No GSX Menu

[mroschk]

Hello,

i switched back to Prepar3D v1.4 and have now no GSX Menu anymore under AddOn Menu.

I deinstalled P3D v3.3 completely, also all AddOns and GSX+Addonmanager.
Installed Prepar3D v1.4, disabled the Antivirus and installed GSX + AddOn Manager.
But there is no GSX Menu.

What else can i do?


here is the dll.xml:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr>
  <Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>Addon Manager</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>bglmanx.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>FSUIPC 4</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <Path>Modules\FSUIPC4.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>SODE Animation Module</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\12bPilot\SODE\SimObjectAnimationModule.dll</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>


thats the exe.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
  <Descr>Launch</Descr>
  <Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
  <Disabled>False</Disabled>
  <Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>Couatl</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>fsdreamteam\couatl\couatl.exe</Path>
  </Launch.Addon>
  <Launch.Addon>
    <Name>SODE</Name>
    <Disabled>False</Disabled>
    <ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
    <Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\12bPilot\SODE\SimObjectDisplayEngine.exe</Path>
    <CommandLine>FSX</CommandLine>
  </Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>


under c:\username\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali
is only a file called CouatlAddons.ini

Thanks for any help

ps.. couatl.exe is in the taskmanager running

[virtuali]

i switched back to Prepar3D v1.4 and have now no GSX Menu anymore under AddOn Menu.

Which version, exactly ? The only one supported by our software is 1.4.4747.

[mroschk]

exactly this Version. ( i think thats tho only one or maybe i am wrong )
ahh...i forgot to say. Bevore Prepar3d v2 starts i had GSX running with this Version.

Ps: the FSUIPC and SODE Entry in the Addon Menu is there.

[virtuali]

Have you installed the Legacy Simconnect FSX:X-Pack client ?

[mroschk]

hmm, i am not sure.
I have installed the SDK, but not a simconnect.

Where can i find/download that ?

btw: i have found a couatl.err file:

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couatl v3.1 (build 3467)
panic log started on Mon Sep 05 02:02:12 2016

problem raised by engine or unspecified addon
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: Bad magic number in D:\Prepar3D\fsdreamteam\couatl\wx\__init__.pyc
Application aborted because of a Python error
{}


but it seams Simconnect is running ok..see attached

[virtuali]

btw: i have found a couatl.err file:

couatl v3.1 (build 3467)
panic log started on Mon Sep 05 02:02:12 2016

It seems you are not using the current version of the program (Couatl.exe), which is not normally possible, since it's always downloaded by the installer.

Check you are not running an antivirus/firewall that is preventing the GSX installer to download the latest version of the software and/or is preventing to install it.

[mroschk]

after reinstalling GSX again and before uinstalling all VC2005 runtimes there is no longer a *.err file.
Which i wondering about.

Antivirus and Firewall are turned both off.

i wonder here:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali

is only one file: CouatlAddons.ini

What else can i do ?

[virtuali]

after reinstalling GSX again and before uinstalling all VC2005 runtimes there is no longer a *.err file.

The FSX Simconnect client needs the VC 2005 runtimes so, if you uninstalled them, you must reinstall them all, as explained here, in point #2

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,7545.msg62899.html#msg62899

[mroschk]

...back from work...

yes, i did that all. uninstalled all vc2005 rutimes and reinstalled as explained in the post.

no better News after doing that.

any other ideas?

[mroschk]

i really wonder why there is no error file ?

[mroschk]

i added the file: Couatl.ini in the Directory :C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Virtuali

and now i have a log file: Couatl.log

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Python 2.7.6 Stackless 3.1b3 060516 (default, Feb 19 2015, 15:56:51) [MSC v.1800 32 bit (Intel)] wxPython 3.0.2.0
couatl v3.1 (build 3536)
log started on Mon Sep 05 23:48:41 2016

connecting to SimConnect...
connected to SimConnect
bglmanx non ready yet, waiting.
Connection with FSX lost (has it crashed?)
disconnected from SimConnect.

bglmanx non ready yet, waiting. ... ?? maybe here is the error?

[virtuali]

i really wonder why there is no error file ?

Because there hasn't been any error. The Couatl.err file, as the name says, only lists errors happened in Couatl, and there are none.

[virtuali]

bglmanx non ready yet, waiting. ... ?? maybe here is the error?

Well, it seems that bglmanx.dll hasn't started for some reason. The possible reason why it hasn't started are:

- The antivirus blocking it

- The P3D version wrong. But according to your report, you have the only 1.4 version that is supported...

- A problem with missing libraries.

You might try to use the Depends utility over fsdreamteam\bglmanx.dll

http://www.dependencywalker.com/

Use the x86 version and open the P3D\bglmanx.dll file. It will likely tell you which system libraries are missing/corrupted on your system. This won't FIX your problem automatically, but you should at least know WHAT's causing it.

[mroschk]

Hi,

i gave up with P3D v1.4, deinstalled all and reinstalled FSX now.
And juhu...it works.

But i wonder why?

After the last try with P3D v1.4 i did not Change any runtime lib !
So it can not really be a Problem of the runtime lib`s.

Also i wonder why you say GSX Needs VC++ 2005 runtimes, but GSX installs VC++ 2013 runtimes ??
It is a bit curios, why did GSX not install all what GSX Needs to run after installing?

[virtuali]

Also i wonder why you say GSX Needs VC++ 2005 runtimes, but GSX installs VC++ 2013 runtimes ??

GSX needs the VC+2013 runtimes for ITSELF, because this is in line to LM suggestions to use those runtimes to minimize the chance of conflicts between addons, and it's also the same runtime used by FSX:SE, so it makes sense that we would use that one as well.

However, GSX (like any other addon), needs Simconnect to talk with the sim, and it uses the FSX/SP2/Xpack version, which is why it installs the client when you run under P3D. So, it's the Simconnect CLIENT, which needs the VC++ 2005 SP1 runtime libraries because, even if GSX could theoretically work just with the 2013 ones, without the Simconnect client working correctly, it won't be able to talk with any version of the sim, so you need to install also the libraries needed  by the Simconnect client.