Make Runways hangs on ENVTEX now

[Marky]

After running make runways, it hans on this - area.303 "Envtex" (Layer=303)    

ANy Ideas on how to fix this?

[Pete Dowson]

14 hours ago, Marky said:

After running make runways, it hans on this - area.303 "Envtex" (Layer=303)    

I'd need to see the log file 9Runways.txt), or at least a good section before it hung.

I used to use EnvTex till recently and I don't think I ever saw it create a scenery layer. Is this some updated version which tried to do that rather than replace the default textures?

Pete

 

[Marky]

Thanks for answering. I searched my entire Hard drive for that log file and couldnt find it.  Any ideas?  Im using  P3d V 4.5 plus hotfix.

[Pete Dowson]

2 hours ago, Marky said:

Thanks for answering. I searched my entire Hard drive for that log file and couldnt find it.

You musr place MakeRunwys into the main P3D folder and run it from there. That's where all its files are produced. The only one made ititially will be "RUNWYS.TXT" which is a full log of all it does, including what files it is reading. If it isn't there you have never run MakeRunway with that install of P3D.

Maybe you have Windows hiding file types from you? If so it will simply list as "Runways" and be described, probably, as a text file.

Pete

 

[Marky]

I found it.  Here is the entry at the bottom of that text file . .. 

 

Area.303 "Envtex" (Layer=303)
Path(Local/Remote)=C:\Users\Cloud Dancer\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\Envtex

=============================================================================

***ERROR C0000005 at 7752BE1F:
***      Access violation trying to read address 18126000
***      EAX 176BAC30  EBX 18123830  ECX 01CFDB40  EDX 00000000  EDI 176BD3B0  ESI 18125FB0
 

[Pete Dowson]

2 hours ago, Marky said:

Area.303 "Envtex" (Layer=303)
Path(Local/Remote)=C:\Users\Cloud Dancer\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\Envtex

It's very strange that no scenery file is listed. The normal format is like this example

=============================================================================
Area.003 "0000 Base" (Layer=3)
Path(Local/Remote)=Scenery\0000
=============================================================================
Scenery\0000\scenery\APX03070.bgl
=============================================================================
 

It isn't actually reading ay data as suchuntil it gets to the BGL file.

What BGLs are there in EnvTex? Could you show me the folder contents please? It's the actual file i need to see what could possible generate a crash.

I also need the precise version number of the MakeRunways program you are using. (Right-click, Properties).

Pete

 

[Marky]

So here, is what I found.

ENVTEX had nothing to do with it.  To rule that out, 
I use Addon organizer for Prepar3D v1.40 b06 by Lorby-SI

I am attaching you a screen shot. 

What ever scenery I add to the top of the list is what
make runways stops on as the last entry and then hangs
and I dont get a finished screen. I have to go and shut down the make runways process. 

I am also attaching the runways.txt file and the MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg file.

Make runways never used to do this. The version I am using is 4.871.

Any ideas?

Runways.txt

MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg

[Pete Dowson]

7 hours ago, Marky said:

What ever scenery I add to the top of the list is what
make runways stops on as the last entry and then hangs

Unfortunately, the RUNWAYS.TXT file you attached is incomplete.  It only shows up to Layer 004 (Orbx Vector).  So it isn't reaching any real airport scenery. It is only 1Mb long. On my test PC I have a lot less scenery than you (just defaults + 4 add-on layers) and mine is over 100 Mb.

So please ZIP up the complete file (which will make it small enough) and attach that instead.

If it is happening on the very last entry then it sounds as if it occurs AFTER it has built all its tables, but before it manages to produce of complete the many files it makes.

So, are there any part-written files? It makes these if it can:

f4.csv, f5.csv, g5.csv, helipads.csv, r4.csv, r5.bin, r5.csv, runways.xml, t5.bin, t5.csv, airports.fsm, FstarRC.rws, runways.csv.

Aso, what does the progress window actually show at the time, it hangs?

If none of the files are produced, I'm wondering if it hangs when it tries to sort things. I suppose there's a possibility that it is running out of memory, but that seems unlikely. I know it is only a 32-bit program, not 64-bit, but there should easily be enough.  And my cockpit PC has a CFG file with 393 layers and there are no problems there.

