FS9 back to old antics

[ViperPilot2]

SS101,

Let's see if we can break the 77% barrier!

Alan

[SSI01]

First flight on the "straight" installation of FS9 went without a hitch of any kind.

All I did was adjust graphics settings to suit me, plus assign keys where they needed to be assigned. Otherwise, this is a stock installation.

I should mention I did not download weather from the web but went with the stock "fair weather" setting.

[ViperPilot2]

SS101,

Congrats on being able to run the 'Vanilla' version!

Now, try the same thing with one of your 'other' Installs... have a Shortcut pointed to the FS9.exe file in the specific Sim you want to run, and start it up. See if it fires up, or hangs again at the 77% mark...

Alan

[SSI01]

Will give this a try tomorrow afternoon, after the weekly Saturday morning scrub for the house.

[SSI01]

Well, it took a while but I ran every one of these sims. Here are the results:

FS9 TEST, G drive - normal start. Size - 2.66GB

FS1970s, G drive - gets to 77% using default flight and weather, stops and restarts. Size - 13.8GB.
FS1980s, G drive - normal start. Size - 3.05GB
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Flight Simulator 9, E drive - normal start-up screen appears when started, FS9 icon appears on bottom bar, takes approx 40 mins. to load. Size - 326GB (reckon this is why I want to break this one up into smaller iterations).
FSSW, E drive - black box same size as start-up screen appears when started, FS9 icon appears on bottom bar, takes approx 15 mins. to load, otherwise normal start. Size - 132GB.
FSSW50, E drive - black box same size as start-up screen appears when started, FS9 icon appears on bottom bar, takes approx 7 mins. to load, otherwise normal start. Size - 75GB.
FSSW60, E drive - black box same size as start-up screen appears when started, FS9 icon appears on bottom bar, takes approx 15 mins. to load, otherwise normal start. Size - 85.1GB.
Default weather used in all sims.

NOTE: Got the following msg while starting FS9 on E drive:
SCENERY.CFG file error. Local scenery directory (E:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\FlightSimTools.com\Airport Wizard\scenery_FS9\SCENERY) in scenery Area.086 not found. Click OK to continue.

[ViperPilot2]

SS101,

This is just my personal opinion, but instead of 'breaking up' your E Drive versions, I would just bite the bullet and use 'fresh' Installs to build the versions you want. With the 'TEST' and '1980's' as a baseline, re-build the GW versions from scratch, slowly add things one at a time, and test as you go along. Also, I would make sure that any add ons you plan to use are also fresh, and aren't using any elements from your previous Installations.

I feel your pain; six months after my Desktop rig failed, wiping out an FS9 Install that was four years in the making, I too am starting from scratch with my 'new' Laptop. I want to make a GW Install also, but want to take my time and make sure I do it right. I'm keeping this Version vanilla for the most part, with just add on airplanes to keep it 'small'.

Keep on Truckin'...

Alan

[SSI01]

I'd like to address that issue in FS9's scenery.cfg file before I do anything.

I'm out of pocket for a week or so but will get started back on this on the 24th. Thanks for your input, VP!