Hi,

I am running 11.9.2 with MSFS 2024. I get the message "Scanning for addon airports", but this process seems to take forever (> 20 minutes wiht no luck) - so I tried to close the app, but did not have success. After a couple of moments, I had to kill it via the Task Manager. The same problem appears after uninstalling and reinstalling the app. 

I should note that the app is not connected to the sim, although it is running in the background. When looking into PSXT\airports\my_thirdparty, I can see several .xml and .txt files, but not as many as I expected to see. It seems to me that the process stopped working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Holger

It is probably looping at an airport.

Please post your Log.txt and

Output/info/AirportsScanLog.txt

Hi Nico,

here you go! At least with the Log.txt... Unfortunately, no AirportScanLog.txt has been created (I can only see AirlineModelConversions.txt and OfflineRegcodes.txt in the output/info folder). 

Best,
Holger

Spoiler

Tue Sep 16 09:33:41 2025 (utc) PSXT version 11.9.2 for MSFS 2020/2024

********************************** parameters **********************************
from 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\PSXT\parameters.xml'
MSFS_2020=false
SIM_TIME=false
KEEP_SIM_TIME_PAR=false
RT_PARKTRAFFIC_ONLY=false
LIG_AUTOMATIC=true
COLLISION_USER_AIR=true
COLLISION_USER_GND=true
COLLISION_LIVE_PARKED_GND=true
ALWAYS_ON_TOP=false
SCAN_LIVERIES=true
LIG_PRIORITIZE=false
AIRBORNE_ONLY=false
SCAN_AIRPORTS=true
LIGHT_AIRCRAFT=true
HELICOPTERS=false
HIGH_PERF_AIRCRAFT=false
NAV_LIGHTS_WHILE_PARKED=false
AUTO_RANGE=true
LEARN_SOFT=true
STRAIGHT_PBS_ONLY=false
PARK_SOFT=true
WEEK=false
INITIAL_LOAD_ONLY=false
GUID_CHANGES=true
CUSTOM_PARKING_PERCENTAGE=-1
MAIN_WINDOW_X=873
MAIN_WINDOW_Y=668
LATERAL_RANGE=40
AIRPORT_RANGE=20
AUTO_RANGE_ABOVE_HEIGHT=49000
AIRP_HEIGHT=18000
LAST_EPOCH_TIME:=0
HOLDING_THRESHOLD_METERS=250
MAX_HOLDING_MINUTES=20
CUSTOM_MAX_PARK=-1
MAX_LIVE=-1
MAX_FIT=47
AI_PACKAGE_ORDER=1
MATCHING_DEPTH=4
RANGE=40
AR_ABOVE_HEIGHT=48000
MAX_PARK_SEL=500
MAX_LIVE_SEL=500
AIRP_RANGE=20
AIRP_HEIGHT=18000
TIME_SHIFT_DAYS=0
TIME_SHIFT_HOURS=0
TIME_SHIFT_MINS=0
PROGRAM_VERSION="11.0.2"
MSFS_INSTALL_PATH="C:\MSFS"
AIG_VERSION="1.1.13"
DBASE_VERSION="1.1.74"
AIRPORTS_VERSION="1.2.1"
LIV_SCAN_VERSION="0.0.0"
ADDONS_SCAN_VERSION="1.0.9"
MYSIMADDON24_VERSION=""
MSFS_2024_INSTALL_PATH="C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages"
AI_PACKAGE_SELECTOR="AIG, JF, FSLTL"
DESTINATION=""
BLOCK_CALLSIGN=""
SIM_CHOICE="MSFS 2024"
********************************************************************************

PROGRAM_VERSION="11.9.2"
This is a version update from 11.0.2 -> 11.9.2
Parameter 'CALLSIGN_OBJECTIDS' removed
Parameter 'PARK_FAKE' removed
Parameter 'SUPPRESS_STUB' removed
Parameter 'LOG' removed
Parameter 'PROGRAM_INSTALL_PATH' removed
C:\FS Addons\Tools\AI Traffic\PSXT
Your RealTraffic license was taken from 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\InsideSystems\RealTraffic.lic'
msfs program version at web = 11.9.2
msfs version up-to-date
my_simaddon2024.zip unzipped 140 files
MYSIMADDON24_VERSION="3.0.2"
simaddon updated to 3.0.2
Downloaded 'https://www.lekseecon.nl/downloads/11/airports.enc' to 'input\airports.enc'
AIRPORTS_VERSION="1.2.1"
airports updated to 1.2.1
Downloaded 'https://www.lekseecon.nl/downloads/11/AIG-regcodes.enc' to 'input\AIG-regcodes.enc'
AIG_VERSION="1.1.13"
aig updated to 1.1.13
SCAN_LIVERIES=true
LIV_SCAN_VERSION="0.0.0"
liveries updated to 0.0.0
addons version up-to-date
Downloaded 'https://www.lekseecon.nl/downloads/11/dbase.enc' to 'input\dbase.enc'
DBASE_VERSION="1.1.74"
dbase updated to 1.1.74
717 publishers read
54501 dbase records read
13290 airports read

++++++++++++++++++++++++ liveries scan automatic starts ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Automatic AIG scan found folder: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\aig-aitraffic-oci'
Automatic JF scan found folder: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\justflight-aircraft-traffic-fleet'
Automatic FSLTL scan found folder: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\fsltl-traffic-base'
5959 liveries read from AIG-regcodes
24 don't use titles read
5527 liveries found in C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\aig-aitraffic-oci
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\justflight-aircraft-traffic-fleet does not exist, skipped!
3159 liveries found in C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\fsltl-traffic-base
8686 in total
8686 liveries in output\LiveriesScanned.xml

Errors:
287 invalid airline codes, see output\errors\InvalidAirlineCodes.txt
2 invalid model codes, see output\errors\InvalidAircraftCodes.txt
6 code fixes, see output\errors\Fixes.txt
497 incomplete [fltsim.x] sections, see output\errors\IncompleFltsimSections.txt

Information:
544 liveries updated with real live data from dbase, see output\info\AirlineModelConversions.txt
SCAN_LIVERIES=false

++++++++++++++++++++++++ liveries scan ends ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 

 

Thanks for the Log. However, due to internal buffering it is not up to date, so I cannot see where it goes wrong.

