FSX CRASHES - WIN 8.1

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bbuckley
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FSX CRASHES - WIN 8.1

Post by bbuckley »

I'm new to PE. Several times now I've been mid flight and FSX stops working and crashes. PE disconnects and it's all over.
A couple questions:
1. Is there anything I need to do after a sudden disconnect? I assume the controller just sees that I've disconnected from the net. Does PE Aware just keep recording?
2. I'm running Win 8.1 FSX SP 1 & 2 with a fully paid FSUIPC that also supplies GPS info to my iPad for ForeFlight. I haven't had this many FSX crashes before installing PE. Am I just overloading the PC? It's a Quad 2GHz. If I run PE client on a laptop and FSX on the desktop would that help?

As it is, it's not worth the fee if my PC / FSX can't keep from crashing.
Any help appreciated.
Bruce B
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Keith Smith
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Re: FSX CRASHES - WIN 8.1

Post by Keith Smith »

Try reducing the multiplayer visibility in PE to just a few miles, that seems to have helped with FSX crashing issues. It's drawing a lot of multiplayer traffic. You can reduce the visibility within PE in the Start->Options->Multiplayer section if memory serves.
wmburns
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Re: FSX CRASHES - WIN 8.1

Post by wmburns »

Does the CTD (crash to desktop) happen when accessing the FSX top menu tool bar? If so, it may be the UiAutomationcore.dll problem. This is a well known problem that affect many Win7 & Win8 64 bit users. It does not affect all.

Here's some links.
http://forum.avsim.net/topic/449247-fsx ... windows-8/
http://fsxeu.com/uiautomationcore-dll/
http://www.simforums.com/forums/uiautom ... 46894.html

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-7wZKZ38nk
bbuckley
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Re: FSX CRASHES - WIN 8.1

Post by bbuckley »

Thanks both. I knew about the UIAUTOMATIONCORE.dll issue and fix and had previously installed it but I had to re-install FSX and had not re-installed the dll. So now I have it re-installed and I also lowered the vis on traffic. Just completed a 30+ min flight with no issues so I'm hoping...

BTW, Keith, I love PE! It adds a level of realism that's tough to beat. I'm just figuring out everything now but I'm looking forward to a lot of great flights.
Thanks again!
Bruce
Commercial / Instrument / KMLB
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