installed it followd allinstructions
i use win7
i run  everything as admin
all i get when i hit the loader exe is a small window with a red x
nothin g at all happens
help me plz im quite angry i have paid good money for something that wont work!!

Firstly. Make sure you install Weapon for FSX as an administrator. To do this, right click on the installer and select "Run as administrator" from the list that pops up.

The next thing you need to do is this. Right click on the "Loader" ( found in Start > All Programs > Captain Sim > Weapon for FSX > Loader) and select properties. Select the Compatibility tab and in the Privilege Level section, place a tick in the box beside "Run this program as an administrator". This will mean that the "Loader" will always be run with administrative authority and be allowed to make the changes it needs to to the aircraft you add it to.

Doing all that should fix the problems. But...you might still have problems. If you do, you might need to run FSX as an administrator as well. This is likely to be the case if FSX is installed in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86). To do this, go to the FSX root folder and look for the fsx.exe file (it will look something like this: http://i669.photobucket.com/albums/vv58/Markoz958/fsx_icon.jpg), right click on it and select properties, select the Compatibility tab and in the Privilege Level section, place a tick in the box beside "Run this program as an administrator".

Hope this helps.

Mark

ok i did all that , i now have the panel for my cockpit but nothign happens
if i try to rpess fire i get a white croshair appear but nohting happens
also when hitting the loader i stillget the box with the red x

Are you using FSX with SP2 or Acceleration, as per the minimum specifications?

Minimum System Requirements:

   - PC with 2.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor
   - 1GB of system RAM
   - 256 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card
   - 500 Mb of free space on the MS FS hard drive
   - Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7
   - Microsoft® Flight Simulator X SP2 or Flight Simulator X Acceleration.
   - Internet access (for installation/ re-installation)

It is possible that your installer is corrupt or incomplete (it does happen occasionally), so I suggest that you re-download the installer. To do this:
Check-in to Your Profile > Select product > Extended Download Service > Get New Links
Reinstall the Weapon for FSX from the newly downloaded file and see if this fixes it.

Mark

pc spec is more than up to it
i am using fsx acceleration

re downloaded and still no joy
installed to correct location as stated above
i have all the right specs,
im at a loss as i dont know what else i can try

when in the f18 i see the control panel for weaps in vr panel only not in standard panel

when i hit space to "test" fire all i get is a white cross, and when i hit space and move the cross around my head moves around ithe cockpit

when i hit the loader.exe before starting fsx < after starting it< starting it before selecting plane OR when already in plane ive tried all variations
all i get is a white box with a red error X

Did you do those things I suggested in my first reply?

I have never heard of anyone having a problem exactly like yours. What operating system are you using? If you provide a bit more info, I might be able to help you better.

Mark

i have win 7 64 bit
amd anthalon x2 220 2.8gig cpu
4 gig ram
nvidia geforce 210

msfsx acceleration

my flight models all worke perfectly
th graphics is good
its just when i hit the loader the litle window with the red x comes up
i am installing itto the main game root folder for fsx if thats any help

Can you take some screen shots of what is happening to the Loader when you open it, put them in a zip, rar or 7zip file and email them to me please? To email me, click on the email link at the bottom of this reply.

Perhaps if I can see what is going on, I can understand what is happening.

Mark  

the window just shuts  on me so cnt use your emal tab

i need 10 normal messages befopre i canpost a link to my piocture?? lol whats that all about

so  2 to go theni can post the link

1 sory bout this but your system leaves me no choice

THIS is what happens wheni hit the loader
wether fsx is running or not
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc167/VikShloss/Sanstitre-1.jpg

It really looks like Weapon for FSX has not installed properly.

Is FSX installed in the default location (C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86))? If it is, it will mean that the Weapon for FSX Loader is installed there too. Windows 7 only allows them a limited amount of authority when installed in Program Files/Program Files (x86). So...

Weapon for FSX (csw001_1000.exe) MUST be installed using the "Run as administrator" option!
The Loader MUST be run using "Run as an administrator" or it is NOT able to make the changes to the aircraft.
It might not be working properly because FSX is not being run using the "Run as an administrator" option.

There is also a possibility that the installer might be faulty. Check-in to Your Profile > Product > Extended Download Service > Get New Links and download the csw001_1000.exe again and reinstall with the newly downloaded installer, use the "Repair" option. See if that help.


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1 sory bout this but your system leaves me no choice

;D

Mark

done that and no change
:'(

Maybe you activation didn't work correctly.

Have you tried doing a complete uninstall/reinstall of Weapon for FSX, as per KB #685, which includes the removal of the Weapon for FSX entry in the windows registry? If you do that, then you will have to reactivate the product, but hopefully it will get right and then everything will work as is should.

