ki4jyi Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 The community has figured this out. 1. Make sure video drivers are 353.62 Win 10. 2. Delete the Shaders folder contents. 3. Move your FSX.cfg and start with a fresh .cfg if #1 and #2 do not work. Yes this is for DX9 mode. I am using it now for 4 days. Any other suggestions? I tried all these and FSX still only works in DX10 mode (always been buggy, even in Win7). In DX9, I still get a black preview window and when starting a flight, I get a black screen and an image of the plane that should have been in the preview window. The program doesn't run as it should. I'm running an Nvidia GeForce GTX650ti. If I can't get this sorted out, I don't know what I'm going to do. DX10 mode has never looked right and DX9 doesn't even work. I just downloaded and installed Windows 10 2 days ago but I'm going to check for an update. Please Help! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbrand Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Also have a problem with Windows 10. I was running the FSX boxed version on Windows 7 and except for a few random program crashes everything was OK. Now with Windows 10 my add on aeroplanes show no textures. The outside of the planes are an off white colour all over. The default FSX aeroplanes seem OK. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSkorna Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Have both of you deleted the Shaders Cache folder contents? Have you installed the proper video driver? Nigel, were you using DX9 or DX10 mode under Win 7? http://www.air-source.us/images/sigs/000219_195_jimskorna.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmal Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I had FSX running fine on Win10 then I updated my AMD driver (Radeon HD 7800) to 15.20.1062.1033 and nothing works now. I can launch and change everything but when I press "Fly..." it crashes.... Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 8/10/2015 5:15:36 PM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: Maloney-PC Description: Faulting application name: fsx.exe, version: 10.0.61472.0, time stamp: 0x475e17d3 Faulting module name: API.DLL, version: 10.0.61472.0, time stamp: 0x475e180d Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000529cf Faulting process id: 0x251c Faulting application start time: 0x01d0d38789c89850 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\fsx.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\API.DLL Report Id: 7e3122a6-8269-4b98-b3dc-2fa2a8cbd436 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Event Xml: 1000 2 100 0x80000000000000 3165 Application Maloney-PC fsx.exe 10.0.61472.0 475e17d3 API.DLL 10.0.61472.0 475e180d c0000005 000529cf 251c 01d0d38789c89850 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\fsx.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\API.DLL 7e3122a6-8269-4b98-b3dc-2fa2a8cbd436 Thanks for any advice re a better driver or any other solution. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Do you by any chance have MS Office on your PC and if so did you have to reinstall the program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSkorna Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Yes I do and No I did not need to re-install. http://www.air-source.us/images/sigs/000219_195_jimskorna.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabe5454 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Can you get back to the old driver still? I am on Nvidia so don't know much about the AMD graphic cards. You can try a Register Repair as last resort if you can't go back to old graphic card driver. Very IFFY though but... Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand123 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7 yesterday and i can confirm that FSX worked without any problems. I tried to upgrade to Windows 10 twice and got an error ''0x80070004 - 0x3000d''. I had no idea what this meant even after going through every single Windows 10 forum. But thankfully i stumbled upon this thread on avsim which which solved my problem. The problem was being caused by an orbx file. All details here. http://www.avsim.com/topic/472563-to-anyone-getting-the-0x80070004-0x3000d-on-install/ Removing that file solved my problem and i was able to install Windows 10 without any problems. Right after i upgraded, i upgraded to the latest Windows 10 driver (353.62) for my GT540M card. No problem there either. Right after that i fired up FSX and everything seemed normal if not better. No Issues with sound or graphics. Overall, I am very very happy with the new OS. System specs. Dell XPS 15 l502x i5-2430M 6GB RAM Nvidia GT540M 2GB Windows 10 Home 64 bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbrand Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 JDKorna Many thanks for your reply. I am a total novice. I think that it was DX9 but I am not sure. The problem seems only to now be with Add On aircraft. The default ones seem oK. I have tried to reinstall some add ons but this has no effect. I needed to check the DX10 box to allow me to see the preview screen and when it was actually flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwash55 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Windows 10 is definitely incompatible with FS 2004( FS9 ) but