Pto scenery installation

[nik112]

Hi guys
Am going to make a fresh installation of pto and i want your help/advice about scenery. I made a search at library and found a lot from maskrider. Also i saw at flightsim pactex 1-4 & 2-5 of i remember well. Please advice what to do

cheers

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Install the Maskrider sceneries and Pactex 1-3 for PTO and you are off to a good start. Also, Pen32Win's AF Papua New Guinea. I forgot who did the Truk Atol scenery but I'm sure someone will help out. Caution: Maskrider's scenery after 2008 is set up using Rhumbaflappy's new coastlines... don't instal them in this install.

Welcome aboard! :salute:

 

[nik112]

Thanks for your fast reply!! but i want to ask to install maskriders scenery prior to 2008+pactex or to install but without Rhumbaflappy's coastlines?

cheers

 

[Rami]

Reply...

Nik112,

Dvslats made an edited version of my install guide: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/page.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15272

Just make sure you do not use Rhumbaflappy's water masks, use the stock ones.

 

[nik112]

Thanks Rami

Nik112,

Dvslats made an edited version of my install guide: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/page.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15272

Just make sure you do not use Rhumbaflappy's water masks, use the stock ones.

 

[nik112]

Another quest
if i add ships and forgot to add info on mdlnames and descrip dat what would be my problem

cheers

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

For 1, you won't see a descrition of the object/ship in your Mission Builder 3rd window. Note: with Usio's ships (other than carriers) you'll have to change the unit family and category on the dp under [MISC_DATA] to corespont to the actual ship type. All his ships are category and unit family as carriers. Don't forget to delete the cdp after making any change.

I don't know for sure the problems that might arise from not editing the mdlnames file, so I'll let someone else answer that.

 

[The B24 Guy]

I have never touched my MDL names file and have never had a problem.

Regards,
B24Guy

 

[Cody Coyote]

The primary purpose of the mdlnames.dat file is to provide a plain language name for the ship or infrastructure object being selected in Mission Builder. Without a mdlnames.dat entry, Mission Builder will display either the folder name (ships) or dp name (vehicles, infrastructure) of the object depending on what kind of an object it is.

Bottom line, you don't need to do anything to the mdlnames.dat file unless you want to.

 

[nik112]

Thanks guys for your help but i thinks i've messed up. Take a look at pics, its from Midway. I installed mr png, solomons and palau+ pactex. Prior as Dvslats in his tut wrote i installed dem mesh and dem mesh 8.
View attachment 61768View attachment 61769View attachment 61770

here is the scenery cfg
[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.009]
Title=Runways
Local=Scenedb\runways
Active=TRUE
Layer=9
Required=TRUE
Remote=

[Area.010]
Title=Buildings
Local=Scenedb\inf
Active=TRUE
Layer=10
Required=TRUE
Remote=

[Area.011]
Title=FS2000_props
Local=Scenedb\fs2kprop
Active=TRUE
Layer=11
Required=TRUE
Remote=

[Area.013]
Title=DEM mesh
Local=ADDON\DEM mesh
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=17

[Area.012]
Title=DEM mesh LOD 8
Local=ADDON\DEM mesh LOD 8
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=18

[Area.014]
Title=MaskRider Papua New Guinea BGLs
Local=ADDON\MaskRider Papua New Guinea BGLs
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=12

[Area.015]
Title=MaskRider MilneBay BGLs Full
Local=ADDON\MaskRider MilneBay BGLs Full
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=13

[Area.016]
Title=MaskRider Dobodura BGLs LIT
Local=ADDON\MaskRider Dobodura BGLs LIT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=14

[Area.017]
Title=MaskRider Solomons 2004
Local=ADDON\MaskRider Solomons 2004
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=15

[Area.018]
Title=MR Palau BGLs LIT
Local=ADDON\MR Palau BGLs LIT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=16

Waiting for your help

Thanks

 

[bearcat241]

Nik,

Regardless of what guides or templates you choose to follow, i learned long ago that there are certain immutable laws that must be adhered to when installing scenery. First, you must always install addon mesh just above the default scenedb\world\scenery (aka TERRAIN), which is nothing more than the sim's default mesh. So your DEM mesh should have been "lowered" on installation to the level just above TERRAIN in order to supersede it correctly. After the DEM mesh, the next highest item should be Default Scenery, which also includes the defo landclass files:

[Area.XXX]
Title=Default Scenery
Local=scenery
Active=TRUE
Layer=XX
Required=TRUE
Remote=

Exit the sim afterwards and then restart to now add the bases.

You can add the bases again in the same order as shown in your post, but make sure you install Palau last because for whatever reasons it seems to do best high in the airbases hierarchy above the others.

This order will put the default infrastructure items next above all the bases:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

[nik112]

bearcat
thanks for your advise. I deactivate mesh and left only the bases as you can see at the pic. Now another quest. Should i install "coast pacific"?

cheersView attachment 61871

 

[bearcat241]

Nik, i think you misunderstood. Don't deactivate the mesh, just install it above the TERRAIN in the library list. Then add the Coast Pacific above this, then the bases.

 

[nik112]

pto scenery

bearcat
ok understood. i installed as you say ,installed gsl , i made a few ff --shorelines are good but i got a ctd and a message sayed something about modules. i removed all gsl and add only those for png and micronesia.
now i'll tried again

thanks