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My base system is fairly much unrecognisable from its release. There have been years of customisations, from graphs and charts to animated schedule maps, exam systems, training systems, animated flight paths etc, etc. It's not likely that I will move to v7 as there are thousands of pireps in the system and converting is not really an option. Since I run this on a dedicated server, I have full control over the environment, so in theory, I can keep this going for as long as I need. If any devs are willing to work on a new Acars system, please let me know. As previously said above, I am looking for a lightweight solution using Simconnect and backward compatibility with fsuipc. We would need to work together to ensure all my current reported data is available in the new system, I can create a function to control the parameters depending on the acars client when the data is received in the system as we have some custom scoring criteria in place based upon the flight log received. If any developers are willing to progress this, please let me know. Thanks, Mark.

Ok - you posted this in the v7 section. I'll move it to v5. The actual client is encoded and can't be customized. The site side module can be modded to work with php 7.4 if needed. If you want to future proof, move to v7. It would be a better use of your resources and money in the long term.

Yes it's for v5. It needs a refresh, I have tried reverse engineering the code but it's encrypted. It's easier for me to stat a fresh. Don't get me wrong it's fully working with everything you could want to log but it's not customisable. Im Just looking at future proofing also.

The Flight Of Passage has finally come to an end. There's a playlist which contains all 19 episodes with around 40 hours of flying from coast to coast. With the exception of one leg we've done the entire tour with VFR, no radios, no GPS, no autopilot. Just maps, eyes, compass and a little bit of cheating with the weather. Because I discovered for myself it's not a good idea to fly a Cub during the freezing winter season using "Live" weather. Happy XMAS everyone!

Is this for v5? Don't you have kACARSII (payware)? I think its site module can be modified to work in php 7.4 (I have it working in php 7.2).

Hi, I am looking for an Acars developer. If this is something you can do, please get in contact. I have a heavily modified vms system running on php7.4, happy to create new framework to support integration. Acars must be backwards compatible ie, fsuipc offsets and able to process data using simconnect. If this is something you can achieve let me know and we can discuss payment. Thanks, Mark.

Hi, does anyone have Xacars for Mac? Since their site closed the exe is no longer available, if anyone can help me out that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark.

Manually doesn't work either.

Today, myself (the website owner) and others have tried to file a pilot report (PIREP) and only get a message "There was an error adding your PIREP : Schedule does not exist. Please update this manually." We can bid on a flight, but we can't submit a PIREP. What is the issue? David Reed Historic Airline Group Welcome - Historic Airline Group

It was posted in the discord #announcements channel. Only vmshost.io - the hosting server is working fine. However, there will be a server migration tomorrow night. Those affected will be receiving an email.

Fixed must be just a server upgrade at the other end no more problems

Very true of course the original code is still there in the background just need to make sure that the forms plugin I use is still supported. I hope to create a sub-domain on my hosting package and upload the work and run through it again. It certainly will not and should not be a complete re-write but just additional fields that PHPVMS 7 now has

vmshost is not working at present cannot login to my profile there and both virtual airlines are down Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't process your request. Please go back to the previous page and try again. Whoops\Exception\ErrorException: Only files produced by the PHP 8.1 ionCube Encoder can run on PHP 8.1. The file /home/vmshost/public_html/templates/lagom/core/rstheme.php has been encoded by the ionCube Encoder for PHP 7.1. in Unknown:0 Stack trace: #0 /home/vmshost/public_html/vendor/whmcs/whmcs-foundation/lib/Utility/Error/Run.php(0): WHMCS\Utility\Error\Run->handleError(16, 'Only files prod...', 'Unknown', 0) #1 [internal function]: WHMCS\Utility\Error\Run->handleShutdown() #2 {main}

Yeah, things do change... And if you don't finish something in 3 years it will be the same for future, v7 will continue to evolve, you will always be behind with this logic Good luck and God speed if you believe in one.

It is on hold at present as I am setting up a new virtual airline and some of my working tables will be incorporated into thr project as phpvms 7 has changed a bit since the project started

@LesJar Please provide a status update on this project. Is it pending release or is it dead?

Be careful with loading large csv files in PHPVMS V7 it is not the fault of the software but maybe your hosting package as you are more than likely to get a 500 timeout error. Your access via something like cPAnel might allow you adjust php execution times but many do not allow this because of hackers crashing servers with never ending php scripts. The best way I found is to have around 1000 or less in the csv file especially routes as other things like airports get added if your database in PHPVMS does not already have the Airport. The import process allows multiple uploads of csv files and a good tip is to use a number sequence like flights1 flights2 etc. Just remember to have the header row in each of these files

I have had a version 7 virtual airline running for over a year and now I am building another one. I have customized the Despossble Theme and Dedposable Basic Modules successfully. Plus with V7 you have the ability to load much of your files by means of csv files. I have 16000 routes for my new airline and sm using s local php and mysql system to create thr csv files . That way if it still looks wrong you can change your csv files and re-upload them ad that process allows you to clear the table to start with. Therefore I am in a good position to offer to help

One last thing.... Don't be afraid of screwing something up. We've all been there, and many of us will be again. If something doesn't work, search here and discord for a possible answer. If you can't find the answer, ask.

