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Installed QW757 and Add On Manager appears **SOLVED**
Noel:
Hello, something appears to be amiss and I don't know if it was something I did authorizing installation of several scenery packages from FSDT, but I had no intention of installing them. A pop up came up after loading a flight into PHLI and told me a trial period was starting or something of that nature. I wish to delete these scenery trials and return to what scenery was there previously, but the interface does not allow me to stop a trial, I guess w/o deleting Addon Manager, and then out goes the QW757 I purchased.
Please help me lose FSDT trial sceneries I was not aware I had installed. Ahh, and I forgot to mention: I had some odd pauses at PHLI taxiing around then taking off and I don't typically have that. I have to wonder if it isn't related to these scenery trials.
Thanks in advance,
Noel
virtuali:
It's not really a problem, it's just a cosmetic issue: that message states a Trial is starting, but nothing is really starting, if you haven't installed the scenery, it's just saying that because you are flying in that area.
The issue is, to check if a scenery Trial should start, the software would have to check if you really had the scenery files installed, and this should be done on every FSX start, which might slow down FSX startup time a bit, especially if one have lots of scenery areas installed.
So, in later versions of the Addon Manager, we removed the check, and simply issue the message if you fly in that area, regardless if you have the scenery installed or not. This will allow for a faster FSX startup time, but you'll have a Trial message without being really meaningful.
It's possible we'll put back the check in future version, because it might be confusing, but we would like to find a way to do it without slowing down FSX at start.
Noel:
--- Quote from: virtuali on January 09, 2011, 02:38:58 pm ---It's not really a problem, it's just a cosmetic issue: that message states a Trial is starting, but nothing is really starting, if you haven't installed the scenery, it's just saying that because you are flying in that area.
--- End quote ---
Umberto,
It's appears to be a little more than a cosmetic issue, I have to assume until proven otherwise. A message that states a trial is starting that isn't starting is at the least, misleading and at worst may be involved in the hanging/pausing that heretofore was not experienced by my install. You did not comment on this in your reply, but I can tell you with certainty, never ever have I experienced these prolonged hangs while in the Hawaiian areas. They occurred every several seconds, and lasted maybe 2 seconds or so. This happened subsequent to installing QW757. The other thing you may wish to downplay as irrelevant or over the top, but to have a component installed cryptically, as appears to be the case w/ the QW757's undisclosed installation of Add On Manager, I find quite bothersome. At the very least, it has taken me time to troubleshoot what is happening w/ regard to these "cosmetic" messages, that may or may not be cosmetic.
Bruce Hamilton:
I don't know why you wouldn't want to install the sceneries, they are some of the best available anywhere, but that is your decision. The only indication you get about starting a trial period is a green bar across the top of your screen, not a popup window. You stated yourself that the problems began after you installed the QW aircraft, I would remove that and the addon manager and see what happens. You may have to chalk it up to experience and buy something else.
Noel:
--- Quote from: Bruce Hamilton on January 09, 2011, 10:33:36 pm ---I don't know why you wouldn't want to install the sceneries, they are some of the best available anywhere, but that is your decision. The only indication you get about starting a trial period is a green bar across the top of your screen, not a popup window. You stated yourself that the problems began after you installed the QW aircraft, I would remove that and the addon manager and see what happens. You may have to chalk it up to experience and buy something else.
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I have no intention of installing any scenery from FSDT currently, so yes, it's my decision. I stand corrected, it was a green bar that popped up now that you mention it. Of note, NO other scenery I regularly fly in creates hangs as I found in the Hawaiian location, WHEN the green bar appeared immediately before this aberrant behavior. I've flown the QW757 all over in other areas, no problems. It wasn't until I set up a flight at PHLI that the issue appeared. Yes, I did uninstall both the QW and the add on manager, and voila the hang is now gone in the Hawaiian area. Unfortunately, there is no way to have the QW w/o the add on manager, though the reverse is possible. I reinstalled the QW and so will see if the Hawaiian issue is gone or not.
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