active NA airports with missing objects

[lgustavo]

After an installation of GSX on my P3D V2.5, some NA Orbx airports were affected and are imcomplete, missing several important features. I tried to uninstall GSX, reinstall the airports and Orbxlibs and without any result. Mr. Nick Cooper tried to help me changing my dll.xml file, but it didn't solve the problem. What is odd for me is how one of my files look:

 

 

 dll.xml.addonmanager.xml :

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr>
  <Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow_YWOL_P3D</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_YWOL\scenery\ObjectFlow_YWOL_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow_YMML_P3D</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_YMML\Scenery\ObjectFlow_YMML_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>iFly 747-400 Menu</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>Modules\iFly744.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow_05S_P3D</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_05S\scenery\ObjectFlow_05S_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow_11S_P3D</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_11S\scenery\ObjectFlow_11S_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow_CYSE_P3D</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_CYSE\scenery\ObjectFlow_CYSE_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>

  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>ObjectFlow</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v2\ORBX\FTX_AU\FTXAA_ORBXLIBS\Scenery\ObjectFlow_P3D.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
      <Name>CMeteoXml</Name>
      <Disabled>False</Disabled>
      <Path>.\CMeteoXml.dll</Path>
   </Launch.Addon>

   <Launch.Addon>
      <Name>Carenavigraph</Name>
      <Disabled>False</Disabled>
      <Path>.\Carenavigraph.dll</Path>
   </Launch.Addon>

  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>PMDG HUD interface</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>PMDG\DLLs\PMDG_HUD_interface.dll</Path>
    <DllStartName>module_init</DllStartName>
    <DllStopName>module_deinit</DllStopName>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>Flight Recorder</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>Aerosoft\Flight Recorder\AS-FlightRecorder.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  </SimBase.Document>

 

 

Why are these specifc airports in this file? They are the ones I have problems by the way. 

 

Sekiu 11S: No hangars, no grass, no static airplanes

1WA6 Fall City: no paved runway, no grass

05S Vernonia: no grass, no static planes

WA56 Israel Farm: no grass

CYSE: no hangars

KTLV Lake Tahoe: no terminal, no static planes

OG39 and OR49: terrible, missing almost everything

7S3 Twin Oaks : missing static airplanes.

 

 

 I really like these airports and don't know how to fix them.

 

 

Luiz
 

[mopperle]

Did you already try to reinstall the latest Orbx libraries?

[Nick Cooper]

I have all those entries and the airports look as they should.

I am no expert in the dll.xml file but I am sure there should not be

      <Name>CMeteoXml</Name>
      <Disabled>False</Disabled>
      <Path>.\CMeteoXml.dll</Path>
   </Launch.Addon>

this space
   <Launch.Addon>
      <Name>Carenavigraph</Name>
      <Disabled>False</Disabled>
      <Path>.\Carenavigraph.dll</Path>
   </Launch.Addon>

 

I wonder if in fact none of the addon entries are working,

I remember you replied that the iFly aircraft menu was missing.

[lgustavo]

Hi Mopperle,

 

 I have installed the latest set of Orbxlibs. My system is absolutely updated. I have about 100 Orbx airports, but only the ones i listed seem to be in trouble.

 

Nick,

 

Regarding the file, i will try changing that empty line and check what happens.

[Nick Cooper]

Also, you might try deleting the entries in the  [TRUSTED] section of your P3D.cfg file.

I assume that it is the same as FSX and that you are asked to allow the use of all the .dll

files?

[lgustavo]

Good question, I don't know. I was also wondering if we could contact the developer guys from GSX and check with them what their addon changes P3D files and how we can revert it other than uninstallig it like i have done already.

 

Luiz

 

[lgustavo]

Dear All

 

I have contacted GSX developers about my issue, and this is what they think:

 

GSX doesn't make any changes to any of the P3D files, with the exception of the addition the lines that call its needed modules in the DLL.XML file ( the Addon Manager ) and in the EXE.XML file ( the Couatl exe )

The GSX installer will check your DLL.XML BEFORE doing any changes to it. It calls the standard XML validation routine that comes with Windows so, if that one reports the XML is corrupted, it IS corrupted, no question about it.

If the DLL.XML file is found corrupted, the installer WON'T TOUCH IT, but it will offer YOU a CHOICE between:

1) Aborting the installation, so you might try fixing the already-corrupted file yourself

OR

2) Starting from scratch with a *new* DLL.XML file, that of course, will contain ONLY the lines needed by our software, and nothing else.

If you chose option #2, it's normal that, if you have *other* 3rd party modules in your old (corrupted) XML file, they won't be present in the new one.

No, the installer won't try to "fix" or "merge" your old file with a brand new file. Brand new means exactly that: an empty XML with JUST the FSDT modules inside.

OF COURSE, the installer is not so careless to allow you to choose a potentially dangerous option #2 (you might not clearly understood what it means...), so it MADE A BACKUP, named DLL_XML_Before_Addon_Manager.XML in your %APPDATA%\Lockheed Martin folder.

So, it's not possible to do any "harm" with the GSX installer and, in the worse possible case, you have a backup.

So, if your OrbX airports needed addon modules in the DLL.XML, and you chose option #2 after the installer warned you about your DLL.XML being corrupted, is to be expected the sceneries depending on those modules wouldn't work correctly.

But of course, reinstalling the sceneries SHOULD fix the problem, because their installer should hopefully restore their needed lines and re-enable their modules, which were removed after you chose option #2.

If they don't, even after reinstalling, than I'm afraid there's nothing we can do and it's a problem you should report to the developers of those modules. Again, I confirm that, other than adding its lines to the XML files, the GSX installer doesn't change ANY P3D file.

We never had any previous report of known incompatibilities between our modules and OrbX which, considering how popular both GSX and OrbX sceneries are, should have surfaced by now.

It's also possible ( we have seen cases of this ), the problem is neither GSX or OrbX, but the presence of ANOTHER 3rd party module that, for some reason, is causing conflicts with the Simconnect library (there are several versions of it, all installed at the same time) needed by almost every module out there, so you might try checking this thread for more informations about this:

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,13165.msg98428.html#msg98428

[lgustavo]

 

Nick, this is my Prepar3D.cfg file. I don´t see any trusted section here.

 

 

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[Nick Cooper]

No,nor do I.

I see my assumption was incorrect.