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Hello! Wondering if anyone could help me here. FSX loads but then CTD.. :L

 

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.937 by Pete Dowson *********
Reading options from "C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"
Running inside FSX on Windows Vista
Module base=5BCE0000
User Name=""
User Addr=""
FSUIPC4 not user registered
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
       63 System time = 25/10/2014 23:33:38
       63 FLT path = "C:\Users\User\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"
      110 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ...
      110 FS path = "C:\FSX\"
      485 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
      485 SIM1 Frictions access gained
      485 Wind smoothing may be by ASN, not FSUIPC, if it is running
      485 Will switch smoothing action when ASN starts/stops
      485 G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok
      485 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
      485 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07
 
Event Log: 
 
Faulting application name: fsx.exe, version: 10.0.61472.0, time stamp: 0x475e17d3
Faulting module name: FSUIPC4.dll, version: 4.9.3.7, time stamp: 0x54354d4a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00018fb6
Faulting process id: 0x2cc8
Faulting application start time: 0x01cff0a352968a9b
Faulting application path: C:\FSX\fsx.exe
Faulting module path: C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.dll
Report Id: f9574af3-5c96-11e4-bf39-d43d7e531247
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 
 
Thanks in advance!

 

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That looks like a problem in SimConnect with a corrupt weather file.  These are binary files and not subject to any checks by Simconnect, so when FSUIPC asks SimConnect to supply weather data you get a crash from the bad data structures.

 

You can prove it is this one way or the other by changing WeatherReadFactor in the [General] section of the FSUIPC4.INI file (in the FSX Modules folder) to

 

WeatherReadFactor=0

 

This will stop FSUIPC trying to read or write any weather at all.

 

The way to fix the problem is to delete the offending weather files -- the .WX files in your Documents|Flight Simulator X Files folder, and the WXStationList.bin file in the same folder as your FSX.CFG file.

 

Pete

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Hi there, unfortunately I still experience CTD. 

 

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.937 by Pete Dowson *********
Reading options from "C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"
Running inside FSX on Windows Vista
Module base=5A3D0000
User Name=""
User Addr=""
FSUIPC4 not user registered
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
     1016 System time = 26/10/2014 09:21:35
     1016 FLT path = "C:\Users\User\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"
     2032 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ...
     2047 FS path = "C:\FSX\"
     2532 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
     2532 SIM1 Frictions access gained
     2641 Wind smoothing may be by ASN, not FSUIPC, if it is running
     2641 Will switch smoothing action when ASN starts/stops
     2641 G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok
     2641 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
     2641 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07
 
Event Log: 
 
Faulting application name: fsx.exe, version: 10.0.61472.0, time stamp: 0x475e17d3
Faulting module name: FSUIPC4.dll, version: 4.9.3.7, time stamp: 0x54354d4a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00018fb6
Faulting process id: 0x1d94
Faulting application start time: 0x01cff0fd1e794cf7
Faulting application path: C:\FSX\fsx.exe
Faulting module path: C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.dll
Report Id: 869878c3-5cf1-11e4-bf39-d43d7e531247
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 
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Right, now I can get into FSX load up a flight but as soon as I'm in the flight it CTD.. :L

 

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.937c by Pete Dowson *********
Reading options from "C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.ini"
Running inside FSX on Windows Vista
Module base=58C10000
User Name=""
User Addr=""
FSUIPC4 not user registered
WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired
       16 System time = 26/10/2014 10:24:17
       16 FLT path = "C:\Users\User\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"
       63 Trying to connect to SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07 ...
       63 FS path = "C:\FSX\"
      453 LogOptions=00000000 00000001
      453 SIM1 Frictions access gained
      516 ASN active function link set
      516 Wind smoothing may be by ASN, not FSUIPC, if it is running
      516 Will switch smoothing action when ASN starts/stops
      516 G3D.DLL fix attempt installed ok
      516 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay
      516 Trying to use SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07
      688 ASN active function removed
     1375 ASN Running? Smoothing is by ASN
    14984 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61472.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0)
    14984 Initialising SimConnect data requests now
    14984 FSUIPC Menu entry added
    15063 C:\FSX\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT
    15063 C:\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR
   140625 C:\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aerosoft Airbus A319 CFM\A319.AIR
   273672 System time = 26/10/2014 10:28:51, Simulator time = 10:26:59 (10:26Z)
   274688 Starting everything now ...
   275719 ASN active function link set
   275719 Ready for ASN WX radar
   275750 ASN active function removed
   275750 ASN smoothing disconnected
   275906 ASN Running? Smoothing is by ASN
 
