GSX 2.6 Corrupt Installation

[chevy83]

Team,

I recently upgraded from P3dv3.4 to P3Dv4.5 and tried reinstalling GSX after a failed update. The file download goes well until I get to the actual install and receive this error for every .pyo file.

I've tried with McAfee Real Time Scanning and Firewall off and still the same result.

Pretty much every file after this prompts results in an error. I'm GSX-less, any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

[Beat578]

i would try to redownload the latest installer, clearing your browser cache first, so you realy get a clean fresh set of files.
Also uninstall GSX completely before you try again.

[chevy83]

This did not rectify the installer issue. It's showing the unpacked files from the installer are corrupt?

I've cleared the cache, downloaded the latest installer (p3dv4.5 64bit)

[virtuali]

I can only repeat and confirm the installers which are online are not corrupt, and you are the only one reporting this problem. Are you sure you are downloading from our website ?

[chevy83]

Yes, I am downloading right from the fsdreamteam site. It seems every file unpacked is corrupt? I am only having this problem on GSX v2.6. I am running win10 64 and downloading the p3dv4.4 64 bit for p3dv4.5. I seen the option to uninstall gsx, even when ignoring the corrupt errors but no Couatl on the programs page. Again I can download the installer with real time scaning and firewall off, the program downloads the files fine (1.7gb) but once it comes to unpacking and installing, it gets to every file after aircraftData.pyo and state it is corrupt.

[virtuali]

As I've said, I can only repeat and confirm the installers which are online are not corrupt, and you are the only one reporting this problem so, it's clearly something happening locally in your system.

Do you have enough space on C: drive ? Even if you install elsewhere, the installer must uncompress itself first in the default Windows TEMP folder, and the downloaded files will be saved into C:\Documents\GSX_Installer.

Try to remove the C:\Documents\GSX_Installer and download again.

[chevy83]

I repeated the disabling the real-time scanner and firewall and downloaded the v4.4 64bit again. When I uninstalled GSX, it automatically removed the Documents/GSX_Installer files.  Today (new issue),  just as the download portion of the install completed, an error window popped up indicating corrupt files. This didn't even make it to the initial installation of files.

Where in the TEMP file does the installer direct those files? I've checked the registry, defrag my computer, checked all other files, but only have issues downloading the content within the installer from the items in the bin files onto my computer.

What was the difference between v3 and 4.4 .pye (I assume python program?) code files? I ran a windows update, still no success. Could this a file extension issue?

[chevy83]

Do you have a direct link to the bins? This could be a problem on the servers or the fact I'm pushing it over here to South Korea.

[Beat578]

The installers would download the latest files, but it's important to delete all old installer and files and to delete the browser cache, or you may end in old (mabe corrupted during the download) files.

[chevy83]

I have done this and still with the same result.

I downloaded the file using IE, and got much further to the .dds files which eventually, corrupted from there (alabeo_wagon.dds and further). I don't believe this is on my end or the actual download file off the website, but somewhere in-between. I wondering if a direct link to the bin files would work instead of downloading them packed and extracted with the installer itself.

[chevy83]

Tried...again, cleared all cache and still having the issues. This isn't on my end. I've never encountered any problems as such in the last 2 years using this product than literally not being able to install it because the files that were downloaded were corrupted. I've encountered a similar issue with FS2Crew and had to be sent the link to the files.

I have:
verified C drive space
cleared cache
disabled anti-virus and real-time scanner then downloaded
cleared old download files
Checked all other files
Checked the registry

Now at "Source Files Corrupted"

What is different about this than the v3 version? Are there any recommendations in troubleshooting the installer other than running it as an administrator? is there a KB update I may be missing here that was included into the v4.4 update?

[virtuali]

I've never encountered any problems as such in the last 2 years using this product than literally not being able to install it because the files that were downloaded were corrupted. I've encountered a similar issue with FS2Crew and had to be sent the link to the files.

So you DO have encountered a similar problem with FS2Crew. The links on our website are all correct, the files downloads fine and, right now, you still are the one and only reporting such problem.

Can you try downloading from another PC ?

[chevy83]

This was on a different operating system, different install of windows when I encountered the problem. I aways thought because of my location.

I will try on a different computer and will report back.

[chevy83]

All,

Downloaded the file from the fsdreamteam website, 64bit version 4.4 on my son's computer, Win10, 64bit and still occurring the same problem.

The more and more I think about this, maybe there was an update on windows which affected the extractor to corrupt the files.

I still do not think this on my system. The developers owe at least an explanation of how these files fit in the framework of the system and how this error could go wrong in any computer.

This is not how I want to end the use of a product I used for two years over a simple installation issue. Something is clearly different regarding these files than previous versions...which worked on my system.

[virtuali]

The more and more I think about this, maybe there was an update on windows which affected the extractor to corrupt the files.

A Windows update you are the only one that use it ?

I still do not think this on my system. The developers owe at least an explanation of how these files fit in the framework of the system and how this error could go wrong in any computer.

Of course it's your system, otherwise we would have been flooded by hundreds or even thousands similar reports, if the file were *really* corrupted, or a Windows update were somewhat not compatible with our installer. Instead, you are still the one and only reporting this specific problem so yes, it IS your system, no question about it.

And, you said yourself you had a similar problem with FS2Crew, which required to get the files in a different way so, clearly, something in your system is preventing you to get uncorrupted downloads, even when they are entirely unrelated to FSDT.

These are the files which are online now:

FSX
f594ad3ebec1e7a8eb4b301f8f7407dd  gsx_fsx_setup.exe
23750eb455159a90aabc184cbce4c7f3  gsx_fsx_setup2.exe
3410a961476c765e75812ae9f73292df  gsx_fsx_setup2-1.bin
b1a44dd431f01a25bab09319fac581d0  gsx_fsx_setup2-2.bin
1874c7b892a7caba01740112caab5f2b  gsx_fsx_setup2-3.bin


P3D4
4efa30442652bd6537101078edec59eb  gsx_p3d4_setup.exe
f184a84d887283f99e71fe055ca45524  gsx_p3d4_setup2.exe
20bd7390f65599824f41d78942c4673f  gsx_p3d4_setup2-1.bin
4a3ce42de7e4088ef3ccb3107d739970  gsx_p3d4_setup2-2.bin
ab44002a4351642ca0d53674328e56f2  gsx_p3d4_setup2-3.bin
be9af183fdafc15ac8810b923b221a8b  gsx_p3d4_setup2-4.bin


The first code is the MD5 hash. You can use this utility here.

http://www.winmd5.com/

To verify the hash file for the files you downloaded.

If ALL hashes are matching, it means the download went fine, and something in your system is preventing to uncompress the files.

If one of the hashes doesn't match, it means something went wrong during the download.