For some reason, I am unable to load FS in SFO. I get the startup screen, choose an aircraft, pick SFO to start, but when the progress bar gets to about 52% (loading terrain), then the terror box pops up. FS needs to close.I can load SFO with no problem at night, but in the daylight, no way, no how. I have spent most of the day moving things around. I use Fly Tampa KSFO, but I went back to default, and same thing. I reinstalled FT KSFO, I tried to fly in form Fresno, but when I got close to SFO, the ground stayed blurry. The runways did not show up until after I had landed, and then I promptly got the terror box. I am also unable to load KOAK, but I can load KSJC. I think something is wrong with the SF aerial photo or the ground textures. However I did try to load without the aerial photo enabled, and still no go. I have tried everything. HELP!

Sounds like your scenery.cfg is in disorder. You should post over at Fly Tampa's forum, best of luck.

then the terror box pops up. FS needs to close.

What DLL file does your "terror box" say is causing the crash? Without that info one can only clutch at straws . . .Best wishes,John

For some reason, I am unable to load FS in SFO. I get the startup screen, choose an aircraft, pick SFO to start, but when the progress bar gets to about 52% (loading terrain), then the terror box pops up. FS needs to close.I can load SFO with no problem at night, but in the daylight, no way, no how. I have spent most of the day moving things around. I use Fly Tampa KSFO, but I went back to default, and same thing. I reinstalled FT KSFO, I tried to fly in form Fresno, but when I got close to SFO, the ground stayed blurry. The runways did not show up until after I had landed, and then I promptly got the terror box. I am also unable to load KOAK, but I can load KSJC. I think something is wrong with the SF aerial photo or the ground textures. However I did try to load without the aerial photo enabled, and still no go. I have tried everything. HELP!

Corrupt textures in your scenery\world\textures folders would cause that issue. Try reinstalling the textures from your FS9 CD.Bill M

**Update**I've had some progress but not total success yet.I tried replacing the entire FS9/scenery/world/texture and cities/sanfran/texture with fresh files from disk 4; same thing happened.I tried deleting and reinstalling FT San Francisco; same thing.Finally I installed a terrain mesh addon for the bay area, and voila, I loaded daytime SFO with no problem.What the hell was that?I can live with the current mesh, but there are no night textures. That means I will have to remove the mesh for night flying and add it for daytime. I want a terrain mesh with night textures. I've searched Avsim and Flightsim with no success. Where do I look, and what was my original problem?

Did you not post at the FlyTampa forum?

**Update**I can live with the current mesh, but there are no night textures.

Uh....mesh doesn't have/use textures.An analogy, the human body.Mesh is the skeleton. Can't see it, without it everything is flat.Textures are the skin, draped over the mesh. 2 different processes in the sim completely.Landclass tells the sim what kind of textures to use, i.e.: city, rural, desert etc.Also, best to give specific products/files you are using so others can compare to their systems and/or experience.Hope this helps,Joe

Uh....mesh doesn't have/use textures.An analogy, the human body.Mesh is the skeleton. Can't see it, without it everything is flat.Textures are the skin, draped over the mesh. 2 different processes in the sim completely.Landclass tells the sim what kind of textures to use, i.e.: city, rural, desert etc.Also, best to give specific products/files you are using so others can compare to their systems and/or experience.Hope this helps,Joe

Thanks. I never really understood the different terms.I downloaded : San Francisco Photo Real Scenery addon for MSFS2004 By Matt Fox.It is just terrain textures. Other than that, I only have FlyTampa KSFO, Mach1 KOAK and KSJC. Everything else is default.I never registered or posted at FlyTampa. I don't think it has anything to do with their scenery because I have the problem without it. I will try that if nothing else solves this.