8 hours ago, Marky said:

Make runways never used to do this. The version I am using is 4.871.

Was it a previous version but with the same scenery, or different (less?) scenery and this current version? How long ago is "used to"?

Pete

 

[Marky]

Hi Pete, I re-ran the make runways this morning and then zipped the file.  My system is windows 10 latest build with a 1tb SSD. 

I did a screen shot of where it hung this morning, which is the airport on top. 

Here is a link to the zip file -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jj6uOZtlOTUDlCQunTKAPVrhkq7Duhzj/view?usp=sharing

 

I noticed a csv file next to runways. DO you want that one as well?

[Pete Dowson]

55 minutes ago, Marky said:

I noticed a csv file next to runways. DO you want that one as well?

Just one extra file?  The program produces several at the same time. Try sorting the Explorer display into Time order (just click on the column heading). All the MakeRunways generated files will be together. It would be very useful to see what is really there rather than be drip-fed.

Maybe, as you are so adept at taking and attaching pictures, you could sort as suggested and take a picture of the files near Runways.txt in terms of tim.

Checking the Runways.TXT file (thanks for providing that) the really useful and most important information is this:

***ERROR C0000005 at 7752BE24:
***      Access violation trying to read address 174D5000
***      EAX 145BAC30  EBX 174D1420  ECX 01D16560  EDX 00000000  EDI 145BE7B0  ESI 174D4FA0

So, it crashed, it didn't actually hang. The screen display was probably a remnant to be cleared. 

This did occur immediately after processing this file:

C:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Flightbeam\Flightbeam - KSFOHD\scenery\KSFOHD.bgl

So that I can reproduce the problem and so fix it, could you ZIP that file and send it. I don't have the scenery itself, so it isn't of direct use to me other than solving this, and I promise to delete it immediately afterwards.

Pete

 

[Marky]

Here is the bgl and screen shot. Let me know if I did it right?  Im going to move KSF down the list and rerun makerunways and see what it does. Thanks for your help.

KSFOHD.bgl

[Marky]

It seems to crash at whatever the top entry is for the Lorby addon manager. I wonder if that program is the culprit?

[Pete Dowson]

4 hours ago, Marky said:

Here is the bgl and screen shot. Let me know if I did it right?

Apparently not. That screen pic shows MAKERWYS.EXE selected, in the middle. Where's RUNWAYS.TXT?  The MakeRwys EXE is dated 20 MAR there. All the files made by MAKERWYS will be recent, surely?  Are there files missing from the top pf the list.out of the window?

Tell you what. But this BAT file into the same folde as the MAKERWYS.EXR::

command /c dir >dir.txt

Save it as, dir.bat.  Make sure it isn't saved as "dir.bat.txt". Then double click it to make it run.  You might need to close the window it shows afterwards. 

It will make a new file called "dir.txt". Give me that one. it will give me a list of all the files in that folder.

4 hours ago, Marky said:

It seems to crash at whatever the top entry is for the Lorby addon manager. I wonder if that program is the culprit?

No. All the Lorby program does is create a Scenery.CFG file which includes AddOn sceneries which haven't been included in the main SCENERY.CFG folder. Else most newer addon sceneries wouldn't be scanned.

I need to know exactly whaich files have been made, or even just started, and which not. Unfortunately the Crash data I showed earlier shows the crash in in a Windows utulity DLL, but it will be for a function given to it with bad parameters. I have no way to track that down without being able to reproduce it, hence the need for more information.

Pete

 

[Marky]

ok, bat file made the text file, but it is empty. Missing a command somewhere?

[Marky]

Never mind, I got it. Here it is.

dir.txt

[Pete Dowson]

9 hours ago, Marky said:

Never mind, I got it. Here it is.

Okay. So it did generate these files which, though I did list earlier, you somehow didn't find ...?

airports.fsm  448 kb
f4.csv             118 kb
f5.csv             262 kb
FstarRC.rws  2.1 Mb
g5.csv            4.9 Mb
helipads.csv 130 kb
r4.csv             4.6 Mb
r5.bin              4.1 Mb
r5.csv              4.7 Mb
runways.csv   2.5 Mb
runways.xml   2.5 Mb
t5.bin               13.1 Mb
t5.csv               19.7 Mb

Now that is ALL the files it is supposed to make, and judging by their size, they are likely all complete.

