F-15E Strike Eagle crashes FSX

[ghostrider78]

I am running FSX boxed version with Service pack 1 and Acceleration installed in Windows 10 and I do not use Tac Pac. I install the F-15 in the Milviz recommended way as administrator and the plane installs okay. I choose the F-15 in FSX aircraft menu, when I hit fly now button the chosen F-15 shows in the window and starts to rotate, after a few seconds of this a dialog box pops up stating an error has occurred and FSX is shutting down, this then happens every succeeding time and also with different airplanes. I then have to uninstall the F-15 including any references to it in fsx.config to get FSX back working properly again. I have quite a few add on airplanes including a fair number from Milviz and what I described above only happens with the F-15, everything else works fine. I did have the F-15E installed with same set up on Windows 7 and had no problems, now with Windows 10 I'm having a problem .... coincidence ?? My Windows 7 and now my Windows 10 are both 64 bit. This is driving me NUTZ !
Thank You !
ghostrider78

[Kat]

Try compatibility mode (the F-15E is not supported in WIN10)

[ghostrider78]

Thank you Kat, I'll give that a try; I sincerely hope this works. I assume you mean running FSX itself in Windows7 compatibility mode.
ghostrider78

[JonathanBleeker]

Correct. Also make sure FSX is running as admin.

[ghostrider78]

That didn't work. I installed the F-15E with anti virus program turned off, in FSX.EXE under properties/compatibility I have run as administrator checked off and run FSX in Windows7 compatibility mode. When I hit the "Fly Now" button, instead of going to the airfield a dialog box pops up saying an error has occurred and FSX is shutting down. If I then choose any airplane, I press the "Fly Now" button and after a few seconds a dialog box pops up saying a Fatal Error has occurred and FSX is shutting down; i.e. FSX stops working all together. I have to uninstall the F-15E to get FSX working again. Is there any way to get the F-15E up and running or am I screwed?

Thank You !
ghostrider78

[Burner59]

Have you tried doing this in your dll.xml file? -->

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>MILVIZPACK</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>True</ManualLoad> <---set this to True from False
<Path>Modules\MILVIZ\Milviz_pack.dll</Path>
<DllStartName>module_init</DllStartName>
<DllStopName>module_deinit</DllStopName>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>MILVIZ_F15E_Nav</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>True</ManualLoad> <---set this to True from False
<Path>Modules\MILVIZ\F15E_Nav.dll</Path>
<DllStartName>module_init</DllStartName>
<DllStopName>module_deinit</DllStopName>
</Launch.Addon>

Try this, as it allows you to load or not load the F15 modules...it may help.
Good luck,
Bruner59

[JonathanBleeker]

Did you install the hotfix that came out to sort out TACPACK compatibility issues? It also provided more stability.

Here: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2326

[ghostrider78]

Gentlemen,

I did both suggestions, that seems to have done the trick. I haven't flown the plane yet but now it shows up on the runway without crashing FSX; I'm assuming I'm good to go here.
I salute all involved helping me out !

ghostrider78

[flyboy1953]

I will also try these fixes as I've just about given up trying to get the F15E to work.

It's a real shame that for what is probably one of the best aircraft ever made for FSX has all these issues. By now I would have expected Milviz to update this aircraft to be compatible with Win 8 and 10. I run three different flight sims and have to say that your aircraft are the best I have ever experienced - just wish the Strike Eagle would work. Maybe the best solution would be to port over your models to a new platform like DCS or X-Plane 11 (which is really outstanding at the moment!).

Keep up the fantastic work but please don't ignore this Strike Eagle in the future.

[Krazycolin]

We can't fix it as the coder took off with his code.

Sorry.

[JonathanBleeker]

The only fix we could really do is to do everything over from scratch. I wouldn't mind doing that but there are other things we have to do in order to survive.