Hello,

I have installed the new weapon pack for FSX and when I select the CS F-18 for the weapon pack I have nothing showing on the HUD. Please see attached jpeg.  Thanks

Thanks Mark!!

I'll give it a shot.


Cheers!

Hi.

The next step requires a complete uninstall. This includes deleting the entries in the registry (regedit) AFTER you uninstall the product. It also means that you will need to activate it online again when you reinstall it.

How to clean Registry:
1. Uninstall the product
2. Go to Start> Run. Type: regedit, click OK.
3. Find the product entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CaptainSim\ (please note, for Windows 64bit versions it is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CaptainSim\)
For example: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CaptainSim\C130XPRO (64 bit example: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CaptainSim\C130XPRO)
Make sure you are going to delete correct folder!
4. Delete the product entry folder.
5. Restart your computer.
6. Install the product.

In your case the entry is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CaptainSim\w001 (64 bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\CaptainSim\w001). See the attached image.

Hope this helps.

Mark

Well I did what you suggested and still no joy!!
I even installed it on my other computer that has FSX/WINXP and it does the same thing. Any other suggestions? Also I filed a trouble ticket with CS and have heard nothing back and that was 2 days ago. Once again Mark I appreciate all the help you have given so far.

Regards,

Okay. A Final option that might get this working for you.

Check-in to Your Profile > Select Weapon for FSX > Extended Download Service > Get New Links. Click on that link and download and install it again. You could have an incomplete download. It sounds weird, but it does happen and it has actually happened to me and this final method was the only way to fix the problem that I had.

I hope this will get you going with this great add-on.

Mark

Well I tried that (Downloading again)  and that did not work either. Thanks Mark for the suggestion. I have yet to hear from anyone from CS on this. Any other ideas?


Regards

Hello Capt Sim,

I already submitted a ticket on 2011-02-05  Weapon for FSX Virtual Cockpit (graphics) The HUD is inoperable...

Regards,

Well, I have solved the issue and it was due to a corrupted FSUIPC.DLL.
Once that was fixed, the HUD now works and I am able to fire.

BTW this was with the CS F18 with just the Weapons pack, no manual modifications.

Thanks Mark again for your assistance!

If you having this issue, delete and then re-install FSUIPC.


Regards

I'm having the same issue with the HUD on the Armed F-18. Can't see anything and can't fire. I deleted the FSUIPC.dll and i still don't see the HUD. I also reinstalled the weapon pack to no avail. What else can I do?

Hi

I'm having a problem with effects. I shoot the boat, It doesn't blow up. I fire my Hydras and Zunis. Nothing. Then a missile,and nothing. Nothing like the Video with the bell. And also, how do you get the rockets to fire at a direct target?
Thx-

I have the same problem blank hud no weapons fire I replaced the FSUIPC.dll  nothing i re downloaded re installed.

Odd that you're having so much trouble with captain sim products...

Okay-- a few questions:
1. What are your system specifications? (video card, processor, RAM...)
2. What plane are you using for weapon?
3. Do you have Acceleration (and you ARE using FSX, right)?
4. Are there any signs at all that it installed at all? Check your SimObjects folder...
5. Do you understand anything in the manual? I mean, do you know how to fire missiles, make the weapon panel show, use the weapon panel?

ok
video card processor  irrelevant question as that has nothing to do with the problem its a high end system with a 9800 GTX

I have Acceleration
i tried the stock F18 shows the target icon in the aircraft menu
I tried the the ah64 alphasim
the Iris F14,F4
A1j

I get the blank hud and the control panel
I turn on the master arm and get 0000 rounds in the indicator
no key i use fires anything i tried them all
I see nothing in the key assignments I am going off the Manuel
is their supposed to be some type of radar? the Manuel says nothing

I installed into the main fsx folder per the instructions.
I  am just so frustrated

boeing247 wrote on Feb 26^th, 2011 at 3:32am:

yes what great help that was   
But FSUIPC might block some FSX functions required for the Weapon. Just a thought

as in they don't know tech support don't know  so instead of posting fact we will post guesses and we think it might ...great help that is.

yes I took out the fsuipc  still nothing
oh i do not use vista
windows XP

I'm still not sure why your HUD is blank (do you mean totally blank, or it's just the standard HUD with no weapon stuff?), but try this:

I assume you know how to operate weapon, but just in case you aren't totally sure, here's the steps: press Shift+1 to open the control panel, and flip the master switch (far left) to turn on weapon. Everything from there is easy, just navigate to the weapon category (i.e. missile, gun, rocket) and press Ctrl+Shift+7 to cycle through the weapons in each category (for the Hydra rockets--the one with 120 ammo--you should press Ctrl+Shift+8 twice to stop it from firing a ton of rockets at once and freezing the sim).

Okay, now that we're through that, Here's my advice: if your missiles don't fire, it's probably because your firing keys/joystick buttons conflict with simulator commands. For instance, on my computer, Spacebar activated mouse look-around, so naturally I could not use that for firing. Joystick Button 1 on my joystick was break, so that could not be used either. Read the SDK (download the pdf from captain sim) and find out how to re-map keys in the CSweapon.xml file (it's located in the CS_F18 folder in SimObjects and the folders of whatever other planes you installed weapon on--you'll have to re-map for each)--I changed it to the O key and Joystick Button 3, neither of which had previously mapped commands.

Right. That's a lot of stuff, most of which you probably won't need, but I just want to include as many possible solutions as possible  . If you could provide a screenshot of the virtual cockpit with the weapons panel open, that would be great, because right now all we're going off of is description (which you've provided plenty of  ), and an actual picture might clearly show the problem.

Cheers,
boeing247

No Joy   tried remapping the keys still nothing  just a pretty weapons panel and an empty glass hud

according to the manual as long as the battery and avionics are on it should work
I tried default aircraft too i see the peaces all over fsx folder so i know it installed

looks like another reason to shelf FSX (again)
and another reason to avoid any CS product for me at least this is 2 for 2  I am sick of it  
Another reason I prefer Try before you BUY or demo(timed Versions) Had the demo not worked i would have known it was not worth the $$ or time.

yes I have lots of addons  CS seems to be the only ones i ever have issues with go figure
the whole process is harder then it should be
from the block system
to the key mapping

2-1+1 map that key open this file edit that script ect...noone should have to go through that crap.
like now i am uninstalling FSX totally ran fine for a year
then ill spend the next 5 hours reinstalling everything to try to get this thing to work....day 2 I spend 99% of my time messing with it instead of playing it...BULLCRAP

OK update I uninstalled FSX and Acceleration   reinsalled everything
its kind of working now but now when i Fire the guns the sound of the gun don't stop so 1 problem down another to figure out.

Thanks now if i can get it to stop freezing sometimes locking up  every time I launch a weapon...thanks for your help.I am still staying away from CS products in the future.

Unfortunately for me the same problem!
New FSX are installed on, and after him did not change anything
I'd appreciate it if you would implement a permanent solution to the problem!

Zsolt, please see the Forum Rules, Rule #1. Thank you for understanding.