You have not used PSXT for a while. What was your experience say 3 months ago? Was it running well back then?

Do you have add on airports installed? 
Maybe try to remove parameters.xml, and start from scratch.

In a few days I''ll release a new version, it will give more info about where the search for addon airports halts.

 

Hi Nico,

I am a regular user of PSXT and I use it almost everyday. However, I have been on vacations for the last four weeks. When I returned, I purchased some new sceneries and ran the updates for the existing ones. Right now I am using Addon Linker to deactivate country by country until I have found the faulty airport. 

I will report back once I found it.

Best,
Holger

@Holger0815

Hi Holger,

Jusrt curious, did you find the culprit (with version 11.10.0)?

Nico

Hi Nico,

good question! I will give it a try right now...

...nope! Unfortunately "Scanning for airports" still takes forever (even when running with Admin rights).

During the last days I found out that there is a very strange connection with my German addons. I will try to explain what I mean: I am using FS Addon Linker for all addons that do not use installer libraries. With FS Addon Linker, I created one group of addons for each country. When disabling the whole "Germany" group, "Scanning for addons" will be successfully completed within 30 seconds. Being sure, that I will find the faulty addon soon, I enabled the whole group again and disabled scenery by scenery. But for some reason, I could not find any faulty addon. 

"AirportScanLog.txt" will not be created when "Germany" is enabled and the program can only be closed via the Task Manager.

Hmmm... I am running out of ideas.

Best regards,
Holger

P.S.: I love the new way of updating - I do not need to search for "install new version" manually anymore. Thank you for this detail.

 

Hi Nico,

today, I have spent several hours to get PSXT working, but I had no luck. I still have the problem that as soon as I activate my "Germany" group with FS Addon Linker, the program stops working. Again, I have disabled and each of my 103 addons in this group in order to find the faulty one. But I did not succeed...

So I investigated the whole process with Process Monitor and filtered for *.bgl files in order to find the faulty scenery entry. I could see that PSXT reads tons of scenery entries until it hangs. Then I have disabled the last one at the end of the protocol and let PSXT run again. Unfortunately, the program still keeps hanging at another scenery entry. So I have disabled scenery by scenery again and again, but the program keeps hanging unless I disable the whole "Germany" group.

Is there anything else that I could try?

 

2 hours ago, Holger0815 said:

Hi Nico,

today, I have spent several hours to get PSXT working, but I had no luck. I still have the problem that as soon as I activate my "Germany" group with FS Addon Linker, the program stops working. Again, I have disabled and each of my 103 addons in this group in order to find the faulty one. But I did not succeed...

So I investigated the whole process with Process Monitor and filtered for *.bgl files in order to find the faulty scenery entry. I could see that PSXT reads tons of scenery entries until it hangs. Then I have disabled the last one at the end of the protocol and let PSXT run again. Unfortunately, the program still keeps hanging at another scenery entry. So I have disabled scenery by scenery again and again, but the program keeps hanging unless I disable the whole "Germany" group.

Is there anything else that I could try?

 

When you say "Germany" group, do you mean several scenery product directories in a "Germany" directory in file explorer? If so move all the scenery products out of the "Germany" directory and try activating a single German scenery and NO other addons. Possibly a long filename structure causing the problem?

@ Steven: thank you for joining in! Yes, it is a file directory in my Explorer which is enabled or disabled via FS Addon Linker. I just followed your suggestion and I found out that I was using an old version of Addon Linker, which, for some reason, did not remove the symbolic link in the MSFS24 Community folder properly. So, I updated the program and followed your suggestion. But it did not help. But thanks to your advice I had not found out that the outdated version of FS Addon Linker caused a problem that let me to the solution.

@ Nico: I found the solution! The problem is that your program can't handle umlauts (vowels) and eszett (ß), which are very common in the German language. As for example ä, ö, ü, ß. In FS Addon Linker I searched for these and disabled the scenery entries (and the new version of FS Addon Linker removed the symbolic links properly). This made "Scan for airports" work!

In fact, there are several German airports with umlauts and Eszets:

• Wyk auf Föhr (https://flightsim.to/file/80970/airport-wyk-auf-fohr)
• München (Munich)
• Oberschleißheim (https://flightsim.to/file/21743/ednx-oberschleissheim)
• Salzgitter Drütte (https://flightsim.to/file/17500/edvs-salzgitter-drutte)

...just to name a few examples. I had the umlauts in the folder names which caused the problem.

Maybe you can fix it in one of the next updates?

Best regards,
Holger

Hi Holger,

Good catch!

In have had five years of Deutsch at high school so I know all of these "strange" characters 

In though I had made my program completely Unicode. But probably there is still something to be done.

Will work on that this evening.

Thanks for the heads up. PSXT will become even better.

Kind regards,

Nico

Edited September 25, 2025Sep 25 by kiek

Vielen Dank, Nico! I am glad to hear that. You are doing an outstanding job here!

Best regards,
Holger

I have made some changes and checked it with a fake EDDM airport with münchen in its path. That worked fine.

So hopefully it has been solved.

Wow, that was a super fast update! Thank you!   🙂

Sorry to say that, but the problem is still existent on my end with 11.10.1.