Mark

yep and it still wont work
its getting to the point id rathe rhave boughten the damd thing on disc

I can use the loader but nothing else work.

Weapon Control Panel shows but Round counter shows 0000 for all weapons.

The HUD in all aircrafts is totally empty. There is nothing. Just plain "glass" and of course the weapons don't work (dont even show up).

I have now installed the program for three times acording to the advise shown here. Nothing changes.

System: 1,5 year old normal PC with 4 GB DRAM and Windows 7 64bit FIN. I use Fsx.exe.limiter, REX and have about 100 GB other addons (freeware and shareware). Everything else works ok.

Pekka

Installing Weapon for FSX as an administrator is a must for Vista/Win7!
Running the Loader as an administrator is equally important.
If FSX is installed in the default location of C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86), then it too could need to be run as an administrator.

For the csw001_1000.exe to be run as an administrator, right mouse click on it, select Run as administrator from the list that pops up.
For the Loader, click on Start > All Programs > Captain Sim > Weapon for FSX and then right mouse click on Loader (shortcut). Select Properties, then the Compatibility tab, tick the box beside Run this program as an administrator then click OK. Now the loader will always be run as an administrator!
Do the same for fsx.exe in the FSX root folder so that it is always run as an administrator.

Mark

I have been using MS FSs since 2005. First FS9 and now for about 2 years FSX. Already with FS9 I found out that as Administrator things come easier. So I have made a special user with Administrator priviledgies to run FSX and install it's addons. UAC is also turned off from my computer. So far there haven't been any problems ... now is with this WfFSX.

I have also installed the FSX onto another HDdrive (D) to avoid further problems the Windows 7 might cause while installing in the defauld folder (although turning UAC off should handle that).

First I read all what was written here about the subject and then tried to reinstall the WfFSX with the tricks mentioned here (among others to right click myself as admin though I already was one) three times. No help.

I have left a very precise discription of the problem to the CS support. Let's see if they'll find something out of it.

Pekka

not just me then

I am having the same problem. Weapons will not work. I have tried re-installing, running and installing as administrator. I am using SP2.
The amo counter is alway set to zero.
I have tried getting help from the so called support team, but they just reject any support ticket request I make.
I may be asking for my money BACK SOON.

olmec1 wrote on Feb 11^th, 2012 at 12:09am:

I am having the same problem. Weapons will not work. I have tried re-installing, running and installing as administrator. I am using SP2. The amo counter is alway set to zero. I have tried getting help from the so called support team, but they just reject any support ticket request I make. I may be asking for my money BACK SOON.

When the ammo counter is displaying all zeros, it mean that the csweapon.xml has a scripting error. Or might even be missing. It may not have been placed in the aircraft's folder during the adding it to the aircraft in question because of the lack of administrative rights. Have you tried running the LOADER as an administrator when adding to aircraft?

If FSX is installed in the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X) and you are using Vista or Win7, you might also need to run FSX (fsx.exe file) as an administrator every time you use FSX. It is highly recommended NOT to install FSX in the default location on Vista or Win7.

Mark

Hello
I have installed weapons for FSX. Installation worked fine. the F18 is armed and ready but when i choose any other aircraft the weapons panel comes up but the Round counter shows 0000 for all weapons. when i hit the fire button nothing happends.
Can you explain on what needs to be done in order for the weapon counter to work. I have not done anythin with the SDK. All i have done is install the program. Please advice on what else i need to do after installing this software? Thanks

Hi Eddie


Eddie V wrote on Feb 11^th, 2012 at 2:20am:

Hello I have installed weapons for FSX. Installation worked fine. the F18 is armed and ready but when i choose any other aircraft the weapons panel comes up but the Round counter shows 0000 for all weapons. when i hit the fire button nothing happends. Can you explain on what needs to be done in order for the weapon counter to work. I have not done anythin with the SDK. All i have done is install the program. Please advice on what else i need to do after installing this software? Thanks

You might need to run the LOADER as an administrator (right mouse click the Loader and select "Run as administrator" from the list). If you are using Vista or Win7, you must do that when adding CS Weapons to other aircraft or else it probably won't work.

Vista and Win7 are very strict when it comes to making changes. If FSX is installed in the default location (as shown in my previous reply), you are bound to have problems with Weapon for FSX with FSX because the OS is very protective of everything installed in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). You might even need to run FSX as an administrator too.

