Solved Cannot Select/Choose Flight Slot
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This is in regard to the Mideast 128 Theater. Not sure if it’s something that I did incorrectly on the install, but I’m not able to select a flight slot to fly. I have re-installed the theater and restarted my computer, still no luck. I can’t chose a flight slot in none of the campaigns, TEs, nor instant action. However, I tried an instant action and hit fly and it froze on the loading screen. I even created a new logbook and restarted, but I’m still not able to choose a slot. I tried the ATO and selected “Join” and I’m still not able to get anywhere.
Has anyone else had this happen? This is only happening in this specific theater, all of the others work. Any assistance in helping me figure out my issue will be greatly appreciated. Very anxious to check out this theater.
Thanks!
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…I forgot to add that when I click the F-16 icon to select a flight slot, it highlights, but my name/callsign never appears and I cannot click “Takeoff” at all.
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A very unusual problem. I have never encountered such a thing.
Try reading this thread (posts from ghostdog)
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/20431/mideast-theater-128-segments-for-4-35-u3/283?_=1637535696961He had a vaguely similar problem, the inability to enter the 3D world.
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Any update on this?
I am having the same issue
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@spbgoro Thank you so much for the assistance! I tried removing and re-installing a couple of more times. Still no luck. Strangely, the U2v4 version works fine with no issues at all.
I saw in someone’s post that there was a U2v8 that has Al Udeid AB added…I spent some time there and would love to fly out of there. Is there a link to download that version someplace?
Thanks again for your help!
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@budwyza said in Cannot Select/Choose Flight Slot:
I saw in someone’s post that there was a U2v8 that has Al Udeid AB added
Al Udeid AB was added in last U3v9.
Try this.
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Completely delete the folder
X: \ Falcon BMS 4.35 \ Data \ Add-On Mideast128 -
In its place from the archive of the latest release “Add-On Mideast128 4-35-U3v9” - copy the same folder.
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Open the text file theater.lst which is found in folder
X: \ Falcon BMS 4.35 \ Data \ Terrdata \ theaterdefinition -
Check that there is a line where the theater is registered:
Add-On Mideast128 \ Terrdata \ theaterdefinition \ Mideast128.tdf
Then close this file.
Example:
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Start Falcon4 BMS 4.35 launcher, select “editor”> “file”> “select theater”
Check that Mideast128 is in the list of available theaters and select it > OK . Then close editor and Lauch the game.
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As a last resort, try a clean reinstallation of BMS 4.35 and, to begin with, install only one theater to test the operability.
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@spbgoro Thank you so much! I tried everything you laid out so far, except fully reinstalling BMS. I did find a crash log from testing the theater this morning. I wonder if there’s anything in this that could help determine what the issue is that I’m having. Sorry if this is too long for a single post.
================================== CRASHLOG =====================================
Falcon BMS.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in:
00000000049D1A4D Falcon BMS.exe, C_3dViewer::Cleanup()+29 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\UI\SRC\general\c3dview.cpp, line 174
Exception handler called in UnhandledExceptionHandler.
Read from location 00000000ffffffff caused an access violation.
