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David Welliings

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HI Everyone my first post !

Frustrating or what , I have installed UK2000 VFR airfields onto FSX Gold ed.  All says installed ok , BUT even though all files are present and correct as far as I can tell and they are showing on the MFS Scenery drop down menu the Airfields are not showing in the game . The add on box on airfield choice is blank ( which according to UK 2000 support is correct which seems a bit odd ? ) . Has any one got advice on what is going on please and how to correct the situation ? Running on windows 10 . T I A , David

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David, have you tried moving your add-on sceneries to the top of the list in the Scenery Library?  FSX will prioritize the scenery in order - first has highest priority, second has second highest priority, and so on.  I'm wondering if you have other sceneries or even default scenery that right now have higher priority than your new scenery.

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6 minutes ago, TextRich said:

David, have you tried moving your add-on sceneries to the top of the list in the Scenery Library?  FSX will prioritize the scenery in order - first has highest priority, second has second highest priority, and so on.  I'm wondering if you have other sceneries or even default scenery that right now have higher priority than your new scenery.

Yes , they are numbers 1 & 2 in the Scenery Library .

Its so frustrating because as far as my limited Computer skills go everything appears to be in the correct place but there is a glitch somewhere preventing the scenery loading ?

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David,

One thing you could do to prove the scenery files are being loaded is to do this:-

1) Launch FSX and open the Scenery Library and deselect the VFR Airfield entries. Exit FSX.

2) Launch FSX and you should see the progress bar showing the scenery index is being rebuilt.

3) Open Scenery Library and reselect the VFR addons. Exit FSX.

4) Launch FSX and again, the progress bar should indicate the index is being rebuilt.

If all that works as described then the airfields have to be visible. I don't understand this sentence... "The add on box on airfield choice is blank ( which according to UK 2000 support is correct which seems a bit odd ? "

You would normally type the ICAO for the airfield / airport. What airfields have you bought? Another thing you could try is to position your aircraft at a nearby airfield and then slew up and then towards the missing one. Is it visible from the air?

UK2000 stuff is usually without problems as Gary has been doing this a long time.

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36 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

UK2000 stuff is usually without problems as Gary has been doing this a long time.

Funny you should mention that, Ray. Gary has indeed been around a long time and I really do rate the UK2000 products (I have several), but my Doncaster installation has no buildings visible (it used to!). I've posted up the problem over in the official UK2000 support forum so I'm awaiting some answers there. :wink:

It's probably due to Doncaster being on the wrong side of the Pennines... :dry::biggrin:

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45 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

The add on box on airfield choice is blank ( which according to UK 2000 support is correct which seems a bit odd ? "

Thanks for the advice Ray , I will try it later , already had a bollocking off Swimbo  'your not on that bloody thing again' ! 

Normally when you used to click the add on airfields button in the 'go to Airfield Menu' the 2 drop down boxes contained the UK2000 Airfields lists . Now they are blank . According to Gary to that is now default for the latest UK2000 VFR Airfields . So how do you select the UK2000 Airfield then ? 

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8 minutes ago, David Welliings said:

Thanks for the advice Ray , I will try it later , already had a bollocking off Swimbo  'your not on that bloody thing again' ! 

Normally when you used to click the add on airfields button in the 'go to Airfield Menu' the 2 drop down boxes contained the UK2000 Airfields lists . Now they are blank . According to Gary to that is now default for the latest UK2000 VFR Airfields . So how do you select the UK2000 Airfield then ? 

David, I don't have any of the Airfields products so can't go through the selection process. Usually you just choose GoTo Airport and type the ICAO. Like EGCC for Manchester etc.

It would help if you could provide a screenshot of the selection window so we can see how it looks. Use an independent site like Dropbox and link to it.

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David sent me a screenshot of the Airport selection window. Down at bottom-right are two options. Default and Add Ons. He selected the Add Ons one which doesn't show anything.

I suggested he select the default option and then enter the airport code. Do any FSX users use that Addon option to select 3rd party addon airports?

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29 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Do any FSX users use that Addon option to select 3rd party addon airports?

I've just tried this out by way of experiment Ray, and the only entry I got when clicking that add-on button is Chipping Gliding Club (a freeware add-on I found when I was taking gliding lessons at that club :cool:). However, the entry does nothing it doesn't change the airport selected (in my case the default on launch is EGCC).

The field is called Airport1 in my scenery library, accessed from the default option as are all my add-on airports (BGC is the ID) - Bowland Forest Gliding Club.

I have never had to use that button.. :unsure:

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Thanks Mark. I suspect David's problem will be solved if he uses the default option.

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'I have installed UK2000 VFR airfields onto FSX Gold ed.  All says installed ok , BUT even though all files are present and correct as far as I can tell and they are showing on the MFS Scenery drop down menu the Airfields are not showing in the game . The add on box on airfield choice is blank ( which according to UK 2000 support is correct which seems a bit odd ? ) '

Eventually after trawling through various Flight Sim Forums and some trial and error inputs have found the solution to UK2000 Airfield Scenery not showing FSX particularly if using a Photo realistic Scenery package.

1. The UK2000 Scenery must be at the top of the Scenery Library followed by the Photo Scenery Files.

2. The Scenery Complexity In settings should be set at Extremely Dense ( most Photo Scenery Progs advise Nil ) 

3. Use the Bilinear setting.

Hope this helps anyone with similar issues and thanks to everyone who provided helpful ideas.

 

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