it is not with FSX . Fortunately I had a copy of FSX that I never used because it wouldn't run half as well as FS9 . I had to uninstall FS9 and then install FSX . It loaded great with no problems but now my biggest challenge is trying to tweak the settings . It appears if I set some of the memory hogging settings to high ( scenery , weather etc ) the program will suddenly display a window saying " your program has stopped running " As we all know , unless you have a real High end computer to run FSX with any amount of success you have to sacrifice some of the memory hogging features that make FSX better than previous versions . I am a private pilot and invested in the Saitec yoke , rudder pedals and throttle quadrant so when I found out that windows 10 did not support FS versions that require a disc to be in the F: Drive I was forced to go to FSX 10 . Being able to use FSX despite obvious problems is certainly better than nothing at all ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSkorna Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 OK, Win 10 has nothing to do with those planes being blank. They would have been blank even before because it's the DX9 or DX10 Preview setting that changes this for some planes. Re-installing will not make a difference, only using DX10 Mode or not will make them appear. Again, this is is not because of your Operating System. http://www.air-source.us/images/sigs/000219_195_jimskorna.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SummerSimmer Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'm still on Vista and it keeps telling me the Product Activation Key is invalid....yet I have the original sleeve right here and it is correct as per the yellow sticker. Checked and recheck it 10 times. No go? ROG Strix X470 Gaming MoBo Ryzen 7 2700X CPU Crucial 1TB MX500 2.5" Internal SSD G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmal Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Yes I have MS Office but I did not have to reinstall FSX. Now it runs bur only in a window. Alt-Ent crashes to desktop or runs in a quarter of my screen. Very odd. This is the latest AMD driver for Win10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabe5454 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Windows 10 is definitely incompatible with FS 2004( FS9 )... FS9 might not have survived the Win10 upgrade but that doesn't mean it can't be installed in the new OS. Big difference. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbrand Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Dear Jim Many thanks for getting back. Without appearing to sound stupid, is there anything that I can do? I am a total novice here. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSkorna Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 1. Use DX10 Preview. 2. Use planes designed for FSX and not FS2004. http://www.air-source.us/images/sigs/000219_195_jimskorna.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelbrand Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Many thanks for your help and advice. I have got the DX10 preview box checked and will go through the add on aircraft to see if the pure FSX ones are OK and to see if it is modified FS9 ones causing problems. I have also updated my video drivers. By the way how do you deleted the Shaders Cache folder contents? Do you need and empty folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysky Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I upgraded from Win 7 to Win 10 last Friday, Aug 28 2015. I run FSX Deluxe along with PMDG 737 NGX 800. I had no problem other than the following: when FSX opened for the first time in Win 10 it asked for my -FSX KEY-. I inserted it and that was the last time it was requested. The other problem was choosing my 737 800 winglet. It would not show in the box prior to my telling FSX to commence flying. I researched the problem on various sim sites and found that if you press-ALT plus ENTER--The airplane appears. I have not had a problem since. I have tested most flying features in various airplanes and can report that all is normal and perhaps a little bit better fps wise. I am quite happy so far and have mentioned this to Microsoft. Many of my flying companions are hesitant to convert. By the way, the installation of Win 10 was flawless in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jring2 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Windows 10 is a great OS. Looks like Microsoft got it right! The problem I’m having may not be due to the OS but I have never had it any time in my FSX history. I reformatted all drives – install Windows 7 clean and upgraded to Windows 10. I reinstalled FSX in its own solid state reformatted hard drive. It ran great! Then I began adding some OrbX products and installed something wrong and the landscape became covered in water. I was unable to uninstall OrbX in any way resembling anything so I uninstalled FSX and reformatted the FSX hard drive. I reinstalled FSX and now continually get the message “Microsoft Flight simulator has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.