January 31, 201115 yr Hi,Anyone any idea why I periodically get an error message (by no means every time) when I start FS9 telling me that the module FSSound.dll will cannot be loaded and will be disabled? I already have this in the fs9.cfg file:[OLDMODULES]FSSound.dll=1Are there any other reasons why FS wouldn't want to load the file? Odd too that 90% of the time I don't get the error message...Martin Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
January 31, 201115 yr That is indeed intreresting. I have Windows 7 myself and, after the configuration file was altered, have never seen the messsage again. I don't suppose there is any chance that an old copy of the config is being read? That's doubtful, but you never know with Windows.
January 31, 201115 yr Hello,Try this ......(note the difference with OLDMODULES )[OldModules]FSSound.dll=1 Odd too that 90% of the time I don't get the error message...That's cause ... all panels (or planes .. not sure) are not using this particular DLL !Regards.Gus.
January 31, 201115 yr Author A search only finds one cfg file, but I also found that, although if I close FS9 ("FS(" .. sic) and start it up again I get the same error message, if I reboot the PC, it has gone (using same a/c as before). That would suggest the cause is something else entirely. Curiouser and curiouser ...M. Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
January 31, 201115 yr Might be worth checking to see where you have file installed -It should be in this location: Flight Simulator 9\ModulesMine is dated 7/23/2002 and is 11 KB in size.It is always possible that some addon has replaced your original copy of the file with one which is problematic.
February 1, 201115 yr Might be worth checking to see where you have file installed -It should be in this location: Flight Simulator 9\ModulesMine is dated 7/23/2002 and is 11 KB in size.It is always possible that some addon has replaced your original copy of the file with one which is problematic.Mine is V1.6.0.15 (modified 18 June 2004) an is fully compatible with FS9 (doesn't require OldModules).But I still can't figure out how to attach a small .zip file to a forum post in this new forum-style. Otherwise I would have.Rob
February 1, 201115 yr Author Hi,I have exactly the same version as you Rob - just one copy (I searched), in the Modules folder. I didn't know that this later version doesn't requite the OldModules paragraph in the fs9.cfg. How do you know that?Not getting the error message at the moment (having typed that, I WILL next time I start up FS9 - you know how it goes!) but it does pop up every few weeks.Martin Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
February 2, 201115 yr I didn't know that this later version doesn't requite the OldModules paragraph in the fs9.cfg. How do you know that?Because it works without warnings, after removing the OLDMODULES section from the fs9.cfg file :( Rob
February 2, 201115 yr Mine is V1.6.0.15 (modified 18 June 2004) an is fully compatible with FS9 (doesn't require OldModules).But I still can't figure out how to attach a small .zip file to a forum post in this new forum-style. Otherwise I would have.RobI will ask the obvious question Rob - where can I get a copy of this later version of FSSound.dll ???? :( I do not believe they allow zip files attachments here any more but presume there must be a source for the file elsewhere. EDIT - Nevermind - Google was my friend and I found it. However FS is still requiring the entry in the oldmodules section of my FS9.cfg file.
February 3, 201115 yr Author Mine doesn't - if I remove the paragraph from the fs9.cfg file I get the error message at fs9 startup... Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
February 3, 201115 yr Mine doesn't - if I remove the paragraph from the fs9.cfg file I get the error message at fs9 startup...Hi All:I ran across 1 or 2 FS9 add-ons that were arbitrarily hard coded to look for FSSound.dll in the root main folder of FS2004 rather than in the usual [FS install path]\Modules folder.When I have ine of those add-ons "active" in FS scenery library, I must have FSSound.dll in the root main folder of FS2004 when I load a flight within the scenery area covered by that add-on, or FS crashes (...even though I otherwise also have FSSound.dll in the "usual" [FS install path]\Modules folder) !FYI: These are some example entries I always keep at the very top of my FS9.Cfg (and FSX.Cfg) files just in case an add-on installs/uses them:[OLDMODULES]FSSound.dll=1SOARRec.dll=1GaugeSound.dll=1Martin:Perhaps you could try this with an "extra" copy of FSSound.dll in the root main folder of FS2004 in addition to the one in the 'usual' [FS install path]\Modules folder. :( Hope this helps ! :( GaryGB
February 3, 201115 yr EDIT - Nevermind - Google was my friend and I found it. However FS is still requiring the entry in the oldmodules section of my FS9.cfg file.Hi David,That's strange ...It's hard to prove long-distance that I don't use the Oldmodules section anymore :( , but you have to trust me on that. And at least 10 gauges that use FSSOund (o.a. in the ProjectFokker F70/100).So I don't have a clue why it won't work for you...Best, Rob
February 3, 201115 yr Hi David,That's strange ...It's hard to prove long-distance that I don't use the Oldmodules section anymore :( , but you have to trust me on that. And at least 10 gauges that use FSSOund (o.a. in the ProjectFokker F70/100).So I don't have a clue why it won't work for you...Best, RobHi Rob - I can't "prove" it via long distance either, :( but I assure you that without the entry under [OldModules] in my FS9.cfg file I get the usual error message when I start FS2004.I am using the later version as you suggested. No big deal of course, but I did try removing the FSSound.dll=1 entry and up pops the error message when starting FS.Chalk it up to another one of those "Great Mysteries of Life".
February 4, 201115 yr Rob, are you sure you don't have another OldModules section hiding somewhere in your cfg file? I've added it more than once before... Tom Gibson CalClassic Propliner Page
February 4, 201115 yr Author Gary, what you say about some software looking for the dll file in the main FS9 folder would explain why I only get the error message on occasion - although it wouldn't explain why, when I load the same flight with the same a/c after rebooting tyhe PC, the message no longer appears (at least that seemed to be the case last time). Any idea what software might be included here?I haven't had the error again since I originally posted but next time will try adding a copy of FSSound.dll to the main FS9 folder. By the way, I don't have an entry in the fs9.cfg file for GaugeSound.dll=1 - never had a problem with that file. My cfg entry is:[OLDMODULES]FSSound.dll=1msxml4.dll=1msxml4a.dll=1msxml4r.dll=1I don't remember why I added the msxml files - must have been an instruction is some software installation in the dim distant past..Martin Martin Stebbing, EGLF (UK)
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