Classic British Flight Sim

Getting on with my re-install OK but had an odd problem occur tonight that has caused a LOT of head scratching this time with no solution. :-(

Just installed MAAM DC-3 which was in use before the replacement PC and the usual error message at FS start up that tells me 'Flight Simulator has detected potentially incompatible aircraft or software File: FSSound.dll.
Do youant to load this software? click Yes or No'

No problem in the past just open the FS9 .cfg and put the following lines in:

[old modules]

FSSound.dll=1

Job done.....but when loading FS...the same error message pops up.....very odd I thought....came out of FS...checked the .cfg and the lines I just typed in were not there.. Thinking I was having a 'senior moment' and had forgotten to save the changes, I did it once more and double checked that the changes had been saved OK...(opened up the .cfg again to check....

However when I started FS...up pops the error message.....open the .cfg and the additions just made and saved were gone again... :o

So made the changes once more...rebooted...checked the .cfg and the lines were still there...so far so good....fire up FS and the error message pops up once more as the added lines have disappeared again.......getting tiresome now so I removed the .cfg...started FS which built a new one...closed FS...added the 'Old Modules'etc and the error message returns as soon as I try to start FS....back to the .cfg and the added lines have gone again.

This was a simple fix (once!!) and I have had no trouble at all before....anyone know what is happening here....?

EDIT: Since posting, I have realised that the added lines that I 'thought' were disappearing are in fact still in the .cfg...they simply moved further up into the rest of the text.....Doh.... However....this 'Fix' that has always worked in the past still pops up the error message every time I start FS.....most odd.....any clues still gratefully accepted.

Regards.

Bridon Bear

Brian..

I'm not sure if this will have any effect on your disappearing entries but what version of FSSound.dll are you running?? There are different versions (believe it or not) and some work better than others. The one that comes with the MAAM Mitchell is a slightly different flavour from the one that comes with the MAAM DC3.

Having just checked both 'in use' systems.. this one has v1.5.0.1 and the other has v1.6.0.0. I've checked my FS9.cfg and there is NO entry in there for [old modules] and both aircraft operate fine without any warning ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Should be

[OldModules]

no space.

Thanks for the quick reply chaps.....looked at the FSSound.dll in the modules folder and compared it with another version I had on another disc.. sure enough there was a difference of 6 months in the build and one was 9kb and the newer one 11kb....in with the new one....sorted!!!

Hooray and thank you both... :kissu:

Regards.

Bridon Bear

You are, as always, more welcome than a very welcome thing on the most welcome day of the year ;-)

The odd thing is.. the newer file doesn't always work on some systems :o That's why we ALL love PC's

ATB

DaveB :tab: