Method B install - don't forget the FS91 patch !

[pooch]

I was wondering why my Active Camera was not working in FSGW until I relized that I had forgotten to install the FS91 patch.

If in doubt, check the FSGW3.exe properties, version tab and it should read file version 9.1.0.40901 if you have FS91 patch installed.

To install it over the FSGW3 installation I did the following:
1. renamed Flight Simulator 9 to Flight Simulator 9OLD,
2. renamed FSGW to Flight Simulator 9,
3. renamed FSGW.exe to fs9.exe,
4. run the FS91 patch,
5. renamed Flight Simulator 9 back to FSGW3
6. renamed Flight Simulator 9OLD back to Flight Simulator 9.
7. run again the FSGW3 installation into a temp-folder
8. copied / moved the FSGW3-folders from the temp-folder into FSGW3,
9. renamed FS9.exe into FSGW.exe.

There is no need to touch the FS9.cfg.

[Leorstef]

And I did forget to patch!

Thanks for the reminder!

[meryl]

Either I am going blind or getting old(er) or missing
something. I see no version tab when i check the
fs9 or fsgw properties.

Meryl
.exe files, that is.

[Roger]

Meryl,
right click and then left click properties. Then select version.

Roger

[bigdog]

do you we need the patch, I left it out. BigDog

[Roger]

I'd install it as it fixes a number of issues; the memory leak being the most serious.
I don't know how the update.exe finds the Fs9.exe but I'd run it from inside the FSGW folder, having temporarily renamed it to Fs9.exe. If you have a modern install I'd temporarily rename it whilst running the update.

Roger

[Admin]

And if you run the patch you will need to re-install GW afterwards

[Roger]

Really?
I didn't, will this cause me some problems Tom?

Rog.

[Admin]

roger said:

Really?
I didn't, will this cause me some problems Tom?

Rog.

If you installed FSGW before the patch, it is possuible that some of Bill's files were overwritten. To be sure you have all of FSGW you should reinstall it. You don't need to do all the steps, just re-run the install exe

[bigdog]

OK, I get an error when I try to run the update , it says error 34. Help BigDog

[Admin]

bigdog said:

OK, I get an error when I try to run the update , it says error 34. Help BigDog

I have no idea what that is. You'll need to check the instructions from Microsoft. Did you rename fsgw.exe back to fs9.exe for the update and is it the original fs9.exe?

[bigdog]

Tom, I just went ahead and reinstalled the GW, and I `ll patch it, I just love this addon, I like FS9, but this GW is just awesome, thanks a million to all. BigDog