Clowns - they have been advised to NOT install beta 5. I believe Taylor Broad provided them with a link to the correct phpVMS download to install. Personally, I'd never go asking them to install or fix anything phpVMS related. It's not that they are incompetent, but phpVMS isn't their specialty. In the phpVMS Discord, visit the #v7-releases channel. Scroll to the bottom. The last entry (from 12/6/24) presently shows 7.0.46. Click on the 'zip' to download the file to your desktop. Filezilla is fine for editing files and moving addons into phpVMS - But it's easier and quicker to use cPanel's included File Manager to upload the phpVMS dev zip file. Here is a link to the docs for phpVMS 7 https://docs.phpvms.net/ Since you have an existing install, click on 'Installation', then 'Updating'. https://docs.phpvms.net/installation/updating Read thru that short section on updating. You will be uploading the entire zip file to the root of your phpVMS 7 install (the one with the .env file in it. Make a backup of your site! Skip this at your own peril. At a minimum, make a backup of the .env files. Also, make note of any changes you made to files in the /config folder - I recommend making a backup of this as well and checking to see if there are changes to any of those files which might need to be copied over. On your remote site (through your FTP client or SSH), delete the vendors folder On your remote site (through your FTP client or SSH), delete all of the files in bootstrap/cache and storage/framework/cache (delete the contents, NOT the folders) Upload all of the files (or upload latest build via your file manager and unpack), and overwrite everything. If you are using composer, then run composer install command via shell/terminal Visit the /update URL of your site (e,g http://myva.com/update) to complete the update/installs Check the changelog for template changes so you can update your skin Follow the instructions - except #5 as you are uploading the entire zip - to the letter. The final step is to go to admin, maintenance and clear the cache. This should bring your phpVMS up to date. Airports, aircraft, flights (schedules) will need to be added manually. I believe you can upload a few airports, aircraft and schedules - then export them and edit/add to them using Excel (or similar) in the CSV file format and then re-import them with your changes/additions. Be sure to follow the format in the CSV files exactly or you will have issues with missing data. I'd suggest getting the base phpVMS system working first and then concern yourself with addons (theme, modules). As for SC3, there should be a Web or Module folder included which you (as the site admin) would upload to the phpVMS 'modules' folder. This will allow you to test SM3. The above should at least get you started with the basic system and SM3.

Not certain if I need to start a whole new thread, or can continue here, since I'm still working on getting the website up at relatively current maintenance level for PHPVMS and Themed/Skinned/Configured to start doing business? Anyway, TFDI is hosting my website, and they graciously installed PHPVMS at v7 BETA 5. I've since been told that's way out of date, so I've rooted around and found/downloaded Version 7.0.46 (latest thing I could find). On the subject of updating the website to the current maintenance level, I'm wondering how complex that process may be? When I look for Updating the website, I find things like adding airports, flights, etc.. Can I just move the unzipped directory's contents (14 "major" folders to the website using FileZilla, overlaying what's there? The enclosed README file, seems confusing to me, and I don't particularly want to screw this up, and have to go crawling back to TFDI again. The enclosed Readme talks about uploading the stuff, and then visiting the site and following a "link to the installer"? since the Readme is a .MD file, I can't attach it directly to this post. Sorry to be such a total newbie, but I've been around flight sim software for a really long time (since way before NOBLE Air), and it seems like every forum/help thread is an entirely new learning experience. Thanks again for your patience. Regards Al Rosenberg

Your best bet would be to read thru each readme (phpVMS, Disposable Theme, modules). If you understand the functions of the program and addons, you can easily install them all as well. It’s really just a matter of reading and understanding the instructions - and then (in phpVMS install) basically a copy/paste, /update and clear cache. Inserting the image you posted in place of one of the default images is easy to do as well. If TFDI installed phpVMS, hopefully they installed the latest dev version and not beta 5 (which is way out of date). They should also have installed the SM3 module if you ordered it at the same time as your hosting with them. Be aware that presently SM 3 isn’t fully compatible with phpVMS v7.

I am seeking someone to help with the basic installation & customization of my website. I am familiar with how PHPVMS "works" to support an airline group, but am not proficient in the mechanics of how to perform the basic customization and setup of the website. I am going to run PHPVMS 7, and TfDI have installed the website. What I need to have accomplished is: 1. Install Disposable Theme to the website. 2. Customize the basic theme/background to utilize an image I have attached. 3. Install SmartCARS flight logging software. 4. Document what you've done, so i can hopefully do similar tasks in the future (Upload/Install things such as airports, fleets, etc.). If you would be willing to help, or can point me towards someone who can, please respond to this message. Thanks for your time and consideration Al Rosenberg www.virtualnavalairforces.org

Hey, The answer is... sort of. For the current stable and beta versions, you need to have MSFS2020 installed, for the scenery. If your scenery is already scanned, then hit start and SimConnect should "just work". I'm working on the next version (2.0), which will have better support for '24 and not require '20 to be installed for the scenery.

Acars work with MSFS 2024 ?