Weather

[fsc_GL]

I can't seem to load real world weather. I added an additional 512 RAM recently but the program worked until tonight. As soon as I try to load the weather, fs freezes and I have to quit. It trys to load when I load the program and I get the message "check your internet connection"

What do I do?:(

[Bodhi]

What do you do: wait? x(

I'm getting the same error. Maybe the Jeppesen weather server is down? If so we can only wait.

[FearlessTower]

Yeah, must be the Jepp server is down. I've obviously got a good internet connection, but am getting the same error as well.

Here's something weird though.....I had FS loaded up to the create a flight screen and was getting the error message regarding not being able ot download the weather, so I closed FS. Now I can't even load the program at all! I get the splash screen and then an immediate CTD. Anyone else experienced this?

[wdscobie]

i too am having the problem. glad, in a 'it isn't just my computer/program' way, that others have the same issue.

this is a different 'server problem' than i have seen before w/Jep. my prior experiences are that FS just declairs there is a problem ... this time the issue seems to freeze FS.

[RyanbATC]

ME too....thought it was the firewall...but the thing is hosed again

[moth01]

Hi GL,
I was going to say the Firewall also, but I just checked Real WX and got the loading acreen, stuck on 1%. This is at 2:39 CST.

As for the program not loading, had you tried the old method of reneming your FS9 cfg file to fs9.OLD, then fire up the program again, a new cfg file will be rebuilt, and hopefully it will load up?

Let us know what happens..
Gary

[fsc_GL]

Gary
Tried the renaming....no good. I guess I'll just have to wait.

Thanx for the tip

[Larinho]

Yep, same problem here, Obviously there's a problem with the Jep server...

Larry

Pentium D 840, 3.2 GHz
2 Gig RAM, 667 DDR

[FearlessTower]

Gary,

Thanks a million for the advice on renaming the FS9.cfg! I'm not sure how mine got corrupted, but letting FS regenerate a new one seems to have solved my problem with FS not loading.

Andrew

[RFields]

I doubt the file was corrupted. Usually it is looking for something which is no longer available.

In the weather section of the FS9.cfg file - if this server and port are not present it can cause the program to not start / CTD. It won't for everyone - but will for some:

WeatherServerAddress=fs2k.zone.com
WeatherServerPort=80
LOADWEATHER=1 <- try changing this to 0

BTW - this is what I currently get:

ping fs2k.zone.com

Pinging fs2k.zone.com [207.68.189.96] with 32 bytes of dat

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 207.68.189.96:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

tracert fs2k.zone.com
1 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms L100.DSL-01.DLLSTX.
2 23 ms 23 ms 25 ms P1-0.LCR-01.DLLSTX. [130.81.34.44]
3 67 ms 67 ms 67 ms 130.81.10.90
4 67 ms 67 ms 68 ms 130.81.15.30
5 67 ms 67 ms 66 ms ten9-1.ash-76cb-1b.ntwk.msn.net [207.46.34.45]
6 109 ms 108 ms 109 ms pos3-1.tuk-76cb-1a.ntwk.msn.net [207.46.34.53]
7 108 ms 108 ms 108 ms gig1-2.tuk2f-gsr-a.ntwk.msn.net [207.46.36.30]
8 110 ms 110 ms 108 ms gig0-2.tuk-72f-int-1a.ntwk.msn.net [65.54.193.14]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.


That is what I tell MS when I called them - not "the server is down" because it looks like a router issue at MSN - ntwk.msn.net - not a server issue.

However, every single person who calls and creates a complaint / ticket - adds negative numbers to some manager's statistics.

With the decision over year end bonuses soon in most companies - a larger number of complaints gets more attention.