Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler - FSX Crash with 757 and 767

Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | FSX Crash with 757 and 767 - Fatal Error

DVA8269
Captain, B747-400

Joined on January 28 2010
Million Mile Club
Six Century Club
Globetrotter

Western Canada

651 legs, 2,930.0 hours
650 legs, 2,925.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 14:43 ET by Kent Harpham

Prior thanks for any help I get on this one.

I run FSX on a fairly decent PC - I have FSX graphics cranked with a decent frame rate and it looks great, feels great and so on. I want to get into the DVA 767 program, but I've run into a snag. I did a test run (like I do with any new aircraft I fly) from YEG to YYZ and everything works fine and looks great. However, when I save the flight and then want to come back to it, the saved flight will NOT load, my mouse pointer turns to an hourglass, and FSX crashes hard and closes out with a Fatal Error. Basically, the flight will not load as is essentially lost. This happens everytime, but only with the DVA 757s and the 767s. Has anyone else encountered this? If so, please help!

Kent Harpham (DVA8269)

DVA2533
Senior Captain, EMB-120
OLP, COMM

Joined on July 27 2005
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Dorval 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Online Fifteen Century
US Mountaineer Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Bi-Millennium Club

Winter Springs, FL USA

2,089 legs, 2,755.4 hours
1,762 legs, 2,302.1 hours online
1,907 legs, 2,470.3 hours ACARS
29 legs, 31.6 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 15:27 ET by Jim Warner

I believe that the fleet B757 has some startup/initializing issues and must start with all the overhead panels extended (visible) or it has an error. I have never been successful in saving a fleet B757 configuration and coming back to it later.

Jim Warner

Senior Captain, EMB-120

DVA6856
Captain, B777-200

Joined on December 25 2008
Century Club
50 State Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Plano, TX USA

187 legs, 563.5 hours
77 legs, 158.5 hours online
178 legs, 548.7 hours ACARS
27 legs, 62.9 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 16:46 ET by Kerry Munson

I have this same problem with FSX and saving a fleet B767. If there is a solution, I'd love to know what to do.

Kerry Munson (DVA6856)

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,324 legs, 9,352.8 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,982 legs, 8,145.9 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,360 legs, 9,487.7 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 17:05 ET by Luke Kolin

Instead of saving via FS, try the .save command in ACARS. ACARS can detect these panels and save the flight appropriately.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA8269
Captain, B747-400

Joined on January 28 2010
Million Mile Club
Six Century Club
Globetrotter

Western Canada

651 legs, 2,930.0 hours
650 legs, 2,925.7 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 18:19 ET by Kent Harpham

Thanks for the tip, Luke. I attempted your trick, but unfortunately I am not yet rated on the 767 and ACARS does not allow me to submit a flight plan with it (nor without a flight number). I mainly wished to get some good practice time in with the 767 to prepare myself for the First Officer exam. Unless someone knows of a trick to save these 767 flights in FSX, I will have to do those flights without saving... in which case, it works no problem.

Kent Harpham (DVA8269)

DVA7620
First Officer, B777-200
OLP

Joined on July 21 2009

"Dream"
NJ USA

66 legs, 105.0 hours
55 legs, 89.5 hours online
63 legs, 99.1 hours ACARS
16 legs, 31.4 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 19 2010 18:21 ET by Neil Sarna

Try checking the training flight box then using what luke said

Neil Sarna (DVA7620)

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