FS9/FSX Freezing Randomly, Doing My Head In!

BriT · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:23

Hi guys

I've been having problems with FS9 and FSX freezing randomly for awhile now. I like to do long haul flights sometimes and its starting to get on my nerves!

Today was doing Amsterdam to Dallas Fort Worth and was 9 hours in then FS9 froze and had to restart PC and lost the flight. I went about 50 hours without FS9 freezing but has come back today. Heres the event log :

Faulting application name: fs9.exe, version: 9.1.0.40901, time stamp: 0x4135a208
Faulting module name: A332GE_feelThere.GAU_unloaded, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x494bf74d
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x14c9ea0a
Faulting process id: 0x1028
Faulting application start time: 0x01cceced0fa5ff95
Faulting application path: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\fs9.exe
Faulting module path: A332GE_feelThere.GAU
Report Id: abee4790-58e0-11e1-aea6-485b397e0049

No idea what this means. FSX freezes more than FS9

I've searched for a solution on google but to no avail,

Any ideas??

HangTime · 16 Feb 2012 at 22:34

Could be indicative of system instability after long periods of load, try running a cpu stress tool (Linx etc) for a similar period of time.

KatanaDV20 · 16 Feb 2012 at 23:20

A332GE_feelThere.GAU

Theres the problem. For some reason FSX does not like that gauge in your A330 Panel.

Do this as a test:

1. Go the A330 folder and rename its panel folder to something else
2. Copy-paste the DEFAULT A321 Panel folder in its place
3. Go fly the A330. I am certain your game will not crash this time

This is not a solution I know but it will show that the FeelThere gauge is causing the freezes.

You can also go into the FeelThere panel.cfg and edit out that gauge as a test just put to in front of it like this:

//A332GE_feelThere.GAU = XXX, XXX

Try flying now...good luck.

A solution: replace with freeware panel or search FSX forums (or Feelthere forums)

signal11th · 17 Feb 2012 at 10:17

KatanaDV20 said:
Theres the problem. For some reason FSX does not like that gauge in your A330 Panel.

Do this as a test:

1. Go the A330 folder and rename its panel folder to something else

Ahh I never knew FSX was that realistic that it even imported real life problems that planes have into th egame.

Martytoon · 17 Feb 2012 at 10:44

Whilst not a solution to your problem, I have the registered version of FSUIPC which includes a handy option to autosave your flight at specific intervals - think I've got mine set for every 2 mins although you can specify whatever interval you want. If FSX does crash then you just reload from the saved flights list.

BriT · 17 Feb 2012 at 11:27

Thanks guys, will give it a try.

BriT · 23 Feb 2012 at 20:18

Well FS9 froze again. Its so random ican't pinpoint what is causing this. Anyway heres a latest event viewer log :

Faulting application name: fs9.exe, version: 9.1.0.40901, time stamp: 0x4135a208
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17725, time stamp: 0x4ec49b8f
Exception code: 0x4000001f
Fault offset: 0x000a25d2
Faulting process id: 0x1204
Faulting application start time: 0x01ccf25e4e380303
Faulting application path: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\fs9.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 9a8ac856-5e59-11e1-8cab-485b397e0049

KatanaDV20 · 23 Feb 2012 at 20:36

Is this happening when you fly even DEFAULT planes?

Like the default Cessna 172?

@ signal11th - lol

BriT · 23 Feb 2012 at 20:50

i wouldn't know, never fly them.

Maybe do a fresh install of windows?

KatanaDV20 · 23 Feb 2012 at 23:19

BriT said:
i wouldn't know, never fly them.

Maybe do a fresh install of windows?

You dont have to re-install windows.

I know none of us touch the defaults but I would strongly suggest you fire up the default Cessna and tool around in it for a bit. Its only for trouble-shooting purposes. I will be surprised if u get the dll error with the default C172.

From past experience 99.9% of the time an addon plane caused similar problems for me or more specifically a gauge in the panel.

You could also try replacing the modules folder. FS9 disk contents:

FS9 Disk 1

DirectX
Adobe Reader
Manuals
Simcharts
GMax
MSGAME1.CAB
1033
Aircraft folder
Autogen
Charts
Config
Effects
Flights
Fonts
MSGAME2.CAB
FSweb (Learning center stuff)

FS9 Disk 2

MSGAME3.CAB

Gauges
Indeo
Lessions
Messages
Modules
Script
Texture
Uires
weather

MSGAME4.CAB

Sound (USEnglishBig.gvp)

MSGAME5.CAB

Sound (USEnglishSmall.gvp)

MSGAME6.CAB

Sound (All the sound .wav files are located here)

FS9 Disk 3

MSGAME7.CAB

Scenery/Cities New York and Seattle are located here

MSGAME8.CAB

Scenery, the following files are located here
BASE
Eure
Eurw
Generic
namc
Name
namw
Props
Vehicles

MSGAME9.CAB

Scenery/cities, the following files are located here
Dallas
Denver
Oshkosh
St Maarten

FS9 Disk 4

Compact Scenery CFG file
Complete Scenery CFG File
Scenery/Cities, the following zip files are located here
ASMSTERD
ATLANTA
HEATHROW
KITTYHAWK
LASVEGAS
NIAGARA
PHOENIX
SYDNEY
ANCHOR
CHICAGO
HONGKONG
LA
MIAMI
PARIS
SANFRAN
TOKYO
The following ZIP files are located in ths scenry folder.
ASIA
OCEN
WORLD
AFRI
AUST
SAME