Guys, I downloaded about 20 Mb of scenaries with my old 56k modem, and now am not be able to make them function properly.
The fact is that when I specify the directory in which the scenary folder is contained, after naming it, by clicking OK the window of "specify directory" comes out again. It looks like it doesn't accept the directory. ???
I still have to understand where in the hell the file .bgl have to be put, if in a folder, and then putting this one in the "addon scenary" directory or simply in the "scenary" directory. Then, is the folder that must be specified/activated or the .bgl file ????

Thanks very much for help

Giovanni (Italy)

Hagar, first of all thx for replying to me. See, I followed the instruction on the page you mentioned, but the files I downloaded have no texture sub-folders. They're just .bgl files...
Putting them in the pre-made "addon scenary"-"scenary" folder means automatically to activate them ?

Thanks a lot for your help

Giovanni

Hagar, that's it ! The files I downloaded are terrain mesh and have no texture folder. Are just .bgl files. Now : I put them in the FS2002/ADDON SCENARY/SCENARY folder. Is that ok ? The ADDON SCENARY box is still activated in the FS 2002 scenary library, so it should work prperly now, right ? 

Thx a lot

Giovanni

Good advice as always from Hagar there.

The other thing you should keep a close eye out for is scenery add-ons that use Flatten and Exclude commands. These are always referred to in the download documentation if required.

In order for you to be able to add these, the scenery must have a separate entry in the scenery.cfg file. (Actually there is a way around this, but to keep things simple I won't refer to it now).

To achieve the separate entry, the scenery and texture folder (if present) of your add-on scenery must first go into it's own folder. e.g. You'd make a new folder calling it "My New scenerys name (whatever you like)" and drop the folders into it.

That folder can then go pretty much anywhere in your FS2002 directory. I usually put it in the Add-on scenery folder.

You'd then add it via the Scenery library "Add area" button. This has the effect of adding it to the bottom of the scenery.cfg file (as well as enabling it in FS2002 of course).  Once there, you'd edit scenry.cfg with notepad, scroll to the bottom where you'll find the new entry, and add the flatten and exclude commands as detailed in the download.