I am having a hard time getting the sim to load

[PingPong 60]

So I am really growing to like the new 64 bit version, but I can only make it load if I do some extreme maneuvers, like deleteing the preferences file.

 

It seems to get stuck on "Will init ATC" I don't know what's going on at that part of the loading, but I don't even use XPX ATC, so can I cut that out?

[Pascal_LSGC 310]

What does the end of your log.txt (inside X-Plane root folder) say ?

[PingPong 60]

Crash report text:

 

Product: X-Plane 10.05r1 Unhandled exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (C0000005)

Virtual Mem Free: -435417088, Malloc'ed Mem: 84952744, Largest Contig Block: 2146578432

Flags=0, Address = 0x6d74930d

0) 0x6d74930d (atioglxx.dll + 299789)

1) 0x6d743d21 (atioglxx.dll + 277793)

2) 0x6e0fc71f (atioglxx.dll + 10471199)

3) 0x6e0fa925 (atioglxx.dll + 10463525)

4) 0x6e0f34f1 (atioglxx.dll + 10433777)

5) 0x6e0f2fa2 (atioglxx.dll + 10432418)

6) 0x6e0eef5b (atioglxx.dll + 10415963)

7) 0x6e0addca (atioglxx.dll + 10149322)

8) 0x6e0adfca (atioglxx.dll + 10149834)

9) 0x6e0b1414 (atioglxx.dll + 10163220)

10) 0x6dec9cb5 (atioglxx.dll + 8166581)

11) 0x6deca90d (atioglxx.dll + 8169741)

12) 0x6decab40 (atioglxx.dll + 8170304)

13) 0x6dec3624 (atioglxx.dll + 8140324)

14) 0x6deba72a (atioglxx.dll + 8103722)

15) 0x6deb1638 (atioglxx.dll + 8066616)

16) 0x6d77d335 (atioglxx.dll + 512821)

17) 0x6dbb4420 (atioglxx.dll + 4932640)

18) 0x008a7132 (OBJ_point_pool.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4878642)

19) 0x0093515e (OBJ_read.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5460318)

20) 0x00935322 (OBJ_read.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5460770)

21) 0x0080981b (REN_airports.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4233243)

22) 0x008f1efc (REN_init.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5185276)

23) 0x005a10e8 (3_init.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 1708264)

24) 0x0040175b (SIM_MAIN.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5979)

25) 0x00401041 (SIM_MAIN.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4161)

26) unzCloseCurrentFile + 471 (unzip.c:1257) (X-Plane.exe + 8297271)

27) 0x74d6339a (kernel32.dll + 78746)

28) 0x77419ef2 (ntdll.dll + 237298)

29) 0x77419ec5 (ntdll.dll + 237253)

Product: X-Plane 10.05r1 Unhandled exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (C0000005)

Virtual Mem Free: -428548096, Malloc'ed Mem: 84691772, Largest Contig Block: 2146578432

Flags=0, Address = 0x6d8c930d

0) 0x6d8c930d (atioglxx.dll + 299789)

1) 0x6d8c3d21 (atioglxx.dll + 277793)

2) 0x6e27c71f (atioglxx.dll + 10471199)

3) 0x6e27a925 (atioglxx.dll + 10463525)

4) 0x6e2734f1 (atioglxx.dll + 10433777)

5) 0x6e272fa2 (atioglxx.dll + 10432418)

6) 0x6e26ef5b (atioglxx.dll + 10415963)

7) 0x6e22ddca (atioglxx.dll + 10149322)

8) 0x6e22dfca (atioglxx.dll + 10149834)

9) 0x6e231414 (atioglxx.dll + 10163220)

10) 0x6e049cb5 (atioglxx.dll + 8166581)

11) 0x6e04a90d (atioglxx.dll + 8169741)

12) 0x6e04ab40 (atioglxx.dll + 8170304)

13) 0x6e043624 (atioglxx.dll + 8140324)

14) 0x6e03a72a (atioglxx.dll + 8103722)

15) 0x6e031638 (atioglxx.dll + 8066616)

16) 0x6d8fd335 (atioglxx.dll + 512821)

17) 0x6dd34420 (atioglxx.dll + 4932640)

18) 0x008a7132 (OBJ_point_pool.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4878642)

19) 0x0093515e (OBJ_read.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5460318)

20) 0x00935322 (OBJ_read.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5460770)

21) 0x0080981b (REN_airports.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4233243)

22) 0x008f1efc (REN_init.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5185276)

23) 0x005a10e8 (3_init.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 1708264)

24) 0x0040175b (SIM_MAIN.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 5979)

25) 0x00401041 (SIM_MAIN.obj:-1) (X-Plane.exe + 4161)

26) unzCloseCurrentFile + 471 (unzip.c:1257) (X-Plane.exe + 8297271)

27) 0x74d6339a (kernel32.dll + 78746)

28) 0x77419ef2 (ntdll.dll + 237298)

29) 0x77419ec5 (ntdll.dll + 237253)

 

Could it have something to do with this new OpenGl?

 

https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

[CarlosF 1,258]

I think you may have video driver incompatibility.

 

Don't know if you are using latest released version but if you are then try going back to a previous version. Or maybe just re-installing current version may solve you problem.

 

That link is for nVidia cards, from what I can tell from you log you are using ATI.

[PingPong 60]

Okay, that's weird. I am definitely using an nvidia 690, I have never even had an ATI in this machine since I last installed windows.

[CarlosF 1,258]

Hmm, that is weird then.

I searched for "atioglxx.dll" on my entire c: drive and then XP drive and did not find anything with that name. I have an nVidia card too.

Also goolgle it and from what I read it supposed to be an ATI link library.

 

Have you filed a bug with Laminar?

[PingPong 60]

Not yet

 

I am starting to think the problem with with my virtual or real memory, i.e. I need more physical memory or I need to change my pagefile size, I'll try that first then, bug report.

[PingPong 60]

Okay quick follow-up I upped my pagefile to the recommended 12GB and it seems to be okay, several sim re-starts without any crashes, and a whole lot of twiddling with the rendering settings.

 

I figure it probably a newly minted 64 bit app on a machine with 8gb of ram and two 2 GB Vram GPUS, this whole mess was giving me this:

 

EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (C0000005)

Virtual Mem Free: -428548096, Malloc'ed Mem: 84691772, Largest Contig Block: 2146578432

Flags=0, Address = 0x6d8c930d

 

which seemed like a memory address space issue. Hope it stays that way.