MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 Tempted to uninstall and reinstall, then compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobflight Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 Yes I install and play base game before j stalling add-ons. Reads like there is something slowing processes - like antivirus program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 I still do not have a tower.log file, but a game.log file has been created game.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobflight Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 The guess is something changed on your computer as it was working. Did you get a system update? Install a new or update a program? Change a setting? Install new antivirus definitions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelThere Ariel Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 Have you tried playing in Admin mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobflight Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 Something changed on your system. It was running and then changed. The latest windows update rolled out overnight so maybe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelThere Ariel Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 RAMIntel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 32 Bit 1366 x 768OpenAL 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelThere Ariel Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelThere Ariel Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 Do you have another computer where you could try running the program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 Tested, and game loads and plays without any problems on the other computer System : Windows 10 ver 1803 17134.950 English UK 4GB RAMIntel HD Graphics 64MB VRAM 32 Bit 1366 x 768OpenAL 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelThere Ariel Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 Then it´s clearly a computer settup problem or some program you are running in your other computer that is not allowing Tower11 run freely, not necessarily "computer specs". Perhaps @scoobflight´s insight is correct, looks like an antivirus or any other firewall is preventing the game to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crbascott Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 I'm having a hard time determining where the loading issue is occurring but if it is after you select an airport/runways have you tried renaming the airport shadow RAW file as mentioned in the following threads? https://forum.simflight.com/topic/81631-tower-2011-several-problems/ https://forum.simflight.com/topic/78907-eddf-wont-start/ https://forum.simflight.com/topic/79738-tower-2011-dfw-unplayable/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJKERR Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Los_Angeles_Airport_shadowOFF.raw The initial menu is very slow to respond (no change) Submitting any option takes about 30 seconds (no change) Pressing START, the game takes about 8 minutes to load (improvement) Once loaded sound plays, but nothing else happens, waited 15 minutes, clock time does not change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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