FS9 can't load weather themes

***gavinc*** · March 20th, 2019, 13:07

Somehow I appear to have corrupted my weather in FS9 running on Windows 10.

When I start up i get this message
The weather theme could not be loaded. Please check that this file exists and try again.

I click OK and get the normal Create a Flight Screen with Weather Theme: Fair Weather selected. All the weather themes are listed but no matter which one I select I get the same message.

If I try to select Clear Skies or User defined weather it seems to accept it but when I click Fly Now the sim crashes and re-starts.

All the themes appear to be in the FS9/Weather/themes folder and I have the following file in the FS9/Weather folder
icao pos.bin (91k)
wxmapping.bin (597k)
wxstationlist.BIN (24k)

Anyone have any thoughts

thanks
Gavin

**spokes2112** · March 22nd, 2019, 07:10

Here's a complete file listing on a virgin FS9 install.
A \clouds folder in weather?
If you have all of these in their proper folders then it should be a win10 problem - file / folder access?

Code:

Folder PATH listing for volume FS9


F:\FS9\Weather\


|   icao pos.bin
|   wxmapping.bin
|   wxstationlist.BIN
|   
+------------------ F:\FS9\Weather\clouds\
|       CloudArtFiles.xml
|       cloudartschema.xml
|       cumulusCongestusLow18-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow18-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow18-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow18-4.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow18-5.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow28-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow28-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow28-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow28-4.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow28-5.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow38-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow38-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow38-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow48-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow48-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow48-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow58-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow58-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow58-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow68-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow68-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow68-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow78-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow78-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow78-3.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow88-1.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow88-2.cld
|       cumulusCongestusLow88-3.cld
|       stratusLow18-1.cld
|       stratusLow18-2.cld
|       stratusLow18-3.cld
|       stratusLow18-4.cld
|       stratusLow18-5.cld
|       stratusLow28-1.cld
|       stratusLow28-2.cld
|       stratusLow28-3.cld
|       stratusLow28-4.cld
|       stratusLow28-5.cld
|       stratusLow38-1.cld
|       stratusLow38-2.cld
|       stratusLow38-3.cld
|       stratusLow48-1.cld
|       stratusLow48-2.cld
|       stratusLow48-3.cld
|       stratusLow58-1.cld
|       stratusLow58-2.cld
|       stratusLow58-3.cld
|       stratusLow68-1.cld
|       stratusLow68-2.cld
|       stratusLow68-3.cld
|       stratusLow78-1.cld
|       stratusLow78-2.cld
|       stratusLow78-3.cld
|       stratusLow88-1.cld
|       stratusLow88-2.cld
|       stratusLow88-3.cld
|       _altocumulus58-1s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-2s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-3s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-5s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-6s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-7s.cld
|       _altocumulus58-8s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-11s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-12s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-13s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-1s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-20s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-2s.cld
|       _altocumulus68-3s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-10s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-1s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-2s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-4s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-5s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-6s.cld
|       _altocumulus78-7s.cld
|       _altocumulus88-10s.cld
|       _altocumulus88-11s.cld
|       _altocumulus88-1s.cld
|       _altocumulus88-2s.cld
|       _altostratus58-1s.cld
|       _altoStratus58-2s.cld
|       _altostratus58-3s.cld
|       _altostratus58-4s.cld
|       _altostratus68-1s.cld
|       _altoStratus68-2s.cld
|       _altostratus68-3s.cld
|       _altostratus68-4s.cld
|       _altostratus78-1s.cld
|       _altoStratus78-2s.cld
|       _altostratus78-3s.cld
|       _altostratus78-4s.cld
|       _altostratus88-1s.cld
|       _altoStratus88-2s.cld
|       _altostratus88-3s6.cld
|       _altostratus88-4s6.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller1.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller2.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller3.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller4.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller5.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller6.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusCalvus_smaller7.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller1.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller10.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller11.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller12.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller13.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller14.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller15.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller16.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller17.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller2.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller3.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller4.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller5.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller6.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller7.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller8.cld
|       _cumuloNimbusIncus_2_smaller9.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus18-1.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus18-2.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus18-3.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus18-4.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus28-1s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus28-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus28-3.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus28-4.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus38-1s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus38-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus38-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus38-4s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus48-1s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus48-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus48-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus48-4s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus58-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus58-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus58-4s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus68-1.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus68-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus68-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus68-4s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus78-1s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus78-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus78-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus78-4s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus88-2s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus88-3s.cld
|       _cumulusCongestus88-4s.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis18-5.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis18-6.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis18-7.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis18-8.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis28-5.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis28-6.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis28-7.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis28-8.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis38-5.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis38-6.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis38-7.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis38-8.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis48-5.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis48-6.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis48-7.cld
