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Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 12, 2003, 05:05:02 pm

Hello,

I recently installed FS2 SFoY edition on my new machine. Everything works great(!) except for my afterburner! For some reason it does not fire, just makes the clicking noise that signals a burnout although it is completely ready to fire.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so, please help.

BTW, I've got Win 2000 Pro, ATI 9800 All-In-Wonder pro, DirectX 9.0

Thanks for the help.


~Beowulf

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 12, 2003, 05:14:42 pm

Whoops, should have read the thread under this one on the same topic. Next question: how do I do that?

~Beowulf

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Stealth on November 12, 2003, 05:43:22 pm

well if your afterburners aren't firing, here's some troubleshooting procedures you should follow:

The afterburners are linked to the propulsion computers, which are under the seat.  there should be a green light on at all times.  if the light is blinking, it means afterburners are not charging.  if the light is red, afterburners are not responding.

tell me what the light is doing

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 12, 2003, 07:50:03 pm

Its green, but when I go to burn it turns yellow (depleted).

I have Win 2000, so I can't change anything in the properties tab of FS.exe; nor can I find anything in the registry.

~Beowulf

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: StratComm on November 12, 2003, 09:18:06 pm

This is actually the first report I've seen about a failure under Win2k.  I thought it was an exclusively XP bug.  Does your ETS work?

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 12, 2003, 10:47:23 pm

ETS?

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: StratComm on November 12, 2003, 10:56:31 pm

Energy Transfer System

The gauge on the bottom-right corner of your screen that controls how much power you're giving to guns, shields, and engines.  Try to adjust the settings.  It usually doesn't work when afterburners are out due to OS stupidity.

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 12, 2003, 11:01:56 pm

Ohhh.... *Laughs* whoops, I forgot that. ;)

But yes, it DOES work, graphic and all. Power output is routed.

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: StratComm on November 12, 2003, 11:28:48 pm

Hmm, sounds like a new bug (at least it's the first time I've heard of it, and plenty of people around here use 2k).  Does FS_Open work correctly?  It's not an issue with your control configuration, since it's making the clicking sound.

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 13, 2003, 02:16:36 pm

Just tried the latest FS_Open, and no, the afterburners still wont fire. :mad:

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 13, 2003, 07:34:56 pm

Does anyone have ANY suggestions?

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Goober5000 on November 13, 2003, 08:14:49 pm

Does Win2K have compatibility mode?

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Beowulf on November 13, 2003, 08:29:54 pm

You mean in the properties section if you double click on an executable? No.

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: Drew on November 13, 2003, 11:13:34 pm

try binding it to a different key????

Title: Afterburner troubleshoot
Post by: StratComm on November 13, 2003, 11:20:50 pm

That won't do any good; if it's making noise it's picking up the binding.  I'm sorry, beowulf, you've brought up a problem that no one here seems to know how to answer.