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FS9 Spinning aircraft disappear--Need help
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| pcgamer 2006-03-17, 7:33 pm |
| I have recently installed an add-on which adds ground AI vehicles to a
specific airport (Kansai International in Japan).
After that, I discover at the Select Aircraft window, the box which
normally shows the selected aircraft in spinning is now totally black.
In other words, I dont see any spinning aircraft inside.
Does anyone have any idea of what happened?
I cannot think of any connection between adding ground AI vehicles and
the spinning aircraft window?
Before installing that add-on, everything was fine and so this
abnormality is most likely be caused by that add-on.
If somehow a file or folder of FS9 is corrupted, which one(s) and can I
copy it from my CD again to repair?
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| Roger Anderson 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
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"pcgamer" <pcgamer@1234> wrote in message news:441abdcc@127.0.0.1...
quote:
>I have recently installed an add-on which adds ground AI vehicles to a
> specific airport (Kansai International in Japan).
>
> After that, I discover at the Select Aircraft window, the box which
> normally shows the selected aircraft in spinning is now totally black.
> In other words, I dont see any spinning aircraft inside.
First thing to do is to un-install your add-on and check that the situation
returns to normal, - then if it's OK, try re-installing but keep a note of
where files are being installed to. If the add-on has an automatic
installer, try installing to a dummy folder to see exactly what it's trying
to put where, to see whether there's a possibility of a conflict.
Roger.
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| pcgamer 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
| Yes, this is the first thing I have done.
But that does not help at all.
The add-on put files to the Add-on folder which should not affect the
spinning aircraft in the Select Aircraft window.
Is there a way to do a 'repair installation' of FS9 as opposed to a
total brand new installation. I have a lot of scenery and aircraft
add-ons and I dont want to re-install those. Is it possible just to
reinstall the basic FS9 out of the CD without affecting any of the
installed add-ons?
Or, better yet, which files of FS9 controls the Spinning Aircraft and I
might try to copy that file from the CD into the appropriate folder again??
Roger Anderson wrote:
quote:
> "pcgamer" <pcgamer@1234> wrote in message news:441abdcc@127.0.0.1...
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> First thing to do is to un-install your add-on and check that the situation
> returns to normal, - then if it's OK, try re-installing but keep a note of
> where files are being installed to. If the add-on has an automatic
> installer, try installing to a dummy folder to see exactly what it's trying
> to put where, to see whether there's a possibility of a conflict.
>
> Roger.
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| Roger Anderson 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
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"pcgamer" <pcgamer@1234> wrote in message news:441ad446$1@127.0.0.1...
quote:
> Yes, this is the first thing I have done.
> But that does not help at all.
> The add-on put files to the Add-on folder which should not affect the
> spinning aircraft in the Select Aircraft window.
>
> Is there a way to do a 'repair installation' of FS9 as opposed to a total
> brand new installation. I have a lot of scenery and aircraft add-ons and
> I dont want to re-install those. Is it possible just to reinstall the
> basic FS9 out of the CD without affecting any of the installed add-ons?
>
> Or, better yet, which files of FS9 controls the Spinning Aircraft and I
> might try to copy that file from the CD into the appropriate folder
> again??
The only time I have had a problem with the Spinning Aircraft was when I had
an aircraft related problem and then it lay in the aircraft.cfg file, - but
this is apparently not the problem here.
I could only suggest that for the time being you live without your add-on,
assuming that your sim does still work normally without it, until perhaps
someone else can suggest another approach, - I can't think of one so far.
Roger.
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| Katy Pluta 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
| >Yes, this is the first thing I have done.
quote:
>But that does not help at all.
>The add-on put files to the Add-on folder which should not affect the
>spinning aircraft in the Select Aircraft window.
>
>Is there a way to do a 'repair installation' of FS9 as opposed to a
>total brand new installation. I have a lot of scenery and aircraft
>add-ons and I dont want to re-install those. Is it possible just to
>reinstall the basic FS9 out of the CD without affecting any of the
>installed add-ons?
>
>Or, better yet, which files of FS9 controls the Spinning Aircraft and I
>might try to copy that file from the CD into the appropriate folder again??
That problem is usually caused by some video drivers when using
anti-aliasing, before doing anything drastic check what happens in
windowed mode instead of full mode and with anti-aliasing disabled.
I really don't see how AI models could change that setting though...
===
All the best!
Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Flight Simulator
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
---
Visit Project Magenta!
http://www.projectmagenta.com
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| pcgamer 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
| I have uninstalled that add-on already but this does not bring back the
spinning aircraft.
I did a quick check and it seems FS9 is still working.
Thanks for your suggestion.
If you think of something, pls post here.
Thanks.
Roger Anderson wrote:
quote:
> "pcgamer" <pcgamer@1234> wrote in message news:441ad446$1@127.0.0.1...
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> The only time I have had a problem with the Spinning Aircraft was when I had
> an aircraft related problem and then it lay in the aircraft.cfg file, - but
> this is apparently not the problem here.
> I could only suggest that for the time being you live without your add-on,
> assuming that your sim does still work normally without it, until perhaps
> someone else can suggest another approach, - I can't think of one so far.
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> Roger.
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| pcgamer 2006-03-17, 7:34 pm |
| Ah...let me try your suggestion.
I have not installed a new video driver but I have recently
played with the anti-aliasing setting.
I would be surprised if this is the cause.
I greatly appreciate your suggestion and will check it asap.
Hope this will solve the problem.
Thanks!
Katy Pluta wrote:
quote:
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> That problem is usually caused by some video drivers when using
> anti-aliasing, before doing anything drastic check what happens in
> windowed mode instead of full mode and with anti-aliasing disabled.
>
> I really don't see how AI models could change that setting though...
>
> ===
> All the best!
> Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Flight Simulator
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> ---
> Visit Project Magenta!
> http://www.projectmagenta.com
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| pcgamer 2006-03-17, 11:32 pm |
| I have tried your suggestion and it works!
I have set the anti-aliasing from 4x to 8x the day before.
I now reset it back to 4x and the spinning airplane comes back.
Learn something new everyday!
Thanks for your help!
Katy Pluta wrote:
quote:
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> That problem is usually caused by some video drivers when using
> anti-aliasing, before doing anything drastic check what happens in
> windowed mode instead of full mode and with anti-aliasing disabled.
>
> I really don't see how AI models could change that setting though...
>
> ===
> All the best!
> Katy Pluta, MS_MVP for Flight Simulator
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> ---
> Visit Project Magenta!
> http://www.projectmagenta.com
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"pcgamer" <pcgamer@1234> wrote in message news:441b7d54$1@127.0.0.1...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I have tried your suggestion and it works!
> I have set the anti-aliasing from 4x to 8x the day before.
> I now reset it back to 4x and the spinning airplane comes back.
> Learn something new everyday!
> Thanks for your help!
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> Katy Pluta wrote:
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