|       _cumulusHumilis48-8.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris18-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris18-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris18-3.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris18-4.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris18-5.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris28-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris28-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris28-3.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris28-4.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris28-5.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris28-6.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris28-7.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris38-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris38-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris38-3.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris38-4.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris38-5.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris38-6.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris38-7.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris38-8.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris48-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris48-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris48-3.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris48-4.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris48-5.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris48-6.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris48-7.cld
|       _CumulusMediocris48-8.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris58-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris58-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris58-3.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris58-4.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris58-5.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris68-1.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris68-2.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris68-3s.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris68-4s.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris78-1s.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris78-2s.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris78-3s.cld
|       _cumulusMediocris78-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering18-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering18-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering18-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering18-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering28-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering28-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering28-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering28-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering38-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering38-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering38-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering38-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering48-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering48-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering48-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering48-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering58-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering58-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering58-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering58-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering68-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering68-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering68-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering68-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering78-1s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering78-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering78-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering78-4s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering88-2s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering88-3s.cld
|       _cumulusTowering88-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus18-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus28-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus38-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus48-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus58-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus68-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-3s.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus78-4s.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-1.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-1s.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-2.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-2s.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-3.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-3s6.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-4.cld
|       _nimbostratus88-4s6.cld
|       _stratoCumulus58-1.cld
|       _stratoCumulus58-2.cld
|       _stratoCumulus58-3.cld
|       _stratocumulus58-3s.cld
|       _stratoCumulus58-4.cld
|       _stratoCumulus58-5.cld
|       _stratoCumulus68-1.cld
|       _stratoCumulus68-2s.cld
|       _stratoCumulus78-1.cld
|       _stratoCumulus78-2.cld
|       _stratoCumulus78-3s.cld
|       _stratoCumulus78-4s.cld
|       _stratoCumulus88-1s.cld
|       _stratus18-1s.cld
|       _stratus18-2s.cld
|       _stratus18-3s.cld
|       _stratus18-4s.cld
|       _stratus28-1s.cld
|       _stratus28-2s.cld
|       _stratus28-3s.cld
|       _stratus28-4s.cld
|       _stratus38-1s.cld
|       _stratus38-2s.cld
|       _stratus38-3s.cld
|       _stratus38-4s.cld
|       _stratus48-1s.cld
|       _stratus48-2s.cld
|       _stratus48-3s.cld
|       _stratus48-4s.cld
|       _stratus58-1s.cld
|       _stratus58-2s.cld
|       _stratus58-3s.cld
|       _stratus58-4s.cld
|       _stratus68-1s.cld
|       _stratus68-2s.cld
|       _stratus68-3s.cld
|       _stratus68-4s.cld
|       _stratus78-1s.cld
|       _stratus78-2s.cld
|       _stratus78-3s.cld
|       _stratus78-4s.cld
|       _stratus88-1s.cld
|       _stratus88-2s.cld
|       _stratus88-3s6.cld
|       _stratus88-4s6.cld
|       
\------------------ F:\FS9\Weather\themes\
        01_FILE LISTING.bat
        Altocumulus.bmp
        Altocumulus.wt
        Altocumulus.WTB
        Altostratus.bmp
        Altostratus.wt
        Altostratus.WTB
        bldstorm.bmp
        bldstorm.wt
        bldstorm.WTB
        Cbs_Ahead.bmp
        Cbs_ahead.wt
        Cbs_ahead.WTB
        cfronts.bmp
        cfronts.wt
        cfronts.WTB
        Cirrocumulus.bmp
        Cirrocumulus.wt
        Cirrocumulus.WTB
        Cirrus Days.bmp
        Cirrus Days.wt
        Cirrus Days.WTB
        default.bmp
        Fair Easterly.bmp
        Fair Easterly.wt
        Fair Easterly.WTB
        Fair Northerly.bmp
        Fair Northerly.wt
        Fair Northerly.WTB
        Fair Southerly.bmp
        Fair Southerly.wt
        Fair Southerly.WTB
        Fair Westerly.bmp
        Fair Westerly.wt
        Fair Westerly.WTB
        fair.bmp
        fair.wt
        fair.WTB
        foggedin.bmp
        foggedin.wt
        foggedin.WTB
        fsrealwx.wt
        fsrealwx.WTB
        grayrain.bmp
        grayrain.wt
        grayrain.WTB
        High Winds E-W.bmp
        High Winds E-W.wt
        High Winds E-W.WTB
        High Winds N-S.bmp
        High Winds N-S.wt
        High Winds N-S.WTB
        High Winds S-N.bmp
        High Winds S-N.wt
        High Winds S-N.WTB
        High Winds W-E.bmp
        High Winds W-E.wt
        High Winds W-E.WTB
        Hot Tropical Day.bmp
        Hot Tropical Day.wt
        Hot Tropical Day.WTB
        Light Summer Rain.bmp
        Light Summer Rain.wt
        Light Summer Rain.WTB
        Low Pressure System.bmp
        Low Pressure System.wt
        Low Pressure System.WTB
        Meanfrnt.bmp
        Meanfrnt.wt
        Meanfrnt.WTB
        Nimbostratus.bmp
        Nimbostratus.wt
        Nimbostratus.WTB
        Precision Approach.bmp
        Precision Approach.wt
        Precision Approach.WTB
        Scud Runner.bmp
        Scud Runner.wt
        Scud Runner.WTB
        Severe Cold Front.bmp
        Severe Cold Front.wt
        Severe Cold Front.WTB
        Solid_IMC.bmp
        Solid_IMC.wt
        Solid_IMC.WTB
        Squall.bmp
        Squall.wt
        Squall.WTB
        Sthbust.bmp
        Sthbust.wt
        Sthbust.WTB
        stormy.bmp
        stormy.wt
        stormy.WTB
        Summer in Dubai.bmp
        Summer in Dubai.wt
        Summer in Dubai.WTB
        The Unexpected.bmp
        The Unexpected.wt
        The Unexpected.WTB
        tstorm.bmp
        tstorm.wt
        tstorm.WTB
        Virga.bmp
        Virga.wt
        Virga.WTB
        whiteout.bmp
        whiteout.wt
        whiteout.WTB
        Winter Cold Front.bmp
        Winter Cold Front.wt
        Winter Cold Front.WTB
        Winter Easterly.bmp
        Winter Easterly.wt
        Winter Easterly.WTB
        Winter Landscape.bmp
        Winter Landscape.wt
        Winter Landscape.WTB
        Winter Low Pressure.bmp
        Winter Low Pressure.wt
        Winter Low Pressure.WTB
        Winter Nimbostratus.bmp
        Winter Nimbostratus.wt
        Winter Nimbostratus.WTB
        Winter No Ice Easterly.bmp
        Winter No Ice Easterly.wt
        Winter No Ice Easterly.WTB
        Winter No Ice Northerly.bmp
        Winter No Ice Northerly.wt
        Winter No Ice Northerly.WTB
        Winter No Ice Southerly.bmp
        Winter No Ice Southerly.wt
        Winter No Ice Southerly.WTB
        Winter No Ice Westerly.bmp
        Winter No Ice Westerly.wt
        Winter No Ice Westerly.WTB
        Winter Northerly.bmp
        Winter Northerly.wt
        Winter Northerly.WTB
        Winter Southerly.bmp
        Winter Southerly.wt
        Winter Southerly.WTB
        Winter Westerly.bmp
        Winter Westerly.wt
        Winter Westerly.WTB
        wwonder.bmp
        wwonder.wt
        wwonder.WTB

