Recently I had modified my fsx.cfg by removing the SimObjectPath to my traffice addon Traffic X. Firstly, I removed it within SIMstarter, but each time I restarted FSX this path reappeared again! So, I modified fsx.cfg directly and re-read it by SIMstarter. Everything looked fine and each profile within SIMstarter has this particular entry removed. But whenever I start FSX through SIMstarter (either through a profile or through jumpstart, the Traffic X path entry reappears. I have no idea where SIMstarter gets this info from. And I couldn't find a way to really remove it or at least deactivate it! Do you have any idea what's wrong here?

Now you tell this, I recall having had this issue once, too, with the only difference it concerned the Ultimate Traffic 2 path in my case, which was always reset to the old path after modification when starting the simulator, despite I had modified it in SimStarter.

 

Finally, I made a search though the SimStarter directory for the old path and modified the path to the new path in a number of files which did the job. Later I forgot about this, don't ask me to reproduce it.

 

Kind regards, Michael

Thank you, Michael! Unfortunately, I could not trace any SIMstarter file containing the non-wanted path (apart from the backup fsx.cfg files). I still have no idea where this old data comes from.

 

Pero, do you possibly have a tip for this problem?

I think it was Prepar3dSimObjects.cfg in my case. There are two of them, I first modified the wrong (FSX) Version, which - obviously - did not help. However, I think, this was not all of it, I had to do something in all the profile settings I use later, unfortunately I forgot the details.

 

I was resetting the path from a Ramdisk back to the HD again. It's working now, but as I said, I had to try several times and it was always reset. I can't exclude it was my fault, of course.

 

Kind reagrds, Michael

 

 

I think it was Prepar3dSimObjects.cfg in my case. There are two of them, I first modified the wrong (FSX) Version, which - obviously - did not help. However, I think, this was not all of it, I had to do something in all the profile settings I use later, unfortunately I forgot the details.

 

I was resetting the path from a Ramdisk back to the HD again. It's working now, but as I said, I had to try several times and it was always reset. I can't exclude it was my fault, of course.

 

Kind reagrds, Michael

 

Oh yes. The logic does not know if only a path changes. In this case you have to manual change the path in <YOUR SIM>SimObjects.cfg.

Whenever SIMstarter is running a profile all SimObjects lines will be deleted and replaced by the <YOUR SIM>SimObjects.cfg located in .\UserProfiles

 

Any idea for an improvement?

Thanks for all your help! I finally found the problem, which was me overlooking the option to define all object paths within SIMstarter. After unticking the path to my traffic addon (under "Profile Settings/FSX Configuration", everything works fine for me. And the more I get to know this tool the more I get excited about all its useful features. So, my recommendation to every user: Take your time to learn about how to use this powerful tool most effectively! Not every little feature is explained in the Readme.

 

Thank you, Pero!

 

Greetings

"[...] Not every little feature is explained in the Readme. [...]"

 

Documentation is the worst part at the development of SIMstarter... ;O)

...or any other software

I didn't mean to criticize the documentation! It's actually great, but the latest version of SIMstarter is just more extensive and powerful. Thanks again for this great addon!

I didn't mean to criticize the documentation! It's actually great, but the latest version of SIMstarter is just more extensive and powerful. Thanks again for this great addon!

 

 All fine! ;O)