87 Days of Cactus 2022 Campaign

[PSULLYKEYS]

87 days questions

Very rusty with this stuff.

I've installed 87 days to a fresh CFS install. Inspecting the Scenery config I noted that none of Rhumba watermasks and LOD mesh are installed. I added the 87 days to an install I had with Rhumba's stuff installed and noted the shorelines of 87 days do not appear.

Does this mean all of the Great UT addons will not work if I try to install them in the 87 days version? (Also the Maskrider (RIP) Philippines works great in the 87days but not in the Rhumba versions)

Thanx

 

[UncleTgt]

I had redrawn the Islands specifically so Rhumbas mesh could be used - its a much more immersive experience.

The shorelines should show.

I created some new shoreline types for this scenery. If you're not getting the green & blue squares, you probably have all the shoreline bitmaps copied to the cfs2/texture & cfs2/scenedb/world/texture folders, so I'm guessing it's something to do with the scenery.cfg order of the layers.

Maybe you have an exclude layer too high up the list?

Also, it should work even with Rhumbas newer watermasks active, so long as they sit below the Solomons scenery layers. If you have Rhumbas watermasks higher up than the Solomons, it will draw the Rhumba masks after the scenery - maybe this erases the shorelines?

 

[PSULLYKEYS]

Thanks for the reply UT.

You use the terms higher and lower. In so doing do you refer to the Scenery config or the scenery listing in setting in cfs2?

Sorry, my age shows.

 

[Captain Kurt]

Yes, he's referring to the scenery.cfg. It gets confusing - to me anyway - because the scenery order as it shows in the game command window is reversed in the scenery.cfg text file.

So higher and lower is relevant to whether you are talking about the order as it shows up in the game or in the text file.

Here is the text of the Scenery.cfg as included in 87 Days. Copy the order the scenery files are in and it should take care of the shoreline issue for you.


[General]
Title=CFS2 World
Description=CFS 2 Scenery data
Cache_Size=10M
Clean_on_Exit=TRUE


[Area.001]
Title=Default Scenery
Local=scenery
Active=TRUE
Layer=2
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.002]
Title=Terrain
Local=Scenedb\world
Active=TRUE
Texture_ID=1
Layer=1
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.003]
Title=CFS1 Library
Local=Scenedb\library
Active=TRUE
Layer=3
Remote=
Required=FALSE


[Area.004]
Title=Airport Facilities Data
Local=Scenedb\AFDFiles
Active=TRUE
Layer=4
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.005]
Title=Scenery Ships
Local=Scenedb\Ships
Active=TRUE
Layer=5
Remote=
Required=FALSE


[Area.006]
Title=Aircraft Weapons
Local=Scenedb\weapons
Active=TRUE
Layer=6
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.007]
Title=Vehicles
Local=Scenedb\veh
Active=TRUE
Layer=7
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.008]
Title=Effects
Local=Scenedb\fx
Active=TRUE
Layer=8
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.09]
Title=DEM mesh LOD 8
Local=SCENEDB\DEM mesh LOD 8
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=9


[Area.010]
Title=Solomons_Excludes_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomons_Excludes_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=10


[Area.011]
Title=Runways
Local=Scenedb\runways
Active=TRUE
Layer=11
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.012]
Title=Solomons_Excludes_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomons_Excludes_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=12


[Area.013]
Title=87Days_Excludes
Local=SCENEDB\87Days_Excludes
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=13


[Area.014]
Title=Buildings
Local=Scenedb\inf
Active=TRUE
Layer=14
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.015]
Title=FS2000_props
Local=Scenedb\fs2kprop
Active=TRUE
Layer=15
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.016]
Title=87Days_Airbases
Local=SCENEDB\87Days_Airbases
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=16


[Area.017]
Title=Solomon_Islands_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomon_Islands_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=17


[Area.018]
Title=Solomons_Reefs_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomons_Reefs_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=18


[Area.019]
Title=Solomons_Rivers_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomons_Rivers_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=19

 

[PSULLYKEYS]

Thanks Captain!

 

[kdriver]

It may not affect things but Areas 10 and 12 are the same.

 

[UncleTgt]

See this post & the attachment from the original release thread, it should help

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...022-Campaign?p=1287424&viewfull=1#post1287424

 

[PSULLYKEYS]

Thanks all for your help. I will try shortly.

 

[Dirtman]

My problem is finally solved

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I previously stated:

AMD FX-8370 (32nm) 8 core, 125W, @ 4GHZ (came with "Wraith" cooler fan)
16GB DDR3 1600 RAM
GTX 750-TI 2GB GDDR5
Win7 x64 Ultimate
- I really don't think this is a "hardware" issue.

Actually it was to a certain extent.
I'd replaced the vid with a GTX 1660 Ti (6GB) and reloaded with Win10 Pro.
Performance improved significantly, yet Win10 still did not run @ 100% due to hardware issues.
- I took some screen-shots in April but didn't post them because I still had some problems.

I built 2 of these "super PC's" 6 1/2 years ago.
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Never seen it above 500 in 17 years of CFS2






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[Flamer50]

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[Rami]

Reply...

Dirty,

Nice job on finally solving it!

 

[Dirtman]

Back at cha

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I'm 3 weeks into the new CPU/MB/RAM upgrade and am completely blown away by the performance.

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Anyone can do the same for $250 using your existing case, p/s & vid card.

I have a 2nd FX8370 to which I added a WD 500GB SSD & re-reloaded with Win10 Pro x64 last week.
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Testing them side by side - new box still runs circles abound the older one!

 

[Deathwind]

Whats the mdl names that needed to be added?