Geoff Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hi, I am new to this for a moment feeling my way around a bit. I have an issue trying to start up the DC three on my M1 Ultra max studio with arm chip and it just keeps crashing on start up. I am sure hoping someone has a suggestion or solution to get around this is they have not used this model for a while and would like to start into it agai? All suggestions greatly appreciated I believe a gentleman by the name of Goran is the one I should be chatting with Thank you Quote
Cameron Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hi Geoff, Can you please attach your log.txt found in the root X-Plane 12 folder after you experience the crash? Quote
Geoff Posted February 8 Author Report Posted February 8 Sorry I thought I had attached a log file last time. Here we go again for this time. This file was created after I had uninstalled and reinstalled the DC three and after updating to the latest X-Plane version on their latest beta. The one thing this time was it came up with a missing sound bank flag that happens a lot on aircraft waiting for a serial number, but there isn't a serial number in this one Log.txt Quote
ilias.tselios Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 Because DC3 uses Gizmo plugin, you must run X-Plane under Rosetta to run. Quote
Geoff Posted February 9 Author Report Posted February 9 Sorry I thought I had attached a log file last time. Here we go again for this time. This file was created after I had uninstalled and reinstalled the DC three and after updating to the latest X-Plane version on their latest beta. The one thing this time was it came up with a missing sound bank flag that happens a lot on aircraft waiting for a serial number, but there isn't a serial number in this one Quote
Geoff Posted February 9 Author Report Posted February 9 Thank you very much for this. It certainly will help me get out of the hanger. It's been a long time since I've used Rosetta's. I'll have to think over how to get there, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Is there or not a gizmo plug-in that runs on the arm ship on the Mac which theoretically should solve some of these problems? OK, off to check it out and once again, thank you so much appreciate it. Quote
ilias.tselios Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Geoff said: Thank you very much for this. It certainly will help me get out of the hanger. It's been a long time since I've used Rosetta's. I'll have to think over how to get there, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Is there or not a gizmo plug-in that runs on the arm ship on the Mac which theoretically should solve some of these problems? https://www.x-plane.com/kb/using-x-plane-11-addons-with-x-plane-12-on-mac-systems/ Gizmo plugin, that used to code all DC3 systems, UI, etc., is no longer developed, so is not going to have an ARM compatible plugin. I've already started to create my own plugin that is ARM compatible, and moving the code from the Gizmo plugin, but this procedure will be long and won't happen overnight. Quote
Geoff Posted February 10 Author Report Posted February 10 He was an update on my progress or more specifically the lack of progress on this issue. I have found a copy of the DC three version two on an earlier install of XP 12 and in that install it seems to boot up OK. it starts with a warning about sound bank missing but the program still seems to run. When I try to get the info that to see if we can start it under a Rosetta the option to choose Rosetta it's not there. So what I did was, I went to the current installation of the same program on my on my other installation of the program. Please note that both the older and the current version of XP 12 are the latest update to XP 12. I then went and uninstall the version two of DC three and reinstalled everything. That version still crashes. On top of that the option to run under Rosetta is on the get info again, but the program doesn't even get as far as sound warnings at this plane crashes outright. I am attaching the text files from both installations one works, and the one doesn't work. Would really love to get this install installed and working properly so I can get onto to actually learning a very special aircraft. Log.txt Log 2.txt Quote
ilias.tselios Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 (edited) Seems that DC3 has not been activated. Load a default aircraft and should get a window to enter your X-Aviation account login details. After the account is activated, load DC3 and should work. Edited February 11 by ilias.tselios Quote
Geoff Posted February 11 Author Report Posted February 11 Not quite sure what you mean by default aircraft. I have opened several aircraft since this one was installed, including trying to open the DC three all without success. I have also opened other aviation aircraft, and that doesn't seem to make any difference either. Appreciate a little bit more help on this. Quote
ilias.tselios Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 After installing the DC3, run X-Plane but load one of the default aircraft, like the Cessna C172. You must get a window to enter your X-Aviation login details. This will activate the DC3. The load the DC3 and should work. You Log file shows that has not been activated. 0:00:56.104 G64: debug: GK: Load license from disk.. 0:00:56.104 G64: debug: GK: 404: license database 0:00:56.104 G64: debug: GK: Empty license file. Defaulting to login page. 0:00:57.097 G64: debug: No license for: (Leading Edge Simulations)(Douglas DC-3 v2 Published by X-Aviation) 0:02:44.229 G64: debug: GK: Requesting license update.. 0:02:44.229 G64: debug: GK: update_license() 0:02:44.229 G64: debug: GK: No valid auth token, manual login required. Currently there is a bug in DC3 that crashes if you load the aircraft when has not been activated. Fixed for the next update. Quote
Geoff Posted February 12 Author Report Posted February 12 No joy on that solution at all. When might this magic upgrade becoming along, please? Quote
Cameron Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 @Geoff take X-Plane out of full screen mode and move the app out of the way to reveal the activation window hiding behind it. This happens sometimes with systems using multiple monitors. Quote
ilias.tselios Posted February 13 Report Posted February 13 On 2/12/2025 at 3:02 AM, Geoff said: No joy on that solution at all. When might this magic upgrade becoming along, please? Please provide detailed feedback to be able to help you. Quote
Geoff Posted Friday at 10:23 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 10:23 PM Well, the saga continues. Have managed to get the program to boot OK. now I cannot find any manuals for this aircraft. Suggestions and hints most appreciated. I did see a manual on this a while back from LAS and I have one question if that's still the manual available. Is there a manual in modern readable form or is there just one produced as an artefact for historians? Quote
Cameron Posted Friday at 10:31 PM Report Posted Friday at 10:31 PM 8 minutes ago, Geoff said: Well, the saga continues. Have managed to get the program to boot OK. now I cannot find any manuals for this aircraft. Suggestions and hints most appreciated. I did see a manual on this a while back from LAS and I have one question if that's still the manual available. Is there a manual in modern readable form or is there just one produced as an artefact for historians? https://airfightergr.github.io/les_dc3_docs/ 1 Quote
Geoff Posted Saturday at 12:42 AM Author Report Posted Saturday at 12:42 AM 2 hours ago, Cameron said: https://airfightergr.github.io/les_dc3_docs/ Thank you so much. That is a great help. Much appreciated. Quote
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