Couatl scripting engine hasn't started (... yes, I know)

[disco79stu]

Hi,

I never ever had this issue before, but since recently I'm experiencing the Couatl scripting engine not running when I start a flight. This happens randomly but frequently (about 8 out of 10 times).
Now, I know that there can be issues with the exe.xml being read correctly and that this may be the cause for the issues (as suggested by FSDT in another thread).

Two things though:

1. all other applications in the exe.xml always start reliably.
2. I can observe the Couatl icon appearing in the task bar during MSFS start, but then it disappears again at some point (which looks more like a crash to me then).

Any thoughts/tips/advice?

Thanks!

[virtuali]

Any thoughts/tips/advice?

The Sticky thread named "Couatl engine hasn't started - How to report a problem":

https://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,26759.0.html

Post your log immediately after you noticed it crashed, but don't restart it, otherwise a new log will overwrite the one that might have useful info for us. Also, please clarify if the program seems to be working better when started (or restarted) manually, instead from the EXE.XML.

[disco79stu]

sorry, here's a more comprehensive report:

1. starting MSFS
2. observing the Couatl icon appearing in the system tray during MSFS loading (along with the other apps that load through the exe.xml i.e. FSUIPC, FSRealitic, AviaServer, etc.)
3. once the welcome screen is up, the Couatl system tray icon is gone again
4. once a scenario is loaded, the error message "COUATL SCRIPTING ENGINE HASN'T STARTED" shows.

--> Starting Couatl then manually always works.

BR
Stu

[MediumRareBaku]

I believe I am having the same issue and posted my logs in the pinned thread. https://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php/topic,26759.msg195014.html#msg195014

[virtuali]

Can you please try Live Update now ? I posted a very small fix that will include some extra diagnostic and it *might* fix the problem as well. The version number won't change, but you should see a couple of files being updated.

[disco79stu]

Can you please try Live Update now ? I posted a very small fix that will include some extra diagnostic and it *might* fix the problem as well. The version number won't change, but you should see a couple of files being updated.

will try asap, thanks!

EDIT: whatever you did, apparently it worked. I did 6 sim-starts to test, in all cases Couatl started properly! Might be solved... will report if it happens again.
Good job, thanks a lot!!!

Cheers
Stu

[MediumRareBaku]

Seems to be fixed for me, at least the initial test. Thanks!

[perfectflight]

i have the same problem since today

I ran the update but unfortunately it didn't help.

If I start it manually, the error message comes up and otherwise it doesn't load by itself, which it has already done

[virtuali]

i have the same problem since today

And that's why you should always post a log because, even if you think the problem is the "same", it might not be exactly the same, so it might not be fixed the same was as this one was fixed, and was fixed because the users DID post a log, which helped us understand the problem.

[perfectflight]

here is the log

couatl v4.8 (build 5251)
panic log started on Fri Aug  4 14:32:41 2023

problem raised by addon <unknown>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 60, in loadAddons
  File "<string>", line 49, in importAndCreateInstance
ImportError: No module named common
{}