Greetings,Received my CD and am installed and registered. I have RC4 on the same "second" computer I run RC3.1 with WideFS.When I run the Rebuild Scenery DB button, the program never "asks me" if I am running WideFS. (Manual page 118) It just "processes" several steps, having click the OK button four times. I did place the makerwys.exe file in the main FS9 folder and ran it.Any suggestions?Thanks.Joe Lorenc

does this help?Widefs users - locating makerwys.exe after RCv4 is installed.If Radar Contact v4 cannot find a path to flight simulator in the registry it will put the file makerwys.exe in the C: folder (on the widefs machine).You must move it from there into the main Flight Simulator folder and then proceed with rebuilding the database as outlined in the widefs section in the manual.

Sorry, but no. As I mentioned in the first post - I did place the makerwys.exe file in the main FS9 folder and ran it. I did run the rebuild once before correctly moving it, but even after that I get the same issue repeatedly.Joe Lorenc

Hi Joe,Main question. Is RC succeeding in building the database (ie are new r4.csv and a4.csv files being created in the rcv4data folder).My guess is that you have a registry entry for FS on the widefs machine making it appear to RC that FS is installed on that machine.All the best,John

"Main question. Is RC succeeding in building the database (ie are new r4.csv and a4.csv files being created in the rcv4data folder)."No, I do not think so. When run, the r4.csv file does not change its time stamp at all, but the a4.csv does. Also FYI, the whole process takes about four seconds from start to finish (including three or four mouse clicks). If I manually copy the r4.csv file into the data folder will this work?Thanks.Joe Lorenc

Hi Joe,I would suggest the following to give us a better idea of what is happening and whether just manually copying the r4.csv file will work correctly.1. Run makerwy.exe in your main fs folder. Check the time stamp of the r4.csv file created (in the main fs folder). It will be different from the one that's in your rc4data folder.2. Launch RC and go through the rebuild database routine.3. Check the time stamp on r4.csv in the rc4data folder to see if it has been updated. If it has then it appears things are working. If not...4. Manually copy the r4.csv file from the main fs folder to the rc4data folder and run the 'rebuild database' routine again. Has the r4.csv you just copied (in the rc4data folder) been replaced by an older version or is it still the correct one?A final question for now. When you first installed RC where did the makerwy.exe file appear?All the best,John

Just received the disc in Switzerland and installed RC via WideFS. Works like a charm!Thank you very much!Sam

Hi John,Thanks for the continuing help.In answer to your questions going through steps 1-3 does not result in an updated r4.csv file in the rc4data folder. It maintains the same "old" time/date stamp.Copying the newer file from FS into rc4 and executing the rebuild (Step 4) does not replace the newer version with an older one. The newer one copied from my main FS folder seems to be retained in the rc4data folder. The a4.csv file is refreshed with the new time and date.The makerwy.exe file was in my C: root.Take care,Joe Lorenc

makerwys only makes the r4.csv file.when that file is copied to the rc machine, and you rebuild scenery database, the a4.csv file is created on the rc machinejd

Understood, just trying to answer the questions and give my obervations about what is happening so my problem might be solved.Thx,Joe Lorenc

Hi Joe,Thanks for checking all that out.It seems that manually copying the r4.csv file from the fs folder to the RC4data folder then running the update scenery database routine is the way that will work for you :-)It's still a mystery why RC doesn't ask if you are a widefs machine. Main thing is there's a method that seems to be working! Hope you enjoy RC4.All the best,John

Hello John,I actually wrote a batch file on the client to run makerwys.exe on my FS host and copy the r4.csv file over to my data folder, so its really just a matter of me running my batch file first - one small extra step once in a while for me. (no big deal but I tried incorporating it into the makerwys.bat file but the rcv4.exe rewrites the batch file every time).Thanks for your time and congratulations to the team on a great release.Joe Lorenc

Just to confirm how to build the database.I

Hi Tord,I'm guessing that RC installed makerwys.exe in the main FS folder on your secondary computer. If this is so then your step 2 should be copy r4.csv into the main FS folder on your secondary machine. RC will find it there.All the other steps are correct.When you run Rebuild scenery DB I assume you don't get asked if is a widefs configuration.All the best,John

Ah, gotcha. Didn