disappearing islands

[hubbabubba]

My next question would be; have you «activated» the Tundra scenery?

If so, make sure that all the bgl files in the scenery sub-folder are there; «HSHORE.bgl», «shorterra.bgl», and «tundrafd.BGL». The last one must be in place because the location appears in the «go to» menu.

If all bgl are in their proper place (in the «scenery» sub-folder of «Tundra» folder) and properly activated, check that the other sub-folder, named «texture», is there and contains all the R8 and BMP textures (132 of them).

I repeat; no reason for any OS to not show a scenery if it was installed properly.

 

[p0pr0ck]

My next question would be; have you «activated» the Tundra scenery?

If so, make sure that all the bgl files in the scenery sub-folder are there; «HSHORE.bgl», «shorterra.bgl», and «tundrafd.BGL». The last one must be in place because the location appears in the «go to» menu.

If all bgl are in their proper place (in the «scenery» sub-folder of «Tundra» folder) and properly activated, check that the other sub-folder, named «texture», is there and contains all the R8 and BMP textures (132 of them).

I repeat; no reason for any OS to not show a scenery if it was installed properly.

ALL scenery files are present and the scenery is properly installed and activated. I'm chalking it up to windows xp, not much I can do about that.p0p

 

[hubbabubba]

ALL scenery files are present and the scenery is properly installed and activated. I'm chalking it up to windows xp, not much I can do about that.p0p

Well, I'm still under W98SE, so I can't say much, good or bad, about XP. (I keep my venom for Vista! LOL!)

If everything is where it is supposed to be, and if it was properly activated, then I'm speechless... which is a rarity, I know guys...

Short of dropping to your porch door and tackling your XP beast myself, I don't know what else to do...

... come to think of it, they're is a way to test the Tundra scenery. It's a bit extreme, but I would try it.

1- Locate a scenery that is showing OK, any scenery.

2- Back it up.

3- Gut it and replace all bgl of the sub-folder scenery by Tundra bgl.

4- Same thing with textures.

5- Go see.

If Tundra is there, it was installed incorrectly the first time. If it does not show, your Tundra download may be corrupted.

I don't know about you, but I hate loosing, even to a machine .

 

[p0pr0ck]

Well, I'm still under W98SE, so I can't say much, good or bad, about XP. (I keep my venom for Vista! LOL!)

If everything is where it is supposed to be, and if it was properly activated, then I'm speechless... which is a rarity, I know guys...

Short of dropping to your porch door and tackling your XP beast myself, I don't know what else to do...

... come to think of it, they're is a way to test the Tundra scenery. It's a bit extreme, but I would try it.

1- Locate a scenery that is showing OK, any scenery.

2- Back it up.

3- Gut it and replace all bgl of the sub-folder scenery by Tundra bgl.

4- Same thing with textures.

5- Go see.

If Tundra is there, it was installed incorrectly the first time. If it does not show, your Tundra download may be corrupted.

I don't know about you, but I hate loosing, even to a machine .

Everything is in the right place and properly activated. I placed my old download in another folder. I have tried them both (separately) and the result is the same. nothing shows. This version must simply be not compatible with xp. It's a deadhorse. Catch you later. Thanks.

 

[Dave Cumming]

The other problems with missing scenery are having the scenery in the wrong order and also with the wrong priority (ie layer order and type). Try setting the missing island at the top of the scenery list (ie layer 1) and setting type as local.

CFS builds the scenery in layers, with global scenery covering the widest area, regional, being more specific, local being the smallest area. I have heard that all the Global scenery should be at the bottom of the list, then Regional and Local scenery is at the top.

Hope this helps

Happy New Year

 

[p0pr0ck]

The other problems with missing scenery are having the scenery in the wrong order and also with the wrong priority (ie layer order and type). Try setting the missing island at the top of the scenery list (ie layer 1) and setting type as local.

CFS builds the scenery in layers, with global scenery covering the widest area, regional, being more specific, local being the smallest area. I have heard that all the Global scenery should be at the bottom of the list, then Regional and Local scenery is at the top.

Hope this helps

Happy New Year

Thanks for the response. I have put tundra at the top of the stack with no improvement. However, since my last post something has come to light. My one island scenery (ice) has been blinking for years and was fixed by a new version. I do not go to all my sceneryregulalrly, having more than one gig in my scenery folder (FS98 too). - I have discovered another island that has turned itself off that I know I have flown recently. This means that I get to eat my own words and say that tundra is probably compatible with xp. The problem is my xp computer. My apologies to the author . The only thing I can think of that has changed is that we installed anti virus software a while back. It is a memory hog. Perhaps it is cutting off access in memory. I don't know that it is. I am only speculating now. I tried turning it off but it stays in memory. AS this computer gets attacked almost every day I dare not uninstall it. So that is where I am. The problem is still a deadhorse, can't do anything to fix it. And that is ok. Now we know I reckon. What else can it be? Happy New Year to everyone and thanks for getting me here. p0pr0ck

 

[hubbabubba]

They shoot horses, don't they?

Happy New Year p0pr0ck:ernae:
I believe your horse is still kicking. The proof? Well; the Tundra scenery you can get at with the «Go to» function. This mean that your AFD (airport facility data) BGL is working («tundrafd.BGL», I believe).

So why the heck do the other BGL wouldn't show, for the sake of Bill all mighty?!!!

Don't compromise your security settings for a scenery, but don't let the machine have the better of you. The human race must prevail.