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Dec 16^th, 2006 at 1:29am

Jakemaster Ex Member

I JUST INSTALLED IT AND IT ALREADY STOPPED WORKING!

This is utter BS! I made some tweaks according to the webset linked from here and I didnt back up. Bad idea, I know, but I figured they were safe. Now whenever I try to fly thedamn thing just freezes. It refuses to respond. Ill click on a mission and go into briefing and then it wont do anything, or if I go to free flight it wont do anything.

Now I need to reinstall but apparently theres no uninstall! I hope I didn't ruin my chances of playing FSX before I even PLAYED it for more than a damn hour!

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Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 1:37am

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I'm sorry to hear about your situation. But look on the bright side. You can still uninstall. All you need to do is pop Disc 1 of FSX back into the dvd-rom and select the option to uninstall.

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Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 1:44am

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Katahu wrote on Dec 16^th, 2006 at 1:37am:

I'm sorry to hear about your situation. But look on the bright side. You can still uninstall. All you need to do is pop Disc 1 of FSX back into the dvd-rom and select the option to uninstall.

Ya, and I think Im going to avoid the tweeks that modify actual files on the new install. I had it set up pretty well, I was getting good performance with good graphics (less detail than FS9 as far as autogen goes because I can;t have ANY autogen in FSX without losing my performance).

Its not like its that bad, but considering Ive had it for only a few hours and only done 1 flight, it kinda stinks to ALREADY have to reinstall

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Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 4:56am

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Jake, we should send your install/tweek play by play to Gates. I'm betting your experience with FSX is not unlike thousands of others. Maybe he can fork over a few bucks for computer upgrades to anyone frustrated after buying it based on the published computer requirements. I hope you work things out, i've been holding off getting it and reading a lot of the feedback here at V. Your experience isn't making me rush down to the store to pick it up..

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Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 5:10am

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I JUST INSTALLED IT AND IT ALREADY STOPPED WORKING!

This is utter BS! I made some tweaks according to the webset linked from here and I didnt back up. Bad idea, I know, but I figured they were safe. Now whenever I try to fly thedamn thing just freezes. It refuses to respond. Ill click on a mission and go into briefing and then it wont do anything, or if I go to free flight it wont do anything.

Now I need to reinstall but apparently theres no uninstall! I hope I didn't ruin my chances of playing FSX before I even PLAYED it for more than a damn hour!

Hold on a second Jake. You don't say which website or if it's official. I would be very wary of doing any tweaks not posted on the MSFS Insider site. Even then I would always back up.

I've been critical of Microsoft in the past but you can't blame anyone for this except yourself. IMHO Tongue

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 8:44am

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Oh Hagar Im not stupid, Im blaming myself entirely, just like when I lost hours of progress on a repaint because I didn't save.

The website was in the FAQ here, http://fsxmission.com/live/modules.php?name=Show&show=tweaks. I did basically all those tweeks that involved replacing files with smaller ones. What would happen is I would click on the 'briefing' for a mission and would get to that screen and then it would just freeze, the music was still playing but nothing was responding, none of the butons were doing anything when I clicked on them.

I just reinstalled and am about to see if its okay...

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Reply #6 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 8:47am

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Oh Hagar Im not stupid, Im blaming myself entirely, just like when I lost hours of progress on a repaint because I didn't save.

I know that Jake. We all get caught out at times. Wink

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I just reinstalled and am about to see if its okay...

Good luck.

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Reply #7 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 12:05pm

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BTW, a new option with FSX is the ability to "Repair" a damaged FSX.

Simply DELETE ALL FOLDERS containing files you've "modified," and the REPAIR option on DVD#1 will replace ONLY those folders and files that are missing.

It's darn sure faster that a complete reinstall! Wink

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Reply #8 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 1:27pm

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I just reinstalled, no problems since it was a fresh install anyways. Everything is working fine now except I can't have ANY generic autogen. Trees and such bring my system to its knee, even on sparse, but without it I get 15-20 fps easy

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Reply #9 - Dec 16^th, 2006 at 4:10pm

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Though it might be a good idea to look at your other topics!

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