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North-East Canada CTDs
MatthiasKNU:
--- Quote from: virtuali on June 13, 2018, 08:46:11 am ---
--- Quote from: Tino on May 30, 2018, 06:14:59 pm --- So it IS something to do with GSX...
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As already explained in this thread, yes, it's likely something related to GSX, but that doesn't mean GSX is the cause. What's crashing is the sim itself, not GSX or Couatl, and this likely means there's a problem somewhere in the airport or navaids database (which GSX reads), which makes the sim crashing by itself when SOME addon enquires about it, using a special interface which is related to the default GPS.
Since this crash seems to affect P3D4 users only, and this interface has been changed quite a bit in P3D4, because it switched from ANSI to Unicode to encode strings representing airports/navaids/fixes names, I think something like a faulty/strange/corrupted facility name in the navigation database might cause the sim crashing when something is enquiring about it.
That's the most logical explanation I can find, not being able to reproduce it yet. Some of you seems to use 3rd party navdata upgrades. Is there anyone affected that uses the default navigation database ?
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Hi Umberto!
You wrote that this CTD only affects P3Dv4 users. That's not the case. I have these CTDs since years, already in the FSX, P3Dv2.5, P3Dv3 and now still in P3Dv4.2.
I have tried it also with the default database (a while ago) without success...
by the way, just reloading couatl after pushback doesn't help for me...
One of the flights, which always are crashing is i.e. EGLL -> CYYZ. Maybe someone could try this flight...
virtuali:
--- Quote from: MatthiasKNU on June 13, 2018, 03:03:36 pm ---You wrote that this CTD only affects P3Dv4 users. That's not the case. I have these CTDs since years, already in the FSX, P3Dv2.5, P3Dv3 and now still in P3Dv4.2.
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There goes the theory the problem is caused by the *switch* to Unicode that happened in P3D4, but it can still mean the problem is something in the navigation database, because when you are not on ground, checking airports nearby is the only thing GSX does.
--- Quote ---I have tried it also with the default database (a while ago) without success...
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That seems to exclude the problem was caused by a 3rd party replacement, but it can still mean there might be a problem in the default database too.
--- Quote ---by the way, just reloading couatl after pushback doesn't help for me...
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That further confirm what I always suspected: that GSX is not the cause, and the sim is crashing on its own *just* because GSX asked for nearby airports and, something in the navdata in that area has a problem.
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