I don't know why you couldn't find even one of them!! I did list them for you, to look for!

I suspect MakeRwys has done its job, and completed the files, and for some reason is crashing when it is terminating. I'd like to check that all those files are indeed complete, so could you find them (!) and put them all in one ZIP file, and include the current MakeRys_Scenery.cfg, so I can be sure what I'm looking at is correct.

I think you can, in the meanwhile, carry on with whatever it is you are running Makerwys for. I'm not sure when I can fix the crash -- without being able to reproduce it it is quite tricky.

Pete

 

[Marky]

Here is the zip file with the files you requested. Sorry for the delay. THanks for your help.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fmFlogSKAGNF7RaVpCTobutheZFtvbz0/view?usp=sharing

 

 

[Pete Dowson]

1 hour ago, Marky said:

Here is the zip file with the files you requested. Sorry for the delay

Delay isn't a problem. i'm afraid i probably won't be able to look at this till monday.

Pete

 

[Marky]

Monday is fine. Enjoy your weekend.

[Pete Dowson]

I managed to have a quick look at the files you supplied.

They all appear complete except for F4.csv and F5.csv, which are made separately at the end by scanning the log (Runways.txt). They only contain comms radio frequencies, so they may not even be used by whatever you are running which needs MakeRwys.

However, I want to fix this crash and still cannot reproduce it, so I have put some extra information into the crash details. These should allow me to narrow down the precise place where the crash occurs (in my code as opposed to a Windows function, which is all I got from the earlier info).

I attach this modified version (4.871a). Could you run that please, and let me have the Runways.txt file (or just the crash data at the end, which you could just copy-and-paste here).

Pete

 

MakeRwys4871a.zip

[Marky]

Thanks Pete.  Here is the results

 

=============================================================================
Area.303 "FTXAA_ORBXLIBS" (Layer=303)
Path(Local/Remote)=ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_ORBXLIBS

=============================================================================

***ERROR C0000005 at 74A69EBA (errnum=28 comms=11414):
***      Access violation trying to read address 174C5000
***      EAX 00000000  EBX 1745AC28  ECX 3A2CEC00  EDX 00000000  EDI 1745D48C  ESI 174C5000
 

[Pete Dowson]

Okay. That narrows it down quite a bit. i'd just like to be sure so i can make the right changes. Please repeat with 4.871b, attached. Same info please.

[LATER]

As well as testing with 4.871b, attached, I'm having a guess as to what it might be. I ALSO attach 4.871c. Please try that too. I would like to see the end of RUNWAYS.TXT from both, please.

Pete

MakeRwys4871b.zip

MakeRwys4871c.zip

[Marky]

Here is the results on b

 

=============================================================================
Area.303 "FTXAA_ORBXLIBS" (Layer=303)
Path(Local/Remote)=ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_ORBXLIBS

=============================================================================

***ERROR C0000005 at 74A69EBA (errnum=28 comms=11414):
***      Access violation trying to read address 17465000
***      EAX 00000000  EBX 173FAC28  ECX 3A2E6C00  EDX 00000000  EDI 173FCCBC  ESI 17465000
 

[Marky]

Here are results on C

 

=============================================================================
Area.303 "FTXAA_ORBXLIBS" (Layer=303)
Path(Local/Remote)=ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_ORBXLIBS

=============================================================================

***ERROR C0000005 at 004011F7 (errnum=30 comms=11414):
***      Access violation trying to read address 00000000
***      EAX 148B6038  EBX 17452B10  ECX 004D3030  EDX 00000000  EDI 17452B10  ESI 173DA21A
 

[Pete Dowson]

26 minutes ago, Marky said:

Here is the results on b

Ah, no different to 'a'. That's annoying.

The result from 'c' is later, which is interesting.

And one more to try, please.  Then please let me have the f4.csv and f5.csv files.

Thanks,
Pete

 

MakeRwys4871d.zip