The new startup screen added in SU9 causes a bit of a problem to the
fspackagetool, when it’s launched as part of a batch/makefile build. With
previous versions, before the new startup screen was added, running
fspackagetool in a batch or makefile, worked nicely, because the batch process
didn’t continue until the build ended. Now, it seems the actual build is made
by another process started after the startup screen, and the original process
started by the batch/makefile ended as soon the splash screen disappeared.
This mess up a batch build, because the batch assumes the build has already
ended ( because the splash screens closed ), when in fact is just starting, so
it will proceed doing the rest of what’s supposed to do, even when it
shouldn’t, because it was supposed to wait until the package is ready. Would
be possible to remove altogether the splash screen when starting the sim from
the fspackagetool ?
I confirm this, I have the same problem, and it’s quite annoying, in game
compilation is way slower. Thanks for fixing this!
Having a similar issue now… but the splash screen doesn’t close after the
build completed. ANy way to disable?
Mine doesn’t either, it displays “encountered an error” box with OK button.
Clicking OK exits the screen.
Any update on this? This issue makes it basically impossible to have an
automated build-process
I found that using the Steam version works better for external compiles.
At least now you can build from a batch file, but you still need to have a
screen attached. I agree it would be much nicer to suppress that splash screen
altogether.
I have the Steam version. You can compile via a batchfile this way… rmdir
“_PackageInt” /q /s rmdir “Packages” /q /s rmdir “PackagesMetadata” /q /s rem
SET
PATH=“%PATH%;D:\Programs\Steam\steamapps\common\MicrosoftFlightSimulator;C:\Program
Files\WindowsApps;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;”
FlightSimulator.exe “-I” ; BuildAssetPackages “C:\Users\dickl\Desktop\Basic-
LakeLawn\Basic-LakeLawn.xml” “C:\Users\dickl\Desktop\Basic-LakeLawn”
“C:\Users\dickl\Desktop\Basic-LakeLawn” pause This batch adds a temporary path
to FlightSimulator.exe. I don’t know if such a thing can be done with the
Microsoft version. It bypasses the fspackagetool entirely.