Simply BEAUTIFUL work!
Hello gang,
I followed these instructions, however, I'm having issues with this plane crashing my Steam version of FSX when I try to load a flight. Once I select the plane, and hit Fly, I get the black loading screen, but the white box that shows the terrain, etc, loading progress is blank. After about 15 seconds, FSX fully crashes and closes.
I've skimmed through all the pages in this thread, however, I can't seem to figure out what's going on.
My system:
OS: Win 10 64bit
Ram: 16GB
CPU: AMD FX 6300, 3.5GHZ
GPU: NV GeForce GTX 1070
Any suggestions?
Did FSX crash before you made any of the changes? If not, then undo what you did one thing at a time.
Charlie Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and will eventually buy a new computer. Running a Chromebook for now!
As far as the A-26: I performed steps 1-3 while following the Read-Mes for my first install. I attempted a first flight afterwards, and that was when I experienced the crash.
I undid step 3, and still experienced a crashed when I hit Fly Now.
I then turned the graphics down to low, and still experienced a crash during the loading screen.
I have other addon aircraft, including some with pretty large files, and haven't experienced any issues.
OK, sorry, just kinda scratching my head as to why you would download all of this old A26 stuff and try to add updated FSX fixes? There are A-26 FSX models in the library that don't need modification.
Douglas A-26B/C Invader FSX-Native.zip
Charlie Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and will eventually buy a new computer. Running a Chromebook for now!
Haha, yeah, seems a bit backwards. I did in fact try the zip you suggested a few weeks ago, but I ran into an issue with all of the models not displaying in the Select Aircraft window. Subsequently, I experienced the same crash when trying to launch the various ones that did show. I searched around for a fix and bumped an ancient thread with no luck:
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...FSX-Native-zip
So, I searched around more, found this current thread, and figured it would be best to start from square-one. Which evidently didn't work.
I'm currently re-downloading the FSX native zip you've suggested, and I will give it another go. I fear I will still run into the issue with the cfg file not matching the models, leading to only a few of the models showing in the selection window. Are you familiar with that issue, and can you suggest a fix? Apologies for derailing this thread.
Charlie Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and will eventually buy a new computer. Running a Chromebook for now!
Just to clarify, my upgrade is an entirely separate project and will be thoroughly beta tested for FSX and FSX SE and P3D and P3Dv4. I just did a test install of the original from Milton Shupe in FSX, following the install instructions explicitly beginning with the install of the FS 2004 model first, then installing the FSX Conversion with fix. Both download links are on the home page. My FSX install is recent and up to date and vanilla...right off the disks. Acceleration and the updates included.
The plane did load for me with no issues. I didn't fly it...just made sure the model loaded without any niggles or issues. Hope this helps sort out any bits of confusion.
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I redid the 2004/fs9 install, Then copied the conversion files over. Only 6 models show, all of which crash FSX when I press Fly Now.
Removed all files.
Installed the Native.zip. Same thing 6 planes. None flyable.
I've ensure all boxes are ticker per MrZippy's jpg.
Not sure what's going on, but I'll create a new thread. Thanks for everybody's assistance.
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Post 5 version
Native.zip version
Be advised that you cannot have the old version (FS9) in the sim the same time as the FSX native version.
Both versions use the same Model folder names. So, if an FS9 model is loaded with FSX native textures, you will crash. If the FSX native models are loaded and the FS9 textures are used, there will be issues.
I would recommend removing the FS9 version from your sim system altogether.
Not sure if Steam has a DX10 option, but if so, there may be issues with some 8-bit textures from the FS9 version.
If you enabled the sound.gau to run, it requires FSUIPC.
If you would like to try my aircraft.cfg for the DaveQ Native version, it is attached.
All 18 aircraft show and fly fine here.
You should save or rename your current aircraft.cfg before trying this.
EDIT: BTW, if you approved any old .gau files to run (at FSX startup) with that FS9 version, you may want to remove that from your fsx.cfg.
Last edited by Milton Shupe; November 15th, 2019 at 18:22.
Just a shot in the dark regarding the problem with CTD. Check in the panel CFG. Scroll down to [Vcockpit01] and make sure //gauge49=dsd_xml_sound3!dsd_xml_sound3,10,10,20,20, ./gauges/A26B_sound.cfg is disabled or removed. It worked for me and somebody else who was having CTD problems. This is for the FSX version.
Regards Paul Day.
Nailed it!
I applied both of these suggestions, and I now have all of the models showing, and flyable models with no crashing.
Thank you, everybody, for helping me trouble shoot this. I had so much fun flying the A20, now I'm excited to experience her spiritual successor.
Best regards,
Stephen Joseph
Hello everyone,
For ********, can we hope for a release for this end of the year, Christmas for example?
The videos shown make us piaffer with impatience
it would be a nice gift for simmers!
Regards
Alain
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Any Invader news would be welcome news .....
https://youtu.be/wqKbjgRrXsM
Cheers, MZee ...