Mark

Thanks for the reply Mark,

Do i need uninstall the loader or just go to start find the loader and right click on it?. Now that everything is install the loader is only use if you wnat to arm and disarm an aircraft. Do you think that after doiwn tuis when i selct a diff aircraft that the weapon round counter will not be zero 0000...
What i need to know is what i need to do so when i select any other plane (not the F18) the ammo counter WONT be 0000

Right mouse click on the shortcut to the loader.
Click on START > All Programs > Captain Sim > Weapon for FSX > Loader (see attached image).

You haven't said whether you are or are not using Vista or Win7, so this is what you need to do to ADD Weapons to other aircraft.

Hope this helps.

Mark

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Thanks Mark,
yes, i'm using windows 7 (x64)
Thanks for the attachment, once i run it as administartion then it will bring me to the box where i selct the aircraft with the choice to remove and install the weapons . As i stated before my only problem is that when im in FSX and select any aircraft the weapons panels comes on but the ammo metter is always 0000. If i select the F-18 then everything works fine.... Right now im at work, but when i get home i will try what ou said, I hope that after doin this i can select any aircraft and it would no longer be 0000

After doing that, the aircraft you added the weapons to should work fine. If they don't, you might then need to run FSX as an administrator too. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Mark,

Thanks for your help, it works... all i had to do is open the loader with admin.

now im working on getting unlimited ammo. I'm trying to save over the CSWeapon.xml but it does not allow me, access denied... Do you know how to by pass this access?

Mark, i just realized that when you have the CSWeapon working on a aircraft it changes the orginal cockpit view. when i arm a aircraft with the weapon panel it ruins my cockpit views. any way to solve this problem?

Hi Eddie.

The only way to solve it is to edit the panel.cfg (in the panel.csweapon folder) yourself. I know this is not as easy as it sounds, but perhaps if you tell me which aircraft it is, myself or others can provide you with a fix. If I hasve the aircraft, I can tell you how I did it, or would do it, myself.

Mark

Well the panel is not really a big problem, another question i have is about the fire effects when hitting other planes. for some reason i dont get that effect. for example. while on a helicopter im flyin over the runway and there are planes taxing and landing. when i shoot them they seem to just disappear instead of exploding or catching on fire like the videos i have seen. Any suggestions?

Eddie V wrote on Feb 11^th, 2012 at 12:46pm:

Well the panel is not really a big problem, another question i have is about the fire effects when hitting other planes. for some reason i dont get that effect. for example. while on a helicopter im flyin over the runway and there are planes taxing and landing. when i shoot them they seem to just disappear instead of exploding or catching on fire like the videos i have seen. Any suggestions?

Do a search of this Weapon for FSX forum. There is help with that issue you are describing in here somewhere. I remember seeing it. ;)

Mark,
Thanks for all your replies, The problem with the explosion effects is solved. Had to run FSX with ADMIN.  =)

Do you have any info on how we can drop bombs? we have a machine guns, rockets, misl, all we missing is bombs. I must say i love this Addon....

Also i was told that microsoft flight will be available for free dowloand on 29th Feb. how is this going to work with FSX?. is this a brand new simulation or is an addition to FSX?

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Do you have any info on how we can drop bombs?

It's not available. We are hoping that with the next update, we will get the capability to drop bombs. There is a way to drop "bombs" using some of the mods available in the Free Liveries which is accessible via checking-in to Your Profile > Product > Get Free Liveries. The "bombs" are more like a missile/guided bomb I think. I'm not really sure how they did it because I never really took a close look at the mods.


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Also i was told that microsoft flight will be available for free dowloand on 29th Feb. how is this going to work with FSX?

As far as I know, it won't. It has nothing to do with FSX. It is its own Flight "simulator". I use the term "simulator" loosely because it is more like a game than a simulator. MS Flight looks great, though I doubt it will fill FSX shoes. I could be wrong, but we'll know on Feb 29th. ;)

Mark

I purchased Weapon for FSX today, did the installation as administrator, run Loader with administrator rights, nothing helps. The only thing I get is a white cross on a red field. Please help. YES --- I run with administrator rights... >:(

Hugo

Hi Hugo.

As I said here:

Markoz wrote on Feb 11^th, 2012 at 2:06am:

If FSX is installed in the default location (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X) and you are using Vista or Win7, you might also need to run FSX (fsx.exe file) as an administrator every time you use FSX. It is highly recommended NOT to install FSX in the default location on Vista or Win7.

So it is possible that you need to run FSX as an administrator as well.

Mark

Well I do, I run all the programs as administrator, but still no luck.

I run Win7 64b Home Edition,  FSX Gold Edition together with FSUIPC4, Track-IR, EZdok on a I7 2600K @4.9GHz, 8GB memory, 120Mb SSD IRST Cache + Boot) disk, 2x1TB disks in raid 0 mode, Nvidia 580GTX.

Rgds,
Hugo