OHM D3D9 for Orbiter 2016 R4.26

[IronRain]

IronRain submitted a new addon:

D3D9 for Orbiter 2016 - D3D9 Client for Orbiter 2016

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[jarmonik]

jarmonik updated D3D9 for Orbiter 2016 with a new update entry:

Fixed a faulty zip package

Fixed a faulty zip package

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[Richieb]

Bitdefender keeps blocking the updated download as a potentially malicious resource

 

[n72.75]

Bitdefender keeps blocking the updated download as a potentially malicious resource

Probably because Bitdefender doesn't know what it is. It's safe, just disable or add an exception.

 

[ghostpilot]

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I unzipped the archive to the root folder, ran Orbiter_ng.exe, enabled the D3D9 client module, but when I open a scenario it just goes straight to a console and there's no "Video" tab available. I'm new to Orbiter so I'm wondering if I've missed a step?

https://imgur.com/CqKGwVv

 

[francisdrake]

After activating the module, go to the "Video" tab and check if a 3D device is selected. This should be your graphics card, or onboard-graphic chip, or a software renderer.

Then go to "Advanded" button in the right bottom. This allows to configure the D3D9 client.
Here - at the bottom - click on "Create symbolic links".

 

[JMW]

Hi All,
There isn't a Video tab appearing on the screenshot @francisdrake,

You may need the DirectX June 2010 redistributable package @ghostpilot.
See the "Overview" tab at the start of this thread.
Although I'd expect you to get one of the messages mentioned in Overview.
You can get the package here

If all else fails, try deleting, downloading and activating again.

 

[ghostpilot]

Hi All,
There isn't a Video tab appearing on the screenshot @francisdrake,

You may need the DirectX June 2010 redistributable package @ghostpilot.
See the "Overview" tab at the start of this thread.
Although I'd expect you to get one of the messages mentioned in Overview.
You can get the package here

If all else fails, try deleting, downloading and activating again.

Thanks @JMW that's got it working now. Yeah I didn't get the error message mentioned in the Overview, but I installed the June 2010 DX9 package, reinstalled Orbiter + this addon. I got an error message about a missing runtime entry point but a reboot fixed that. All good now, thanks very much!

 

[pappy2]

Hello everyone,
I have a small problem with the creation of the symbolic link.

Let me explain with my Orbiter2016 installed on the "C" drive of my computer, no problem I follow the messages and everything is fine.



But for reasons of space on my laptop, I decided to install Orbiter2016 on my external SSD hard drive.
But now it is impossible to create the symbolic link.



Have you ever had this problem ?
Or am I not applying the right procedure ?
Concerning the installation of D3D9 with Orbiter2016 on an external SSD hard drive, is there a special procedure ?
I tried and uninstalled Orbiter2016 and D3D9 several times on my external SSD DD but it is always the same the symbolic link is not created.

If someone can help me I thank them in advance.

 

[kuddel]

Hi,
that you can not create the symbolic link on your external drive is strange.
To investigate this I would have to re-create the issue here, but I have to find an external drive for this

In the meantime here's how you create the symbolic link manually:

1. open a command promt and navigate to the /Modules/Server/ path of your Orbiter installation:
   (Here I use Drive E:\ as an example of your externals drive letter):
   E:
cd Orbiter\Modules\Server
2. create the symbolic link (Junction)
   mklink /J Config ..\..\Config

That's it.

 

[kuddel]

Oh by the way: Is your external drive maybe not an NTFS formatted filesystem? FAT32 for example can not handle junctions / links.

 

[misha.physics]

Sorry, what are these symbolic links for? Could they be added by default in the next Orbiter versions?

 

[pappy2]

Hello "kuddel"
thanks for your answer, you may have found my problem.
Attached is my external hard drive with an exFAT file system and not NTFS like my local disk.



Hence my question now: How do I change my external hard drives (because they are all with exFAT) to NTFS ??
Do you have a solution ?

I have not yet tried to create the symbolic link manually with a command prompt, I will try this weekend.

 

[pappy2]

Unfortunately, I found the answer here.

Can you convert exFAT to NTFS without losing data ?​

Convert exFAT to NTFS without Losing Data on Mac/Windows 11

Can you convert exFAT to NTFS without losing data? Get the answer here and learn how to convert exFAT to NTFS on Windows 11/10/8/7 and Mac.

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Yes, you can convert exFAT to NTFS without losing data if you back up the drive beforehand.

Unfortunately, there's currently no exFAT to NTFS converter that allows you to convert exFAT to NTFS without losing data. If you want to convert an external hard drive or flash drive from exFAT to NTFS, you have to format it. This removes all data on the drive and creates the new NTFS file system. That being said, it's essential to back up your drive if you wish to convert exFAT to NTFS without losing data.

I need to backup the files from my external DD first.....

 

[pappy2]

Well I tested how to create the symbolic link manually with the WINDOWS command prompt and it doesn't work either I have this message:
Local NTFS volumes are required to complete this operation.



So I will have to change the file format of my external DD.

 

[turtle91]

A very dirtry workaround would be, to just copy the "<french Ariane 6 stuff path thing>....\Config" to
"<ariane6-bla-bla\Modules\server"
So you would end up with two "config"-folders.
BUT,...you need "to keep them in sync", which means, whenever you have a change in your standard-config-folder you have to overwrite the config-folder in ....\Modules\Server, too.
Not nice...but should work as a workaround.

 

[pappy2]

Hello "turtle"
thanks for your answer, indeed it's the only way I've found now, it's not very clean but it works.

 

[kuddel]

A "work.around-work-around" to keep the Config folders in sync, would be to create a simple batch file, that

first deletes the Modules\Server\Config directory,​

then makes a full copy from \Config to Modules\Server\Config​

and then starts Orbiter.​

Thus the Config folders are in sync (assuming you only change the "main" Configs,

 

[kuddel]

Like this (StartOrbiter.bat to be located in Orbiter-Root Folder):

@echo off

if exist "Modules\Server\Config" (
  rmdir /S /Q "Modules\Server\Config"
)

xcopy "Config" "Modules\Server\Config\" /S /E /Q

Orbiter_ng.exe

 

[Eddie C.]

Sorry, what are these symbolic links for? Could they be added by default in the next Orbiter versions?

In the D3D9 Client documentation (Orbiter Doc folder - if you installed D3D9) pages 2 & 3 you may find the answer.