Problem with GSX.cfg Editor

[DrumsArt]

Hello,

This is the original CFG file for the Simcheck A300 when I open the editor :

[aircraft]
nosegear = 17.2
refueling = 1

[exit1]
pos = -2.6 17.95 4.75 5.0
code = 0

[exit2]
remove = 1

[exit3]
remove = 1

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 1
name = exit 1

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 0

[service2]
flip = 4
code = 0

[cargo1]
pos = 1.3 15.45 2.5 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

[cargo2]
pos = 0.95 -8.85 2.1 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

Now I change the following section with code = 0

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 0
name = exit 1

I save it then if I running the cfg editor again this is the result :

[aircraft]
nosegear = 17.2
refueling = 1

[exit1]
pos = -2.6 17.95 4.75 5.0
code = 0

[exit2]
remove = 1

[exit3]
remove = 1

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 0

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 3
name = exit 3

[service2]
flip = 4
code = 3
name = exit 3

[cargo1]
pos = 1.3 15.45 2.5 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

[cargo2]
pos = 0.95 -8.85 2.1 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

You can notice that the editor added code = 3 and name = exit 3 in the 2 service section !??

The most curious is if I open the same GSX.cfg in the Virtuali/Airplanes folder at this time with notepad I find my initial changes :

[aircraft]
nosegear = 17.2
refueling = 1

[exit1]
pos = -2.6 17.95 4.75 5.0
code = 0

[exit2]
remove = 1

[exit3]
remove = 1

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 0
name = exit 1

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 0

[service2]
flip = 4
code = 0

[cargo1]
pos = 1.3 15.45 2.5 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

[cargo2]
pos = 0.95 -8.85 2.1 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

BTW this is happens with the Simcheck A300 AND the Maddog

Have you an idea what is wrong ?

Thank you in advance.

Richard Portier

[virtuali]

Do you have two copies of the GSX.CFG file ? If yes, try to remove the one in the FSX\Simobject\Airplanes folder, the one in the %APPDATA%\Virtuali it's supposed to take precedence, but maybe this is the problem.

[alpha117]

where is the editor located

[virtuali]

If you the latest Live Update installed, there's a new menu option under the main Couatl menu.

[DrumsArt]

Do you have two copies of the GSX.CFG file ? If yes, try to remove the one in the FSX\Simobject\Airplanes folder, the one in the %APPDATA%\Virtuali it's supposed to take precedence, but maybe this is the problem.

I tried your suggest but no way...

However I found the how but not the why   after many tests.

1-This is an original GSX.cfg for the Simcheck A300 file just created when the editor is launched for the first time (no GSX.cfg anywhere on the HD) :

[aircraft]
nosegear = 17.2
refueling = 1

[exit1]
pos = -2.6 17.95 4.75 5.0
code = 1

[exit2]
remove = 1

[exit3]
remove = 1

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 1
name = exit 1

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 3
name = exit 3

[service2]
flip = 4
code = 3
name = exit 3

[cargo1]
pos = 1.3 15.45 2.5 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

[cargo2]
pos = 0.95 -8.85 2.1 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

2-So, now I change to code = 0 the exit1, exit4, service1 and service2 sections then (important) I delete the two "flip" command lines.

If I read again the GSX.cfg file with the editor, I have this :

[aircraft]
nosegear = 17.2
refueling = 1

[exit1]
pos = -2.6 17.95 4.75 5.0
code = 0

[exit2]
remove = 1

[exit3]
remove = 1

[exit4]
pos = -2.4 -17.15 4.6 -5.0
code = 0

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 0

[service2]
flip = 4
code = 0

[cargo1]
pos = 1.3 15.45 2.5 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

[cargo2]
pos = 0.95 -8.85 2.1 0.0
code = 0
uldcode = AUTO

The "flip" lines commands are come back BUT not the "name" commands line AND last but not least, finally the code = 0 stayed in zero !

For info if I save again the file in the editor without delete "flip" commands I have again the problem reported in my previous post.

My OS is Windows XP Pro SP3 (that it could be the issue ?)

Thank you for reading,

Regards,

Richard Portier

[virtuali]

Ok, it seems there might be a problem if the Flip command is used. However, you can obtain the same result of a flip command, by setting the coordinates and flip them manually, like this:

[service1]
flip = 1
code = 0

Since service1 is a flip of the exit 1, you can do the same with:

[service1]
pos = 2.6 17.95 4.75 -5.0
code = 0

I've copied the coordinates from exit1, flipping the X and the Angle, the Y and Z will stay the same.

[DrumsArt]

Thank you for the tip but in fact the editor currently does this by putting again the "flip" command. So, it's ok now until this is resolved.

As I wrote in my first post, what is curious is the fact that if the same GSX.cfg file is read with notepad it's correct but read with the editor it's wrong and interpreted in the wrong way, as if the main program did not read the file properly. Hope my explanations are clear ;-)

Kind Regards,

Richard Portier

[Gary]

Richard,
Same exact problem here editing the Lear 45. will edit GSX.cfg, close the editor, then immediately open the editor and the original is back. I tried save and save as to ..//app.data with same result. It's like it is reading from the database instead of from the newly created gsx.cfg just saved. No other gsx.cfg on my hardrive.
Lets hope this is a quick fix.
Gary
BTW: Nice patch "Virtuali" & gang. (V1.3)

[DrumsArt]

Richard,
Same exact problem here editing the Lear 45. will edit GSX.cfg, close the editor, then immediately open the editor and the original is back. I tried save and save as to ..//app.data with same result. It's like it is reading from the database instead of from the newly created gsx.cfg just saved. No other gsx.cfg on my hardrive.
Lets hope this is a quick fix.
Gary
BTW: Nice patch "Virtuali" & gang. (V1.3)

Hi Gary,

While waiting for the patch, just delete the "flip" commands lines before to save or replace them with the command "pos" like explained by the post from Umberto above, it will work as expected.

Regards,

Richard Portier