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Hi event though I save the config files and it tells me they are saved, the save button stays red. Obviously theres something wrong but how bac I find out what it is. Graham

Thanks for your time :-) I shall try that in the morning Graham

Very clear English instructions about how to donate I must say 😞

Ive tried doing that but nothing seems to mean anything or let me get further Graham

Can someone help me get file access to simmerhome. Ive registered .....I think but I cant understand enough to get my profile recognised. Its almost as if they don't want new members Graham

I think I've sorted it now. Its just the case that there is not much autogen included in the product especially houses. Quite disappointing. Thanks for your reply though Keep well Graham

Hi, Is anyone using this scenery. I can't find which layer to move the scenery to so it plays nicely with my other addons. The files are merged into megascenery earth Italy as instructed. Take for example LIEO by ORBX. If I am here and I move it to a low layer I get no autogen. If I move it to the top I get autogen mixed in with the airport. Can anyone help Graham

Hi I've actually been back to base scenery. At the moment I'm thinking hardware and a recently installed Lan card. Thankyou 🤔 Graham

No that's off too 😢 Thankyou Graham

I've just installed a new network card so maybe that's something to check. It's happening in other places too sadly. At first I thought just UK. After 2 days of flying the same scenario looking for what's causing my issues I'm not going near it today 😢. Thanks for your input 👍 Graham

Im actually getting long pauses just now. I wonder if we have the same issue.

Ok it seems this is happening elsewhere now. What can be causing these lockups? Graham

I've disabled the whole lot ☹️. I've cut right back to base scenery and disabled all weather addons. I'm going to try disabling aerosofts display engine next but I'm not confident that's the culprit 🧐 Graham

Thanks I've now found that. It worries me when I use that utility it will not let me deactivate or unregister it. Which makes me think sode is not working as it should but I'm now not sure what to do about this or if even this is my main problem. Graham

Sadly it still happens but thanks for your input. I just can't understand why it only happens in the UK I'm trying to narrow it down what it might be. Graham

It's funny you should say that for some reason sode won't allow me to disable it. I can't even find the sode platform manager program anywhere. I have just uninstalled it completely and just about to test it.

Hi, I'm recently started to get 5 second lockups around 5 and 10 thousand feet. I've tried a fresh .cfg file. Turned off ext weather program and even stripped back my scenery to bare bones in an attempt to find the culprit. Doesn't happen elsewhere so what could it be. Only thing I can't disable is sode. For some reason it won't let me. I have a hardware cockpit so no fancy addin aircraft used. I only use it for scenery. I'm really at my wit's end trying to find what's going on. Can anyone think of where to look next. I have a good system with no other problems recently. Graham P3d4.5

I'm finding this confusing now Chris now we have thrown FTX lighting into the mix. They have put lighting into global and lighting into regional products. I'm making you my lighting expert Chris. What do I do now to get my lights the way you intended them to look even if I sacrifice this so called 3d lighting. Can I switch it off. Can you recommend settings for an FTX based sim Thanks Graham

Im not sure where they are from Chris. I have FTX software that has a light configurations and also REX texture direct which can alter airport lighting. To be absolutely honest. Heaven knows where the shape of the light bawl is coming from then. I thought it was now Night Environment. Graham

Heres what I mean Chris. I think the brightness is too intense. It not how many lights there are but more like how bright they are. This is low level around EGBB Birmingham airport UK. Especially where larger roads seem to have 2 lights bawls close together as seen in this picture. This is Default preset with yellow slid back to 50% Will V1.8 be another large download ? or will this be a completely new product or interface upgrade. Its still much much better flying at night nowadays with N.E. I don't want to put anyone off buying it with my comments. I would still buy recommend it to everyone and still plan to roll out my coverage as new areas are released. I own everything you have done in European scenery areas. Graham EDIT------------------EDIT-------------------EDIT I think I may have discovered something for you. I have set my orbx FTX central to Europe and not global now . I think this was giving me the double BAWL things because they seem better now. Maybe a landclass thing ? I hope this was the case. Ill have to continue tomorrow. Regards Graham

Im making progress finally. For other readers dont forget to re-run dx10 fixer. I think thats the reason they looked like dots instead of lights and slide those yellows back. Much more testing to do. Maybe Im expecting to much after France but as I say the rustic setting seem to make things seem less perfect which is actually better if you know what i mean. Graham

Chris, There is something about the night view of British Isles after the update that make its seem less real than before. :-( The streetlights now look like yellow dots instead of lights and because of the ground splash it almost makes the picture look blurred. Thats the only way I can describe it. In the original release i used base , level 0 and level 2 to build my lighting. With V1.7 im using the preset default. This is my setting for France which seems fine. Can you suggest anything I can try. Also I was hoping to find the rustic option which I particularly liked in France but Im now thinking that was available because France is V2.0 Seems a step back just at the moment but lets see what we can do Graham EDIT After much tinkering Ive tried everything but i just cant get it to look as good as v1.1 im not sure what the answer is. You'll have to list everything you've changed so I can help you find out what is spoiling the effect at least for me. Maybe its because the ground splash is as bright as the lights themselves which makes me think I have double vision when flying at night. At this moment though the wow factor has gone. Sorry I know that's not what you wanted to hear. Graham

No deal Jim, Thats flightsim store way of getting you to buy it I guess. I got one yesterday about a new ORBX product release Graham Chris, Re-installed Germany and it returned to the configuration program. FSS assure me new British Isles files are there now so ill download em Graham

MMM dont do it from flightsimstore. Its still the old file and after waiting too long for the Germany update. Heres my email to them :- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian,I couldnt believe my eyes when I read about the update for Night Environment British Isles you emailed out the day yesterday. Yes I thought ! that's real service for you. I thought you'd mended your system after not informing us about the Germany update. Even better, you'd actually informed us before Aerosoft had on their update forum. Brilliant ! So I uninstalled and downloaded . . . . . . it hasnt been updated at all has it ?!? That another 3.0Gb bandwidth down the dunny! I think that email should have been informing us about Germany don't you ?. Believe me my grandfather who fought in the second world war would not agree that Germany is part of the British Isles cos we actually won the war. Perhaps if we hadn't then we would be included in the German update ;-( Please try to iron out whats going on here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All written in a light hearted manner of course if any of our German friends are reading Chris on a more serious note. Now I uninstalled British Isles 1.1 waiting for the 1.7 version, I note Germany 1.7 disappeared from the configuration program leaving me with just France/Paris configurable. Hopefully it will return when I get the new British Isles update. Graham

Chris can you start a locked thread to announce individual updates etc. I know you mentioned a number of releases are due when aerosoft complete the wrapper process but I'm not sure where we can see when it's actually publicly released. Thanks Graham. Ps I know you have an announcement thread already but it appears unused and possibly unlocked for others to post to which will cloud proper announcements.