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Elevation issues

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How do I fix elevation issues within the sim?  I have only noticed this in two airports since updating to 4.5 (the default airport and Fly Tampa KBUF).  Last night I tried to fly out of KBUF and picked a gate to fly out of.  Once the sim loaded, all of the planes were parked rear facing the terminal and then when I went to taxi, there were small “canyons” for lack of better terms in the alley and taxiways.  I use all of the Orbx stuff except vector.  Any idea how to fix this?  I would assume it is at other airports but not sure which specifically until I fly to one. 

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Do you have any other KBUF scenery / AFCAD installed?  How about any mesh product for that area?  

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No other Kbuf or any other mesh outside of Orbx lc and global

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I do not use P3D or Fly Tampa KBUL so this is just an assumption based on FSX which is similar in a lot of ways.  With FSX, when a freeware or payware airport is added to the sim and the elevation is different from the default elevation you may get the issue you are experiencing.  The reason why this happens is because the default elevation data has to be overwritten with a file for that airport. For example, I checked KBUF on Skyvector and the elevation is 726 feet. When I load KBUF in FSX the elevation is 691 feet. This is a difference of 35 feet.  For this reason a new elevation file would have to be created. If Fly Tampa used the actual elevation instead of the default elevation, a filed would have been installed for this elevation correction. You mentioned that you updated P3D to version 4.5. I am wondering if this update deleted an elevation file that FlyTampa installed? I would try reinstalling FlyTampa KBUF and sees what happens.  Also you may have to check any other add on airports and see if this problem occurs.  If it does not work let me know and I will see if I can help you further.

Cheers,

John Cottreau

 

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Go to ORBX Central, go to settings select the tab to the right (AEC) airport elevation correction and either add or remove the airport(s) in question and reload the sim. This should fix the problem.

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