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The airport ground textures shown on the posts here and the REX website look like nice upgrades to the stock FSX.  The claim is that they replace all the "stock" airports.

 

Jon Masterson's ADE has allowed us to improve airports dramatically--taxiways, aprons, buildings, etc,etc.  But the taxiway/apron/runways/etc textures are stlll basic FSX.  The addition of their GPE is a bonus, but it's a labor (of love)...

 

Does anyone know if the REX4 graphics can replace these ADE modified airports, or it just the unaltered FSX originals??  Can the ADE generated .bgl files be upgraded with these graphics?

 

I suspect the answer is no, but can't find the answer after searching for much too long.

 

The REX support forum appears to be read only unless one has purchased product--I registered but still not able to post--in fact many of the sections are closed even to view

 

Sorry if this is not the correct forum.

 

Gary

I had a similar problem a while back, and ******* figured it out for me. In my case, related somehow to UTX, but the thread includes a couple of other ideas.http://forum.avsim.net/topic/285224-lost-textures-especially-water/page__p__1768792__hl__lake+ontario__fromsearch__1#entry1768792Gary

This site also contained some of the Dee Waldron models. There are several new repaints of the 707-320 in the file library, but I'm unable to find the model. Anyone know of any other sites for Dee's models as well.What a shame...these were/are some really nice AI models.gary

*******, thank you so much.The scenery.cfg had not been changed for a long time, but running the UTX setup (I changed the water texture, then changed it back) has fixed things. I was pretty sure Lake Ontario was still there!Still have to re-do my settings--have virtually no scenery detail beyond two or three miles, but I suspect that is just a matter of getting things set the way they were before. I honestly expected to be doing a full reinstall this week...Hunderes of Ai, airports and flightplans...Thanks again, for this help, and for all of your remarkable contributions to our addiction!!Gary

I've been using FSX on an antiquated machine for a long time, but suddenly yesterday, a display problem which has me stumped. Before I try a reinstall, thought I'd see what ideas are out there. Have UTX, GEX, FSX sp2 on win xp 32. No hardware changes, but I did try to create some photo real scenery Friday night, and I assume that was when I corrupted things. (AMD 3800x2, 8800 GT, 2 GB memory)I've lost display of virtually all water, for a 50-60 mile radius around my plane, as well as many highway displays. I'll try to attach pictures. My scenery attempt was KART, at he northeast end of Lake Ontario (with Sbuilder X and ADEX). The airport came out great, but when I took off, the eastern third of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River were gone! If I move 150 miles southeast, the map display shows the lake and river to have returned. But if I fly or slew towards them, the missing water (through the cockpit window it looks like desert) keeps moving away. Scenery immediately local to the plane, except the missing water, is probably OK. For instance, at KLEB, the airport and mountains are fine, but there is no Connecticut river, and no I-91.I've removed the airport and Sbuilder bgl files, tried starting with a new fsx.cfg file (abnormal shorelines, some water at Friday Harbor), tried different levels of water (I've used 2 low for two years), and searched unsuccessfully for recently changed files in FSX. I've tried running with all addon scenery inactive (all freeware downloads). Perhaps I did something to UTX or GEX??The first picture (two uploads melded??) is a map view with plane well southeast of the lake. Most of Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence is thereThe next two are cockpit and map images with the plane over the lake. The lake is desert, and the map display show the corrupted areas move with the plane (so it not the FSX scenery files...)It is pretty much impossible to underestimate my computer skills..so any and all ideas greatly appreciated.Gary

Here is a link to a list from fs 2004. I've used several of these codes successfully in FSX with ADE (to assign parking) and AIFP. I've been adding some "old" airlines (Eastern, TWA) and I had some trouble getting ATC to "address them by name until I found this site. You can add the "name" to an airline either in ADE or directly in the aircraft.cfg file.http://www.homepages.mcb.net/bones/04fs/da...rline_Codes.htmGary

"Apples and Oranges - the OP is using Win 7 and you are using XP."Thus the last comment in my post!!!!! But does win 7 write a "different" bgl file than xp or vista? It doesn't seem that the basic FSX files are different in the different OS. When I get "ghosts" of images, it's been because I have a texture file wrong or an error in the aircraft.cfg file. In my (probably wrong) mental image, the traffic file is looking for the image to display, but it's not there. Anyway, I should shut up 'cause I don't really know what I'm writing about, but was delighted that it worked for me in an xp to xp situation. My interest is real, as my 5 year old system really needs to be replaced for FSX, and if I build new and can't transfer to win7, I may just go with xp pro. Art, if you do figure this out, please post your solutionGary

I just copied mine and it workedMy boot hard drive, with FSX died two weeks ago--awful mechanical noise but with a week of funny performance so I had backed up. I installed a new hard drive with a reinstall of xp home sp3. I had backed up the entire simobjects/aircraft files as well as my flilght plans on a second HD. I have about 30 woai plans, as well as many, many more ga flight plans that I've made myself.I simply "reloaded" the aircraft and the flight plans (aircraft in simobjects/aircraft and flight plans in scenery/world/scenery) and everything is there, and the FSX default aircraft are gone (the way I like it). The many airports I've redone to add parking also copied and reinstalled fine (addon scenery/scenery). I did back up the folders before I did this, just in case, as reinstalling of 6 years worth of programs has been endless. The only oddity I have noted is that the "prop" file on an AI Bonanza I have is messed up. I need to get into all 55 repaints and replace the prop file with a working one...don't understand this one, as I had it fixed before...)But as I tell folks at work, if you are getting computer advice from me, you are in serious trouble!!Garyxp home sp3ancient rig.....

