OK. I had been using the "APU" power source option for my arrivals, so I decided to switch to "EXT/AC" and see if that made a difference. I made several flights using "EXT/AC"instead of "APU" and I have not had any more crashes when I shut the engines down. The sequence is different (shut down #2 first, wait for ext power to be connected, then shut down #1 for "EXT/AC" versus shutting down both engines at the once for "APU." So maybe something in the order of the shut down sequence causes it. At least switching to "EXT/AC" seems to work for me.

Exact same problem here I am afraid :(

 

Arrival at the gate is problematic for a while now, that's why I found this topic. Just now I did another flight with the 'set wheel chocks instead of parking brake' in mind, and so I did. But unfortunatly at the exact second I set the wheel chocks in the fmc the CTD happend.

 

So I will be following this topic and offcourse if I find a solution myself I will post it.

 

Regards,

Simon

Hi Simon,

 

FS2Crew will attempt to set the wheel chocks for you.

 

As for the "solutions" described in this thread, they seem all over the place, but try them all. One of them will probably work.

 

I've tried 100 times and I still can't reproduce this CTD on my system.

 

Cheers,

It's the strangest problem ever seen... Today I experienced it 2 times in a row, after 2-3 flights ok, always that precise moment, after shutting down the engines and while hearing the first clicks of the switches moved by the FO. This time I paid particular attention, the crash was while the FO was switching the fuel pumps off. Could it be related to that or just a coincidence? I don't know, I will try again next flight. By the way, I followed ALL the suggestions given in this thread.

Third flight, third ctd in a row... Once again the ctd occurred while the FO was switching the fuel pumps off.

FS2Crew will also attempt to set the chocks around the same time the fuel pumps are coming off.

 

I still can't reproduce this at all.

 

Are you using any other programs that attempt to set the NGX's chocks?

Are you using any other programs that attempt to set the NGX's chocks?

 

No. Apart from FS2Crew I use AES, ActiveSky 2012 and TrackIR + EZCA, but yesterday crashes were in an airport where AES is not active.

Tried once again today without crash the same short flight that yesterday gave me 3 crashes in a row, same conditions, same actions, the only difference was that today I did not use Activesky, but I don't think it may have something to do with the problem.

Hi James,

 

If you can reproduce it "everytime", which is important, email me and we'll set up a Remote Desktop session so I can see it first hand.

 

Hopefully we can nail it, but honestly it seems to affect only a handful people and the experiences and solutions experienced by them are totally inconsistent, so it might be tough. But we'll try.

 

Cheers,

Hi Bryan,

 

Just did a flight and I noticed something. Just after shutdown the FO goes to the ground page on the FMC and sets the chocks and then removes them. He flips through a few more pages and goes back again and sets the chocks. Is he supposed to set the chocks twice?

He shouldn't set the chocks twice.

 

What power setting do you have setup on the Config Panel (external power source).

 

Are you changing these setting after gate arrival?

Hi Bryan,

 

External source is set to APU for gate arrival and I don't change a thing before shutdown. The only reason I happened to notice this on my last flight was I happened to to look down at my FMC and saw it.

Hi Bryan,

Just found this and would like your thoughts.

Could this be a clue to finding a cure for this problem alot of us are seeming to have with Ctd.

 

http://flightsimulatornetwork.com/topic/3598-uiatomationcoredll

 

I'm not computer savvy enough to know, but it might help.

 

Thanks for all the great work you do!

 

Jim Tierney

Hi Jim,

 

Maybe... I'll let other users chime in...

 

Does the info in Jim's link help?

Uhm, wasn't uiautomationcore.dll supposed to help in solving the crash problem? If I remember well I had downloaded it and put it in my system just for that reason. Anyway I had the crash even before adding that file.

Well, I will give deleting those uiautomationcore.dll files a try...

 

As for the randomness; the crash seems more likely when there has been a higher (memory?) load. After upgrading my Pc a while back I was able to up lots of graphical settings and it would run nicely, but then this problem started happening. I lowered the graphics a bit and it now happends less often. Flying from Schiphol to Heathrow also seems to make it more likely, and my explanation would be because they are both large airports and also have massive amounts of AI traffic (So again, a higher load).

 

Ps. I am also using the combination of FS2Crew, ActiveSky 2012 and AES...