January 22, 201016 yr I was just cruising the various FS9 subfolders in the Addon Scenery folder and discovered that my Addon scenery/texture folder is empty. The Addon scenery/scenery folder has various .bgls but the texture folder has nothing. Can this cause a problem?ThanksRich Perry
January 22, 201016 yr it should be empty unless you have some addon textures that you installed - Red E8500 @ 4.1 | EVGA 275GTX (overclocked) | 2x2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline @ 1066 | Samsung 24inch LCD @ 1920x1080 |
January 22, 201016 yr I was just cruising the various FS9 subfolders in the Addon Scenery folder and discovered that my Addon scenery/texture folder is empty. The Addon scenery/scenery folder has various .bgls but the texture folder has nothing. Can this cause a problem?ThanksRich PerryThe answer is yes, a serious memory leak due to empty texture directories is a well-known and never-corrected FS9 bug. You should seek out and delete all empty texture directories under your FS9 directory, plus any in scenery directories that may lie outside the FS9 main directory but are referenced in the scenery.cfg file.CheersBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, CO Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 22, 201016 yr Author The answer is yes, a serious memory leak due to empty texture directories is a well-known and never-corrected FS9 bug. You should seek out and delete all empty texture directories under your FS9 directory, plus any in scenery directories that may lie outside the FS9 main directory but are referenced in the scenery.cfg file.CheersBob ScottColonel, USAF (ret)ATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VColorado Springs, COThanks Bob...I suspected as much. It would be nice if there was a neat little program (like scanAFD) which looked for any empty scenery or texture folders.CheersKemo
January 22, 201016 yr Thanks Bob...I suspected as much. It would be nice if there was a neat little program (like scanAFD) which looked for any empty scenery or texture folders.CheersKemoUnfortunately, the story has spread like chinese whispers over time. No way is it as extreme as suggested. As far as I know (and there is no definitive story to this "well-known bug") there was an issue in FS2002 where a texture directory (empty or full) accompanying a landclass file in a scenery directory would give a problem, causing much disc searching for the right textures. Many believe this problem carried over to FS2004 but I have conducted tests and have not found this to have any effect at all on my setup.I'm sure there will be a chorus of "oh yes it does" so delete all your empty directories if you feel it helps. But remember Flight Simulator in its default installation situation provides you with empty ones, as per the start of this thread, and that is completely deliberate. Microsoft are simply creating a basic starting position for add-ons.John My co-pilot's name is Sid and he's a star! http://www.adventure-unlimited.org
January 22, 201016 yr Unfortunately, the story has spread like chinese whispers over time. No way is it as extreme as suggested. As far as I know (and there is no definitive story to this "well-known bug") there was an issue in FS2002 where a texture directory (empty or full) accompanying a landclass file in a scenery directory would give a problem, causing much disc searching for the right textures. Many believe this problem carried over to FS2004 but I have conducted tests and have not found this to have any effect at all on my setup.I'm sure there will be a chorus of "oh yes it does" so delete all your empty directories if you feel it helps. But remember Flight Simulator in its default installation situation provides you with empty ones, as per the start of this thread, and that is completely deliberate. Microsoft are simply creating a basic starting position for add-ons.JohnAgreed. For the last many years, I've had plenty of empty folders all around my fs9 dir and had no problems. When I got wind of this 'potential' problem...sure I deleted them as there is no harm doing so, but my situation stayed the same. - Red E8500 @ 4.1 | EVGA 275GTX (overclocked) | 2x2GB Mushkin Enhanced Redline @ 1066 | Samsung 24inch LCD @ 1920x1080 |
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