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FSXWX causing FSX to freeze on long haul flights. - nepritch63 - 2019-06-08
I have been plagued for quite some time by this same issue some folks have been reporting. While trying to debug the problem this evening, I stumbled across something that may help the developer isolate the problem; at the very least, it may help provide a little relief to pilots when the freezing happens to them mid-flight.
First, to review the symptoms:
* Some time into a flight, usually around 2 hours, FSX repeatedly freezes for 20-30 secs, unfreezes for around 5-8 secs, then freezes again, and so forth.
* Several reported it happened with their payware aircraft, but I am among those who see it happen regardless of aircraft, even Microsoft default ones.
* Though the freezing cycle typically begins 2 hours into the flight, I can shorten that substantially by adding FSUIPC client programs (VATSIM client, ACARS, FSCommander, Radar Contact, etc...). These programs will report they lost their connection to the flight sim when the freezing happens, and regain it again for the short time it is unpaused.
* When the hanging cycle begins, you cannot stop it by closing out the FSUIPC-based programs -- the pausing continues even after they have been terminated and FSX is running alone. The only way to stop it is to terminate FSX.
So, having isolated FSXWX as the apparent offender after flying with various combinations of programs and aircraft, I decided to see if the Microsoft SysInternals tools could shed any light on what was going wrong.
Flying a Captain Sim B707, with FSXWX, VPilot (VATSIM client), SIMACARS and FSCommander running alongside, I got FSX to start hanging predictably 2 hours into the flight. Earlier in the flight, I launched the ProcessMonitor (ProcMon) tool from the Microsoft SysInternals suite and had it ready to capture the activity from FSX and FSXWX. I didn't spot the onset of the freezing cycle right away, once I did, I disconnected my VATSIM session first and closed VPilot so I wouldn't bet a nuisance to their network. Then I began ProcMon's event capturing, and the freezing STOPPED! FSX and all the addon software returned to normal operation and I was able to continue my flight, except for some reason, I couldn't get reconnected to VATSIM.
So whatever is behind the obnoxious freezing, it looks as if maybe ProcMon's act of hooking into Windows system calls clears it up.
FSXWX causing FSX to freeze on long haul flights. - Hunn - 2019-08-31
i had a problem like yours but my game would just keep stuttering every 3 seconds i tried same flight without fsxwx and still the same thing, then someone recommended me to delete the folder at Appdata\Local\Microsoft\FSX\Shaders and i had no problem
RE: FSXWX causing FSX to freeze on long haul flights. - Eaglemotion - 2020-12-30
Hi nepritch63,
Could you talk me through what exactly you did with Process Monitor to stop the freezes?
Flying the PMDG 777 right now and the freezes returned. I have Process Monitor opened but don't know how to use it to stop the freezes...
Thank You!