[Tower 2011 - EGLL (Heathrow) - advice]

8 hours ago, crbascott said:

2) You can edit the terminal assignments yourself, but only at an airline level. I don't have EGLL, but the filename should be something like Heathrow_Airport_terminal.txt in your Airfields folder.

London_Heathrow_Airport_terminal.txt 
Noticed one possible error 
Terminal 4 is a very long list of airlines, the last two are separated by a fullstop instead of comma 

Terminal 5 : CBA, BAW, IBE 
I have searched for CBA (including the airlines.txt file) but cannot find any such airline 

If I put all the airlines into alphabetical order (to make it easier to read and edit) would this cause an issue?

[Tower 2011 - EGLL (Heathrow) - advice]

45 minutes ago, mjkerr said:

1 
I have always started with 
27L
27R
I will try just one, 27L, and see what happens and if this permits me to operate all departures as 27R 

Yes, that works with just 27L selected 
Arrivals on 27L and I can submit departures to 27R

[Tower 2011 - EGLL (Heathrow) - advice]

1 
I have always started with 
27L
27R
I will try just one, 27L, and see what happens and if this permits me to operate all departures as 27R 
The problem there would be swapping over at 15:00

I have started with the 
schedule.txt file 
I am removing everything except LHR flights, just to make it easier to see when editing 
However it appears to be quite old (file is dated 2011) 
Is a newer one available?
I am currently using Notepad++
Is there a program available to edit with ease?

[Tower 2011 - EGLL (Heathrow) - advice]

Finally I have EGLL running, with all the appropriate add-ons 
Running with 27L and 27R 

However, I have noted some discrepancies I would like to correct, if possible 

1 
Landing aircraft appear to randomly choose 27L or 27R 
Is there any way to edit these so that they are more realistic and what would be expected, ie 27L before 15:00 and 27R after 15:00 
Alternative, how do I instruct the aircraft to use 27L instead of 27R

2
The first two arrivals are BAW 744
However they go to Terminal 5A which is incorrect, and really should be either 5B or 5C

3
I cannot work out what gate each aircraft is going to, so advice on that one!

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Tested, and game loads and plays without any problems on the other computer 

System : 
Windows 10 ver 1803 17134.950 English UK 
4GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 
32 Bit 1366 x 768
OpenAL Installed (not configured / disabled) 
Speech disabled 

I searched again, but the only option within Windows is a complete Recovery and removal of all files 
So how do we resolve this?
 

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

1 minute ago, FeelThere Ariel said:

Do you have another computer where you could try running the program? 

Ironic yes, and they are both identical!
I use one for compiling videos (not connected to internet) and the other websites 

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

System : 
Intel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 

Minimum computer specification :
256MB video card memory

This is an oversight on my part, clearly not enough video memory

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Just now, FeelThere Ariel said:

Sorry to hear that... I understood you were able to run Tower2011 well before? So this happened since the first time you played, am I correct? 

No, I was able to get it complete once 
The game then just sits doing nothing 
Since then, all it does it gets to "Please wait loading", gets to about two thirds and just sits there for some time (last time it was 90 minutes) 
If I do wait then as above the game completes but nothing happens

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

21 minutes ago, FeelThere Ariel said:

Is there a way you could go back and uninstall the latest update on your WinOS to verify if the update was the cause for this issue? 

Rollback appears to be denied 
It has since updated on one of the many shutdown / restarts that I completed to : 
Windows 10 ver 1903 18362.356 English UK 

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Having found and read this topic, I have come to the conclusion that even though my computer meets the minimum hardware requirements the shared video is not compatible 

System : 
Windows 10 ver 1903 18362.295 English UK 
4GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 
32 Bit 1366 x 768
OpenAL Installed (not configured / disabled) 
Speech disabled 

Minimum computer specification :
1.2 GHz Processor
1GB memory for Windows XP and 1.5GB memory for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8
256MB video card memory
700MB hard disk space
Sound card
Mouse

My purchase was based on comparing, and appeared to be sufficient
Clearly it is not

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Made another attempt, completing the following :

Uninstall all components 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 
OpenAL
Microsoft C++ 2010
Shutdown / restart 

Install 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 
Shutdown / restart 
Run as administrator 
Click on Settings, no response, force close of program

