(SOLVED) [Active Sky Next] Opens up, then closes without errors (Stuck on initializing)

[Mr.Gentlespy]

I recently purchased ASN, and I'm already having problems using it. I installed on the same folder where FSX is installed, and installed the config tool under tools, but when I open up ASN, the boxes wich countains wheater information, hurricanes, and news, have an "Please wait" text implying that It's loading, but It just closes after a few seconds, without a single error.

Does anyone know how to fix this, I hate to refund this since I really wanted a good weather gen.

Update: Tried a bunch of fixes, but It didn't work and I'm almost at my breaking point. Also I should've put in the title that ASN is stuck on initializing, my title was a little "vague".

[geagler]

Active sky not very capable. I would suggest Active Sky 2016, very dependable and easy to work with.

[Mr.Gentlespy]

Originally posted by geagler:

Active sky not very capable. I would suggest Active Sky 2016, very dependable and easy to work with.

I've made my purchase through Steam because It's way cheaper than buying on other websites, since where I live uses another currency for purchase. So yeah, AS16 is a no-go.

[geagler]

OK so keep trying to fix ASN.
Cheers

[Mr.Gentlespy]

Originally posted by geagler:

OK so keep trying to fix ASN.
Cheers

Welp, I got until December, 6 to fix ASN without playing FSX. Otherwise I'll have to make a refund.

[Mr.Gentlespy]

Here's the log that ASN creates after being executed:

20:44:14:0286-Verifying Active Sky Next: Steam Edition License
20:44:14:0292-AppPath = C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FSX\DLC\364340
20:44:14:0292-AppDataPath = C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Roaming\Hifi\ASN-SE\
20:44:14:0301-FSXPath = C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\FSX
20:44:14:0302-FSXFlightPlansPath = C:\Users\Vitor\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files
20:44:14:0304-FSXAppDataPath = C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX
20:44:14:0445-NDB station list initialized!
20:44:14:0502-Error reading fir.dat
20:44:14:0508-VOR station list initialized!
20:44:14:0556-Airport station list initialized!
20:44:14:0611-Incomplete data found in FSX wx station database.. skipping station
20:44:14:0612-Wx Station Database loaded: 12405 station(s)
20:44:14:0613-Downloading Weather stations data
20:44:14:0615-Map image provider initialized!
20:44:14:0618-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:44:15:0385-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 766ms
20:44:16:0093-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 707ms
20:44:16:0805-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 711ms
20:44:17:0504-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 798ms
20:44:18:0216-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 911ms
20:44:18:0216-Best server: http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ - 707ms
20:44:18:0997-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:44:19:0488-Start Download Content License Result Check
20:44:19:0489-Content Length: 7747
20:44:19:0489-Finished Download Content License Result Check in 0,4836 ms
20:44:19:0490-Download failed, retrying, attempt #2
20:44:24:0490-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:44:25:0204-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 713ms
20:44:25:0916-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 711ms
20:44:25:0917-This server previously resulted in download failure and will not be used over the next hour...
20:44:26:0621-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 703ms
20:44:27:0324-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 802ms
20:44:28:0025-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 900ms
20:44:28:0025-Best server: http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ - 703ms
20:44:28:0025-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:44:28:0520-Download failed, retrying, attempt #3
20:44:33:0521-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:44:34:0232-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 711ms
20:44:34:0936-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 702ms
20:44:35:0636-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 699ms
20:44:35:0636-This server previously resulted in download failure and will not be used over the next hour...
20:44:36:0347-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 810ms
20:44:37:0052-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 903ms
20:44:37:0052-Best server: http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ - 702ms
20:44:37:0053-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:44:37:0542-Download failed, retrying, attempt #4
20:44:42:0543-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:44:43:0245-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 701ms
20:44:43:0946-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 700ms
20:44:43:0946-This server previously resulted in download failure and will not be used over the next hour...
20:44:44:0647-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 700ms
20:44:45:0350-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 802ms
20:44:46:0053-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 901ms
20:44:46:0053-Best server: http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ - 700ms
20:44:46:0053-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:44:46:0544-Download failed, retrying, attempt #5
20:44:51:0545-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:44:52:0248-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 702ms
20:44:52:0967-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 718ms
20:44:53:0669-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 701ms
20:44:53:0670-This server previously resulted in download failure and will not be used over the next hour...
20:44:54:0373-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 802ms
20:44:55:0088-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 914ms
20:44:55:0089-Best server: http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ - 702ms
20:44:55:0089-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:44:55:0580-Download failed, retrying, attempt #6
20:45:00:0581-Scanning servers for best performance...
20:45:01:0289-http://cumulus.hifitechinc.com/ = 708ms
20:45:01:0290-This server previously resulted in download failure and will not be used over the next hour...
20:45:01:0995-http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ = 705ms
20:45:02:0706-http://lacunosus.hifitechinc.com/ = 710ms
20:45:03:0409-http://calvus.hifitechinc.com/ = 802ms
20:45:04:0114-http://nimbus.hifitechinc.com/ = 904ms
20:45:04:0114-Best server: http://perlucidus.hifitechinc.com/ - 705ms
20:45:04:0115-Using Client ID: 0D384EA94CD24155F194E993342084C6
20:45:04:0607-Weather stations data Download failure
20:45:04:0608-DownloadStations.dat file not found and/or download failed. Weather stations data will not be loaded!
20:45:04:0608-A fatal error occured. Active Sky cannot function properly and will shut down
20:45:04:0609-Weather station list initialized!
20:45:04:0617-Loading previously loaded weather...
20:45:04:0618-LastDownloaded.Wx not found

