As above had a break of a few months now tried to run PSXT and it just gives me a white empty box (no program) when I try and run the .exe how can I get it running again - I think I have version 8.6.0?

Never seen that, but anyway do a clean install.

Uninstall PSXT

Remove the PSXT folder

Remove C:\Users\yourname\AppDats\Roaming\PSXT

Follow all instructions in the Quick Start Guide (don't forget to update the MS Visual C++ Distributable)

Edited October 19, 20241 yr by kiek

Hi guys,

Dont want to start new topic to say but with these new version, PSXT seem work very well and realistic with no fps hit.

So just want to thanks Nico for the great job sometimes its good also to say when its fine and good progress into Real traffic.

Hope will have PSXT for MSFS 2O24.

Have a good flight , Thanks for all hard work Nico 

Hewpilot.

6 hours ago, kiek said:

Never seen that, but anyway do a clean install.

Uninstall PSXT

Remove the PSXT folder

Remove C:\Users\yourname\AppDats\Roaming\PSXT

Follow all instructions in the Quick Start Guide (don't forget to update the MS Visual C++ Distributable)

thanks for the reply

1)so strangely when I run the psxt.exe it opens a window - but the window just appears minimized and all white color which I have never seen....is there anyway to full screen the program window as can see there is some text at the top left of the screen which might help trouble shoot but at the moment its to small to see?

2)also just checking to run the update to the latest version assume its as before in the folder running the "install new version" app?(which already tried)

3)What is the current version that I should be running?

4)memory is a bit hazy regarding how I set up everything originally - but In term of my traffic license where can I check the expiry and if I do a fresh reinstall where can I copy across the license key from or can I paste the whole file into the new setup from the old install?

5)also from memory think there was some requirement to copy across some of my pay ware airport codes to a folder - can you point me to the original guide for this and if I do a fresh install can i copy across some files/folder into the new install from the old install so I don't need to do this manual process again?

1 hour ago, mac44 said:

1).is there anyway to full screen the program window as can see there is some text at the top left of the screen which might help trouble shoot but at the moment its to small to see?

3)What is the current version that I should be running?

4 but In term of my traffic license where can I check the expiry and if I do a fresh reinstall where can I copy across the license key from or can I paste the whole file into the new setup from the old install?

5)also from memory think there was some requirement to copy across some of my pay ware airport codes to a folder - can you point me to the original guide for this and if I do a fresh install can i copy across some files/folder into the new install from the old install so I don't need to do this manual process again?

@1  No there is not. But there is maybe a Log.,txt file generated in your PSXT folder. Post that one pls.

@3 See my website: 8.6.1

@4 No need to do something. PSXT will find it and show how many days are left. PSXT also runs without a license, so this is not the cause of your problem.

@5  No, that is not needed (there is no networked support for PSXT anymore)

 

2 hours ago, kiek said:

@1  No there is not. But there is maybe a Log.,txt file generated in your PSXT folder. Post that one pls.

@3 See my website: 8.6.1

@4 No need to do something. PSXT will find it and show how many days are left. PSXT also runs without a license, so this is not the cause of your problem.

@5  No, that is not needed (there is no networked support for PSXT anymore)

 

thanks for the replies!(think I will do a fresh install then)

also just to check for 4) (I am also sure also its not my issue but want to understand how it works)- assume the license is still required for live traffic?(think I had the version that gave access to a 2-3 day history) - when the license expires assume you would just get a warning in PSXT also I thought before you needed to paste the key manually into a config file (just to confirm this this part is no longer required and the license is checked in another way now?)

also for 5) I thought this step was required because elevation data between say payware heathrow and asobo heathrow was slightly off so it would mean planes would taxi above ground and things would not look right? - again just to clarify this is no longer required and payware airports should all work ok without this adjustment?

16 hours ago, mac44 said:

thanks for the replies!(think I will do a fresh install then)

also just to check for 4) (I am also sure also its not my issue but want to understand how it works)- assume the license is still required for live traffic?(think I had the version that gave access to a 2-3 day history) - when the license expires assume you would just get a warning in PSXT also I thought before you needed to paste the key manually into a config file (just to confirm this this part is no longer required and the license is checked in another way now?)

also for 5) I thought this step was required because elevation data between say payware heathrow and asobo heathrow was slightly off so it would mean planes would taxi above ground and things would not look right? - again just to clarify this is no longer required and payware airports should all work ok without this adjustment?

@4 Yes you need at least a standard license for live traffic. A professional license gives you historic traffic up to 4 weeks ago, on top of hat. The details about where a license resides is in the Quick Start Guide. However, you better get PSXT running first (the topic of your thread ...), before worrying about the license.

@5 If you add a third party airport (payware or not) to MSFS, and there is also such a (MS/Asobo) airport in simaddon, you better remove the simaddon one. This is a general MSFS recommendation, not particular for PSXT.

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by kiek

3 hours ago, kiek said:

@4 Yes you need at least a standard license for live traffic. A professional license gives you historic traffic up to 4 weeks ago, on top of hat. The details about where a license resides is in the Quick Start Guide. However, you better get PSXT running first (the topic of your thread ...), before worrying about the license.

@5 If you add a third party airport (payware or not) to MSFS, and there is also such a (MS/Asobo) airport in simaddon, you better remove the simaddon one. This is a general MSFS recommendation, not particular for PSXT.

thanks for the replies

but just to be clear for 5) - when I add a payware aiport (and I have many!) I will always remove the asobo from the install - however my query was on something different and specifically about PSXT - can't locate the original post/guide - but was pretty sure to get PSXT to work properly with my paywares I needed to manually copy a file/code for each payware airport (you seemed to have a master file of these for all supported payware airports)into a special PSXT folder in the main install location for PSXT  (you appeared to have a special set of these files for all the supported payware airports like the ini builds heathrow - without this override PSXT did not appear to function with the ini version of heathrow) 

-so please can you clarify why this might have been required?

