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Food for thought...Malta

Rami

Rami

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Good morning,

I know from experience dealing with the threads on the subject that Malta is always a bugaboo. One member I spoke with last night on Skype reminded me why. I've always been mystified why the flatten switch and Sander's mesh don't work well together, and it turns out on my install, I had done the following...

From the Eurw folder, I removed the 951180.bgl file and the 951190.bgl file.

From the Global_Exclude folder, I removed the same-numbered files there as well.

I totally forgot about that when I wrote the install guides, because I did that so long ago. With those files removed, the flatten switch, as per Brunosk's original instructions, will work just fine.

Devildog, hopefully you'll get a chance to read this...lol :mixedsmi:
 
Wow

Can that be done later too? I NEVER got to fly the "Malta Spitfire" campaign, and would love to. I have a MTO install as per your excellent tutorial (best idea anyone ever had, making those) yet still no go. If I can just find and delete those files, will that maybe solve my problems?
Finn
 
Reply...

Finn,

Go for it...it shouldn't affect the campaign at all. Sander's files, combined with the flatten, apparently affect the northern side of Malta.

I'd like to know if this solves anyone's problem, actually.
 
:isadizzy:I' m a bit confused (as usual). I find several EURW 951180 - nothing with just that name, but names like 951180A16N.bgl and other with the same number but with these things pun in the end in the same way: cst.bgl, lwm_3.bgl, RD_8.bgl and st_8.bgl. And in global exclude I find 951180excl_3.bgl and 951190excl_3.bgl. I don' t think you ment me to delete those files, did you?
Finn
 
Thanks for the tip Rami, but my Malta install seems to work fine with these files included as opposed to without them. The scenery topography, shorelines and overall texturing is perfect, all objects appear to be properly placed and textured and the sim has no CTD hiccups. When i removed the files to test your suggestion, i get CTD's when panning views in 2D mode. Maybe the problems reported have more to do with improperly formatted scenery hierarchy than the presence (or absence) of these files. And then there's always the mysterious gremlins to contend with...
 
Rami, what kind of problems do these files cause? In my current MTO install I cannot fly at Malta at all, because I almost always get a ctd (each time I fly over the northern part of the island). Could this problem be related to this somehow?
 
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