Usually the read me will tell you if you need to download anything extra.

But it's still not a bad idea to go ahead and download the major files such as RWY12, Nova Gold and the like.

There is a single file download available that contains almost all of the files used today.

ezoliv33.zip  at Flightsim....sorry..haven't checked the library here.

you treat the "Static Objects Library" in your ADDON SCENERY as any other ADDON SCENERY.  (open Flight sim and activate it in the sim -- reboot FS, then once your sim is open, open EZ SCENERY CREATOR) find the object that you want to place, and then put it in the sim.

when you are finished creating/updating the airport of choice.  Find all the files that you used to create/update the scenery and put them in 1 folder on your desktop (copy/paste)  This will become the STATIC OBJECTS LIBRARY that you will send with your package when you upload it so that everyone else can have the files needed to show the light poles, hangars, taxiway signs, etc etc etc.  See pic below of the folders that I had to make when I made KDVI - Desert View International.  http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/perlfect/search/search.pl?p=1&lang=en&include=...

It is important to first understand the different types of *.bgl files. There are several, however this topic relates to two.

One type is an "object library". It is exactly what it sounds like, a library of objects that can be used by scenery object placement tools. Each object has a unique identifier. This type of *.bgl will typically include an associated texture folder.

There are tons of them floating around in cyberspace and ezoliv33.zip is a collection of most that were available when it was compiled. For these files to work properly they need to be in an active scenery folder.

By themselves these files do not add any objects in the sim. They are simply a warehouse of objects available to scenery designers.

For these objects to show up in the sim a scenery designer will use an object placement tool to create the second type of *.bgl. These *.bgls do not actually contain the objects, they tell the sim to place an object (by use of its unique identifier) at a specific location.

If a "scenery object placement" *.bgl calls for an object from an "object library" that is not in an active scenery folder on your PC, the object will not show up.

xerxes wrote on Dec 12^th, 2009 at 11:52am:

Yes, sometimes you do. The readme will typically list what object libraries the designer used and you will not see the objects in their scenery unless you have the object libraries in an active scenery folder.

Some designers include object libraries in their downloads. Unless they are custom libraries for that specific scenery this is not necessary. This practice unnecessarily bloats downloads, leads to duplication of files on end-user computers and, at times, can cause display anomalies. When designers include object libraries that you already have, you do not need to install them again.

Hope this helps.

cheers,
Joe

We posted at the same time, hopefully my first post will answer some of your questions.

xerxes wrote on Dec 13^th, 2009 at 1:15pm:


Nova, and others like it are not actually objects, but simply a set of textures that can be used by "object libraries".

I keep those sets of textures in the main FS9 texture folder ...FS9\Texture

Some people do keep all object libraries in one folder. Many use the Static Objects folder that gets created when you install the RWY12 program.

I choose to have a seperate folder for each designer, for those that created many libraries. Folks like Sidney Schwartz, Woody Fouts, etc.

I do this for a couple reasons.

Makes updating easier, though this happens less and less as times go by.

There are some object libraries that contain texture files that have the same name that are not the same file. Many designers may include a texture named concrete.bmp, and if you look at them they are different.

By separating my object libraries by designer hopefully their objects will display their textures.

It has been said that my approach is unnecessary and a little AR, might be.

I had this setup before the compilations came out and it works for me.

A final note about RWY12.

At the time of it's release it was cutting edge. Those days are long gone. Much of what is known now, wasn't known then. Because of that you will find many scenery addons that have readme files stating that "RWY12 must be installed for this to work". We now know this to be false.

You do have to have the 3 RWY12 object libraries installed in an active scenery folder, but you do not need to have the program itself installed. Unless you want to use it to create your own scenery.

Compared to what is available today, granted mostly payware, RWY12 is difficult and tedious to work with.

cheers,
Joe