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Aug 14^th, 2004 at 7:24am

philsymonds Ex Member

Got a problem here that so far, nobody has been able to solve. Can you guys help.....?

FS9 in WinXP-Pro (FS9 installed onto it's own separate partition)

I can save flights with no problem. I can then 'select' those flights with no problem.

If I select 'save as default', it saves it over the previously named file, but when I relaunch FS9, I'm ALWAYS taken to the default Cessna 172 in Seattle.

The flights are being saved to the correct location.

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

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Reply #1 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 5:11pm

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and what would be the problem if you delete separate partitions in hdd an create only one and install the fs9 inside xp (fat32) Its just an opinion Wink

I don't like to partitioned the hard drives unless you need diferent plataforms like Linux(unisys)and xp in a single drive for work,i know why some hdd drive dies young and others dies old,i for the one partitions are responsible in most of the cases,like i said its my opinion Wink

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Reply #2 - Aug 14^th, 2004 at 5:34pm

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I have FS9 on it's own partition and have no problems. But I use Win2K and know very little about WinXP

What do computers and air conditioners have in common?
They both will work perfectly, until you open windows.

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Reply #3 - Aug 15^th, 2004 at 7:42am

philsymonds Ex Member

Sorry..... there's no argument there. A 120Gb SATA HDD performs far better under NTFS & XP when partitioned than un-partioned.

FS9 also runs faster, and is FAR easier to reinstall when installed on a separate partition.

However, that's not the problem.

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Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2004 at 6:07pm

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Try this- select the flight you want to make default. when it comes up mark the (make default flight) AGAIN. stop the sim after it stops loading and restart it again on more time. You should go to this flight every time from here on in. I know I run windows XP PRO and it never fails. happy flights

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Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2004 at 8:04pm

philsymonds Ex Member

interesting............. will try that

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Reply #6 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 3:22am

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I don't see what the OS or whether your drive is partitioned has to with this. Providing you save the flight under a suitable name & check the "Make this the default flight" box it should load with this flight every time you start FS9. The default flight is defined in fs9.cfg under the [USERINTERFACE] header. Here's the entry for my own default flight.
SITUATION=C:\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files\Piper Cub - Shoreham *

The only possibility I can think of is that somehow your fs9.cfg has been converted to a Read-only file. In this case any changes will not be saved. If you continue to have problems try deleting fs9.cfg. A new one will be created next time you start FS9.

*PS. Note that I'm using WinMe. The default location for saved flights might be different in WiinXP.

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Reply #7 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 5:17am

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Ok.... now we're getting somewhere guys. Hagar, spot-on. Have a look at my FS9.cfg list for Userinterface:
[USERINTERFACE]
MAP_ORIENTATION=2
PAUSE_ON_LOST_FOCUS=1
PROMPT_ON_EXIT=1
SelectFlightLevel=0
SelectFlightTitle=0
PageID=3
OpenATCOnCreate=0
SITUATION=
DisplayFuelAsWeight=0

As you can see, it's not even recording my default flights. Have tried deleting the cfg file. Even reinstalled FS9. That's why I suspected it could be a WinXP config problem.

At a loss now though... ??? ??? Embarrassed

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Reply #8 - Aug 23^rd, 2004 at 5:36am

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Right. Now maybe we're getting somewhere. Roll Eyes

Phil, may I suggest that you select one of the FS9 default flights (from Select a Flight) & check the "Make this the default flight" box. Then click "Fly Now" to start the flight before quitting FS9. Now take a look at fs9.cfg to see if the change has been recorded.

If this doesn't work I can only assume that installing FS9 to a different drive or partition from the one that fs9.cfg is located DOES affect it somehow. I find this difficult to believe. Although fs9.cfg (& possibly the flights themselves) are in different locations on Win98Hagar & WinXP I can't see how the OS can affect it.

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