Thanks Neal!  Nope!  No soundstream for me!!!!!

 

Dennis

Hi, Dennis,

 

It's difficult to figure out what is going on.  It does seem that some problems are fixed -- the T7 does load, and no more corrupted 777x_Options.ini file. 

 

The only advice I can give is to make one change at a time and see how this affects your system and the T7 in particular.   Just start from a condition where the T7 is flying OK (maybe yet another FSX reinstall -sorry!) and add one thing at a time. 

 

Just in case you haven't covered these things already, be sure to NOT install FSX in the programs(x86) or programs folder.  Never reload the T7 on top of itself -- either restart FSX or load a default Cessna in between T7 loads during the same FSX session.    Also, I don't see why you need to delete traffic bgl files -- just set all the traffic sliders to zero (over to the left).

 

Also, if you search "FSDT" using the Avsim search function -- search in the top level Microsoft flight Simulator forum -- there are a lot of threads about it.  Possibly the FSDT support would be helpful also.  Since you say the T7 was working OK until you installed FSDT's JFK, maybe the installer changes something that isn't changed back by uninstalling FSDT.  I don't have any FSDT sceneries, so this is just speculation on my part. 

 

Best of luck!

 

Mike

More info:

 

Since my last post I have installed FSDT's JFK2; Ft. Lauderdale and Zurich as well as Flightbeam's Phoenix.

Still no issues.

 

Those of us who have experienced this problem have reported (I think) that the T7 was running normally for

a significant period and then failed sometime within the past three weeks or so.  There is also a thread in

the General section indicating a failure of the 737NGX where FSX would not close normally when the 737NGX

was loaded; the user had to use Task Manager to close FSX.  I had that same problem when my T7 failed.

I'm just wondering if perhaps there was a Windows Update during the past month that has caused this issue

for all of us????  I don't know how to test this theory.

 

Hmmmm.....

Hey Mike / Gang!  So I re-installed my copy of FSX in the default directory - Grrrrr - didn't get to your post on time.  I might go ahead and blow it all again and re-install on an external hard drive instead.  Just out of curiosity.  Why the recommendation to install elsewhere?

 

Thanks!  Dennis

Why the recommendation to install elsewhere?

 

I never installed in a regular program directory,   But other people, including the 777 Introductory manual, say that Windows 7 has all sorts of special security protections for programs in the normal Windows program directory, that interfere with the proper functioning of FSX.  Mine is in C:\Flight Simulation Programs\Flight Simulator X.  Other people say just C:\Flight Simulator X.  Or I suppose a separate drive would be fine too.

 

My guess is that it won't run well on an external hard drive connected by USB -- too slow.  A separate internal drive should be good, but I think just a non-program folder will be fine too.

 

Mike

Ahh OK I get it.  So - not necessarily another drive per se...........just a different directory name than the default specified by FSX?  If that's the case... wheeewww cause none of my externals have enough space to lodge my almost 700gb of FSX stuff I have.

 

Dennis

Blimmin heck Dennis, I feel for you brutha.  Computers can be so fricken frustrating :Cry: .

 

I hope your T7 is repaired soon.

Hello Gang!

 

• OK!  Computer wiped clean of anything FSX.  Defragged.  virus scanned.  All in order.
• FSX re-installed along with SDK and updates.  Pristine re-install in a different location in Drive C, other than the default location, as recommended.  Defragged again.
• All controls configured and working properly - took me half a day to set all my GoFlight and Saitek stuff ready.
• PMDG 777 installed.  Outside view 70+fps.  Virtual cockpit view 27fps.

 

So far, so good.  Next step, getting Opus FSX and FSDT KDFW loaded and testing again.

 

More to come.

 

Dennis

 

 

So far, so good. Next step, getting Opus FSX and FSDT KDFW loaded and testing again.

 

Happy to hear this, Dennis!  Just try and proceed one addon at a time so if something crops up you will have a good idea of what is causing it.

 

Mike

Hello Team!  An update here!

 

So far so good.  I am still getting my FSX world little by little re-implemented after the re-install and all is good so far with the 777.  Now - I have not yet installed any of FSDT';s sceneries and at this point, and after all the work re-installing a million things, I am scared to do so for fewar it will screw up my 777 install again.  I will continue reporting my findings.

 

Dennis