I'd be very grateful if someone could point me toward a topic that appeared not long ago about the importance of priority in the Scenery Library.  My searches can't find it 
Thanks.

I've asked for the very same thing, at multiple places...
and get different answers each time.

Even some addons I install, show different ways that it should look.

I don't think anyone really knows how it's supposed to be,
and at this point,
wouldn't know whether to believe them or not,
unless they had been a part of the design team for FS9   

I think the important part is, all of the stuff that was in that list when you first installed FS9,
should always stay on the bottom,
with every new addon, being on top of them in the list.

And then within that,
certain addons will come with mesh, landclass, and scenery files,
that must be installed to that list in a certain order,
which is usually explained in their readme files. 

...there is also some confusion as to what "top" of the list means?

The lowest number at the top of the list, or the highest number at the bottom of the list?

Paul...listing slightly to the starboard side... ...!

Fozzer wrote on Jul 24^th, 2010 at 6:15am:


It took me quite awhile to come to grips with the FS meaning of "priority".

I think a better term would be "precidence" - because when FS loads, it starts with the default (required) items which have the highest priority numbers as seen in the Scenery Library dialogue.

It then works it way up to whatever is sitting at Priority number 1 - and anything which sits higher than the default items will take precidence over what has been loaded before it.

This is easily proven by having an "exclude" for a scenery at a lower number than the scenery itself. It will exclude any objects in the area of the exclude which the author of the scenery has added.  Place the exclude so it is loaded first (a higher number than the scenery addition) - (to clear the area of unwanted autogen items) and then the new objects will appear.

Of course adding to the "confusion" is the fact the the scenery.cfg file lists everything exactly opposite - assigning area numbers to them.

Items are still loaded in the same manner - with the default items (starting at area 001) and working it's way to whatever you added last.

That is how I understand it anyway.

I just did my priorities last month.. I start with EZ Scenary Rwy 12, ect, then I add any land craft scenery, then land meshes, after that any individual scenery you want to add. I have found that you go from far out to close up. Some times you have to rearrange to make things right, but for the most part going far out to close in is the best way.  I keep all my scenery in a file called current scenery. The only things that I keep in add on scenery is AFCAD things like jetways & currant airport upgrades. It has worked for me & made add on scenery a simple project...If you would like more info send me a message. I'm on every day.

Dave 

Thanks but I've just found the topic at 3/19/10.....
I'll message you later hippy!