I remember, too vaguely, a thread about this on the WOAI forum. Are you by any chance unzipping the WOAI download before trying to install? You should not. The installer runs the zipped file.If you post this on their forum, my experience is that the folks that run the show (Peter) will reply very quickly.Gary

Larry:Thanks so much. The last Beta version seems to work very well. Are there changes to this final version, or is this just the "final release"? Thanks again, this is a fantastic effort you've made.Gary

Regarding the aircraft at Elmira--I've added a good bit of AI across upstate NY, so those are unique to my computer. There is also a very small amount of AI that comes in and out of Elmira in FSX. The trees appear a result of my mixing Jim's AFX created masterpiece with a need for more landing space. I've created so much GA AI, I needed both runways "active". The only way I know to activate the crosswind runway is using Aircraft Design editor (also, the only program I have) When I install Jim's original file (or a new one he kindly emailed me last night with a larger exclusion) the trees are gone. But when I open and edit the file with ADE (and it is then saved as an ADE. bgl file, the trees appear in either version.If I back off from Dense to Normal on autogen, the trees change from Pine to Oak!!!!I don't begin to understand it, but no surprise the problem is my doing. I like having both runways active, even though I suppose it's not quite realistic. It's alot easier than reprogramming the AI schedules, as there is an accumulation of 2 or three years worth.Thanks for the suggestions. A tree or two in the taxiway just adds to my challenges!Gary

There is an exclusion under the apron, that's why I don't see how Gary is getting tree's there.Gary:You can take screenshots in FSX by hitting the V key. They'll be saved in My Pictures/Flight Simulator X/ or similar. However, they will be .bmp files which are quite large. You need to use some sort of photo program to change them to .jpg. Jim

Printscreen worked to clipboard (Google is wonderful), converted to jpeg, and "uploaded"--it's in the list. I hope the image/file is somewhere. If not, I do know how to email pictures, and I can try that. The two trees are in the same position as last night (surprise) when I loaded to Elmira. Last night I "flew in" from Dansville.I have an older computer--amd 3800 x2, 8800 gt 512mb , 2 gb ram, UTX and GEX and I don't even know what resolution I run at....Hope this works, but on the "preview" I see no pictureGary

Gary,I just loaded up KELM to take a look. Half of the one apron is outside the airport boundary, but I have no trees anywhere around it, so maybe something else is going on. Maybe you could post a screenshot of what you're seeing. If needed, I can adjust the apron to be completely inside the airport boundary and send it to you.Jim

I rarely post, and even more rarely post screenshots....How does one do that??? Does printscreen save the image from FSX? (I serve on two IT committees as the "computer idiot" and I fill that role very nicely, if I say so myself!)Gary

Larry, this is really fantastic. I did notice one minor issue. Jim Cook has made a nice KELM scenery, but with the new version of low 'n slow (I am pretty sure I "went" to elmira with the first version and it was OK) there are some trees in the northwest parking apron. They are functioning trees--I taxied into one and was "crashed" back to KDSV, where my flight had started. I am pretty sure this apron was not in the FSX native KELM.But this is trivial. You have done a sensational job. Being an upstater for the last 30 years, but having done all of my real world flying in my Dad's Tripacer and Comnanche in southeast PA in the 60's and 70's, I used to sim mostly around the airports we flew in and out of---but for the past few weeks I am just touring around NY. Thanks so much.Gary

Cooperstown isn't photo scenery so you won't be able to find his house. Still doing some work in the Adirondack park - adding towns and other details. Larry

Sorry, I was just kidding about "finding his house" and didn't mean to sound critical. Don't interpret my comment as anything but an attempt at humor (on my 50th birthday t-shirt, # 5 was "his jokes are so dumb he makes us feel smart"). The upgrade in the scenery as you have done is terrific with out being "photo". If it were, I'd expect a big performance hit?Perhaps it's just because of the program size, but when I added UTX (to FSX/sp2?GEX) I really did notice a performance hit on my old machine. I see absolutely no slow-down from your addtion.Thanks againGary