Bytes at CS:RIP: 48 8B 03 33 D2 48 8B CB FF 50 10 48 8B 0D 81 CBRegisters:
RAX=0x000000001911e630 RBX=0xffffffffffffffff RCX=0x000000001911e630 RDX=0xffffffffffffffff
RSI=0x0000000000000034 RDI=0x0000000000000000 RBP=0x0000000000002744 RSP=0x000000000014f1a0
RIP=0x00000000049d1a4d FLG=0x0000000000010202
R8=0x000000001911e630 R9=0x0000000036251410 R10=0x00000000367ec910 R11=0x000000003610ccc0
R12=0x0000000000000034 R13=0x0000000000000000 R14=0x0000000000000001 R15=0x0000000000000034
CS=0x0033 DS=0x002B SS=0x002B ES=0x002B FS=0x0053 GS=0x002BCall Stack:
0033:00000000049D1A4D Falcon BMS.exe, C_3dViewer::Cleanup()+29 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\UI\SRC\general\c3dview.cpp, line 174, Parameters(0x00000000746FEBC0 0x00000000746FEBC0 0x0000000064B60D90 0x0000000000001F40)
0033:0000000004BA6869 Falcon BMS.exe, TACREFCloseWindowCB()+73 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\UI\SRC\tacref\ui_tacref.cpp, line 274+28 byte(s), Parameters(0x000000006CAAB9A0 0x0000000000002744 0x0000000000000034 0x0000000000000034)
0033:0000000004A07153 Falcon BMS.exe, CloseAllRenderers()+451 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\UI\Src\UI_Main.cpp, line 531, Parameters(0x0000000003D3CB70 0x0000000003D3CB70 0x0000000000000FE4 0x0000000000000000)
0033:0000000004A08B03 Falcon BMS.exe, OpenTacticalReferenceCB()+51 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\UI\Src\UI_Main.cpp, line 1120, Parameters(0x0000000079020640 0x0000000000000034 0x000000006D02CFB0 0x000000000000001C)
0033:000000000493FE02 Falcon BMS.exe, C_Button::Process()+194 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\ui95\cbuttons.cpp, line 1232, Parameters(0x0000000004C4EA58 0x0000000000000001 0x000000000000001C 0x00000000365C69A0)
0033:0000000004934504 Falcon BMS.exe, C_Handler::EventHandler()+3684 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\ui95\chandler.cpp, line 3161, Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000202 0x0000000000000000)
0033:000000000459A609 Falcon BMS.exe, FalconMainWindowD3D11::ExtendedMessageHandler()+169 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\Graphics\Bluebox\FalconMainWindowD3D11.cpp, line 1378+27 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000090448 0x0000000000000202 0x0000000000090448 0x00000000001C0286)
0033:00000000045999A6 Falcon BMS.exe, ApplicationWindow::WndProc()+118 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\Graphics\Bluebox\ApplicationWindow.cpp, line 1611, Parameters(0x0000000000000001 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000080000012)
0033:00000000FABEE7E8 USER32.dll, CallWindowProcW()+1016 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000002020001 0x0000000004599930 0x0000000000090448 0x0000000000000202)
0033:00000000FABEE47E USER32.dll, CallWindowProcW()+142 byte(s), Parameters(0x00000000FFFF0409 0x00000000E8E857B0 0x0000000000000001 0x0000000000000001)
0033:00000000E8E85759 DINPUT8.dll, DllUnregisterServer()+3481 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x00000000001C0286 0x0000000000090448 0x00000000E8E7CB88)
0033:00000000E8E858C4 DINPUT8.dll, DllUnregisterServer()+3844 byte(s), Parameters(0x000000001B084BE8 0x00000000E8E7CB50 0x0000000000000002 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000E8E85759 DINPUT8.dll, DllUnregisterServer()+3481 byte(s), Parameters(0x00000000001C0286 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000202 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000E8E85BA6 DINPUT8.dll, DllUnregisterServer()+4582 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000001 0x000000000014FBC0 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000FABEE7E8 USER32.dll, CallWindowProcW()+1016 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000BA2490 0x00000000E8E85B10 0x0000000000090448 0x0000000000000202)
0033:00000000FABEE229 USER32.dll, DispatchMessageW()+601 byte(s), Parameters(0x00000000E8E85B10 0x0000000004D47500 0x0000000038E38E39 0x0000000000000001)
0033:0000000004505A5D Falcon BMS.exe, FalconDisplayConfiguration::Run()+109 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\FALCLIB\dispcfg.cpp, line 209+11 byte(s), Parameters(0x000000001A55F6E0 0x0000000038E38E39 0x0000000000000000 0x000000001A55F770)
0033:000000000448F844 Falcon BMS.exe, HandleWinMain()+2260 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\Ui\Src\Winmain.cpp, line 1103, Parameters(0x0000000002457A70 0x000000000057356B 0x0000000002457A70 0x000000000057356B)
0033:0000000004491C61 Falcon BMS.exe, WinMainWrapper()+33 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\Ui\Src\Winmain.cpp, line 1167, Parameters(0x0000000002457A70 0x0000000002457A70 0x000000000057356B 0x0000000004491C40)
0033:00000000045079FD Falcon BMS.exe, ThreadUnhandledExceptionWrapper()+109 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\FALCLIB\ehandler.cpp, line 1585+5 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000004470000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000004AB99E0)
0033:0000000004491CE7 Falcon BMS.exe, WinMain()+71 byte(s), D:\WIP\BMS\SVN\Code-4.35\Ui\Src\Winmain.cpp, line 1195, Parameters(0x0000000000000005 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:0000000004A9EE36 Falcon BMS.exe, __scrt_common_main_seh()+262 byte(s), d:\a01_work\6\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl, line 288+33 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000FC9C7034 KERNEL32.DLL, BaseThreadInitThunk()+20 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000FCBE2651 ntdll.dll, RtlUserThreadStart()+33 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000) -
I’m running into this issue too. Everything seems to work ok except I can’t select a slot in the campaign. All other theatres work ok. Will try to re-download.
