant of the Comache, not just an additional livery as in MSFS 2020. Next to it is the "buy more liveries" button, so I guess that new "feature" in MSFS 2024 maybe explains that treatment.

Hopefully some of that is helpful. Thanks for looking into it all!
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JT59, can you check if the attached wasm solves the issue? Replace the existing Accusim.wasm file located in Community\a2a-aircraft-pa24\SimObjects\Airplanes\pa24-250\panel

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PbGZ33 ... sp=sharing

I'm afraid this file will be of no use to those who stream the aircraft from MS Marketplace, all files are encrypted there.
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some1 - A2A wrote: 27 Nov 2024, 04:11 JT59, can you check if the attached wasm solves the issue? Replace the existing Accusim.wasm file located in Community\a2a-aircraft-pa24\SimObjects\Airplanes\pa24-250\panel

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PbGZ33 ... sp=sharing

I'm afraid this file will be of no use to those who stream the aircraft from MS Marketplace, all files are encrypted there.
Yes! Seems to work perfectly. I replaced the file, and also deleted the no-name .dat/.dat.f files in Work so that MSFS2024 wouldn't still be reading those. I loaded back into a flight in the N8298P_Custom_Registration livery and my last MSFS2020 hobbs hours, fuel and tablet controls were all there. Ended that flight, and loaded back into a flight with one of the stock Comanche liveries (N8351P). Hobbs hours were zero as they should be since I hadn't flown that one yet, and the tablet controls were all back to standard with the default full main tanks and 3gal in the tip tanks. I'm attaching the resulting Work folder after leaving the sim, and there's no blank .dat/.dat.f files, plus the N8298P files show today's dates and new N8351P.dat/8351P.dat.f files showed up as expected. Thank You!!

The lack of ability for an option to un-encrypt and download streamed aircraft is a huge miss (among some others) in the MSFS 2024 rollout. Over on flightsim.to in their explanation of plans for MSFS 2024 there is a link to a vote for that ability. Technically, the vote as set up is for downloading of default aircraft. One would think/hope that all purchased Marketplace aircraft would be included as well. I've also read speculations that when the Marketplace is alive in MSFS 2024 there will be the option to store locally if one wants to. I think that's more from hope than actual knowledge that it will happen that way, but the more noise out there for that direction the better!
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Re: What files needsd to bring over the hobb hours?

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Thanks @some1 - A2A that did the trick for me as well!
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Re: What files needsd to bring over the hobb hours?

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Great, we'll include this fix in the upcoming update.

From what Asobo team posted on their support forum, the ability to pre-download marketplace content is planned, and ability to browse the files for stock MSFS 2024 aircraft should be available soon. However, 3rd party marketplace addons will remain encrypted.
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