alphasig Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Hello, I have a registered version of FSUIPC, v3.40 is installed, FS9.1 german with german patch (will call FS9.1 "FS9" in followed description) and following problems : - Freeware ACS MD-11 Panel (v2.49): Since the patch and v3.40 I can not use the Wx (FS9 weather) + AI function in this panel. Normally I see the Wx and AI situation around my ACFT position after few minutes, but now I am waiting 20 min and more and nothing happens. - Freeware FSMetar (v1.54): FSMetar freeze when trying to connect to FS9. After closing FS9 I have access to FSMetar. I have a FSUIPC logfile which consits of many error entries. Please let me know an email for sending you this file. I know, that some people are using the patched version of FS9, FSUIPC 3.40 and ACS panel without any problems. I do not know if these people are also using the german version of FS9. I think they use the english version. Maybe the logfile will bring some "light into the darkness". Many thx in advance for any help/hint. Regards, a n d r e a s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 I have a FSUIPC logfile which consits of many error entries. Are these access errors with some details of internal registers listed? You can ZIP up the file and send it to me at petedowson@btconnect.com, but please first check that your FS9.1 update has actually worked properly. The only cases like this I have heard of were the result of a partially installed FS9.1 update. Look in the announcement about the 9.1 update at the top of this Forum. You will see there a list of those modules which should have been changed by the FS9.1 install. With a non-US/English version the dates on some may be different, but they will all be September 2004, not the 2003 date of the original release if FS9. The problem already reported with a couple of non-English updates is that the WEATHER.DLL is not replaced when it certainly should be. There have been a number of corrections in that module. Regards, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphasig Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Hello Pete, first thx for your efforts. I checked all modules which should be changed by the patch and found "weather.dll" not changed. I remember that I replaced the original file by a a "imodified" one from the net. I forgot this and didn't replaced this file with the original one before running the patch. To be sure that everything is done well, I changed all files to the original one to get an unpatched FS9 version. Then I tried step by step from FS9, FSUIPC v3.30 to v3.40 and then to FS9.1 and v3.40. And now everything is working well...the Wx + AI gauges in ACS panel and Wx from FSMetar. Summary: The problem was an unpatched file - weather.dll - because it was a modified one. After replacing this modified file with the original one and running again the patch everything is working fine. Pete, as you wrote in many posts to check all changed files, it was my fault, that I did not checked it well... Thx again. Regards, a n d r e a s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 I remember that I replaced the original file by a a "imodified" one from the net. Oh, rightwhat benefits did this one provide? I didn't know anyone had been modifying it! Pete, as you wrote in many posts to check all changed files, it was my fault, that I did not checked it well... Not to worry, I;m glad it is now all sorted out! Regards, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphasig Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Oh, rightwhat benefits did this one provide? I didn't know anyone had been modifying it! It was the so called "metric METAR bug" fix. Description from the developer: "This is a fix for the metric METAR bug aka "fog bug" in FS9. FS9 has a bug in weather.dll, which causes it to interprid "9999" as a maximum visibility rather than "visibility of over 10km" Usually this happens when there are some clouds in the area, whereas during CAVOK conditions visibility usually is over 10km. In USA and Canada there has been no problem since FS9 interprids "10SM" correctly. (and anywhere else where visibility in metar is in miles)" Regards, andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 "This is a fix for the metric METAR bug aka "fog bug" in FS9. FS9 has a bug in weather.dll, which causes it to interprid "9999" as a maximum visibility rather than "visibility of over 10km" This sounds the same as FSUIPC's "extend max METAR vis" option. This interprets 9999 and 10SM as meaning "something beteen 10kn/10SM and max vis", and generates a skewed random visibility instead -- for weather injected by third party programs only, of course. What did this replacement WEATHER.DL convert the "9999" to, then? In USA and Canada there has been no problem since FS9 interprids "10SM" correctly. Really? I've not noticed that! What does it set for the visibility in these circumstances, then? Thanks for the info! Regards, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphasig Posted October 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I am not a specialist to know how this modified weather.dll works. If you are interested, I can send you the zip file. Regards, andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I am not a specialist to know how this modified weather.dll works. If you are interested, I can send you the zip file. Thanks. Send it to petedowson@btconnect.com please. Regards, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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