Unable to build p3d database

[bigmarty]

When I try to build the navigation database the process stalls at "Scanning Scenery\1105" (or 1106, or 1107).

I have uninstalled and reinstalled Plan G and tried building the database in p3d v4 and v5. Also, I have deleted the config file (appdata\local\ta software) and tried installint to different drives but always the same result.

This problem happened after I tried to get Plan G to recognize updated navdata via x-plane which was unsuccessful. I have deleted all reference to x-plane on my system.

Any help would be appreciated.

Martin

[Pearskin]

Me too ... I also cannot build the database in V5.

[tim arnot]

P3d v5 database is not yet supported. Please see the statement at the top of the forum.

[bigmarty]

Yes I understand that P3D v5 is not supported. I was just trying everything I could think of to get the database to build. I was able to build the database with V4 previously but now the build stalls (with V4) as noted above.

Thanks as always.

[tim arnot]

Go into the Build locations settings panel, and manually set the scenery.cfg and .exe file locations - having both versions of P3D installed may be confusing it.

[bigmarty]

I have already tried the suggestion several times with no success. I have now uninstalled Plan G and reinstalled to the drive where P3D v4 resides. Now with a new install it needs a new database build before I can navigate to the locations page in order to input locations. But the database build is still stalling at "Scanning Scenery\1106".   I have searched the PC for \1106 but nothing comes up. 

A copy of the log after my latest effort is attached. Perhaps you can see something in the log that might lead to the problem.

Hope you can help.

Martin

[bigmarty]

The problem has gone away. Here is what I did - I came across on this forum "FSX & P3D NAVAIDS UPDATE WITH INSTALLER". I installed this into P3D V4. Next I started the sim (V4) so that it would build new files after which the database build process in Plan g worked.

Thanks for your help.

Martin

[tim arnot]

Looking in the log, I can see it has some problems with a KPDX addon early on, but then it goes right through to 1107 without error. There's a couple of errors in 1107 & 1106, but then it hits 1105 and gets stuck in a loop. APX88430.bgl is the last file it reported, but that's not the file it got stuck on.

It doesn't report the full path of the files, so I can't tell if it's trying to read v4 or v5 files. They're all default scenery, so it shouldn't have a problem (with v4 anyway, v5 will definitely have problems).

I could suggest you have a play with the Plan-G v4 alpha, if you're interested (you don't need to uninstall v3 - it'll work alongside), just let me know.