V5.4 and FT eham incompatibility

[robvanderwiele 2]

Thanks very much for finding the problem and creating a solution!

Rob

 

[vidha 91]

Thank you so much!

[Benjamin Bavel 0]

On 6/9/2023 at 11:05 PM, PinkPony said:

I managed to fix it.

Solution:  

1. Locate the eham_grd.lua file in \FlyTampa\Amsterdam\scripts and rename to .off (or delete it).
2. Replace with my eham_grd.lua file, available here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vkiu3r1hc4horyb/AACef_0mhafuy17u-k2XjBgca?dl=0
3. Enjoy. Long live P3D!

Evidently there has been a change in how P3D v5.4 processes .lua scripts. In the case of Flytampa Amsterdam V2 .lua scripts are used to load the various (seasonal) ground textures which was no longer occuring with the original .lua script. 

P.S. I will reach out to FlyTampa to share my findings. If someone could be so kind to share my solution here on the main FlyTampa thread
https://www.flytampa.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36743

The link isn't working anymore.  Where can I get a new link or download the file in question?

[Rogen 1,102]

3 hours ago, Benjamin Bavel said:

The link isn't working anymore.

Just tested the Dropbox link myself and all was fine, downloaded np, maybe it's a location based transient issue ?

But in anycase the file name is eham_grd.lua and it's contents are in the spoiler below.

Just copy the spoiler contents to a text file and name that text file as eham_grd.lua (being sure you've got show file extensions enabled in Windows Explorer).

Spoiler

!lua
local month = varget("E:ZULU MONTH OF YEAR", "Number")
local StringOld = varget("T:DiffuseTexture", "String")
local StringNew

    if month == 1 then
        StringNew=string.sub(StringOld,1,7) .. "_hw.dds"
    elseif month == 2 then
        StringNew=string.sub(StringOld,1,7) .. "_wi.dds"
    elseif month <= 9 then
        StringNew=string.sub(StringOld,1,7) .. ".dds"
    else
        StringNew=string.sub(StringOld,1,7) .. "_wi.DDS"
    end

    varset("T:DiffuseTexture","String",StringNew)