FSX crash

[mikeshr2]

This is the biggest problem with FSX that MS flat out refused to acknowledge for 3 years and that will never be fixed now since they fired
everyone who could do it. It simple locks up, the mouse cursor goes to hour glass and then either "report to ms/restart fsx" window pops
up or computer freezes and has to be force powered down. The most common time it happens is when in full screen and trying to use
the menus especially with the mouse as opposed to using keyboard with ALT and letters and arrow keys. The second most common
time it happens is when switching from any 3-d view to a 2-d panel cockpit. The less computer you have the more often it will happen.
There are posts all over the web of people climbing the walls trying to get MS to merely acknowledge the problem. There was never
anything but 100% stone wall from microsoft. Things that help:

If it happens with the menu's:
1) Use keyboard on the menu's instead of mouse.
2) Switch to windowed mode to work the menu's by hitting ALT-ENTER. Then when done hit ALT-ENTER to switch to full screen again.
Very important: When you do ALT-ENTER, press down ALT - do not hit enter. As you hold down ALT the menu bar on top will drop down
and then as you continue to hold ALT it will disappear. Do not hit ENTER right away! Hold down ALT and wait for menu bar to disappear
and then hit ENTER.

If it happens when switching to 2-D cockpit:
1) Turn off "Aircraft casts shadows on itself" feature.
2) Do not switch to 2-D right after switching to some other view. Let whatever view you are in sit for about 10-20 seconds and load
everything it needs to load, and then switch to 2-D.
3) Before you switch out of 2-D view press F1 to turn off the main panel. After you get back to 2-D press F1 again to get it back.



Post Edited ( 04-15-10 19:06 )