No, not the Gerard Butler movie, but the actual White House in MSFS. Could someone help an old codger and help him find the White House. 

Now, I worked in Washington, DC fifty years ago, and I remember one could see the Washington Monument from the White House.  The Monument is in the sim, the Capital, the Lincoln Memorial , the Smithsonian, the reflecting pool, the South Lawn are also, but NO White House.

I downloaded the latest City Update (IX), but not even a PG rendering. Also strange, the helipad, KWHH isn't recognized in MSFS. The POI isn't present either. What did I do? I've disabled all scenery addons in CF. Any suggestions appreciated. TIA.. Terry

Edited July 9, 20241 yr by Simtech95382
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5 minutes ago, Simtech95382 said:

No, not the Gerard Butler movie, but the actual White House in MSFS. Could someone help an old codger and help him find the White House. 

Now, I worked in Washington, DC fifty years ago, and I remember one could see the Washington Monument from the White House.  The Monument is in the sim, the Capital, the Lincoln Memorial , the Smithsonian, the reflecting pool, the South Lawn are also, but NO White House.

I downloaded the latest City Update, but not even a PG rendering. Also strange, the helipad, KWHH isn't recognized in MSFS. The POI isn't present either. What did I do? I've disabled all scenery addons in CF. Any suggestions appreciated. TIA.. Terry

Did you check the content manager to see if there are any updates available? I believe the WH is a POI and usually the POIs have to be downloaded within the content manager.

Yes, I did and it seems before the update, I had some representation of the structure, but now there's nada. I have the pads for the gear of the helicopter on the South Lawn, but no structure. ☹️

The WH is directly to the left of the Mall if you approach the tower from KDCA airport.

My memory may be wrong but I think the cities update was free from the Market Place

yes, City Update IX was freely available in the MP. I have all of the other POIs, but not the WH. In Content Mgr, I do not have any CUs uninstalled. I'm puzzled..

51 minutes ago, Simtech95382 said:

yes, City Update IX was freely available in the MP. I have all of the other POIs, but not the WH. In Content Mgr, I do not have any CUs uninstalled. I'm puzzled..

Maybe you have rolling cache activated. If so, try deleting it.

Thank you for the tip, but I have been using MSFS with disable cache for months now. However, even though I deleted it in MSFS, I just deleted the cache data in the Nvidia folder. Not sure if I messed things up with that or not. I can try to restore and see.

make sure you also have both USA world updates installed.

I'll have to check. I usually don't install them to conserve disc space. The strange point, is there was some sort of structure where the WH is supposed to be. Now there's empty space. Just the reflecting pool, pads for the helicopter on South Lawn, and even the EOB across the street from the WH  displays as a melted Picasso painting.

Quick question: Of all the Discovery flights, SFO, New York, etc, I don't see any discovery flight for Washington DC. 

I did notice that World Update II had an update that I hadn't d/l. I d/l the 2.4Gb pkg and the Mall and corresponding POIs look great...BUT.. no White House and no POI marker either. I also restored the cache in Nvidia, no change. Bizarre.😵

The D.C. landmarks, including the White House, look quite good IMO in the new update. The White House lawn has the helicopter landing marks which I've come kind of close to landing on with the Cabri. Real helicopter pilots make it look so easy.

29 minutes ago, Simtech95382 said:

Quick question: Of all the Discovery flights, SFO, New York, etc, I don't see any discovery flight for Washington DC. 

I did notice that World Update II had an update that I hadn't d/l. I d/l the 2.4Gb pkg and the Mall and corresponding POIs look great...BUT.. no White House and no POI marker either. I also restored the cache in Nvidia, no change. Bizarre.😵

I have no idea what's happening, but I just tested the helipad behind it. It's there:




Edit: Day time Print is oversaturated because I'm with HDR on, sorry. 

Edited July 10, 20241 yr by ca_metal

Perhaps you have an addon scenery pack that's overriding the default White House?

Thank you for the suggestions, but I have disabled all scenery addons, and empty CF, but  regarding the helipad, yes, the three markers are there and I can use them, but the physical structure of the WH is not there. Looks like a two dimension place holder. I thought I'd check with a Discovery flight, but realize I have  many several Discovery flights of  US landmarks, there is NO Washington, DC discovery flight. Strange indeed.

Edited July 10, 20241 yr by Simtech95382
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