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All white "Arctic" build.
-Yes, but no news from the A26 for Flightsim !!! (and the Tigercat ..)
It's really sad!
It makes you wonder if it was really intended to be distributed!
it's like showing a child a treat and telling him: you won't get it !!
Alain
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Hang in there.
I've developed models for far simpler and older versions of FS/CFS and sometimes you just spend SO MANY HOURS that you loose interest and your mojo. Developing models of the detail Gordon is doing is magnitudes ahead and exponentially more hours. That's not even taking into account real life that can interfere, it ALWAYS does. Sometimes it gets to much and devs just walk away, sometimes a break is enough and they come back refreshed, we are all human after all. Especially when it's freeware, the impetus to continue is not 'forced' like it is with sub-contractual payware devs.
Also, bear in mind that many developers reach a point of saturation with projects. They say a project is never really finished, but the developer gets fed up working on it and looses their passion for it and releases the best they can considering. There is always more you can do as a dev to make a project better, but at some point you have to call it 'done'. With Freeware this may well be sooner. With Gordon I detect a perfectionist, he is the opposite, freeware means nothing to him, results everything. He has a passion, let him roll with it. God forbid we dent his enthusiasm and drive as we will be the only losers (we all know this has happened prior).
Just my tupence,
Jamie
Update:
I haven't lost interest in any of my projects, in fact I have been wayyyy down the rabbit hole for the last year. I am working on the restoration of every aircraft I lost when MS borked 52,000 hours of my work. Sifting through the multiple Terrabytes of recovered metadata feels very much like re-building the Twin Towers...from the pile.
That said, I have re-built...from scratch...all of the Invaders, including re-mastering all of the artwork for every skin. In the process I decided to bite the bullet and learn the new P3Dv5 SDK, which requires re-mastering all of the art for dedicated use in V5. I have done this for all of my airplanes, my MJ Boeing Strato upgrades and Manfred's upcoming P3Dv5 DAK. It is most efficient for me to do bulk operations, due to the complexity of the mastering process for V5. The Stratos and DAK are on hold while MJ is on holiday, and I have been using that time for the Tigercat and Invader reconstructions. I have indeed been flying the B, C and K invaders all of this week.
Putting things into a real world perspective, I did two full knee replacements last year...September and November respectively, so the first half of this year was a ton of rest/rehab and very limited seat time for dev work. BTW, I highly recommend the procedure for those looking in that direction. On the heels of the knee work, the Covid1894 smack down eliminated over half of our income, so much of my time this spring and summer has been devoted to constructing a greenhouse to grow food. Currently we get by on a bowl of rice per day. I do appreciate the fact that things appear slow, but losing 1.2 million files would send most people into a tailspin. I don't quit...ever...so I just pulled up my man pants and started rebuilding. It's a process.
That said...here's a screen cap of the K Invader in P3Dv5 PBR metal. I have managed to master the new format and applied the new techniques to all of my recovered projects. The skins no longer go black at night and look absolutely stunning in every flight condition. I shot some raw video this AM and you can expect some video previews similar to the ones I did for the new MJ DAKv5 and PBR Boeing Stratos.
My priority at this time in order:
MJ Boeing Stratos for P3Dv3,4 and 5
Beta, nearly release ready. Pending shake out and sign off from MJ
MJ Dak skin conversions for P3Dv5...my entire collection including a V5 Paint Kit.
Release ready. Shown here is the Manfred Jahn Prepar3Dv5 PBR DAK I am shaking out in the video.
B, C and K Invaders
Beta, nearly release ready.
Lockheed Jetstar
Alpha model flying, currently updating the interior to FSX/P3D/P3D PBR compatible. PBRv5 skins in progress.
F7F Tigercats
Flyable, awaiting PBRv5 skins
Brewster Buffalo
Model recovery in in progress
Abrams P1 Explorer
Beta ready, PBRv5 skins needed
After the airplanes, I did recover my published scenery projects, but all of the GMAX, 3D Studio models and Photoshop layered files need to be re-built.
One other thing. I had developed a radical new autogen technology that dramatically improves performance in the sim. This was the biggest loss when the data went down the shifter, and re-building every bit of autogen from scratch is a mind bottling undertaking. I don't talk about it much because I keep things close to the vest, but the beta I was running in my sim was unbelievable. That's on the bucket list too, but kind of out in the weeds right now.
B-26 K Invader for PREPAR3dv5 basic polished metal skin
Last edited by gman5250; July 31st, 2020 at 19:35.
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Wow! Nice work, ********!
Greenhouse357
********,
Can't wait for all of these! You should set up some kind of way to donate a few bucks for those of us who appreciate your efforts. I know many of these are based on improving others works so straight donationware is probably out, but a PayPal/Venmo/Patreon where could go "wow, these planes are bringing me such enjoyment, here's $20 towards the greenhouse project" is something I'd be happy to support.
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
Thomas Jefferson
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