Run as administrator 
Click on Settings 
Change screen size, to 1920
Change resolution, to Min 
Click on Apply
Click on Start 
Splash screen appears, one third progress bar audio warning, two thirds no further progress
Waited three hours, no change

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

7 hours ago, scoobflight said:

Something changed on your system.  It was running and then changed

No, I can only get it to run once it has installed
After the shutdown /restart it is then incredibly slow to load, taking over 30 minutes at the two thirds progress bar

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

As already mentioned above, I am only using 
Run As Administrator, that is what the advice in older posts states

I have since completed a further four uninstall / reinstall / shutdown / restart
It now does not even run, just gets to the two thirds progress and does not proceed any further

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

No changes in any other software, this is solely about Tower 2011

I have repeated this four times, all the same, which confirms the issue is AFTER the shutdown / restart 
This time I have ONLY installed 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 

So here is what I did...

Disconnect from router (Airplane Mode /Wifi Off) 
Uninstalled all of the above four Tower related programs
Shutdown / restart 

Install 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe  
Run as administrator
Splash screen appears, warning at one third progress, START game, no issues 
Shutdown /restart 
Run as administrator 
Splash screen appears, one third progress bar audio warning, two thirds no further progress
Uninstall 

Install 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 
Shutdown / restart 
Run as administrator 
Splash screen appears, one third progress bar audio warning, two thirds no further progress
Uninstall

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Uninstalled everything

Installed 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 

Received the error about Microsoft Visual C++ again, ignored it first time as the latest version is installed
Uninstalled that, and started all over again!

LAX loaded almost instantly, then same issue again, gets to about two thirds of the splash screen and just sits there...

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

I still do not have a tower.log file, but a game.log file has been created

game.log

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

21 minutes ago, scoobflight said:

Yes I install and play base game before j stalling add-ons.

Reads like there is something slowing processes - like antivirus program.

Yes, I started off testing each installation when completed, got all the way to all four without any problems (that was yesterday, day one)
Switched the computer on today (day two) and there is clearly something not right 

Anti Virus, not sure this would cause an issue as it was in place yesterday
McAfee SecurityCenter v16.0 

Could be swapping from English US to English UK?

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

Tempted to uninstall and reinstall, then compare?

[Tower 2011 - Erratic loading]

It was all going so well...

Based on previous posts, advised to install in specific order, installed the following then shutdown /restart : 
Tower2011m-sp4.exe 
Tower! 2011 - EGLL add on.sp1.exe 
real_traffic_sp6.exe
real_color_EGLL.exe

Setup the Desktop Icon to Run As Administrator 
The splash screen loads, but takes about 60 seconds to respond
Pressing START
The progress bar quickly reaches about one third, and I then receive two warning popups, due to microphone disabled 
The progress bar then reaches about two thirds, and it takes anything from 90 minutes to complete 
The clock begins, but one second on screen is about 15 minutes 

When first installed this was quite quick (about three minutes), but as above is now ridiculously long 
On my first attempt I managed to get two aircraft to taxi to the runway, but that was as far they got 

There is no tower.log file 

System : 
Windows 10 ver 1903 18362.295 English UK 
4GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 
32 Bit 1366 x 768
OpenAL Installed (not configured / disabled) 
Speech disabled 

[Tower 2011 - Is it possible to force daylight?]

7 hours ago, FeelThere said:

Unfortunately this is not possible. Can you please tell me what do you mean by "Another software provider of Ground EGLL" ?

FeelThere is not the only provider of such software 

I have returned to my original deduction, setting the start time as 09:00 
However, where does the dawn /sunset setting come from? 
If it is realistic, then there will not be much daylight when we get to December!

[Tower 2011 - Is it possible to force daylight?]

Another software provider of Ground EGLL has recently ceased, so been looking for an alternative 
Looked at this before, so decided to make the swap (familiar with radar, charts at EGLL, and so on) 
I spent all of last week at EGLL Operations 

Recently purchased Tower 2011, as it is the only option to operate EGLL

Almost everything working, come to that later 

As daily operations are typically 05:00 to 23:00, setup to start at 05:00
However, it is darkness, which for testing and training is not helpful 
Is it possible to adjust / force daylight? 

I appreciate the alternative is to simply start at something like 08:00 or 09:00, but in the long term I plan to import a full schedule for EGLL