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Apr 19th, 2011 at 4:57pm

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I've been using CFS2 for years with few problems but a strange thing has suddenly began to happen.  Whenever I get a good guns hit on an enemy aircraft the sim crashes.  I get the message MS CFS Module has encountered a problem and needs to close.  Further information given is:  Error signature:  CFS2.exe V. 7.50.0.917 Mod name acontain.dll  mod ver. 7.50.0.917 offset 000044d2

I've tried deleting the CDP files, reinstalling the acontain.dll file from the disc and a new CFS2.cfg file but no change.  The only other thing I can think of to try is a game re installation.  I know there are some really knowledgeable people on this forum.  Perhaps somebody has some idea as to what has gone wrong?
 
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Reply #1 - Apr 19th, 2011 at 7:08pm

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The only suggestion that I can make (other than a reinstall), is to replace the CFS2.EXE file, which may be corrupted.  Tongue
But maybe another member has a better idea.  Questioning
 

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Reply #2 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 12:06am

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Thanks for the suggestion TR.  I tried that but no difference.
 
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Reply #3 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 3:36am

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Does this problem occur no matter which aircraft you are flying and no matter which aircraft you are shooting at?  Undecided
 

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Reply #4 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 6:22am

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Did you change something for the graphic or sound drivers ? (update or setup)

Explosion might invoque a call to a driver function that make everything crash. (smoke or fire transparency comes to my mind)
 
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Reply #5 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 12:57pm

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Coligny wrote on Apr 20th, 2011 at 6:22am:
Did you change something for the graphic or sound drivers ? (update or setup)

Explosion might invoque a call to a driver function that make everything crash. (smoke or fire transparency comes to my mind)


And excellent point, Coli.  Smiley
 

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Reply #6 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 12:57pm

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Does this problem occur no matter which aircraft you are flying and no matter which aircraft you are shooting at?

I do most of my CFS2 flying in Quick Combat using the KW F-86E against the 2 Mig AI types.  I started using the RAAF CA27 because the 2 cannon are much more destructive than the 6 machine guns and I have Nibbio's enhanced destructive effects installed.  There has been no problem for a long time but suddenly the sim started crashing, not just when I got a single hit but whenever I would get a massive hit where the aircraft would break up.  So I switched back to the KW F-86E and the same thing happened.  Then I tried a couple of KW missions and it seemed to be OK until I tried the CA27 in the missions and then the same thing happened again.  I seem to have partially solved the problem now.  I deleted all the CDP files, started and stopped a QC against both Mig AIs to generate new CDP files and now it seems to work OK as long as I use the KW F-86E.

I hadn't made any changes to Graphic or Sound drivers or anything like that.  But I had installed a 3rd party Mig 15 and QC didn't seem to like it.  I have noticed that the sim is very sensitive to DP files, if there's the slightest problem with them it will crash.  But why this should cause a sim crash when the CA27 destroys a KW AI Mig is a mystery to me.  If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate hearing them, I'll try anything to resolve this.
 
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Reply #7 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 1:02pm

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What you say suggests that there is something going on between the CA-27 and Nibbio's effects.  Try removing the Nibbio effects, and see what happens with the CA-27.  Wink

This may tie-in with what Coligny had to suggest in his post.  Huh
 

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Reply #8 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 3:57pm

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I've seen this from a lot of Aircraft that had their DP's run through the Gun Aiming Utility. Take the offending aircraft and give it a Stock DP just for a test run. See if you CTD then.
 
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Reply #9 - Apr 20th, 2011 at 11:46pm

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Another outstanding suggestion!  Cheesy

We'll solve this one yet!  Wink
 

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Reply #10 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 1:27am

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No good!  I tried stock DPs and it seemed to help momentarily but it didn't last.  I tried a reinstall and its okay most of the time with the KW F-86E but sometimes it crashes.  It crashes instantly when there is a destructive hit from the CA-27.

Thanks for all your help everybody but this has got me flummoxed.
 
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Reply #11 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 4:57pm

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you've probly done most of this

I wounder. Does the CA-27 need any effects added.

another question what are you using for your graphics card?

have you tryed removing the plane completely and running the game without it at all?

Where did you get the plane from. was it here or another site. I'll give it a try and see if it happens to me.

oh one last thing. have you open the file in note pad or in the DP editor?

just trying to see where the source of the corruption could have come from. then maybe try to find a clean copy.

that all i have.
 

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Reply #12 - Apr 21st, 2011 at 11:45pm

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Reply #13 - Apr 22nd, 2011 at 11:53pm

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ok here is what i have done.

i have flown 9 missions total in the CA-27. plus 3 rounds in quick combat. did this in three different sessions. i'm having no issues with the plane. so here are my thoughts.

1.) your plane has been corrupted some how.
2.) your graphic setting is too high or your using the memory in some other application thats running that you could be unaware of.
3.)your drivers need updating.
4.)your addons could be causing a conflict. (tring to run to many effect types)

lets focus on the plane first. delete or move the old one. download a new copy and install it. fly the plane and see if it happens again. if it does than it might not be the plane its self.

so move on to the effects. take them out or replace them with the stock. what ever is needed. then repeat the flying proceedure.

drop your graphic level. if your at 1024x768 then go down a level. remove some of the detail. fly again (well fight again) i would put yourself to indestructable while testing and on easy. that way you can fly without worry

if after all this and it is still happening than its your drivers.

finally if none of this fixes it then i dont know what else to do.

is this a second copy or are you putting everything in too one. What i mean is, do you have more than one install of CFS2 on your hard drive? if not than you may want to consider doing that for each theater of operation (example: Korea, Pacific, Europe, North africa, WWI,) i highly recommend doing so if you havent yet.

I hope this help. best of luck to you.
 

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Reply #14 - Apr 23rd, 2011 at 1:38am

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I flew Quick Combat for months with the CA-27 against the Fox 4 KW AI Migs (S+T) with no problems.  Just the other day the sim started crashing whenever I would get a completely destructive hit on one of the Migs.  I switched to the F-86E.  It worked okay for awhile then the same thing started to happen with it also.  There's nothing wrong with the CA-27.  I did a fresh install of it and it makes no difference.  I think the problem is with the AI Migs.  I did a fresh install of the KW campaign and it works okay with the F-86E but if i switch to the CA-27 it crashes as soon as I get a destructive hit.  I also did a reinstall of CFS2.
 
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