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  1. While waiting for the Anniversary update to install, my PC froze due to a RAM overload and I had no choice but to force a shutdown. After attempting to restart MSFS, it gets stuck endlessly "Checking for Updates" and never starts in both normal and safe mode. I have seen other threads on "Checking for Updates" taking too long, but none seem to be relevant to a failed update installation.
  2. The time displayed on the menu is 4:43 PM UTC. The time loaded in sim is 4:43 PM Chicago time (in the screenshot, 10:43PM UTC). The value set for UTC time is being loaded as local time. I tried to reproduce the error by changing it to 4:00 AM Central, but it loaded the correct time. I was able to bypass the issue by changing the time in-sim to the intended time.
  3. Serious time conversion bug when setting up flights using the World Map. MSFS misinterprets the UTC time setting as a local time setting, even when the time zone is known. The sim loads up hours off from the time that was set in the World Map. Intended time: 1043 CST/1643Z Time actually loaded: 1644CST/2244Z
  4. Never mind this thread. In my system it's in AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community
  5. I'm trying to install new aircraft liveries to my Community folder for a Steam installation, but the original file paths seem to have changed and the Community folder is nowhere to be found. The Windows Explorer search function finds nothing. There is no Microsoft.FlightDashboard in my Packages folder. The Flight Simulator folder there also does not have a community folder and neither does my Steam install. I have previously installed the Liveries Megapack, but that was months ago and I forgot the original file paths and they may have changed in an update.
  6. I got the Thomas Ruth A330-300 and this might be a little detail but it does bug me; the red and green nav lights are on the wrong sides of the aircraft. I've seen in other forums that these lights are apparently "hard coded" into the model and can't be changed through the standard effects files, and there seems to be no entries for red and green lights in the aircraft.cfg. I also have no default ground services on this aircraft; no jet bridge or baggage service and "This aircraft cannot be moved by the tug" error when attempting pushback from a normal gate. I am looking into getting GSX at some point and there could definitely be an issue if I attempted to use it with this aircraft as is. Any parameters I can use to get the ground services to work?
  7. Never mind...found out the CFG came mistyped pointing at a non-existent "sound.rr" folder. Always gotta check the CFGs!
  8. Downloaded the TDS 737-800 to FSX SE and tested it with three different addon sound packs: 737ng_cfm56-7b_sounds.zip FL2070FSXBOEING737CFM567B.zip fssoundstudio.com sounds for FS9 - zip name unknown - worked in FS9 All of these sound files do not work in FSX. No one else seems to have any issues with this. All of my sound settings are at 100% and all default aircraft sounds work normally. All files are installed properly, CFG files were replaced when folders were swapped.
  9. I would try but I cannot back up my files safely, for some reason they seem to be corrupted ("could not read from source") even though they were working fine when FS last ran safely. Even then I'm not sure it would work because removing the offending aircraft did not change the error. The texture installed before the fatal errors began wasn't even in any of the traffic files I had installed yet. The faulty DLL file is in the FS9 main folder and wasn't touched by a runtime update, even replacing it with a copy from a friend's working copy of FS9 did not work.
  10. Installation of an AI aircraft has triggered a fatal "failed to read from file" CTD on the splash screen attributed to MFC70.dll. Using FS9.1 with the no CD patch and the same install which has worked for about 2 years without any serious errors (would not work on my PC without the no CD patch). Since the error occurred minutes after my last safe startup of FS9, I have a full list of changes I made before the error and afterwards. 1. Attempted to start FS9 to test new AI textures applied to the FAIB A320. FS9 starts successfully but I found out I forgot to copy the textures and the aircraft.cfg file edits from my downloads folder to the main aircraft folder. 2. (6:42 PM) Installed AI Aircraft Editor (to check the aircraft file for errors before I realized I forgot to copy the files) 3. (6:44 PM) Applied Virgin America textures and edited aircraft.cfg to the FAIB A320. These are FSX textures that were previously converted in nconvert.bat and tested in AI Aircraft Editor's model viewer (they were working properly). 4. (6:52 PM) FS9 takes too long to start and seems to stop responding. I force close it and try again. Listed as an application hang. 5. (6:55 PM) FS9 crashes on the splash screen with a "failed to read from file" error, attributed in Event Viewer to MFC70.dll 6. Subsequent attempts to start FS9 all fail with the same result, after attempting to remove the FAIB A320 and restarting the computer. Any way to recover FS9 without a full reinstall being necessary?
  11. Concourse C building missing, but gates still appear. No error message.
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