Problem Landing Gear Hotkey (G) stops working

[Gunrunner]

Hello all I'm new to orbiter, played many other flight Sims, and this is top notch for being free. I've looked all over to see if I could find out why this keeps happening and I can't seem to find a thread where someone else has had the same problem, if I skipped it somehow I apologize.

The landing gear hotkey (G) on all of the ships stops working after the initial install. I can install the game, and then load/lunch it and the (G) will raise lower the gear with no problems. As soon as I close out of the "Orbiter Launcher" and then go to launch and play it again (G) will no longer work to raise and lower the gear. I can still do it manually by clicking the image in my cockpit, but cant get the hotkey to work. If I delete the game, then unzip and install it again it works fine, until I close all the way out of it then it goes back to not working.

Somehow some setting or something is getting changed when I exit that makes the gear stop working. Does anyone have any ideas? or an addon/patch that would fix this? any help would be great, ty all.

 

[N_Molson]

Never seen or heard that before.

I can still do it manually by clicking the image in my cockpit

Which cockpit ?

Any addons installed ?

 

[Gunrunner]

Which cockpit ?

It won't work with any ship or their cockpits, after the initial launch at least.

Any addons installed

no, initially I had a few, when I got this issue I thought this may be the problem as well. I uninstalled the whole game and addons and did a fresh install of just the game. Same thing happened, worked at initial launch and then stopped working after I played it on the second (and beyond)launch.

 

[Eli13]

Well what ship are you using exactly? I'm not sure how much it will help, but could you post the orbiter log?
It can be found by going through this line of steps:
Where ever you installed orbiter>Orbiter2010>Orbiter (The file called 'Orbiter' will be a text document. Copy and paste it into a

 box.)

 

[tblaxland]

Well what ship are you using exactly?

He answered that twice already:

The landing gear hotkey (G) on all of the ships stops working after the initial install.

It won't work with any ship or their cockpits, after the initial launch at leaset.

I'm not sure how much it will help, but could you post the orbiter log?
It can be found by going through this line of steps:
Where ever you installed orbiter>Orbiter2010>Orbiter (The file called 'Orbiter' will be a text document. Copy and paste it into a

 box.)[/quote]
There are two text files called "Orbiter" in the main Orbiter directory (for those that choose to have Windows hide the file extensions). One is "Orbiter.cfg", the other is "Orbiter.log". "Orbiter.log" is the one you are after.

 

[Gunrunner]

Here you go, I think this is the one you wanted.

**** Orbiter.log
Build Aug 30 2010 [v.100830]
Timer precision: 5.13417e-007 sec
Found 0 joystick(s)
Devices enumerated: 6
Devices accepted: 5
==> RGB Emulation
==> Direct3D HAL
==> Direct3D T&L HAL
==> Direct3D HAL (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT )
==> Direct3D T&L HAL (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT )
Module AtlantisConfig.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module AtmConfig.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module DGConfigurator.dll .... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module OrbiterSound.dll ...... [Build ******, API 060425]
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: oapiRegisterMFDMode
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------

