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How to avoid building airport cache?

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virtuali:

--- Quote from: GerdD on May 25, 2013, 10:45:24 pm ---Are the Docking Systems not part of the Airport?
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Yes, and no...

Before GSX was released, we had a more basic system to handle docking system, that we called ParkMe. It was basically GSX in its infancy, and it was included with each scenery, adding a bit on each scenery download size, and since it was still a separate system, after GSX was released, we had to maintain two different systems that did the same thing, which is a bit cumbersome and confusing for users too, because those with just the scenery, should use ParkMe, while those with GSX will surely want to use the more powerful GSX.

Considering GSX is free to use at our sceneries, it doens't make much sense to keep maintaining ParkMe as a separate system so, in the last two sceneries installers we released ( CYVR and KJFK V2 ), the scenery installer itself don't include ParkMe and docking systems anymore, they appear only if GSX is used.

This makes for smaller installer, a more streamlined system, which is both easier to maintain for us, and less confusing for users, that will only need to learn GSX, and forget about ParkMe, and GSX has also the ability to self-update.

This means, GSX should now be considered as being a required part of all our sceneries in a separate download, right now only the CYVR and JFK V2 installers rely on GSX to have docking systems, but it will happen soon for all the other products, the first chance we have to update their installers.

It's much better and more reliable this way, it would be silly if we had to force everyone to download every scenery installer again (or make separate patches for each one), if we had to update a single docking system model which happens to be in use by several sceneries at the same time, way better to include everything related to parking in GSX, and eventually use its Live update feature whenever possible.

GerdD:
Hello Umberto,
still fighting against GSX.
Have re-installed and de-installed GSX again as recommended by You.
After de-Installation GSX Cache disappeared. However also the Airport-buildings
from FSDT-Airports disappeared. Have then re-installed the Addonmanager which
brought the Airport buildings back. Unfortunately it brought also the FSX-Cache back on Airports
which where never involved by GSX.
At the end of Addonmanager-Installation there came the vehicle-message from GSX up.
What has the Addonmanager to do with an un-installed GSX?

Please let me know how I can get rid of creating the Airport-Cache without loosing the
buildings from fsdt-airports. How can I manually de-install GSX?

Thanks
KR
Gerd

virtuali:

--- Quote from: GerdD on May 31, 2013, 12:08:30 pm ---Please let me know how I can get rid of creating the Airport-Cache without loosing the buildings from fsdt-airports. How can I manually de-install GSX?
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I can only repeat and confirm that, if you don't make any changes in the Scenery Library, the airport cache is NOT rebuilt.

If it has, on your system, it means your problem is elsewhere, maybe you have either a corrupted Scenery Library OR a corrupted/invalid AFCAD.

Your mistake is that you keep uninstaling GSX, while GSX is not the cause, the cause is something else, but having uninstalled GSX, you can't diagnose it.

Reinstall GSX, go into the GSX Settings, enable logging in the "Troubleshooting" menu, and post the Couatl.log file that will be created (after an FSX restart), that file might give some hint on what problem you have on your system which forces the cache to be rebuilt, even when it shouldn't.

GerdD:
A Software which is not installed anymore should not act in no way.
Of course can I have scenery changes. But of course should a Software,
which is not installed. do anything based on this. If I de-install GSX
I can expect that it´s gone completely. 
All I want to know is  where the files are which must remain after the de-Installation?

KR
Gerd

virtuali:

--- Quote from: GerdD on May 31, 2013, 02:46:48 pm ---A Software which is not installed anymore should not act in no way.
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I kindly ask you not to comment on something before we establish the true cause.


--- Quote ---If I de-install GSX I can expect that it´s gone completely.  
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Yes, it's gone completely, but that's not the point. What actually rebuilds the cache is COUATL, NOT GSX, even if GSX is the one that needs it.

As I've said, if something is invalid/corrupted on your system, it's possible that Couatl is trying to "fix" the previously aborted cache rebuild, even if GSX is not there anymore. GSX is only an user of the airport cache, but it's Couatl that is actually rebuilding it, and Couatl is mandatory for all our sceneries to run.

But as I've said, several times already, the cache should NOT be rebuilt (under NORMAL conditions) each time you start FSX, but ONLY after you made changes on the Scenery Library. So, either you are really doing constant changes to the Scenery Library OR there's something wrong with some of your sceneries or possibly a permission problem in your account.

So, please, do what I've asked to do, reinstall GSX, enable the logging and post the log.

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