-also if its still required can i copy across this folder from my old install or need to go through the process again?

2 hours ago, mac44 said:

-so please can you clarify why this might have been required?

No it is not required to copy or  move any files (and honestly I really don't know or recognise what you were talking about ...a master file?)

However, you must let PSXT scan for your add-on airports. If you check Automatic PSXT will scan for your airports in your Community and Official folders. If you uncheck Automatic you must specifly one or more full paths to where your add-on airports are stored (read more in the Manual, chapter 6).

But I'm curious whether you have fixed by now your problem of this topic ....?

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by kiek

3 hours ago, kiek said:

No it is not required to copy or  move any files (and honestly I really don't know or recognise what you were talking about ...a master file?)

However, you must let PSXT scan for your add-on airports. If you check Automatic PSXT will scan for your airports in your Community and Official folders. If you uncheck Automatic you must specifly one or more full paths to where your add-on airports are stored (read more in the Manual, chapter 6).

But I'm curious whether you have fixed by now your problem of this topic ....?

thanks for the reply

actually I may have confused you - but the direction on overwriting files came from one of your earlier posts - however it was required  it seems if you had bought a payware airport from the market place (I have a few) as they were encrypted and they were being picked in PSXT simply as the default asobo airport (gates were wrongly located as a result) - this then required the overwrite of the stock\EGLL.xml files airport by airport! (will try and find a link of your original directions if it helps) - question is then is this procedure still required for my marketplace payware airport and if yes can I just copy the related folder from my current install (which i have saved) - once I know the answer can then try the resinstall....

 

1 hour ago, mac44 said:

thanks for the reply

actually I may have confused you - but the direction on overwriting files came from one of your earlier posts - however it was required  it seems if you had bought a payware airport from the market place (I have a few) as they were encrypted and they were being picked in PSXT simply as the default asobo airport (gates were wrongly located as a result) - this then required the overwrite of the stock\EGLL.xml files airport by airport! (will try and find a link of your original directions if it helps) - question is then is this procedure still required for my marketplace payware airport and if yes can I just copy the related folder from my current install (which i have saved) - once I know the answer can then try the resinstall....

 

Aha, you were referring to the encrypted market place airport. Yes, the "trick" to solve that is still valid and needed.  FAQ #37 describes the solution.

Never buy addon airports from the market place!

EDIT: I have just updated the text of FAQ #37:  Since the airports update is no longer part of PSXT, you have to  apply this trick after each archive update... And an archive update updates as well stock, simaddon as third party files. It is wise to make a batch file, and run it after each archive update.

So again, one better not buy addon airports from the market place.

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by kiek

1 hour ago, kiek said:

Aha, you were referring to the encrypted market place airport. Yes, the "trick" to solve that is still valid and needed.  FAQ #37 describes the solution.

Never buy addon airports from the market place!

EDIT: I have just updated the text of FAQ #37:  Since the airports update is no longer part of PSXT, you have to  apply this trick after each archive update... And an archive update updates as well stock, simaddon as third party files. It is wise to make a batch file, and run it after each archive update.

So again, one better not buy addon airports from the market place.

good am glad were now on the same page - unfortuntely I already had a few market place airports(usually the bigger ones) long before starting to use PSXT so will have to apply the fix as they are ususally the ones I use regularly.....

shall check out FAQ37 - also:

1)have no idea how to run a batch (am non technical) so shall do it manually for the few I have....

2)whats the downside of simply not doing the fix - is it simply the parking spots will be wrong?(as it recognise the airport as the asobo one)

3)also anyway I could save the folder where I manually made the changes originally and drop into my new install or do I need to start again?

4)finally (in non tech language) what does it mean the airports update is no longer part of PSXT? (does this means the file overrrides for the payware airports are no long er included)

23 minutes ago, mac44 said:

good am glad were now on the same page - unfortuntely I already had a few market place airports(usually the bigger ones) long before starting to use PSXT so will have to apply the fix as they are ususally the ones I use regularly.....

shall check out FAQ37 - also:

1)have no idea how to run a batch (am non technical) so shall do it manually for the few I have....

2)whats the downside of simply not doing the fix - is it simply the parking spots will be wrong?(as it recognise the airport as the asobo one)

3)also anyway I could save the folder where I manually made the changes originally and drop into my new install or do I need to start again?

4)finally (in non tech language) what does it mean the airports update is no longer part of PSXT? (does this means the file overrrides for the payware airports are no long er included)

You have lots of question, note you are running out of my free service minutes 😉 

@1  a .bat file contains the command line commands to copy the files. If you execute the .bat file the commands will be executed as if you typed them in. I'm sure you can find a short course on batch files in windows on the internet.  

@2 You will miss the extra gates (or even new terminals) that are normally available in the addon airport and the parking spots of stock airports are often less accurate and miss info about being cargo or not.

@3 No, because you will miss the data of the last week. The archive is updated each week, so you will have the most accurate parking data (airlines come and go, aircraft types change, and so on). If you save a folder and put it back you would freeze the "reality" at a fixed week in time.

@4 Formerly everything (code + data) was encapsulated in one installation package. That had the problem, that each change in code or data needed a full update. That has changed about a year ago. I have seperated the code, say PSXT, from 3  data files, dbase, archive and AIG-regcodes.xml. The data files are now checked upon updates once a day and downloaded and installed automatically. The installer for PSXT is now much smaller and downloads and installs very quickly. The airports are in the archive file.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 20241 yr by kiek