Dillon 9 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Dillion, My install named the AF2_EGLL_Simwings as a bgl. So yes change it to bgl. Will do... Why was it call 'bgx' in the first place??? :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Autopiloth 455 Posted September 17, 2007 Developer Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hello all, good news. Seems that we got the solution. Keep the AFCAd that came with the original installer and use the patch2. Of course we´ll now make an official update to V 1.1 Anyway testing here goes on until I can also get this error on any of my systems. About the stuttering and loading reports.: This is 99% caused by the HighRes textures. I think that we have to reduce them a little bit as well. 260 MB of texture seems to bee toooooo much for graphic cards below 500 MB and very fast Hard Disk´s. It was meant as a feature, but it becomes to be a problem since all the PC´s around are to different to "go to the limit" of FS9. :oops: Why CTD is gone now, and why did a lot of customer never get an CTD at all: :?: As explained before I changed some BGL files that were "tweaked" to show a smaller "Autogen-exclude area". But it seems that this will cause a problem as it gives a too large BGL Area for the files that were altered. Now I removed the tweak and made the files "quite normal". Also I changed the exclude (one file formerly) to seperate files each containing just one squared exclude area. Possibly there was an interference with other addons (Aircrafts/sceneries/weather) or memory/graphic driver/FS9 Display adjustment. To say it 100% precise I must get the same error on one of my machines. So far I tested it on 4 PC´s without an error. But today testing continues with a fifth one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Autopiloth 455 Posted September 17, 2007 Developer Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hello all, good news. Seems that we got the solution. Keep the AFCAd that came with the original installer and use the patch2. Of course we´ll now make an official update to V 1.1 Anyway testing here goes on until I can also get this error on any of my systems. About the stuttering and loading reports.: This is 99% caused by the HighRes textures. I think that we have to reduce them a little bit as well. 260 MB of texture seems to bee toooooo much for graphic cards below 500 MB and very fast Hard Disk´s. It was meant as a feature, but it becomes to be a problem since all the PC´s around are to different to "go to the limit" of FS9. :oops: Why CTD is gone now, and why did a lot of customer never get an CTD at all: :?: As explained before I changed some BGL files that were "tweaked" to show a smaller "Autogen-exclude area". But it seems that this will cause a problem as it gives a too large BGL Area for the files that were altered. Now I removed the tweak and made the files "quite normal". Also I changed the exclude (one file formerly) to seperate files each containing just one squared exclude area. Possibly there was an interference with other addons (Aircrafts/sceneries/weather) or memory/graphic driver/FS9 Display adjustment. To say it 100% precise I must get the same error on one of my machines. So far I tested it on 4 PC´s without an error. But today testing continues with a fifth one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafal Haczek 1612 Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Good news from you, Thorsten, and good news from me. Thanks to your patch 2 (and the initial AFCAD) I have made a successful flight again! This time a full-time flight from Warsaw to London (LOT281) with a 737-400 (50N/FeelThere merge). No problems while approaching 27R. Well, frame rates did drop while over London and on approach but it is normal. London is a mega hub, I've got a lot of AI when I fly offline, there were clouds and my PC awaits retirement. :wink: Thanks for your time and effort, Thorsten. Full professionalism, isn't it. Best regards, Rafal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpsi 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hi So, what´s the secret? harpsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Autopiloth 455 Posted September 17, 2007 Developer Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hello, there will be a complete new full version available at your aerosoft shop or simmarket account tomorrow. (Don´t worry, file size is smaller)Therfore I removed the testfiles I posted prior in the forum from my server, that it wont get mixed up later. Will soon post what is changed in London Heathrow V1.1, but should also provide a smoother approach (some users complained about stutters). Thorsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Scott 2 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Thorsten, Thankyou for your amzing support. Regards Gerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualstuff 76 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hello, there will be a complete new full version available at your aerosoft shop or simmarket account tomorrow. (Don´t worry, file size is smaller)Therfore I removed the testfiles I posted prior in the forum from my server, that it wont get mixed up later. Will soon post what is changed in London Heathrow V1.1, but should also provide a smoother approach (some users complained about stutters). Thorsten Thanks Thorsten for a beautiful scenery and great support As for performance on my highend system with raptor WD 10000 rpm I use The normal textures which have great FPS and quality Using patch 2 + default simwings afcad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshort 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 When i click on the link for patch 2 it gives me an error and a statement that the page cant be found (in german) Is the link down? regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headley 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 When i click on the link for patch 2 it gives me an error and a statement that the page cant be found (in german) Is the link down? regards Paul