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"HornetFCS.dll" file for P3Dv4??

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PhantomTweak:
Bear in mind that the plane for P3Dv3 is totally separate from the P3Dv4 plane.
The P3dV3 and FSX planes are the same, and the P3Dv4 is separate. The two aren't interchangeable.

Use the FSX plane download for P3Dv3, and make sure you have the F18.dll file from FSX in your P3D\Gauges folder. The old version of the HornetFCS.dll also needs to be there. In your P3D\Gauges folder.
For P3Dv4, the F18.dll file is no longer necessary. But the new HornetFCS.dll file IS necessary.
All this is because P3Dv4 is, essentially, a totally new sim. LOOKS the same, but because it's been upgraded to a 64bit application, all the .dll files used must be updated to function in the new environment. That's why two separate planes. Jimi and the Team are still working on perfecting the new HornetFCS.dll file, so there may well be troubles. I don't have P3D of any sort, but I know that V4 and up are totally different and unique from FSX and P3Dv3, which work very similarly.

Does this help answer the question?
Pat☺

Amigo:
Pat;
Sure, I very much appreciate your comment. Your instant reply helped me a lot in confirming and understanding what Jimi already explained to me; that FSX and P3Dv3 downloads do require completely different .dlls than v4.
That is understood.The question however remains why v3 and v4 (after the installations of F-18 updates of Jimi's 16 page recommendations: FSX ver.18.3 and P3Dv4 ver. 18.3) show auto pilot malfunctions with F-18 while other aircraft types don't.

I did a complete revue today on all installed files and folders of FSX, v3 and v4; mainly searching for Hornet.dlls. I have seen too many .dlls, of which I don't think, all of them belong there.
In this respect may be this question could be relevant(?) Do I have to remove previous F-18 files before or after installing a new update? Could that be the reason of seeing so many Hornet.dlls in different folders?
Would a complete reinstall of the F-18 updates being a solution?
Give me a few days and I'll check out sim by sim and aircraft by aircraft for their auto pilot performances. May be I'll get a better clue.
Thanks a lot for your help, Amigo

PhantomTweak:
Ola, mi Amigo  :D
If it were me, I would remove any and all previous versions of this Hornet. At least, put them someplace other than ...\Simobjects\Airplanes. Even a folder like ...\Simobjects\Airplanes\BACKS would be quite adequate. As long as the sim can no longer "see" them.
I would also go through, and remove any and all HornetFCS.dll files, other than the two you need. One for FSX and P3DV3 which is the 76kb one, in the Panel.Fleet folder of the plane, and the totally different one for P3DV4 and higher, which is 109kb, and is in the sim's \Gauges folder, from wherever they might be hiding. The sim's root folder, it's \Gauges folder, it's ...\Modules folder, wherever. You can save them off to some temp folder someplace, but you shouldn't need them again. I think.  :D

Don't do anything to any other .dll file though! Only the HornetFCS.DLL .

Finally, at least for the P3DV4, and higher, plane, check to make sure there is no HornetFCS.dll file in the Panel.Fleet folder. Especially a 76kb one. It seems, from another thread, that that may cause troubles for P3DV4. Just a heads-up :)

I don't think a total reinstall is necessary at this point. Just me though.
Hope this helps!
Pat☺

Amigo:
Hi Pat;
You speak better Spanish than me. I was reading your comment with a smile on my face and enjoyed it very much.
I understand what you are saying and I appreciate the way you approach the problem.
Before I have read your post yesterday I cranked up my alternate machine, just to study a little the structure of the "old" folders of FSX. There I have installed the initial simple FSX-Gold Edition out of the box, with the following folders:
FA-18
FA18_2012_FSXBA_Effects
FA18_2012_FSXBA_Multiplayer
I couldn't find any Hornet.dll in there at all but the bird performed beautifully. How is that possible?
Now I go back to your instructions. I may take a few days.
Thanks again for your help, Amigo

Amigo:
Pat;
I just was reading through Jimi's 16 pages. Helice post 4 (page 16) caught my attention. Just one of the same problems I am having during instrument flying. Do we have to look for something else than just .dll??
Amigo

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