FS2004 Will Not Run with FSUIPC Installed

[egbrugel]

Hi

I have done a Complete reload of FS2004 (wiped file, defrag, etc.) and have then placed the FSUIPC.DLL in the Modules folder.

When I start FS2004 it goes to the SELECT A FLIGHT Screen.

I select a Flight and the press OK

It displays the Progress Bar with "Loading Scenery Objects" and 0% with a slight dark bar on the Left and then just FREEZES. I have to ctrl-Alt-Del after 20 mins to stop FS2004.

I remove FSUIPC.DLL from the Modules folder and ALL IS FINE.

I have NO 3rd party software installed, nothing.

I have not registered yet, since I wanted to see if it worked :-)

Anyone have any ideas? Seems like a pretty simple installation?

I'm running XP on a Pentium 4 with 2 Gig memory.

Thanks

Ed

[chazzie]

You should ask this question in Pete Dowson's FSUIPC forum here. He's the author of the brilliant piece of software.

[Pete Dowson]

It displays the Progress Bar with "Loading Scenery Objects" and 0% with a slight dark bar on the Left and then just FREEZES. I have to ctrl-Alt-Del after 20 mins to stop FS2004.

I remove FSUIPC.DLL from the Modules folder and ALL IS FINE.

That's odd, because FSUIPC doesn't really do anything that early. What version is it? Let me see the Log file.

Mostly problems like that are down to something corrupt in the installation of FS, but you say it is a fresh install. Try deleting the FS9.CFG file just in case, though, so that it creates a new one and loads a default flight.

Regards,

Pete

[egbrugel]

HI

Thanks for the reply.

I deleted FS8.cfg and now it hangs at 1% "Loading Scenery Objects.

Here's the FSUIPC.log file

********* FSUIPC, Version 3.22 by Pete Dowson *********

User Name=""

User Addr=""

FSUIPC not user registered

WIDEFS not user registered, or expired

Module base=61000000

ClassOptions: UIPCMAIN=FF7F, FS98MAIN=FF7F, FS2KMAIN=FF5E

WeatherOptions(Orig)=0000B027[0000B027]

InitDelay: 0 seconds

WeatherReadInterval=4

LogOptions=00000001

DebugStatus=0

1969 System time = 18:30:42

1969 \\EDXPS\C\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\

1969 System time = 18:30:42, FS2004 time = 12:00:00 (00:00Z)

3344 FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.flt

3422 AIRCRAFT\c172\Cessna172SP.air

3422 Aircraft="Cessna Skyhawk 172SP"

81250 FLIGHTS\hawaii\hawaii01.flt

81344 Aircraft="Cessna Skyhawk 172SP Paint2"

83672 Clear All Weather requested: external weather discarded

91422 Advanced Weather Interface Enabled

[Pete Dowson]

I deleted FS8.cfg and now it hangs at 1% "Loading Scenery Objects.

Here's the FSUIPC.log file

That's all fine. Sorry, I think there must be something corrupted in the FS installation someplace, most likely to do with the scenery stuff. As to why it seems okay without FSUIPC but not with, that is most likely a difference in the memory layout with the extra module installed.

One last thing you can try -- set the InitDelay parameter to, say, 3000 or even more, to make FSUIPC refrain from infiltrating FS's main window for that number of milliseconds (3000 = 3 seconds). This is a long shot, but since, as I said, FSUIPC isn't even doing much other than gathering information at that time, there's not much else that can be changed.

If that fails I can only suggest a re-installation of FS.

Regards,

Pete