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@lugubrioushaddock
Can you select a flight slot in Instant Action or any TE or just not in Campaign?
Regards,
Tomcattwo
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@tomcattwo I can’t select a flight slot anywhere myself. I uninstalled BMS and reinstalled this morning. Will test this evening after work. Fingers crossed.
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After uninstalling BMS and reinstalling, then downloading and installing this theater, everything seems to work just fine so far. I also re-created my logbook and dtc from scratch after installing. Not sure if that helped the situation any or not. But I did save my previous .lbk file and copied/pasted that over the one that I just created. Hopefully that will work for yall as well.
Thanks so much everyone for all of your help!
Off to huntin’ scuds!
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@budwyza said in Cannot Select/Choose Flight Slot:
After uninstalling BMS and reinstalling, then downloading and installing this theater, everything seems to work just fine so far. I also re-created my logbook and dtc from scratch after installing. Not sure if that helped the situation any or not. But I did save my previous .lbk file and copied/pasted that over the one that I just created. Hopefully that will work for yall as well.
So it still works. It’s strange that this sometimes requires a complete reinstallation.
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@budwyza
Glad to hear that a BMS reinstall fixed the issue. Who knows about the weirdness of bytes? Go get them Scuds!
Regards,
Tomcattwo
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Hunting scuds now!
I did have a bit of a scare earlier though. While checking intel for my flight, I started adding ground vehicles, naval vessels, and aircraft to get a rough idea of what I’d be flying into. I clicked “fly” and it froze on the loading screen! After a few minutes, I got kicked back out to 2D. Then I realized that I could not click a flight slot again! Then I had a thought. I’ve always had a ton of items selected so I could see a lot on the map. So I backed out of the campaign, went back in and started turning off the vehicles and aircraft on the 2D map. I saved the dtc, then the campaign and exited the campaign. When I went back into the campaign again, voila! I was able to select a flight slot and now I’m heading north to Iraq!
I wanted to make sure that I passed this information along right away! This reminds me of the issue with EMF back in 4.32 with the dtc.
Happy huntin’ everyone!
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I’m having the same issue, unable to select a seat in the campaign. Had the same problem in a TE as well, though in other TE’s it is possible to select a seat. Perhaps it is DTC related. Have never had this issue before in any theatre.
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It’s very weird, sometimes I can select a seat, sometimes not. Tried a couple of times to save the DTC, then the campaign and restart BMS. That seems to work. But as soon as I start another campaign or save game I cannot select a seat again.
It really seems a DTC or perhaps a logbook issue. In all other theaters it works fine. -
As one of the options.
Try to copy the data file for DTC. “ppt.ini”.
From a folder
X\Falcon BMS 4.35\Data\Campaign\ppt.iniIn the overwrite folder.
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@spbgoro
Are you sure it’s the PPT file? I’ve changed that already but no success -
@bowser said in Cannot Select/Choose Flight Slot:
Are you sure it’s the PPT file?
No, it was just a guess.
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I downloaded MidEast128, however I am unable to fly any aircraft/get a set in DS or other campaigns. Instant action flies excellent. I uninstalledMideast128 and re-installed but not good. Then I uninstalled / reinstalled entire BMS 4.35 but still no good. Can anyone help me as to what I am missing/doing incorrect. Rest of the theatres function correctly. Thanks