Hi Paul, Check two post above yours and you have your answer : Hello, there will be a complete new full version available at your aerosoft shop or simmarket account tomorrow. (Don´t worry, file size is smaller)Therfore I removed the testfiles I posted prior in the forum from my server, that it wont get mixed up later. Will soon post what is changed in London Heathrow V1.1, but should also provide a smoother approach (some users complained about stutters). Thorsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshort 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 William Many thanks, i should learn to read ..lol Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_R 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Thank you all for your work on the update. I had my first experience of the stutters today, oddly mine occured the minute I flared the aircraft (PSS777/Meljet merge) on 27R. Had a few trials after and it does seem to also have a problem if you use the alt key. -Everything appears to try and reload then ta-dah please tell microsoft about this problem comes up. Other than that, a great product and I am looking forward to the update. It is also nice to see a support team who seem to care about what they do, it makes a refreshing change. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisZet 13 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Have installed the new patch2. Now it works for me, NO CTD. Will try some more flights with other aircrafts. regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpsi 0 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Will soon post what is changed in London Heathrow V1.1, but should also provide a smoother approach (some users complained about stutters). Hi Can you also post the final update as a zip file but only with the modified bgl files, like you posted some lines before, so that we can see and test what has been changed? As well as the final answer for the stutters? I will try patch2 today to see what happens. Tks harpsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awirOn 4 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 so, the patch which now comes is the same files that is in "patch2" ? question, in the patch2 is the afcad2 the same of the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Developer Autopiloth 455 Posted September 17, 2007 Developer Share Posted September 17, 2007 Tomorrow (september 18th) about midday to afternoon we´ll offer a complete new download of Heathrow 2008 V1.1. To answer the questions: Yes, it contains the files of testpatch2, but also some new texture files to improve performance (the stuttering prob). And it contains the initially AFCAD with some fixes (mixed up parking positions 170 ....). So the AFCAD will contain any available gate as the first one did. I think some of you want the testpatch2 still on the server. So I uploaded it again. Use the link in previous post. I´ll remove it tomorrow again. Thosten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awirOn 4 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 could you upload for us the patch(not testpatch) so we dont need to wait until tomorow and dont need do download again egll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon 9 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 could you upload for us the patch(not testpatch) so we dont need to wait until tomorow and dont need do download again egll? He just said he's going to do that... :wink: You need 'testpatch2' which solves the problem outlined in this thread. The first patch was just an updated AFCAD file that none of us needed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awirOn 4 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 thx, but... i mean the " new texture files to improve performance" textures... and i dont want to load again 150mb, only für some textures ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon 9 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 thx, but... i mean the " new texture files to improve performance" textures... and i dont want to load again 150mb, only für some textures ;-) Your reloading for the updated '.bgl' files not the textures. You may want to use the lower res textures (which look exactly the same as the high res textures) next time around anyway. Granted Thosten spoke of improvement to some textures here and there, most are concerned with a resolution to the CTD issue. You have to understand when you buy a brand new product there's bound to be bugs that have to get ironed out requiring you to reinstall the product. There's no way around that unless you want a less than stellar product... :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knackered 0 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Tried the second patch and all is fine for me now. Cheers and thanks for a great airport! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinlest 0 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 I think "Cpt-Nico" just meant that it'd be good to be able to get the new bgls & bmps that Thorsten is going to make available later today as a small zip file, which would add+overwrite existing files, rather than have to download and reinstall a whole EGLL v1.1. Perhaps that is what T. intends to do in any case. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ightenhill 21 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 If I purchase this now will I be getting the bug free version or should I wait till tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco EDDF 1 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Personally, I would wait for an announcement or a sticky thread, that the new version is online. This is how they do it normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simflyer07 3 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Hi there I checked my account today with aerosoft and no link to the patch was given. Am I missing something or the patch isn't available yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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