Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 02:40 PM Posted July 21, 2007 at 02:40 PM Last night I downloaded an airplane, installed it, played it. This morning flight sim won't start. I deleted al the files for the new airplane and still get a message "aircraft initialization failure" followed by the name of the plane... What did I do wrong, and what is the right way to fix it...in time for denvers live ATC event later today I am not particularly skillfull with actual computer work, I just fly it (maybe you noticed) any suggestions are appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 06:36 PM Author Posted July 21, 2007 at 06:36 PM reinstalled FS9, still doesn't work...been nice knowing you all. I give up (for today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 07:51 PM Author Posted July 21, 2007 at 07:51 PM i reinstalled the aircraft in question, now FS9 tries to start, but the second it gets to the "create a flight screen" it crashes to the desktop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry James 901346 Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:08 PM Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:08 PM i reinstalled the aircraft in question, now FS9 tries to start, but the second it gets to the "create a flight screen" it crashes to the desktop... You may have to get support from the providers of the aircraft in question. If you have a problem reinstalling FS9, First do a clean uninstall, then a reinstall. Try running FS9 clean. Then consider which addons you want to try so that you can narrow the problem down to a particular addon. Again, if it's the aircraft in question, then don't install that one, unless you have time and some support from someone familiar with the one in question, then wrong on it. Otherwise it appears you may have to do without the aircraft in question. In your trouble shooting, there are occasions where the initial download might be flawed and a subsequent download might resolve the issue. But again, since you've narrowed some of your problems to the aircraft in question, you might give serious considerations as to whether to run that one or not. -- L. James -- L. D. James [email protected] www.apollo3.com/~ljames sticky: Not a regular post, but a special thread/message stuck to the top with special meaning… containing important forum information. For FSInn/VATSIM issues, please test the FSInn Installation sticky and linked FAQ. It really works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:25 PM Author Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:25 PM seems to be part of my problem, I am not sure how to ininstall the aircraft in question. I deleted all the files in it's folder, and deleted the folder, which then gave me the error message, so i re-downloaded and unzipped the airplane in question, which now gives me the crash... Should I delete the plane again, or is there a better way to make it go away, I don't really want it anymore with all this trouble. thanks, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry James 901346 Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:46 PM Posted July 21, 2007 at 08:46 PM I don't know what all it did. If it only modified the fs9.cfg (in %appdata%\microsoft\fsx ) then if you delete or rename that file it'll be regenerated new the next time you start FS9. It might have a readme file showing how to uninstall it. If you continue to have problems, you might have to try a clean install of FS9 again. -- L. James -- L. D. James [email protected] www.apollo3.com/~ljames sticky: Not a regular post, but a special thread/message stuck to the top with special meaning… containing important forum information. For FSInn/VATSIM issues, please test the FSInn Installation sticky and linked FAQ. It really works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 09:30 PM Author Posted July 21, 2007 at 09:30 PM Thanks again,Larry I'll try a few things and see what happens. In the process of reinstalling FS again I'll let ya know what happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ienatsch 917445 Posted July 21, 2007 at 10:25 PM Author Posted July 21, 2007 at 10:25 PM I reinstalled FS, no dice. I deleted all that aircrafts files. nothing. I renamed the config file, and that worked! I'll be onine by the time you read this, flying around Colorado. Thank you Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry James 901346 Posted July 21, 2007 at 10:27 PM Posted July 21, 2007 at 10:27 PM Glad you got it going. -- L. James -- L. D. James [email protected] www.apollo3.com/~ljames sticky: Not a regular post, but a special thread/message stuck to the top with special meaning… containing important forum information. For FSInn/VATSIM issues, please test the FSInn Installation sticky and linked FAQ. It really works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Goddard 920767 Posted August 4, 2007 at 11:18 PM Posted August 4, 2007 at 11:18 PM I reinstalled FS, no dice. I deleted all that aircrafts files. nothing. I renamed the config file, and that worked!I'll be onine by the time you read this, flying around Colorado. Thank you Bill Which config file did you rename, because I am now getting that error message and would like to fix it. Thanks in advance. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry James 901346 Posted August 4, 2007 at 11:37 PM Posted August 4, 2007 at 11:37 PM I reinstalled FS, no dice. I deleted all that aircrafts files. nothing. I renamed the config file, and that worked!I'll be onine by the time you read this, flying around Colorado. Thank you Bill Which config file did you rename, because I am now getting that error message and would like to fix it. Thanks in advance. David Which version of flight simulator are you running? You can get there by typing the following in a Windows Explorer window: For FS9: %appdata%\Microsoft\fs9 for FSX: %appdata%\Microsoft\fsx -- L. James -- L. D. James [email protected] www.apollo3.com/~ljames sticky: Not a regular post, but a special thread/message stuck to the top with special meaning… containing important forum information. For FSInn/VATSIM issues, please test the FSInn Installation sticky and linked FAQ. It really works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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