The DEV can be a bit cranky at times but he will resolve your problem 100%

He only appears cranky when people ask the same questions over and over rather than using the search function.

 

That why a lot of replies usually start with, This has been asked or discussed before, or something to that effect and then usually posts links to the places where the question was asked and resolved.

 

Hard to blame him though. If I had a forum and people kept asking the same questions over and over without using the search function, I'd probably get cranky to.

He only appears cranky when people ask the same questions over and over rather than using the search function.

 

That why a lot of replies usually start with, This has been asked or discussed before, or something to that effect and then usually posts links to the places where the question was asked and resolved.

 

Hard to blame him though. If I had a forum and people kept asking the same questions over and over without using the search function, I'd probably get cranky to.

Thats only partially true. The problem is COUATL is so easily sabotaged by AV and other 3rd party software and its not always easy to get a handle on it especially for newbies but its stumped me in the past and the solution was such a broad array of possibilities it took a long time.. But I suspect its also how he comes across on the internet, not articulating that well and could be the slight language barrier

 

 

 

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Bahahaha! what are the chances ?? I swear I just loaded a flight on FSE and just got a COUATL error!

 

Seems even if you speak poorly of it on a forum , it will fail LOL

 

 

haven't had one in a long time, hopefully the add on manager will clear it up

That darn Couatl program was the worst thing that ever happened to flightsim. It has caused more headaches for people than I care to remember.

Can't say I agree. I've been using their airports since I started with FSX back in 2008 and never had any issues with Couatl. Their airports as well as Flightbeams which also use Couatl have given me an enormous amount of flight sim pleasure over the past 7 years.

 

Although I can see how someone who has had issues could get annoyed, I've found Umberto over at their forums to be on of the most patient and helpful developers there are. Even when people are darn near cussing at him, he remains calm and will still help a user through the issue and/or do a live TeamSpeak session with them.

 

I guess I've been lucky out of 7 years, two different FSX computers and 10 airports between FSDT and Flightbeam, plus GSX, I've never had any of the issues I see posted here and in their forums. But, just like any consumer good, you can't please everyone all the time.

Would it make you feel better if I said that the Couatl module was the best thing since sliced bread?

 

Of  course  Couatli  module  is  best thing   than sliced bread, ever  seen  sliced bread  running  modules  before

I've seen the guys at FlightBeam have some really good things to say about Couatl so it must do some good things for them.   On the other hand, I've seen people really dislike having it on their system because of having similar issues as this.  I've never been bitten but I don wince every time it updates.  It would be really nice if it had a 'restore to previous' tool.  As core as it is to their business, it would be good for their business.

I've never been bitten but I don wince every time it updates. It would be really nice if it had a 'restore

 

It  does   it  copies  your ddl.xml  to its previous  version before it  updates or makes any changes,  to check  go to your app data/ roaming  folder  and  have  a look in there you will find  ddl.xml before addon manager xml  if you find if  you get a ddl.xml error  just need to copy  this  back  into your original ddl.xml

Thank you Sesquashtoo and Jim for your kind help.

 

I did delete Add On Manager and Coutl, then I downloaded again and installed. Great news is that I can now get back in to FSX but sadly the buildings at all my FSDT and FB airports have vanished. KDEN has also vanished from the list in Add On Manager!

 

Restarting Coutl from the FSX menu didn't work.

 

JON

JON, you'll have to re-add, or reinstall KDEN, for it to show up. I know...a PITA, for sure....

Jim,

 

I did as you suggested and fsx des, indeed, load up, but no fsdt menu and, of all things, my lds menu is screwed up.

 

I'll try over at the flightbeam forum.

 

Thanks.

 

Dan Cole

Dan all you need to do is  to copy the back up  dll.xml  that the fsdt  did on the update  and  copy   that back to original  dll.xml

Dan all you need to do is  to copy the back up  dll.xml  that the fsdt  did on the update  and  copy   that back to original  dll.xml

The problem with this "solution" (and I think a good option) is that you might have added products which also use the dll.xml to load their respective products.  So, if you do what you suggest, the user is going to have to reinstall those products installed after FSDT/FlightBeam stuff.  The Addon Manager in the dll.xml is one entry made by the FSDT/FlightBeam installations.  They also create the exe.xml which provides the couatl entry.

 

This problem can be fixed by reinstalling just one of the products made by FSDT/FlightBeam.

 

Best regards,

Jim,

 

I did as you suggested and fsx des, indeed, load up, but no fsdt menu and, of all things, my lds menu is screwed up.

 

I'll try over at the flightbeam forum.

 

Thanks.

 

Dan Cole

I'd recommend that you try at the FSDT forum since they are the developer of Couatl and Addon manager.

 

Had you started in their forum you would probably have had this resolved by now. I know Avsim is a good resource and the FSX forum is kind of a "catch all" but generally if you have product specific issues, it's usually better to go to the source (the developer) for trouble shooting that a non official forum where no one can properly diagnose the issue.

Can you kindly tell me where I find the dll.xml file? I looked in the app data / roaming / virtuali and cannot see it. When I find it where do I put it?

 

I have just followed FSDT advice and reinstalled Add On Mngr and Couatl with Anti-virus disabled but still no buildings!!

 

So frustrating but thanks for any help.

Can you kindly tell me where I find the dll.xml file? I looked in the app data / roaming / virtuali and cannot see it. When I find it where do I put it?

 

I have just followed FSDT advice and reinstalled Add On Mngr and Couatl with Anti-virus disabled but still no buildings!!

 

So frustrating but thanks for any help.

Have you posted the log file to Umberto so he can see what's going on?

Hi Jim

 

I followed advice given in another thread which reported exactly the same problem.

 

Latest now is a message saying "An unknown add-on is causing Couatl Scripting Engine to restart"

 

It tells me to look in couatl.err which I cannot open.

 

Very tired!

Hi Jim

 

I followed advice given in another thread which reported exactly the same problem.

 

Latest now is a message saying "An unknown add-on is causing Couatl Scripting Engine to restart"

 

It tells me to look in couatl.err which I cannot open.

 

Very tired!

As I've mentioned, if I were you and want to get this solved as quick as possible open a thread at the FSDT forum, explain what you have tried so far and attach the log file. Rather than spending so much time with trial and error, go to the source and get help.