Crash to desktop around Wellington

[toprob]

This has been reported by a few people, sorry I've taken so long to come up with a fix.
I think I can reproduce this, so I may be onto a solution. It may be the result of a faulty installation. This is likely if you are a Real NZ subscriber, as the initial shipment of CDs was not picking up the correct FS location if it was changed from the default location.
If this applies to you, and you are getting crashes, then you should try this:
Locate a file called FL994460.bgl. This is located in the Flight Simulator 9\Scenery\Ocen\scenery folder.
If you cannot find it, then your installation worked ok. If you can find it:
Rename it to FL994460.GVF. (just change the extension to .GVF)
Let me know if this helps.
The problem may be caused by duplicated flattens for the lower half of the North Island. Renaming this file effectively disables it, leaving only the one set of flattens for this area.
This would also explain why deactivating -- or even deleting -- Real NZ Wellington doesn't fix the problem, as the offending file will still be duplicated in the Scenery\Ocen\scenery folder.

[toprob]

Problem solved!!!!
After weeks of frustration with FS9 crashes to the terrain dll error I discovered what the problem was. I noticed after a crash that the O&O defrag icon was in the task bar. I had this configured to start automatically without regard to CPU demand. The start of this program killed FS9 with a faulting Terrain dll.file. I have since used FS Autostart before running FS and have had no further problems.
Cheers,
Richard

Richard posted this on the AVSIM forum. I'm glad he's solved this, it was a strange one. Thanks Richard.

[bozza72]

Ok get this..... ive just bought a brand new laptop, installed fs9 then wellington scenery and guess what.......YES CTD PLEASE HELP.... i had the same prob before thats one of the reasons i bought a new nachine......so what the #### is causing this?????? PLEASE HELP so i dont have to ask for a refund

[toprob]

There are two 'non-standard' features with Wellington. First, there's the Actigate module, which activates the gates. First try disabling this (or removing it completely) as it may conflict with another module or scenery (or aircraft) which uses the same scenery ariables.
Secondly, there's the issue with the flattens which has been spelt out above.
If this doesn't help, then you can try re-activating the default flatten and deactivating mine. To do this (at the same location as the previous fix):
Rename FL994460.GVF to FL994460.bgl
Rename GVF994460.bgl to GVF994460.bak.

Remember, though, that the other difference with Wellington is that it is a complex scenery, and will tax some systems. If they are prone to heating, you'll notice it more around Wellington. If they have unstable RAM, you'll notice it more around Wellington.
If they have resource conflicts, you'll notice it more around Wellington. Try turning down your graphic settings a little. It would be nice to run full-steam with all the settings turned up high, but it just won't work if your system can't cope.

[Ian Warren]

another idea bozza72 , my fix was to by new PC everytime i had unanswer'd crash .. , heres a little fix that may work , start a flight at NZPM or Ohakea , save as default . then start from anyone off those airports and fly to Welly . ..... NOT REALLY A REAL FIX , but found if u have a LOT off files loaded it seems to work . by the way when landed there save that as your default NZWN flight ,you then can fly anywhere after that ... MAYBE to Robins new MALBOURGH

Robs going to think Jezzzzzz Ian ... but with both 9 and X runnin get a lotta conflict , but seems to work .

[creator2003]

just a thought ,you say you have a new laptop ,after you try the above fixes that should fix the problems you are having .
just so you know there are some brands of laptops with ati cards that just dont cut the mustard,we have replace three of them for another brand cheaper one actully because it was just not running our demos that are just as frame hungry than the sim
even with duo and 4gig ram and lastest cards etc the two models we had before just cr@p themselfs
ill find out what models if the fixs dont work above
mike

[bozza72]

Thanks for all your replys, il work on them and let you know the results.

just for the record i have a sony vaio 1G Ram and intel dual core2 cpu with nvidia geforce go 7400.

thanks again il keep you updated coz when the scenery works its awsome
Barry

[bozza72]

Hi guys
Wellington is now looking good thanks to your help, ive jsut done my first flight into wellington without any CTD's,

I did Rename FL994460.GVF to FL994460.bgl before with no sucess but when i did the other rename GVF994460.bgl to GVF994460.bak. it seems to have worked.
Im going to do a few more flights with diferant settings if i get anymore probs il let you know.

thanks again.

ps I live in wellington on the hill behind the water works (big Grey tanks next to runway 34) so if your planning any updates PM me and il see if i can get some photos