FS METEO freezing

**MisterC** · 01-02-2002, 08:57 AM

Hi

I was wondrgin if any of you has problems wirh his FS METEO ? I run it without problem since a month, and today, it started freezing when downloading the weather...
Server or program problem ?
I updated FSUIPC, delelted and reinstalled FS METEO, with no luck...
Any information or similar problem ?

Regards.

Christian

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sehender1 · 01-02-2002, 10:05 AM

i had problems with it last night, too. I think they were server problems...

**MisterC** · 01-02-2002, 10:09 AM

I prefer that...
But when i change the server (FSMETEO or VATSIM), no effect...
Strange, isn't it ?
Did your FSMETEO simply freezed when downloading wheather ?

Thanks anyway for your post.

Christian

octave · 01-02-2002, 10:19 AM

FsMeteo is freezing up for me too .... its been like this for 2 days now . So annoying ..

**KenG01** · 01-02-2002, 10:43 AM

This is something that has happened in the past many times. FSMeteo is not freezing. Actually, it is waiting for METAR info from the server. However, if the server is bogged down for some reason, FSMeteo will sit there and wait without letting you intervene. The only solution is to Ctrl-Alt-Del and exit the program. So it's not really a problem with FSMeteo, but as some have stated, a problem with the server.

I had mentioned to Marc in the past that being able to stop FSMeteo from waiting on a response from the server would be a great feature. He hasn't implemented it yet. However, he did send me a version (about a year ago) that would allow me to direct it to either server 1 or server 2, without having to wait for FSMeteo to timeout on server 1.

You should either wait until the server speeds up (it's doing it to me as well) or send Marc an email and see if he can come up with a way to stop the program from waiting after user intervention.

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Ken :-wave

**MisterC** · 01-02-2002, 10:51 AM

Thanks for you post.
Regards.

Christian

PS : don't you find strange FSMETEO freezes on both servers (FSMETEO and VATSIM ?)

**KenG01** · 01-02-2002, 03:08 PM

>PS : don't you find strange FSMETEO freezes on both servers
>(FSMETEO and VATSIM ?)

Usually.

Other times server 2 would be fast and server 1 was a snail. That's why I asked Marc to add the feature and he did, for me only though (I'm so special ;-)). Actually, he said he'd think of adding it in later releases, but never has. He probably forgot. One of the best parts of this "personal update" was that he sent me the new version within 2 hours of me emailing him about it. Now THAT'S customer service!

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Ken :-wave