Installing AIcarriers2 for Windows Vista

[navalaviatorwant2be]

Has anyone been able to install AIcarriers2.zip on Vista. I can't get through the simconnect issue for Java, and have no aid on configuring the exe.xml file. I need help on instructions for installing it on Vista. Thank you.

[Major V]

I ran into the exact same problem myself on Vista 32-bit.

[mfitch]

Hmmm, this is odd. I have used aicarriers for a long time on 32 bit Vista without any problems. UAC (user access control) is enabled on my system.

The simconnect issues can result from multiple add-ons that require slightly different versions. I ran into this problem with a different add-on a while back. What other add-ons are you running?

[navalaviatorwant2be]

My problem is resolved by running the regular installer and editing the sample exe file included with the .zip. I just changed the path name to where the installer inserted aicarriers.exe (C:/blah/blah/yada/yada/then its/aicarriers.exe). Then i insterted the exe folder into the FSX folder in the hidden AppData file (C:/users/users name/appdata/roaming/microsoft/fsx).

[mfitch]

My problem is resolved by running the regular installer and editing the sample exe file included with the .zip. I just changed the path name to where the installer inserted aicarriers.exe (C:/blah/blah/yada/yada/then its/aicarriers.exe). Then i insterted the exe folder into the FSX folder in the hidden AppData file (C:/users/users name/appdata/roaming/microsoft/fsx).

This would certainly fix some UAC issues, since the address can be different.

[Mattace64]

All I can say is that I have a 32bit system, and I tried installing ai carriers 2 in vista, without doing anything with java and it works great....

Maybe java is the problem?

[Bruce448]

The way I go around this issue is to create a shortcut of the aicarriers.exe file on my desktop and run it after FSX loads up.

[Flappy]

Many, many thanks to you wafu!!
    I've been trying to get this to run ever since I installed REX. I had just gotten the Nimitz carrier and all was well but after deciding that the MegasceneryX Hawaii deserved to have REX as well as the Nimitz something went wrong and I had the dreaded "fsx/simconnect" error.
    I've been searching for days installing and un-installing aicarr2, putting it in it's own directory, incorporating it in FSX, modifying the "Hosts" file, modifying the exe for it all to no avail. I knew it worked with the current flavor of Java as it had been working prior to the install of REX. I suspect as has been mentioned elsewhere that the simconnect file can be modified by subsequent add-ons and that is what had happened.
    Again thank you on behalf of someone who has spent quite a few hours in the last few days trying to figure this out!!!!

[RaptorF22]

I have tried EVERYTHING, someone PLEASE help me?
I am a BIG carrier ops guy, I REALLY want to be able to use this program.

[Major V]

I have tried EVERYTHING, someone PLEASE help me?
I am a BIG carrier ops guy, I REALLY want to be able to use this program.

Yes, but have you tried the solution originally posted by Amedee and re-posted several times on other boards?

[RaptorF22]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU FIXED IT I AM BEYOND HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Flappy]

I have tried EVERYTHING, someone PLEASE help me?
I am a BIG carrier ops guy, I REALLY want to be able to use this program.

Yes, but have you tried the solution originally posted by Amedee and re-posted several times on other boards?