April 25, 200719 yr In my FS2004 I have UT (USA only), numerous scenery add-ons as well as Active Sky 6 and GE pro. My video card is Nvidia's GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256 mb. My system uses a Pentium IV 3.6 gig with 2 gb of memory and Directx 9. Everything runs great except in the cascade mountains of the Seattle area, the mountains of western France and most recently, in the Alps between Geneva and Northern Italy. For no apparent reason, FS9 crashes to desktop, again only in these mountainous areas. Now I also just added FSGenesis mesh for Europe including the nicely done Alps but this CTD problem exsited before that and before GE pro and Active sky 6, I was actually kind of hoping the addition of the new mesh would solve the problem. I have researched this forum and others for a close answer but have not seen one that comes close to addressing just how what the problem may be or how I can go about soliving it short of....gulp... re-installing my FS9 and all its components. If anyone has a possible solution or even a direction toward a solution I would definately appreciate it, until then no flights for me in these beautiful ranges . Thanks!
April 25, 200719 yr Make sure you have the FS9.1 update installed...before the patch, there were seasonal CTDs triggered in the Spring/Fall...most notable in areas (like the mountains) where there were areas of partial snow cover.This old problem seems to reoccur when people reinstall FS9 and either forget to patch with 9.1, or the patch does not completely finish, leaving unpatched files.One other way to check for the seasonal CTD, if you have a location that consistently CTDs, is to change to a date in mid-winter or mid-summer and try it there.If you do have the update installed (check the file versons to be sure the patched files are actually installed), then I'd be looking for duplicate AFCAD file(s).RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 26, 200719 yr Bob's suggestions are spot on. In addition, if they don't work, simply disable all your addon AFCADS to see if a flawed user-supplied AFCAD is the culprit. (Speaking from experience...)Good luck,Mike --Mike MacKuen
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