November 26, 20214 yr I recently purchased FSXcenery's add-on airport scenery for Boise / KBOI. I also have Orbx global, vector, and central rocky mountain regions installed. There is an elevation conflict however that shows up by the airport being on a plateau and the grass areas between runways and taxiways are sunken down. This issue was posted on the Orbx forum by another user who reported that he got replacement AFCAD file(s) from another Orbx forum member which solved the problem. I've tried to DM both members trying to get the corrected AFCAD file(s) but haven't gotten any response. Does anyone have or know where I can obtain "corrected" AFCAD files for the FSXcenery's KBOI airport scenery? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. BTW....I have already turned off any potentially conflicting ORBX KBOI related bgl files, but that didn't fix the problem.
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November 26, 20214 yr Author Unfortunately, using the Orbx Vector configuration tool manually did not fix the issue with FSXcenery's KBOI airport add-on. Still looking for revised / updated AFCAD file(s) that might correct the issue that I'm having. Thanks for any assistance.
November 28, 20214 yr I've got several of the FSXcenery sceneries. The author usually includes the .ad4 source file used to compile the ADE file for the airport. To solve elevation mismatch issues I use ADE to open the ad4 file and change the airport elevation to match the elevation in the ADE file for the airport included in the Orbx scenery region (you also need the ProKey installed to do this), and then change the elevation of the airport flatten to match the new airfield elevation. Then recompile and replace the ADE, CVX, and GP bgl files with the new ones. I've had to do this to get them to line up with the updated elevations in P3Dv5. One note, though--at least in the KCOS scenery, he did not make any attempt to slope the edges of the airport terrain ground polys, making for some really awful cliffs and plateau edges along the airport boundary. I would expect that to be the case in any of his airports located on significantly uneven terrain. 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
November 29, 20214 yr Author Thanks for all of this terrific information. I've never tried to do something this complex, but I'll give it at try and will let you know how it turns out. Appreciate you taking the time to respond with these detailed instructions.
January 17, 20224 yr Author To follow up on my original post....I've tried for months to no avail to get the author of the FSXcenery KBOI airport scenery to send me the ad4 source file used to compile the ADE file for the airport. Does anyone know how I might obtain this file?
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