***gavinc*** · March 23rd, 2019, 14:49

Thanks for that list Spokes,
looks like I am missing a bunch of the themes, although I have all the other files.

the only ones I have are (although I seem to have all the files .bmp, .wt, .WTB for each of them)
bldstorm.*
cfronts.*
default.*
fair.*
foggedin.*
grayrain.*
stormy.*
SW_Gray_Day.*
SW_Ground_Fog.*
SW_Nice_Day.*
SW_smoke.*
SW_Thunderstorm.*
SW_Turb.*
SW_Winter_Day.*
tstorm.*
whiteout.*
wwonder.*

The ones starting with SW_ come from Silver Wings.

Guess I need to dig out my FS9 CD and do a repair

thanks
Gavin

***huub vink*** · March 23rd, 2019, 15:05

Gavin,

Before you start a repair please check this. And I think I have roughly the same weather themes as you describe (only GW_ instead of SW_).

Sometimes Windows10 has its own ways of doing things. It often creates a virtual store to startup things faster. However, most likely as we make changes in one of the program directories, it doesn't always work as advertised.

The typical addres for the virtual store in Windows10 is C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore , where [Username] is of course your own username.

When you find a copy of your FS9 (or partly) over there you can delete it without problems. The next time the startup of FS9 will be a bit slower, but it will often also solve some unsolvable problems.

You can deleted (or backup and remove) the FS9 files you find there and after that start FS9 again. It might solve the problems with the weather themes.

Cheers,
Huub