ACHTUNG! VATSIM Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), 23-Nov-2002 16:02

[Martin Georg]

VATSIM Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)
Issued by James Willan, 23-Nov-2002 16:02 UTC
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FROM THE VICE-PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT:

Please be advised that there is a conflict between all current editions of SquawkBox and DirectX 8.2. This error will cause dialogs such as 'Send AddPlayer Req' to appear, and will prevent the multiplayer element of SquawkBox from operating. Under Flight Simulator 2002, this will prevent the Flight Simulator's Multiplayer Chatbox being used to send commands and text to SquawkBox.

VATSIM advises its users not to use DirectX 8.2 if they wish to use SquawkBox online. DirectX 8.2 is automatically installed by some software, including Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 3. Users have reported being able to uninstall DirectX 8.2 using the system rollback function under Windows XP, but we cannot guarantee the success of this method.

Please note that VATSIM do not provide support for software, and that users undertake any of the above operations at their own risk. Problems and questions may be posted to the VATSIM general newsgroup, available by clicking the link below:
news://news.simflight.com/simflight.vatsim

VATSIM apologise for any inconvenience caused, and be assured that we are working to resolve this issue.

With regards,

James Willan
Vice-President, Development
VATSIM Board of Governors