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Postby Dendoe » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:18 am

H1 fellas. I have a small problem with the GPS. It's just disappeared! It was OK, but seems to have gone walkies since my last session. It applies to all aircraft. Any help much appreciated
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Re: GPS

Postby dave3cu » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:42 pm

Are you saying you can't bring it up by any means? (panel icon or assigned key press or Views menu)

Check the ..\gauges\.. folder for the file,
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Re: GPS

Postby Dendoe » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:48 am

Hi Dave, Thanks for the response. Yes I have tried to gain access to the GPS using the panel keys, etc but to no avail. I checked the gauge as you suggested. There is a Winzip file FS9gps present. Any more ideas?
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Re: GPS

Postby dave3cu » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:42 am

There is a Winzip file FS9gps present.


That sounds right. The file should be 'fs9gps.cab' and is the container for the .xml style gauge. Winzip just identifies it as a 'Winzip' type container file.

Have you recently installed the FS9.1 update or 3rd party mods to the default GPS?

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Re: GPS

Postby Dendoe » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:45 am

I installed the update some time ago. There has been no mods to the GPS. It just disappeared overnight! Should I try and re-install the file?
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Re: GPS

Postby garymbuska » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:00 am

Make sure the file type is .cab and not anything else. I would replace it to see if it got corupted in some way. you can use winzip to open the file JUST DO NOT EXTRACT IT you should see a couple of files in the folder if it is empty than that is your problem. I am surprised you do not get a missing gauge error, which makes me think that something has happend to the file. 8-)
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Re: GPS

Postby Dendoe » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:31 am

I took a copy of the File from Disc 2, and now have GPS, so it must have been corrupted. Thanks for the advice Dave. Much appreciated.

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