GameCam crashes FSX when exiting

[bills]

I recently bought GameCam. It's a great camera but it has three serious bugs when used with Microsoft's Flight Simulator (FSX). I'll post each bug separately.

The first is that when you click on GameCam's tray and select Close, it crashes FSX. Here's a video which illustrates the problem.

http://www.bostonvirtualatc.com/downloa ... xiting.avi

And here's DxDiag's output. Please let me know if you have any suggestions as to what could be happening.

Thanks!

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/21/2009, 19:49:01
       Machine name: MVISUAL
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7100) (7100.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.               
       System Model: Precision WorkStation 690   
               BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A08
          Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5160  @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2814MB RAM
          Page File: 2041MB used, 3583MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7100.0000 32bit Unicode

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce 8800 GTS
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0193&SUBSYS_042110DE&REV_A2
     Display Memory: 1767 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 617 MB
      Shared Memory: 1150 MB
       Current Mode: 2560 x 1600 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Dell 3007WFP
      Monitor Model: DELL 3007WFP
         Monitor Id: DEL4016
        Native Mode: unknown
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver File Version: 8.16.0011.9107 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.16.11.9107
        DDI Version: 10
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 9/27/2009 22:12:22, 7614056 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-42D3-11CF-FD50-2A241DC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x0193
          SubSys ID: 0x042110DE
        Revision ID: 0x00A2
Driver Strong Name: oem10.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTx86.6.1:Section003:8.16.11.9107:pci\ven_10de&dev_0193
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_B ModeWMV9_B ModeVC1_A ModeWMV9_A

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DirectInput Devices
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      Device Name: Mouse
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Keyboard
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x0038
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: Microsoft® 2.4GHz Transceiver v5.0
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x074F
        FF Driver: n/a

      Device Name: American Power Conversion USB UPS
         Attached: 1
    Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x051D, 0x0002
        FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No


[tommyboy]

First off, I do apologize for the very late response.
As the issues may be related, I hope you don't mind that I have combined
them into a single thread/post. Let's see what we can figure out.

I will download the FSX Demo and do some thorough testing in
the next few days to see if the issues can be reproduced on my PC.

The first is that when you click on GameCam's tray and select Close, it crashes FSX.

Game Cam operates by basically hooking into the game engine. When Game Cam is closed while the
game is running, there is the possibility that it will also close the game itself. Also, Game Cam has
never officially supported recording games in a window and this may be contributing to the issue.

This is the second bug regarding using GameCam with FSX.
During a recording session, if the cursor moves out of the FSX window GameCam stops recording. When the cursor moves back into the window, the previous recording gets truncated and GameCam starts recording again from the beginning of the file. Is there any way to modify this behavior? Is there a configuration file or a registry key where one can set which settings and features are to be used ?

This is related to the overlay in Game Cam recording.
Again, this might be due to recording the game in windowed-mode.

This is the third bug I'm posting regarding using GameCam with FSX.
FSX allows users to undock auxiliary windows but if I do this while GameCam is on, FSX crashes. I will provide a video clip to illustrate this problem. Does anyone know why is this happening and how to fix it?

Again, this sounds related to recording the game in windowed-mode.

Bug #4.
For the past few days I have been trying to customize the options in the context menu. My settings work for a while. However, after a few hours, without reason or any warning, they are reset to their defaults.
If this is a feature, is there any way to disable it?

What exact version of Game Cam are you using?
(Mouse over the GameCamV2.exe in the Game Cam V2 folder to see the Filer Version number.)

The preview window is very useful but it would be even more useful if I could undock it. Is there any way to do this?

The Preview Window can be hidden by pressing the Interface Key \ + F4 key.
It can also be moved by pressing the Interface Key \ and then dragging the Preview Window with mouse.

[bills]

Tommyboy,

Thanks for your explanations. Would you mind elaborating on what difference does it make (from GameCam's point of view) whether the game runs on full screen or in windowed mode?

I'm a DirectX developer and can't really understand why it would make such a big difference; any explanation would be very much appreciated. In spite of the problems I'm experiencing I think GameCam is a fantastic camera. If there's anything I can do to help let me know.

I'll reply to a couple of your comments later, with a video clip showing what i mean.

In the meantime, regarding your comment,

The Preview Window can be hidden by pressing the Interface Key \ + F4 key.
It can also be moved by pressing the Interface Key \ and then dragging the Preview Window with mouse.

I'm aware of that but I'm recording on a window the same size as YouTube's to get the best possible FPS I can. The Preview Window takes a relatively big chunk of that real estate. That's why I was wondering if it would be possible to undock it. Although, your comments regarding windowed mode makes me think that it's a no.

Thanks again,
Bill

[tommyboy]

Hi Bill,

I did some testing using an ATi Radeon video card and didn't really have any issues
with regards to the flickering. I will do some addition testing with a Geforce video card
and see if the issue can be reproduced.

The difference between Game Cam's full screen and windowed modes, from a programming view,
would best be answered by the developers. Also, as far as I know, the Game Cam Preview
Window can be hidden, but it can't be completely absent from Game Cam.
The best plan would be to contact the developers regusersupport@planetgamecam.com