[geagler]

YKEES!!!!

[Mr.Gentlespy]

After some troubleshooting, I got ASN to work. Apparently, the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account, and would always fail to connect. After removing them, ASN starts and initializes everything without errors.

[Licopolis]

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account

Are you talking about Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts ? This file serves to direct an address to designated IP. If the file have more entries than standard return addresses (127.0.0.1 and ::1) it might be a sign of malicious activity running on the computer. Hackers tend to infest this file with fake address-to-IP resolutions.

[Mr.Gentlespy]

Originally posted by Licopolis:

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account

Are you talking about Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/hosts ? This file serves to direct an address to designated IP. If the file have more entries than standard return addresses (127.0.0.1 and ::1) it might be a sign of malicious activity running on the computer. Hackers tend to infest this file with fake address-to-IP resolutions.

Yep, that's the file. These modifications were done by me a long time ago, and just came back to bite me in the ass, so there's no need to be worried about an attack on my computer (besides, I'm mostly messing around on the internet than doing important stuff on this machine).

[Goktug]

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

After some troubleshooting, I got ASN to work. Apparently, the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account, and would always fail to connect. After removing them, ASN starts and initializes everything without errors.

That worked!!

[K-Koy]

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

After some troubleshooting, I got ASN to work. Apparently, the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account, and would always fail to connect. After removing them, ASN starts and initializes everything without errors.

What host file, Is it the icalendar file or the hosts.file?

[Mr.Gentlespy]

Originally posted by Senior Airman Haytham Solo:

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

After some troubleshooting, I got ASN to work. Apparently, the server addresses were inserted on a host file inside system32 that made the connection to the servers with an suspended account, and would always fail to connect. After removing them, ASN starts and initializes everything without errors.

What host file, Is it the icalendar file or the hosts.file?

It's the hosts.file, you're gonna open it with notepad and fiddle with it a little.

[K-Koy]

Originally posted by Mr.Gentlespy:

Originally posted by Senior Airman Haytham Solo:

What host file, Is it the icalendar file or the hosts.file?

It's the hosts.file, you're gonna open it with notepad and fiddle with it a little.

I did, I reset it, and now it works, but I do need to watch out for unintended consequences.

[K-Koy]

Thanks by the way.