I found out the problem, it was because i put the plan-g folder in programfiles, was reading the manual and saw that that was not recommended. Copied it to C:\, built database again, now its working. Thanks for making plan-g!

I had been running plan-g version 9 for a few months now over my network mostly without problems except for the occasional crash. Now all of a sudden it started not displaying the map when i launched the program, so i deleted the folder and made a new one from the zip file. Now for some reason I can still connect to my FSX computer and everything, (it shows air traffic and my plane on the map), but it will not show any map overlays even though I have built the FSX database several times, and have show overlays turned on. Something must have changed in a file somewhere, but I can't figure out where. The directories for FSX and scenery.cfg are still valid and shared. Where is simconnect.xml supposed to be again? I have a feeling that might be the issue. Any clues?

It doesn't say anything about that on page 14 (oh wait yeah it does but for some reason adobe goes to page 7 when i type page 14). I'm trying to figure out how to get the database working on my laptop connected to my FS computer. Plan-g is connecting, but option to build database is grey. Reading the instructions now....

Okay I shared my scenery.cfg location, pointed my networked computer to it in locations in fsx scenery.cfg and build database is still greyed out. Man I've been trying to get this to work for like 2 hours, getting frustrated quick. Please help.

Fixed. You need to share THE MAIN FSX PROGRAM directory and select it in program locations on the PC you are trying to run Plan-G on. This really isn't obvious. I was misled into thinking the networked PC only needed to know the location of scenery.cfg

I did a clean install of windows 7, updated all drivers, and am still having problems. I don't get anymore lockups in FSX, but now plan-g just crashes to desktop "encountered a problem" about every hour of use. I run plan-g on a second monitor (right monitor) and FSX on my left, windowed mode. Nvidia BFG 9800GT 512mb video.

Quote from: iriki on December 07, 2009, 08:21:14 PM
Rofl that's the infamous CTD (crash to desktop bug) that haunts FSX in all OS'es. Besides the fact i still have a turtle called pentium D, it's the 2nd reason why i still use FS9.

Yes, I really, really hate that infamous "right-click-on-FSX-window" CTD bug..

It actually doesn't CTD. The screen just locks up. No error message or "crash". Just stops.

Well, things have improved a bit. I played FSX for several hours yesterday with plan-g running concurrently and didnt get a lockup.. however, I did get one finally. It happened when i clicked over to my second monitor that runs plan-g to select an AI plane, then clicked back over to FSX quickly. I don't know if that caused it directly, but maybe it just didn't like that. Also this was just after I felt safe enough to let FSX run unpaused when I task switched. I guess I will change that back to pause when switching. Also I made about 20gb of free space on my hard drive and did a full defrag. I checked the log file and it doesn't show any errors at the end, although i did see some AI plane debug errors in the middle of the file. Also plan-g seems to lose its connection to FSX after awhile, the plan icon stops updating even though it says its still connected, and i have to disconnect and reconnect, also the program seems to generally run slower and slower the longer i run it till I have to restart it or it bogs down my FSX when it redraws stuff.

I'm about to delete my log file and run plan-g and will post it here if and when i get a lockup. I should probably add that while I said FSX "hard locks" I can still move the mouse, and I can go to task manager and close the program, then restart FSX and plan g and continue if i want to.

Also, I tried changing connect by auto to connect specifically by simconnect, and (knock on wood) plan-g didn't lock up FSX during a couple hours of use. I'll try again tonight and see what happens. Also another culprit I need to fix is I am running very low on free hard drive space and personally I don't feel its fair to knock on this program having bugs till I clear up some more space. Overall I am really liking this software. The only thing I wish it did is show VFR obstacles and some other stuff you'd find on sectionals.

Quote from: tim arnot on December 05, 2009, 01:14:26 AM
I've not heard of anyone else having this problem. Are you connected to FSX, and if so, are you using SimConnect or FSUIPC? What is the nature of your flight plan, if you have one? Are there any errors reported in the log file? How much 'clutter' do you have displayed (airspace, airports, navaids etc?)

I have FSUIPC but I have it set to connect by auto, and yeah it locks up FSX only when connected to FSX. It happens with and without a flight plan. I run with a fair degree of clutter. Where is the log file? I've also had plan g crash itself to desktop a couple times.

Trying to troubleshoot this issue. I can run plan-g and FSX for 10minutes to a few hours before it makes FSX lockup. I run plan-g on one monitor and FSX in windowed mode on another. When plan-g doesn't make FSX hard lock (sounds keeps going, never happens if i don't load plan-g), it does slow my fps immensely sometimes also. I'm wondering if running it on a separate computer and connecting to FSX over the network would alleviate this. I searched for "lock" and "lockups" on the forums and couldn't find any references to this. It would be strange if I am the only one having this problem.

I have Win XP pro 64bit, AMD Phenom 9550, 4gb of RAM. FSX deluxe with accel.