Larry, just want to thank you for a great addition. I'm an upstater (near Rochester) and the improvement in "recognition" of the towns, countryside etc. is great. I've only had time to pick my way from Rochester to Jamestown, and across the southern tier to Elmira and up to Ithaca--the ground details/hillsides and clean up of some odd "peaks" near Ithaca are great. This has given a new life to FSX for me. One of my former partners and good friends lives in Cooperstown--we visit often. I'll "fly" over and find Mike's house! Then I'll head up to the Adirondacks (my daughter is at Dartmouth, so I drive the Utica to Glenns Falls track alot--if the southern tier changes are representative, I suspect the difference there is stunning.Too bad great work is so much work!!I have an old rig (amd 3800 x2, 8800 GT), and expected a big performance hit, but really can't see any change. With about 4-5 huors I don't see anything but goodThanks again.Gary

Paul. Thank you. That got me back to the FSX AI. Orbit and Pacifica are sounding pretty good..Lou. What a great link, thanks so much. It looks like this really can be done, though maybe not on my machine. And not tonight A 14 hour day today, a 6am meeting tomorrow and another full day after that. One quick flight, then to bed.Gary

I've been using FSX since the first month it was released. SP1 and SP2, but no other add-ons. My 3800 x2, 6600GT 128mb won't qualify for many of the add ons (like FEX), but with sp2 and the latest nvidida driver, I have really enjoyed the upgrade from 2002. Yesterday I tried my first FSX add-on, some better (?) AI with World of AI, and installed one airline--United. The install seemed to go OKI started FSX, and the first "transmission" was "United xxx, climb to..." I switched channels for my clearance, and proceeded to fly. On the short trial flight, no traffic except the regular FSX traffic, and not much. I had a CTD (my system suffers if I push traffic--55 commercial, 45 GA is where I run). Re started and flew the flight, but this time never heard a United transmission, and almost no others. Arrived at Louisville--and there was not a plane on the ground, none in traffic patterns, etc. Found I can put traffic to 100%, go to PHL, JFK,etc and there are no other aircraft (fps is better!!)I re-installed World of AI/ United ("it's already there"), let FS make a new CFG file, but I cannot get any of the AI back. I ultimately did an XP restore to a set point I made before I installed World of AI (I'm so clever, I thought...) World of AI files are gone from the Sim Objects file, but I still have no other aircraft/traffic (there goes the "clever" rating).I've searched the forum unsuccesfully for similar threads. Would really appreciate any thoughts. If all else fails, I can reinstall, Do I need to install SP 1 then SP2, or does SP2 alone suffice?Thanks very much. I rarely post, but read the forum several times a week. There is a core group on this forum that is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful to us computer-mortals, and I sure appreciate all I've learned from you already. I'm sorry if this is a recurrent issue that my searches missed.GaryGigabyte K8N sli pro mbAthalon 64 x 2 3800Gigabyte 6600 GT 128 mb2 GB RamXP home sp 2

Agree--it looks like the new driver from Nvida (169.21) has fixed this dramatically. My experience was as yours, Greg. The changes to the cfg file suggested on page 8 of this thread helped some, but I found that if I had traffic/etc. up, I still had crashes.I downloaded the new driver 48 hours ago. I can push scenery or traffic to the point of slowing down frame rates a good bit, but no crashes. I can happily look left and right, even at KPHL or KSEA with scenery and traffic pretty well up (very high, 55-76%) Nice to go into the airports and see a few planes at the gates!Time will tell--we've all seen some "corrections" that haven't panned out the since SP1 came out--but this is really encouraging! Maybe we'll finally see a fix before FS11. Thanks to all of you who hold the hands of us novices.GaryPittsford NYWin xp home sp 2FSX sp1/sp2 no add onsAMD 3800 X2 WinchesterGigabyte GA- K8N-Pro Sli MB2GB Corsair RAm6600 GT PCI-express video (128 mb)CA Security Center

I tried the change to the display.cfg file--it definitely helped--thanks for the suggestion--tho a long way from completely earasing the lock up. My work around previously has sadly been to a keep air traffic low (15%) and no antialiasing. I can attain my targeted 20 fps except at the very complex major airports. I never look to the side/switch views, especially during an IFR flight. I Switch to the outside veiw to look sideways, and that has been pretty reliable.With this change I can bring airline and civil traffic to 70 and 50, and I can look around pretty well!!. Still CTD at the major airports, but with traffic decreased, I can fly in to them and switch views, which I could not do prior to your suggestion. Sort of crummy seeing only a few aircraft at the gates. I wish there was a way to just put them in as non- AI scenery.My rig is pushing two years old. I'll probably uprgrade the vid card if the 8800 prices really drop as people ar talking. (My 3800X@ was 300 at the egg in Feb 2006--50 dollars now).AMD 3800 x2 MaanchesterGigabyte K8N sli pro board2 gb Corsair 400 DDRGigabyte 6600GT 128 Vid card (I know....)Computer Associates EZ trust antivirus/firewall/antispamI've wondered if there might be a commmon antivirus thread to this crash--haven't ssen much mention of who uses which antivirus software.GaryPittsford (Rochester) NY