February 26, 20188 yr Hi, This is my first post on the forum so if this is the wrong way to ask these sort of questions then please do let me know. When I try to load my P3D v4.1 it hangs on the splash screen permantely. But if I turn off my PC and the power-supply switch and wait a while, after turning it all back on it apears to load. I wouldnt know if this is a system issue or a P3D issue itself. If any more info regarding addons or more system specs let me know and I'll be happy to provide it to you all :) Specs: CPU: i7 7700K 16GB RAM GPU: AMD R9 380
February 26, 20188 yr I would almost have to say hardware issue. I'd suspect the power supply, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that it could be the memory, or motherboard. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 26, 20188 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Mace said: I would almost have to say hardware issue. I'd suspect the power supply, but it's not out of the realm of possibility that it could be the memory, or motherboard. I just got a new motherboard too and RAM too... thats what makes it so weird. Other games start fine so that leads me to think it may just be a game issue. My power supply fan is slowly breaking but I cant see how that would cause an issue for only P3D.
February 26, 20188 yr P3D pushes a rig very hard, harder than most "game" titles. Have you run Prime95 on it, for an extended period of time? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 26, 20188 yr Author 1 minute ago, Mace said: P3D pushes a rig very hard, harder than most "game" titles. Have you run Prime95 on it, for an extended period of time? I play games that would push my rig even further than P3D trust me ;) And yes Ive ran Prime95 for 9 hours and everything was perfectly fine.
February 26, 20188 yr It might be a good idea to post your add-ons. Some of them are loaded at splash time. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
February 26, 20188 yr Moderator Are there any messages in the event viewer? I really doubt a hardware issue if it's hanging at the splash screen. What add ons are you running? Have you tried deleting the P3D.cfg file? Rename the dll.xml files and try then. If it works - add back the individual xml entries until you can isolate the issue. It will have to be a trial and error situation. Vic RIG#1 - I9 14900K MSI Pro z790 RTX 5070Ti 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
February 27, 20188 yr I have the same issue with it getting stuck on the splash screen. Have pretty much since the beginning. What I do to fix it is I have a shortcut to my scenery.cfg file on my desktop. Before I start P3D I edit the file and just add an extra line to the end of it, save and close. Then start up P3D. I think it is because of the popup for compiling scenery that allows it to get past the splash screen. Next time before I start it up I delete the extra line. Deleting the scenery indexes does the same thing. I had also deleted the Prepar3d.cfg file and let it rebuild it and that worked one time as well. But once I started it up the second time it got stuck on the splash screen again.
February 27, 20188 yr Next time it happens, check the taskbar to see if there are any secondary windows indicated there (usually by a "stacked" pair of icons). If so, try opening it from the task bar. I've seen menu dialogs pop up behind the main splash before and the sim was not hung, it was waiting for a response to a dialogue I could not see. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
February 27, 20188 yr Author 15 hours ago, Mace said: It might be a good idea to post your add-ons. Some of them are loaded at splash time. Here are my addons. PMDG 747, 777, and 737 w/ both expansions, FSLabs A320, A2A C172, FlyTampa, Aerosoft and UK2000 scenery, FSUIPC demo, FSXWX, PTA and URP 1.1, They may be a couple more texure mods like free cloud texure folders but I cant quite rememeber. 15 hours ago, n99wb said: Have you left it running, say for 20-30 minutes? If you mean Prime95 I left it running for an hour ish then the next day did a 9 hour run. No issues. If you mean P3D however Ive left it "Loading" for just over an hour before giving up. 15 hours ago, vgbaron said: Are there any messages in the event viewer? I really doubt a hardware issue if it's hanging at the splash screen. What add ons are you running? Have you tried deleting the P3D.cfg file? Rename the dll.xml files and try then. If it works - add back the individual xml entries until you can isolate the issue. It will have to be a trial and error situation. Vic There are no messages in the event viewer that Im aware of, Ive tried deleteing thw CFG file and still nothing. I didnt think of renaming the dll.xml filed so I shal do that next time I run P3D. As I have just got home and left my power supply switch off all day the game has loaded normally but next time it happens Ill be sure to rename them.
February 27, 20188 yr Author 12 hours ago, w6kd said: Next time it happens, check the taskbar to see if there are any secondary windows indicated there (usually by a "stacked" pair of icons). If so, try opening it from the task bar. I've seen menu dialogs pop up behind the main splash before and the sim was not hung, it was waiting for a response to a dialogue I could not see. Regards So the issue has re occured and it turns out that it doesn't even show in the taskbar but in task manager (And theres only one Prepar3D exe tab in there) so this eliminates that possibilty of a extra window in the background. 16 hours ago, vgbaron said: Are there any messages in the event viewer? I really doubt a hardware issue if it's hanging at the splash screen. What add ons are you running? Have you tried deleting the P3D.cfg file? Rename the dll.xml files and try then. If it works - add back the individual xml entries until you can isolate the issue. It will have to be a trial and error situation. Vic As for the Dll.xml files that didnt work other. 13 hours ago, ryebred2 said: I have the same issue with it getting stuck on the splash screen. Have pretty much since the beginning. What I do to fix it is I have a shortcut to my scenery.cfg file on my desktop. Before I start P3D I edit the file and just add an extra line to the end of it, save and close. Then start up P3D. I think it is because of the popup for compiling scenery that allows it to get past the splash screen. Next time before I start it up I delete the extra line. Deleting the scenery indexes does the same thing. I had also deleted the Prepar3d.cfg file and let it rebuild it and that worked one time as well. But once I started it up the second time it got stuck on the splash screen again. Ill try what you did with your scenery.cfg Thanks for all your help guys
February 27, 20188 yr Have you modified your 'default flight'? I had the same issue when I used my PMDG as a default plane (big no-no and all over their threads). I'd try deleting your default flight from your docs folder. It'll reload, nothing complicated Brian Laird Too tall to fly for real, so I sim instead i7 6700K | EVGA GTX1070 (8GB VRAM) | 16 GB DDR4 RAM | Asus Z170-A MoBo | HTC Vive | Saitek x52 Pro, Multi-panel and instrument panels Prepar3d v4 | Have but don't fly: FSX, FSW, XP11, FS2 (retired now that P3DV4 is out)
February 27, 20188 yr Author 9 minutes ago, blaird22 said: Have you modified your 'default flight'? I had the same issue when I used my PMDG as a default plane (big no-no and all over their threads). I'd try deleting your default flight from your docs folder. It'll reload, nothing complicated Nope, still the same old fighter jet. Plus I have it load onto the startup screen and not directly into game.
February 27, 20188 yr 1 minute ago, Lenny Cook said: Nope, still the same old fighter jet. Plus I have it load onto the startup screen and not directly into game. Does 'Run as administrator' make any difference? You're at the default aiprort too? I notice you tagged this as P3D 4.1, have you considered updating and trying it on v4.2? Brian Laird Too tall to fly for real, so I sim instead i7 6700K | EVGA GTX1070 (8GB VRAM) | 16 GB DDR4 RAM | Asus Z170-A MoBo | HTC Vive | Saitek x52 Pro, Multi-panel and instrument panels Prepar3d v4 | Have but don't fly: FSX, FSW, XP11, FS2 (retired now that P3DV4 is out)
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