irritating problem, cant add scenery through scenery library

[ian elliot]

I have what i call a blank install to test stuff. I fired it up, removed some scenery via Settings/scenery library/delete area. Closed sim. Restarted. gone back into Settings/ scenery library, select add area and sim crash's to desk top.
Ive try'd hand editing scenery cfg but no joy.
gone into "user's/my name/appdata/roaming/ect ect to delete scenery cfg and hopfully remake new one but again, no joy again
renamed and replaced the exe just in case, but no joy
any ideas gentlemen

 

[wolfebee89]

I have what i call a blank install to test stuff. I fired it up, removed some scenery via Settings/scenery library/delete area. Closed sim. Restarted. gone back into Settings/ scenery library, select add area and sim crash's to desk top.
Ive try'd hand editing scenery cfg but no joy.
gone into "user's/my name/appdata/roaming/ect ect to delete scenery cfg and hopfully remake new one but again, no joy again
renamed and replaced the exe just in case, but no joy
any ideas gentlemen

How about the scenery.cfg in your root Flight Simulator 9 folder - that ought to be the one to look at / investigate / hand-edit; if the scenery.cfg in your root FS9 folder is missing, corrupt and/or has invalid scenery library entries that are entirely amiss, then the sim will most certainly CTD, and you may have to source an original from a back-up or your install disk. Moreover, given how permissions on your system are setup, validating/deleting the scenery.cfg in C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FS9 may or may not make a difference.

Do note that the significant cfg file in the C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\... is the FS9.cfg - deleting that and restarting - the sim creates a default new one at start-up, and is often the easiest way to reset the sim config to default values

 

[ian elliot]

Ive had a look at the root cfg and everything seems ok, the scenery i removed is not present, which is good, that bit works. But i also try'd to hand edit the new scenery in , and although i saved, it didnt stick.
I have the disk's so i may have a look at your idea about a vanilla cfg

Luckily, its only for the middle east scenery in working on with AVP, so i only have about 6 scenery's and a couple of scenery library's to reinstall.
Its not a if i have to reinstall a whole bunch of scenery

 

[wolfebee89]

Ive had a look at the root cfg and everything seems ok, the scenery i removed is not present, which is good, that bit works. But i also try'd to hand edit the new scenery in , and although i saved, it didnt stick.

consider copying the validated / hand-edited scenery.cfg in your root FS9 folder to your C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FS9 folder and over-writing as necessary, and thereafter again start the sim and check whether or not the scenery addition sticks...potentially a folder permissions / ownership issue

 

[ian elliot]

Ive actually gone a more drastic route, i have a vanilla install on a portable HD which ive installed and given it the name of Test-1, but no joy, cant install on the either.
Thing is, i have 3 other installs, a standard FS9 which is for my WW2 stuff, a 1946 install and a 1950+ install. The WW2 install works fine and i can add and remove no problem, but the other 2, im having the same problem of CTD when installing stuff