gilbenl Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Everyone hits a wall some time, and this has got me stumped.It all began one day, when for no apparent reason, a few of my acf would cause XP to crash during loading. Like any XP user, I then deleted my prefs etc etc, and tried again. No luck. Feeling frisky, I decided to try another, random acf. Sure enough, it started loading then crashed. Out of about 100 acf in my hanger, maybe 15 of them will load. A bit annoyed, I reluctantly erased XP and did a clean install (Newer version; 9.67). Downloaded fresh copies of random acf and placed them in the folder. No dice. This led me to the conclusion that neither my plug-ins nor my acf were causing the problem. Maybe it has something to do with my predominantly v8 and early v9 acf, I figured. So, I went into planemaker and did a batch convert of my old acf folder, put it back where it belongs, and prayed...Didn't pray well enough I guess because out of those 15 planes that worked, now only the default acf and King Air 350 work.Lonnnng story short, I'm back to where I started, with everything the same as it was when it started goofing up except with an updated version of XP, and a folder of batch converted acf which don't work.In other words, XP is unusable and I am out of ideas. Any hair-brained suggestions would be extremely appreciated.Specs:XP v9.67MBP i7 OSX 10.6.6Nvidia/Intel GFX (OEM)4GB Ram (OEM)500GB 7200RPM HD (OEM)Log File:(Yes, I haven't used XP since Jan 31 due to this problem...boo)Log.txt Quote
Oliver Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 If nothing worked I've got one last suggestion, reinstalling XP... Sounds painful and bothersome nut perhaps it's the only way Quote
Kaphias Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 If nothing worked I've got one last suggestion, reinstalling XP... Sounds painful and bothersome nut perhaps it's the only wayI believe he already did that:A bit annoyed, I reluctantly erased XP and did a clean install (Newer version; 9.67). Downloaded fresh copies of random acf and placed them in the folder. No dice. Could the installation location on a Mac cause any problems? Quote
tkyler Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 A bit annoyed, I reluctantly erased XP and did a clean install (Newer version; 9.67). Downloaded fresh copies of random acf and placed them in the folder. No dice.This led me to the conclusion that neither my plug-ins nor my acf were causing the problemNick...this doesn't tell us if the random acf you were downloading were ones that had plugins. Does it run with the default install? Does it crash with a add-on that uses no plugin? How about with the resources > plugins devoid of any custom ones? Certainly a plugin is probably the issue. If you're on mac, launch xplane and when you get a crash, you should get an apple crash log...you know the dialog that says "report / ignore". Click "report" and it'll bring up the crash report..which you can copy and paste the text into a text file....post that also and we'll have a look Quote
samen Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Nick do you have Gizmo installed? If you do then try removing it. Quote
Cameron Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Nick do you have Gizmo installed? If you do then try removing it.His log clearly states Gizmo is not installed.Not sure why you would suggest that anyhow. Gizmo has proven to be very solid since March of last year. Quote
samen Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Sorry, I was seeing references to avionics.lua in the Log file so I assumed that. Havent tested Gizmo yet so I apologise for the inconvenience Quote
gilbenl Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Posted March 13, 2011 Thanks for the replies guys! XP community being what it should be.TK-Haven't tried voiding the plug-ins folder yet, but will do so. I know saying "random acf" is usually less than helpful, but it literally is a problem with virtually all acf. Nevertheless, Im going to try to do a fresh install on my external and see if that fixes it. If so, looks like my comp is getting a clean OS install.Ill post back after I do those.Thanks again folks! Quote
Simmo W Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 What a pain. Sometimes video card drivers can be one of the 30 issues. Either try updating, or if u already did, can u revert to an earlier one before the last xp version? Since January eh? Argggh.. Quote
Simmo W Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 And not sure if this article is relevant, but u do have an Nvidia cardhttp://www.x-plane.com/blog/2011/02/x-plane-hangs-on-start-with-nvidia-cards/ Quote
Oliver Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 If nothing worked I've got one last suggestion, reinstalling XP... Sounds painful and bothersome nut perhaps it's the only wayI believe he already did that:A bit annoyed, I reluctantly erased XP and did a clean install (Newer version; 9.67). Downloaded fresh copies of random acf and placed them in the folder. No dice. Could the installation location on a Mac cause any problems?I should have clearified, I meant Windows XP, not X-Plane Quote
fatherjack Posted April 15, 2011 Report Posted April 15, 2011 Has a cure been found yet?Where is the "TwinProp_fat" that the errors refer to? Is it a plugin in an acf folder? Is the sim trying to load it? Maybe you should loose the KingAir350 for the time being. Quote
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