When a message is received over text (e.g., UNICOM text messages), the following occur in the following order:
The text message is displayed correctly
All aircraft stop moving AND vPilot is no longer interactable (can’t focus the window, can’t type, can’t change tabs)
The “KRKH” sound associated with message receipt is played a second or two later.
All aircraft instantly come back to life where they should be (e.g., if they were flying, they instantly snap to their current position which may be a few hundred meters away)
I don’t know what’s causing it, but I have a feeling it has something to do with vPilot dropping everything else to find that “KRKH” sound file. Does anyone know how to address this?
EDIT: This has been going on for a REALLY long time, it’s just bothered me enough today to actually do something about it. Oddly enough, it doesn’t seem to interfere with ongoing voice transmissions (e.g., if someone is talking and a text message is sent, the voice transmission keeps going without being interrupted)
vPilot loads the sounds into memory when it first starts up, so it’s not an issue of vPilot finding the sound file. Sounds like maybe something on your system is interfering with vPilot’s access to the sound hardware. That’s just a guess, though.
I don’t know where I’d get started with that. Some leads I could think of:
Running as administrator: I did that, but the issue still persists
Exclusive Mode: Apparently this is an option for certain outputs: I can allow applications to take exclusive control of my output device AND to give exclusive mode applications priority. I tried every combination, and the issue still didn’t get resolved:
In any case, here’s a video demonstrating the issue:
As you said, it appears to be related to playing any sound, and not specifically related to radio messages, private messages, etc. Do you run any sound enhancement software? Also, check if there is a program called “Nahimic Services” running in Task Manager. That app has been known to interfere with game graphics, maybe it also interferes with audio. (It is a game enhancement system.)
It doesn’t seem to be, I disabled it and restarted my computer, but the issue still persists.
I don’t run any other enhancements. I also shut down the MSI Dragon Center and a bunch of other services, and bumped vPilot.exe’s Priority Setting to Realtime in Task Manager. All to no avail, the issue still persists.
I suggest: Since this occurs over a couple seconds, you should have time to capture a dump file (use Task Manager details page, right click on the task, and select Create Dump File), zip and upload the dump to a cloud share, and post the link. Ross should be able to generate a stack trace from that which may shed light on exactly where the issue lies.
