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Default scenario automatically loads when starting P3D after FSDT live update
mttkelty1:
Hi there,
After running the latest FSDT live update, I'm seeing a very strange issue. When I start P3DV4, I now see the scenario selection screen as normal but then a second later the load bar appears and the default scenario loads. After the load bar is completed, the scenario selection screen is still open but i can hear the simulation sounds in the background as if the scenario has loaded. There is no visual though.. After restarting my system twice, I decided to do a system restore to the previous day before I had run the FSDT live update. After completing the system restore, I was able to load P3D again as normal but now my FSDT scenery buildings and ground textures were gone. I checked the Scenery library hierarchy but was correct. My land class sceneries were all below my FSDT sceneries. I checked a few of my other sceneries and all appeared to be working fine. When I went to the add-on drop down menu, GSX was now missing. I then ran the FSDT live update again and restarted my system. As soon as I tried to start up P3D after rebooting, I was back to the initial problem where the default scenario would automatically load. Any ideas what is causing this issue? I haven't been able to find anything relevant when searching around online.
Thanks,
Matt
virtuali:
Please clarify your problem:
- Is your P3D normally configured to show the startup scenario loading screen ?
- If yes, have you previously configured it to load a custom default flight, or you always used to start P3D from the default scenario and always moved to the airport and loaded the airplane at each flight ?
Because, if any of these things changed, it seems your Prepar3D.cfg has *changed*, so it reverted to default but the thing is, the FSDT Live Update NEVER changes the Prepar3d.cfg file, it's only *read* to check some settings, but never written back to.
mttkelty1:
Thanks for the reply!
--- Quote from: virtuali on September 15, 2020, 10:19:42 am ---- Is your P3D normally configured to show the startup scenario loading screen ?
--- End quote ---
Yes. I've always had P3D configured to show the scenario screen after startup. I've never had it startup directly in the F22 default scenario.
--- Quote from: virtuali on September 15, 2020, 10:19:42 am ---- If yes, have you previously configured it to load a custom default flight, or you always used to start P3D from the default scenario and always moved to the airport and loaded the airplane at each flight ?
--- End quote ---
No i've never made any manual edits to the Prepare3D.CFG file. However, when I go to my Prepare3D.CFG file folder, it shows the .CFG file as last edited yesterday. However, All I did yesterday was uninstall and reinstall GSX and start up P3D to test (with no luck).
Is there some entry in the .CFG file I should be looking for that was changed somehow to cause this?
Thanks for the support,
Matt
virtuali:
--- Quote from: mttkelty1 on September 15, 2020, 05:27:12 pm ---No i've never made any manual edits to the Prepare3D.CFG file.
--- End quote ---
I never said you edited it manually. When I said "have you previously configured it to load a custom default flight", I asked if you used the normal interface of the simulator to change the default startup flight.
--- Quote --- However, when I go to my Prepare3D.CFG file folder, it shows the .CFG file as last edited yesterday. However, All I did yesterday was uninstall and reinstall GSX and start up P3D to test (with no luck)
--- End quote ---
Just because you installed GSX yesterday, and the latest changed date of the Prepar3d.cfg is yesterday, it doesn't mean it was GSX or its installer that did this. The simulator *ITSELF* will always rewrite the Prepar3d.cfg file every time it exit from a session, regardless if you changed a setting or not.
mttkelty1:
Ok, I seemed to have resolved the issue by uninstalling GSX, updating P3D and then re-installing GSX . I hadn't updated P3D in about 1.5 years so there must have been something incompatible between P3D and the latest FSDT update. Everything seems to be working fine now.
Thanks,
Matt
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