GSX disappears from addon menu **SOLVED**

[Basman]

Hello,

I have tried to find a fix for this, but when ever I try to use GSX in game, the couatl menu disappears from the addon tab, and I am at a loss. I used the beta addon manager to install the files but it still vanishes.


Is there a way to fix this?

[virtuali]

It's not very clear from your message if the Couatl menu disappears after having started correctly, or doesn't even load from the start, which is very different.

[Basman]

The Couatl menu disappears after having started correctly. I have all the options in the menu, Check live update, Key mapping, all of them, but when I bring up the Ctrl+F12 menu and select any request, nothing happens and the Couatl menu disappears from the addon tab.

[virtuali]

The Couatl menu disappears after having started correctly. I have all the options in the menu, Check live update, Key mapping, all of them, but when I bring up the Ctrl+F12 menu and select any request, nothing happens and the Couatl menu disappears from the addon tab.

Ok, that seems to be an incorrect configuration file, maybe of your airplane, or a problem of the scenery you are using.  Try to enable Logging in the "Troubleshooting" section of the GSX - Settings menu (before it crashes), restart FSX, and then (after it crashes), check your %APPDATA%\Virtuali folder for a Couatl.LOG file and Couatl.ERR file, and post their content.

[Basman]

The Couatl menu disappears after having started correctly. I have all the options in the menu, Check live update, Key mapping, all of them, but when I bring up the Ctrl+F12 menu and select any request, nothing happens and the Couatl menu disappears from the addon tab.

Ok, that seems to be an incorrect configuration file, maybe of your airplane, or a problem of the scenery you are using.  Try to enable Logging in the "Troubleshooting" section of the GSX - Settings menu (before it crashes), restart FSX, and then (after it crashes), check your %APPDATA%\Virtuali folder for a Couatl.LOG file and Couatl.ERR file, and post their content.

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couatl v3.0 (build 3046)
log started on Fri Apr 24 19:38:13 2015

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Starting system monitors
Current locale is English_United States.1252
SharedMemInterface connected
Loading aircraft data from Airplanes\PMDG 737-800NGX WL
Airplane major/minor version: 737 800
aircraftDb.py provides aircraft data with priority 2
Using aircraft data from aircraftDb.py
Found gsx.cfg file at C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali/Airplanes\PMDG 737-800NGX WL\gsx.cfg
Near airport 'kmco' has a visibility range of 3 miles
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logFile="C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali/Couatl.log"

This is all i get

[virtuali]

As I've said, the problem might be caused by a wrong/corrupted airplane configuration. I see you are using a custom configuration for the PMDG 737, which is not needed since is internally supported by GSX

Use the "Reset" button in the Airplane configuration editor, Restart Couatl and see if the error goes away.

Another thing to check, is if you haven't created a key conflict yourself. In the KeyMapping menu, be sure the two hotkeys used by GSX are not set the same. By default, they are CTRL+Shift+F12 and Ctrl+F12

[Basman]

I did as you suggested, reset the Airplane and now the menu won't load when FSX-SE was relaunched.

[virtuali]

I did as you suggested, reset the Airplane and now the menu won't load when FSX-SE was relaunched.

It's not possible that just resetting the airplane configuration would make the menu (which menu ? the whole Couatl menu or the GSX entries ? ) disappear, something else must have happened.

Try to reinstall the Couatl Beta again.

[Prluey]

Have you made changes to an aircraft.cfg?  The reason I bring it up is because when I installed the virtavia C-17, it made changes to my dll file.  I had a copy so all I did was replace it and it worked just fine.  You can also reinstall GSX and it will repair your dll file as well.  If you get an error pop up with a certain aircraft, then its the aircraft.cfg file which you made changes to it.  For example, the virtavia C-17, deactivating the textures will cause an error to pop for some reason.  Went back, activated them again and everything was back to normal.

Hope this help.

[Basman]

I did as you suggested, reset the Airplane and now the menu won't load when FSX-SE was relaunched.

It's not possible that just resetting the airplane configuration would make the menu (which menu ? the whole Couatl menu or the GSX entries ? ) disappear, something else must have happened.

Try to reinstall the Couatl Beta again.

I have run the beta installer many times, and no menu in the addon tab.

[virtuali]

I have run the beta installer many times, and no menu in the addon tab.

Uninstall and reply YES to the question "Do you want to remove the Couatl scripting engine ?" then reinstall and note if you are being asked permission to run it on the next FSX startup.

[Basman]

Whats the best way to uninstall, what needs to be removed?

[virtuali]

Whats the best way to uninstall, what needs to be removed?

The one I just indicated in my previous message:

Uninstall and reply YES to the question "Do you want to remove the Couatl scripting engine ?" then reinstall and note if you are being asked permission to run it on the next FSX startup.

The uninstaller knows what to remove. Note that, it will not remove your personal settings so, if you want to do a *totally* clean uninstall, you should also remove the following folders:

%APPDATA%\Virtuali
%PROGRAMDATA\Virtuali

This will remove any eventual customization for airplanes and airports you might have made with GSX so, you might want to *move* the data (for example on your Desktop), instead of removing, in case you want them back.

[Basman]

Okay, stupid question, where is the uninstaller?

[virtuali]

Okay, stupid question, where is the uninstaller?

Every Windows program out there that comes with an Uninstaller, will appear in the "Programs and Features" section of the Windows Control Panel.