**** Creating simulation session
DirectDraw interface OK
Direct3D interface OK
Graphics: Viewport: Fullscreen 1280 x 800 x 32
Graphics: Hardware T&L capability: Yes
Graphics: Z-buffer depth: 32 bit
Graphics: Active lights supported: 8
Loading 15382 records from star database
Module Sun.dll ............... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(E) Sun: Precision 1e-006, Terms 554/6634
Module Mercury.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mercury: Precision 1e-005, Terms 167/7123
Module Venus.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module VenusAtm2006.dll ...... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Venus: Precision 1e-005, Terms 79/1710
Module Earth.dll ............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module EarthAtmJ71G.dll ...... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Earth: Precision 1e-008, Terms 2564/2564
Module Moon.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
ELP82: Precision 1e-005, Terms 116/829
Module Mars.dll .............. [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module MarsAtm2006.dll ....... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Mars: Precision 1e-005, Terms 405/6400
Module Phobos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Deimos.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Galsat.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Jupiter.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Jupiter: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1624/3625
Module Io.dll ................ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Europa.dll ............ [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Ganymede.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Callisto.dll .......... [Build 100217, API 100215]
Module Satsat.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
Module Saturn.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Saturn: Precision 1e-006, Terms 2904/6365
Module Mimas.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Mimas: Terms 113
Module Enceladus.dll ......... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Enceladus: Terms 33
Module Tethys.dll ............ [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Tethys: Terms 101
Module Dione.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Dione: Terms 59
Module Rhea.dll .............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Rhea: Terms 68
Module Titan.dll ............. [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Titan: Terms 100
Module Iapetus.dll ........... [Build 100215, API 100212]
SATSAT Iapetus: Terms 605
Module Uranus.dll ............ [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Uranus: Precision 1e-006, Terms 1827/5269
Module Miranda.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Ariel.dll ............. [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Umbriel.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Titania.dll ........... [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Oberon.dll ............ [Build ******, API 060425]
Module Neptune.dll ........... [Build 100830, API 100830]
VSOP87(B) Neptune: Precision 1e-006, Terms 391/2024
Finished initialising world
Module Atlantis.dll .......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ShuttleA.dll .......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module DeltaGlider.dll ....... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module LuaInline.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module SolarSail.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module HST.dll ............... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Module ShuttlePB.dll ......... [Build 100830, API 100830]
Finished initialising status
Finished initialising camera
Finished initialising panels
Finished setting up render state
---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: oapiGetStationCount
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
---------------------------------------------------------------
**** Closing simulation session

---------- Post added at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:19 PM ----------

Does anyone happen to know if there is a master file that holds the "Gear" command? For it to do this on every ship after I close the program for the first time I am thinking that somehow a file or command is getting changed as I close it. If there is a file that holds the gear extend/retract command at least.

 

[kevin580]

It's called "keymap.cfg".

 

[Gunrunner]

I don't think that is it, there are no gear commands in that file that I have seen, I looked in both keymap.cfg and keymap2006.cfg and did not see anything relating to the landing gear. Unless its supposed to be there and is not, in which case that may be the problem.

If it is supposed to be in the keymap.cfg could someone post the command line for the gear please? i.e "CockpitCamRotateDown = DOWN ALT"

 

[Urwumpe]

I don't think that is it, there are no gear commands in that file that I have seen, I looked in both keymap.cfg and keymap2006.cfg and did not see anything relating to the landing gear. Unless its supposed to be there and is not, in which case that may be the problem.

If it is supposed to be in the keymap.cfg could someone post the command line for the gear please? i.e "CockpitCamRotateDown = DOWN ALT"

There is no such thing as a default gear down key command. Not all spacecraft have landing gear or use the landing gear the same way. This all depends on the spacecraft you are flying.

 

[kevin580]

Oh...Normally, the gear is defined as an animation in the .dll file of the vessel.
I don't know, is "G" command working for other programs, simulators, games for you?

 

[Gunrunner]

Oh...Normally, the gear is defined as an animation in the .dll file of the vessel.
I don't know, is "G" command working for other programs, simulators, games for you?

Yes, I just launched FSX and it still works there with no problems. Also it will work with Orbiter on the initial launch. It will also work with orbiter if I launch the game through the testinstall.exe (orbiter/install/testinstall.exe)

There is no such thing as a default gear down key command. Not all spacecraft have landing gear or use the landing gear the same way. This all depends on the spacecraft you are flying.

Does anyone know what the command line is, the one that is in the file of the ship that ties G to the gear? Also could you tell me where the file that contains that information is and what it is called, for instance for the Delta-glider.

 

[Urwumpe]

Don't you think you should ask a much better question?

 

[Gunrunner]

Don't you think you should ask a much better question?

Sorry, I'm on a massive amount of painkillers from a car accident and what I type usually sounds good in my head, doesn't always come out the right way. I edited it though so it should be comprehensible now...

Is it in the (...\orbiter\modules\deltaglider.dll)?

Ok, I found something else that I didn't notice before, since I use a joystick I didn't use the keyboard for much other than gear. But, NONE of the hotkeys work after initial play. I tried G,K,I, and D, they all work on initial install, but after closing and relaunching they no longer work. Any hotkey that controls the ship, even if it is in the "keymap.cfg" does not work, keys that do not control the ship work fine.