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For those experiencing a distorted view with the WideViewAspect=True you may find it neccesary or beneficial to adjust your zoom level. ;)

Tim, It may just be a case of you having lessen the load on your PC - do you have on-board sound or a dedicated sound-card?

Have you tried setting the following in the fsx.cfg file?... Look in the [Display] section and set the following... WideViewAspect=True I believe this tell FSX you are using a wide-screen display and should stop the eliptical effect you are experiencing?

Yup, same here. Atfer seeing an increase in CTD's after installing HF3 I uninstalled the NGX and re-installed using the updated full version download that includes HF3. At first I thought that had solved it, but now it seems to be pure luck is I actually manage to complete a flight without a CTD. It's a great shame because despite being a GA flier at heart I have been enjoying the experience of setting up the FMC and flying a tube, but with all too frequent crashes it's becoming a little tiring. Seeing the aircraft correctly lined up from my flight plan on finals and then performing a satisfying landing is a good buzz, but for a CTD to occur just 20-30 miles from your destination just ruins the whole point of the flight. :(

I have to say that before trying HF3 I don't recall any major problems with CTD, but now I think myself lucky if I am able to complete a flight. Nothing more frustrating than a CTD after a good 1 hour+ flight when you are decending towards your destination. Wish I had stuck with the original or one of the earlier HF's that seem to work, oh well.

I experience exactly the same problem. No matter what I do, unless I load the game enviroment at least once during an FSX session before attempting to load the NGX then FSX will fail after I hit the fly now button. To elaborate... I run FSX. Load the NGX via free-flight menu. Hit the Fly Now button. Screen goes black and white progress window pops up. Progress remains at 0% until FSX finally crashes... Problem Event Name: APPCRASHApplication Name: fsx.exeApplication Version: 10.0.61637.0Application Timestamp: 46fadb14Fault Module Name: PMDG_737NGX.DLLFault Module Version: 1.0.0.0Fault Module Timestamp: 4e4a3aefException Code: c0000005Exception Offset: 00154c6bOS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1Locale ID: 2057 If I load the game enviroment first with a default plane and then load the NGX via the menu it will work fine.If I load the game enviroment first with a default plane, exit back to the FSX front end load the NGX and hit the Fly Now button it will also work. @ Robin - Is this how you experience the crash? @Andreas - Just tried your fix it did not work for me sadly - thank all the same though!

Hello Iain, I'm guessing you have already tried this but worth a shot anyway... Does it make any difference if you start the flight with a default aircraft and then switch to the NGX once in the game enviroment? I have to load the game enviroment in each session of using FSX before I can load the NGX otherwise it will without fail cause FSX to CTD. I can do this by either starting at my preferred location with a default aircraft (usually the aircreation microlight) and then using the menus from within the game enviroment to switch to the NGX, or providing I have all ready been into the game enviroment during an FSX session I can then load the NGX from the FSX front end and start the free flight from there. Neither of these seems to cause me any problems with the aircraft, in fact these are the only ways I can sucessfully get the aircraft to work.

I just had a thought - perhaps the Livery Manager would be better not to list the default (and requred) paints so they cannot be removed in error? :)

Hi Thunderbird, I don't think you would experience any problems with the folder removed other than probably some missing textures on certain paints, so simply putting the texture.900 folder back where it came from should not be a problem IMO. HTH. :)

Erm, does the same not also apply to the texture folder texture.900 inside the folder PMDG 737-900NGX ? I believe this is also a default texture folder, i.e. not part of a livery download?

Rainer, I think my "solution" only really works if you use the CTRL key to select multiple .ptp livery files and install them in one go. I would try deleting any addition texture files from the 800WL folder, create a folder with all the .ptp files you want to install for that variant and then use the livery manager to add ALL of the paints you want in one hit. It might be best also to restore the backup aircraft.cfg first or at least edit the current one so it only has the first and default PMDG texture referenced. HTH.

Hi, If you are still having problems try reading my workaround in this thread, post #25... http://forum.avsim.net/topic/341643-problem-with-the-livery-manager/

Jack, Hey no problem I'm a bit tetchy ATM, been having a stressful time of it workwise lately so on a similar note I hope my response did not come across abrubtly.Good to hear this has work for you as well, hopefully PMDG will fix the problems with the manager in due course anyway. Having read a few other posts concerning the Livery Manager I have a feeling that as soon as you try to add more liveries that it will again wipe out those that already exist. If this happens I would be inclined to then manually delete the texture folders and then re-install all the required liveries over again (including the new ones you want to add) by using the method I posted. A bit of a faff, but I believe it's a workable solution without having to manually add the aircraft entries to the aircraft.cfg file.

Jack, I have only posted how I managed to get the liveries to install for me so other who are keen to install additional liveries can give it a shot. I'm not suggesting there is not a problem with the Livery Manager but the above worked for me. :)

Youe need to select (click on to high-light) one of the four options under "Installed Aircraft Variants" for the "Select Livery Button" to work... please try that and post back.