Event Log: 
 
Faulting application name: fsx.exe, version: 10.0.61472.0, time stamp: 0x475e17d3
Faulting module name: FSUIPC4.dll, version: 4.9.3.7, time stamp: 0x54422f43
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00085025
Faulting process id: 0xa60
Faulting application start time: 0x01cff105f832ea74
Faulting application path: C:\FSX\fsx.exe
Faulting module path: C:\FSX\Modules\FSUIPC4.dll
Report Id: e1da7005-5cfa-11e4-bf39-d43d7e531247
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 
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Right, now I can get into FSX load up a flight but as soon as I'm in the flight it CTD.. :L

 

Aha. This is the same problem someone else got. It turned out to be some sort of corruption, because when he reinstalled FSX it worked fine.

 

However, before we resort to anything so drastic, let me see if we can nail it down more exactly, because corruption in one case leading to a crash in an oddity, but when it happens exactly the same to two folks there's something specific going on.

 

I'll get back to you after I've thought it through. Maybe I'll need to add more logging to pinpoint it.

 

You don't have ASN installed at all do you? Or did you?

 

Pete

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Aha. This is the same problem someone else got. It turned out to be some sort of corruption, because when he reinstalled FSX it worked fine.

 

However, before we resort to anything so drastic, let me see if we can nail it down more exactly, because corruption in one case leading to a crash in an oddity, but when it happens exactly the same to two folks there's something specific going on.

 

I'll get back to you after I've thought it through. Maybe I'll need to add more logging to pinpoint it.

 

You don't have ASN installed at all do you? Or did you?

 

Pete

:L I don't want to have to face reinstalling FSX and nop, I do not have ASN installed, I do however have REX Essential Plus Overdrive if that is any help?

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As far as I can see, the lines logged "ASN active function link set" can only occur if there's a modules called "as_btstrp.dll" running, and even then only if that has a function in it called "isActive".

 

Could you do a search on your system to see if there's a file "as_btstrp.dll" there, please?

 

Pete

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Oh that's strange.. Yes I do have it, inside "C:\FSX"

 

Hmm. I wonder how that got there? As far as I know that's purely to do with Active Sky. Can you check it's Properties (right-click on it), see if it tells you who made it and what version it is?

 

Then try renaming it, eg to as_btstrp.dlx, and running FSX again.

 

Pete

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Hmm. I wonder how that got there? As far as I know that's purely to do with Active Sky. Can you check it's Properties (right-click on it), see if it tells you who made it and what version it is?

 

Then try renaming it, eg to as_btstrp.dlx, and running FSX again.

 

Pete

According to it's Properties it's Version 1.0.0.12. and it's by HiFi Technologies? I'll try renaming it and I'll get back to you with results.

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Doesn't it say who it's by, no copyright or anything?

 

Pete

 

 

My copy of as_btrsrp.dll, which is in use (as I use ASN) is also version 1.0.0.12, dated 5th October 2014 (i.e. quite recently updated), and is both copyright HiFi Technologies and digitally signed by them. So mine is certainly the official one installed with ASN and updated from time to time when you load ASN.

 

However, it is never in any of the FSX folders, but it is normally loaded by having an entry in the DLL.XML file, the same way as FSUIPC4 is loaded, the entry there called "as_connect" which should be last in the DLL.XML file.

 

I don't know how it got into your FSX folder, but it most certainly should not be there, and in fact if you aren't an ASN user I don't understand how you even came to have it? Do you have any programs by HiFi Technologies?

 

Pete

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My copy of as_btrsrp.dll, which is in use (as I use ASN) is also version 1.0.0.12, dated 5th October 2014 (i.e. quite recently updated), and is both copyright HiFi Technologies and digitally signed by them. So mine is certainly the official one installed with ASN and updated from time to time when you load ASN.

 

However, it is never in any of the FSX folders, but it is normally loaded by having an entry in the DLL.XML file, the same way as FSUIPC4 is loaded, the entry there called "as_connect" which should be last in the DLL.XML file.

 

I don't know how it got into your FSX folder, but it most certainly should not be there, and in fact if you aren't an ASN user I don't understand how you even came to have it? Do you have any programs by HiFi Technologies?

 

Pete

See I am unsure as well and it was put in the directory quite recently as well 23rd of October, and I do not have any HiFi Technologies nor were any downloads done on that day or days before.  :???:  But renaming it has seemed to work. I can now fly. I'm yet to see if it is only a temporary fix however. Thank you very much for the help Pete!  :razz:  :razz:

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