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May 1^st, 2004 at 9:52am

xtp Offline
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http://www.simviation.com/fsdterrainsrtm.htm

more-detailed terrain mesh looks promising, but I cannot find the Scenery Library option in FS2004 to complete the installation as per the instructions.

Contrary to the Help file, there is no such option under Settings on my installation of FS2004 ( as admin under XP Pro) and I can't find it anywhere else either.

Any help welcome.

Thanks.

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Reply #1 - May 1^st, 2004 at 12:17pm

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On the left side of the main menu, click on the 'settings' at the bottom. When it opens, there's a 'Scenery Library' button, click on it Wink

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Reply #2 - May 1^st, 2004 at 12:59pm

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OK. Got it. Looking in the wrong settings menu.

It's not available in the main part of the program at all - only on the opening screen.

Thanks.

Sadly, FS2004 doesn't seem to recognise the new .bgl files in the Scenery Editor on my system.

Has anyone got it working in FS2004?

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Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2004 at 4:28pm

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xtp; I can't get it to work in FS9 eather. Even put it into the addon scenery folder, still no good.

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Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2004 at 5:11pm

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Hi xtp,

If you havent done so, I suggest you read Grumpy's tut. on adding scenery. Not really hard once you get it down.

http://www.simviation.com/lair/fs2004sc.htm

Notes: Once you have 'browsed' to and selected the correct folder, Crusoe in his example, the scenery name, 'Crusoe', should show up at the top of the Scenery Library' list, with a checkmark in the adjacent box.

After clicking OK, and returning to the main FS screen, you must exit and restart FS9 for the new scenery to be activated. On the restart you should get a message that 'FS is updating the scenery..............'.

Cheers,
Dave

Steve, I have installed the older versions of SimV's US Terrain mash and they work fine. I'll have to try the new ones out.

Came back to correct the sp. on 'mesh' but looks so good I think i'll leave it. Cheesy

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Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2004 at 5:56pm

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I have installed two of the new terrain mesh files in FS2004....for north eastern Japan. They work just fine. I put them in the Add-on scenery folder....not the scenery folder.

I created a folder in the Add-on scenery folder called "SRTM-Japan", and in that folder another new subfolder called "Scenery". The extracted BGL files from the download went into that folder.

Then in the "Settings" screen I selected "Add Scenery Area".... and then selected the two bgl files that were in the new "scenery" subfolder. Exit the sim to have it take effect.... and BINGO!

At the most, I noticed about maybe a 1 fps drop in framerate with the new mesh...... which holds a solid locked at 30 FPS up here. So maybe a 29.

If you wonder what difference this stuff makes see the following two photos located in quadrant EB40:

Stock default view of Mt. Iwaki in Aomori-ken, Japan

New 70 M Terrain Mesh changed view of the same view of Mt. Iwaki

I know this particular place pretty well...... I'll post a real picture soon here too from my photo collection Wink

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In fact, I'll be looking at this lovely active volcano next to the town of Goshogawara in about 30 days Grin

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Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2004 at 7:54pm

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Thanks for the replies.

Trouble is, the bgl file didn't show when its folder was chosen so I couldn't install, much less activate by restarting FS9.

However, encouraged by JBaymore's success with Japan, I'll try again in the morning in case it was something to do with folder names.

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Reply #7 - May 2^nd, 2004 at 3:30am

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I got the four files that cover the UK first and made a new folder called England. In the England folder I made a folder called scenery and a folder called textures. I put the four BGL's in the scenery folder and left the texture folder alone. I'm quite impressed by the result.

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Reply #8 - May 2^nd, 2004 at 12:45pm

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I'm quite impressed by the result.

Anything to make flatlands look better? Grin

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Reply #9 - May 2^nd, 2004 at 12:54pm

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Thanks to all.

Sorted now - I was pointing at the scenery folder instead of its parent.

Mountains of Wales and Scotland look much better now.

Interesting visual anomaly near Colerne airfield - looks like a vertical double laser beam.

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Reply #10 - May 2^nd, 2004 at 1:16pm

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Quote:

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Interesting visual anomaly near Colerne airfield - looks like a vertical double laser beam.

Glad you got it basically working.

Not sure but maybe you can fix it with an "exclude" of some sort and a "texture patch" uising Airport or something.

Even in the default M$ scenery the main runway at Aomori, Japan has a couple of streetlights sitting right in the middle. Shocked

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Reply #11 - May 2^nd, 2004 at 1:25pm

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After installing the new mesh I get a warning message on starting FS9 saying 'scenery.cfg file error .... addon scenery in area.038 not found. Maybe that is the cause. I'll try a reinstall when I get time.

Meanwhile, the artifical visual beacon is quite useful navaid!

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Reply #12 - May 4^th, 2004 at 4:21am

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May be I'm wrong,but when you create new folder
for addon scenery,this folder should contain at least two folders inside-"scenery" where you put your new mesh and "texture" wich can be empty...
It happenned much to me when addon scenery manager daznt recognize new mesh just because of absence of texture folder,adding emty texture folder fix the problem.

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Reply #13 - May 4^th, 2004 at 4:52am

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All now resolved, thanks.

The error message and the Colerne problem were resolved by hand editing the scenery.cfg file and removing the entries I had generated during earlier attempts to install. A clean install worked fine.

In case the install route is not clear, this is the way that worked for me:

Under add-on Scenery, create a new main folder (eg Europe) and inside that create two folders: scenery and texture. Put the new 70m mesh BGL files inside the Scenery sub-folder.

Start FS9 and choose Settings on the opening screen, then Scenery Library - Add Area. Point at the new main folder (eg Europe), choose caching required, and then OK to accept. Repeat for any other areas you wish to install at the same time. Then OK again to close the Scenery Library.

You may then need to restart FS9 to get the new scenery recognised.

Gibraltar is perhaps the most impressive improvement I have found so far in Europe, although the UK mountain areas are greatly improved as well.

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Reply #14 - May 4^th, 2004 at 7:21am

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Quote:

After installing the new mesh I get a warning message on starting FS9 saying 'scenery.cfg file error

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were resolved by hand editing the scenery.cfg file

To avoid this problem, 'delete' the unwanted scenery area from within the Scenery Library setup window before removing the folder from your hard drive.

Note: Once you have created your folder(s) for the mesh, and successfully 'added' it/them to the Scenery Library, you can add new .bgl's (as you d'load more) to '.... \(your mesh folder)\scenery\..' folder and FS will automatically update the next time it starts. No need to use the Scenery Libray setup, as long as your placing the new .bgl in an existing folder.

Cheers,
Dave

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Reply #15 - May 4^th, 2004 at 1:37pm

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Just wondering if I am the only one who noticed that there are 666 files to download to get the complete set of terrain mesh. Something bad happen when you install all of them? hehe!
97 down, 569 to go!

Kevin

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Reply #16 - May 4^th, 2004 at 3:13pm

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Reply #17 - May 4^th, 2004 at 5:30pm

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Here's a quote from the Introduction on the Terrain Mesh webpage. Will was quite close.

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All of North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean islands, Europe and Asia is covered in 466 geographical sections

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