†Tried all the suggested fixes here even though it appeared the problems were different. No joy. Uninstalled and reformatted again (I’m persistent if not savvy.) I cleaned my registry and made certain all FSX related folders in ‘aps’ and programs had been deleted. Reinstalled. Problem persist. P3d runs fine but I prefer some of the FSX add-ons that aren’t P3d compatible sometimes. Have updated windows 10 drivers on my Nvidia card. I’m at a loss where to go next or even why the problem won’t go away since it didn’t exist before I had problems with my OrbX install and I started clean again. Any ideas anyone? Any information that I need to give to help solve it? AMD 8350 Eight Core 4.0ghz oc'd to 4.4, 16 gig 2133 DDR3 64 bit ram, Microsoft Sidewinder Precision II. GeForce GTX 980Ti w/4gig OS=Windows 10 64 bit, FSX w/Acceleration & P3d v3, 4, 5 REXII, OrbX [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptCaveman Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 In dire circumstances you can do a full clean win10 install again instead of the upgrade installation (which might get buggy from win7 stuffs). Just check your control panel for backup and restore options and you should see the option for a fresh install of windows. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbreak754 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 ................. OrbX products ..................Any ideas anyone? Any information that I need to give to help solve it? See the post #33 in this thread for an possible fix to your problem Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jring2 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 See the post #33 in this thread for an possible fix to your problem . . . . I was unable to uninstall OrbX in any way resembling anything so I uninstalled FSX and reformatted the FSX hard drive. I reinstalled FSX and now continually get the message “Microsoft Flight simulator has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.†. . . . Orbx not involved in this problem. I have not reinstalled all my add-ons yet. I did reinstall FS Genesis. I then uninstalled that, but no joy. AMD 8350 Eight Core 4.0ghz oc'd to 4.4, 16 gig 2133 DDR3 64 bit ram, Microsoft Sidewinder Precision II. GeForce GTX 980Ti w/4gig OS=Windows 10 64 bit, FSX w/Acceleration & P3d v3, 4, 5 REXII, OrbX [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptCaveman Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Broken installation. Your going to have to start from scratch and stop trying to jerry-rig it with data already installed. And when I say from scratch, I mean from scratch. Remove every single thing FSX related. Clean your registry, defrag your HDD and run a chkdsk. Then install FSX on its own and test its stability before adding content. Oh and FYI you dont uninstall OrbX stuff. You just delete it. Its just texture data. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jring2 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Broken installation. Your going to have to start from scratch and stop trying to jerry-rig it with data already installed. And when I say from scratch, I mean from scratch. Remove every single thing FSX related. Clean your registry, defrag your HDD and run a chkdsk. Then install FSX on its own and test its stability before adding content. Been there - done that! You must have missed this statement below in my original post Caveman. Of course I've totally incorporated all my programs into my clean Windows 10 install so the suggestion to do a complete reinstall of Windows 10 all over again is last possible option. Thanks for weighing in though. Uninstalled and reformatted again (I’m persistent if not savvy.) I cleaned my registry and made certain all FSX related folders in ‘aps’ and programs had been deleted. Reinstalled. Problem persist. FYI OrbX does have some program items that need uninstall. Their FTX Central for one and they do have an uninstall for their FTX Global Base. Both add items in the registry and 'AppData' - but not in the Control Panel AMD 8350 Eight Core 4.0ghz oc'd to 4.4, 16 gig 2133 DDR3 64 bit ram, Microsoft Sidewinder Precision II. GeForce GTX 980Ti w/4gig OS=Windows 10 64 bit, FSX w/Acceleration & P3d v3, 4, 5 REXII, OrbX [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GullWings Posted October 21, 2015 Share Posted October 21, 2015 The community has figured this out. 1. Make sure video drivers are 353.62 Win 10. 2. Delete the Shaders folder contents. 3. Move your FSX.cfg and start with a fresh .cfg if #1 and #2 do not work. Yes this is for DX9 mode. I am using it now for 4 days. Jim, I am about to upgrade my PC i7-2600K (3.4 GHz) which has been running pretty well until I got too greedy with eye candy and installed FTX Global. Because it was 32 bit, it hit the VAS limit too often (OOMs). I also had a rather merger AMD Radeon HD 6450 GPU. Trouble is I have a really great hanger of FS9 ports, as well as ntive FSX freeware and payware. I also love my ENB setup. Conclusion - I want to hang onto DX9 for a while yet. Can you please tell me if the above really allows you to keep going with DX9 in Windows 10 so that I can keep my old hangar contents and ENB going. You say the community and that engenders some confidence. How does the Shaders folder get re-populated? PS: After one has to generate a fresh FSX.CFG (Option 3), and it runs, is that the time to add the usual tweeks [bUFFER POOLS], Himemfix, etc? Regards, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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