How to add freeware airports into p3d?

[PeteB101 0]

I am a student pilot who flies out of Essendon YMEN into Bacchus Marsh YBSS. I bought the orbx YMEN and downloaded a freeware of YBSS. I cannot figure out how to add the airport into p3d. There are no 'texture' and 'scenery' folders, only many .BGL files. What to do?

[Skywolf 992]

Use most crucial most awesome freeware Lorby Addon Tool.  You get to install it outside the sim

[JJJackson 22]

Use Scenery Config Editor, esay to use and reliable. Yes it works with P3D v4.4, no it´s not BETA.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fs-sceditor/

 

Jack

the Swede in Spain

[jlund 380]

Can't you just make a folder in AddOn scenery, call it YBBS and within that folder make another folder called scenery, then place all the bgl in there and add it as any other scenery? It usually works for me, when I only have bgl files.

 

Edited December 14, 2018 by jlund

[b1bmsgt 206]

15 hours ago, jlund said:

Can't you just make a folder in AddOn scenery, call it YBBS and within that folder make another folder called scenery, then place all the bgl in there and add it as any other scenery?

Yup!

 

Russ

[CFIJose 5,485]

Still need to add the AddOn scenery folder in P3D add scenery menu, then you're good to go.

[JustanotherPilot 219]

I've found the best way, is to store scenery files in a folder outside of the Prepar3dv4x root directory, on a separate drive, I then use the Lorby Addon manager to create the .xml method(and LM preferred), the benefits of doing this are that scenery files do not take up space on a limited SSD drive and if you need to do a complete P3D install again, the scenery can be added by merely running Lorby and point to the previous scenery libraries already created. It would be nice if all scenery developers used the .xml method, I recently had to do a complete P3D reinstall after a hard drive failure and took days to add my ORBX scenery, as opposed to minutes for all my other scenery installed using .xml

[PeteB101 0]

On 12/14/2018 at 8:00 PM, JJJackson said:

Use Scenery Config Editor, esay to use and reliable. Yes it works with P3D v4.4, no it´s not BETA.

 https://sourceforge.net/projects/fs-sceditor/

 

Jack

the Swede in Spain

I've downloaded, now how do I use it? The airport in question has several files. I will paste a link to the download so you can see. https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=196566&CatID=fsxscen

[mikeymike 357]

word not allowed, I think I have been doing it wrong.

ive been exporting to scenery.cfg on some of the airports I have.

is there a video tutorial on how to set up addon.xml via lorby for idiots like myself lol.

thanks

mike

 

Edited December 15, 2018 by mikeymike

[JJJackson 22]

9 hours ago, PeteB101 said:

I've downloaded, now how do I use it? The airport in question has several files. I will paste a link to the download so you can see. https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=196566&CatID=fsxscen

Install it, go to Edit/Preferences and tell it what sim you use. After that, Add Area (right side)

Jack

 

[PeteB101 0]

20 hours ago, JJJackson said:

Install it, go to Edit/Preferences and tell it what sim you use. After that, Add Area (right side)

Jack

 

Not sure how to do this with MY specific scenery folder. Would you please have a look at trying to do it yourself with the software. The file is very small. Here it is: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=196566&CatID=fsxscen

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

2 hours ago, PeteB101 said:

Not sure how to do this with MY specific scenery folder. Would you please have a look at trying to do it yourself with the software. The file is very small. Here it is: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=196566&CatID=fsxscen

There is a set of instructions in the zip...

INSTALLATION
1. Reading this means you have Unzipped the download.

2. Add the AU Bacchus Marsh folder from this download into the FSX Add-Ons scenery folder.

3. You can run either FSX <default version> or <Orbx version> for the Orbx AU landscape.
Choose the relevant folder and rename it-   scenery  

4. Copy all the bmp files from BMP Images folder into FSX /Textures folder.

5. Start FSX and go to FSX Scenery Library. Add in <AU Bacchus Marsh> area. Ensure it is active / ticked.

Edited December 17, 2018 by Bert Pieke

[PeteB101 0]

On 12/17/2018 at 7:01 PM, Bert Pieke said:

There is a set of instructions in the zip...

 INSTALLATION
1. Reading this means you have Unzipped the download.

2. Add the AU Bacchus Marsh folder from this download into the FSX Add-Ons scenery folder.

3. You can run either FSX <default version> or <Orbx version> for the Orbx AU landscape.
Choose the relevant folder and rename it-   scenery  

4. Copy all the bmp files from BMP Images folder into FSX /Textures folder.

5. Start FSX and go to FSX Scenery Library. Add in <AU Bacchus Marsh> area. Ensure it is active / ticked.

Unfortunately I am not using fsx so should I make an addon scenery folder?

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

There should be one...

\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Addon Scenery

If not, sure create one..