Doug Sawatzky
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KELN two screenshots below and no issues.
Two below screenshots of W04 had floating buildings when I arrived from KELN, but no sunken aircraft issues.
So I unchecked\deactivated my TE Washington and no more floating buildings.
I then reactivated TE Washington and still no more floating buildings.
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Thanks, and your above process sounds good.
The other issue I am having is viewing your screenshots properly, they are too small and I have not had any success enlarging them.
It does not sound like a settings thing but I have attached images below of mine.
I will also post a screenshot of KELN in my next post.
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Hi Louis
Is this the one you are looking for?
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Have you tried it with the aircraft windshield defrost turned on, and the blower fan on Hi?
They work fine on my JF Turbo Arrow.
Although you may still have airframe icing to deal with.
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21 hours ago, Rocket said:
The only problem I have is with the downloads from Orbx, I have tried with my free Norton vpn and the download is even slower which is notorious with vpns'. No it's definitely Orbx that is throttling my downloads. Here's another pick of just now while replying to your post Doug. Well with download times like that it's going to take me awhile to download another 48 items I would think Orbx would look into it because it's taking away from others that want to download usually I'm done in 50 minutes I have been at it all day.
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You can also try a free VPN, this has been successful for many, and if it does work for you, it would confirm that Orbx servers are not the issue.
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Is the below link the form you have already tried?
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2 hours ago, txrace said:
Eine Frage kann das hier auch an den fehlenden Devault Dateien liegen:
Yes, the first thing you need to do is fix the missing default file entries in your scenery library.
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If all your Orbx products are in an external library, you could leave them, and just do a full uninstall and reinstall of the simulator.
Then run the sim once and shut it down.
Then Open Orbx Central and go to settings\help and run the sync simulator function.
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Hi Peter
Your attached scenery.cfg file is in extreme disarray and also has no Orbx products in it.
Your Orbx products seem to all be installed outside the simulator, and they also do not have any affect on your elevation issues. Even Vector for P3Dv5 does not address airport elevation correction as did the v4 version. So if you are using the AEC tool in Vector, you have the wrong version installed.
One of your main problems that I see with your scenery.cfg is that when you rewrote the paths to all the default Base entries, you forgot to add the two most important entries at the bottom of the list, they are the "Default Scenery" and the "Default Terrain" as shown in the below image.
I also see that the default numbered Base entries are listed upside down/backwards. Number 1107 should be at the top and 0000 at the bottom.
Also I see you have many non default scenery items mixed amongst the default Named items, which should not be done.
This will be a start to fixing your issues, so after you have rectified as much of the above as you can, Please post a copy of your “scenery.cfg” file and the “add-ons.cfg” and the “scenery_add-ons.xml” files found at C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5.
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I have all installed in v5.3 and no issues.
Please try this.
Go to C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5, and delete the “add-ons.cfg” and the “scenery_add-ons.xml” file.
Then start the simulator to rebuild the new files, and close the sim.
Then open Orbx Central and go to settings/help and run the sync simulator function.
Then restart the sim and click yes to the add-ons you want activated as they are presented, and the list will be updated.
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I am out of ideas at this point, so if it was me, I would be doing a complete reinstall of the simulator and start fresh.
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I also have the same mesh product installed and it is not the problem.
As @CaptainLens suggests above, please check that your mesh resolution setting in P3D is at 5m.
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Hi Phil, welcome to the forums
Your products can only be installed by using the app called Orbx Central, which does require the internet, unfortunately there is no other way, On the Orbx Direct website where you purchased them, there is a green "Get Central" button which when clicked on will download and install the Orbx Central app, as on the product page it states,
General
You will need Orbx Central to download and install this product. Orbx Central runs on Windows 7+, macOS and Linux. An internet connection is also required.
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Hi Ken
In that case, you can go to C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v5, and delete the “add-ons.cfg” and the “scenery_add-ons.xml” file.
Then start the simulator to rebuild the new files, and close the sim.
Then open Orbx Central and go to settings/help and run the sync simulator function.
Then restart the sim and click yes to the add-ons you want activated as they are presented, and the list will be updated.
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1 hour ago, cheeselo said:
Doug (or whomever):
I re-installed the Orbx Libraries to the Prepar3d folder, and it now appears in scenery.cfg at entry 140 (attached). Unfortunately, the elevations problem at most Orbx airports persist. I only have Orbx scenery installed.
Poring-thru the forum threads, I have since migrated almost everything to a separate Orbx Central P3D library. The exceptions are ObjectFlow, for which I followed a post from Nick: I created a C:\Orbx Central Library, and installed ObjectFlow there. Also, A2A C172, Accu-Feel, and ChasePlane required their own libraries. Everything else is in the P3D library.
If I could be so brazen as to hog continued attention, I have a number of questions:
1: Is the above installation scheme okay?
2. Am I correct that once scenery files are placed in a library, they show only in add-ons.cfg, and not scenery.cfg?
3. Is there a preferred sort order for add-ons.cfg, as there is in scenery.cfg?
4. I have attached my new scenery.cfg and add-ons.cfg files. Any chance you could scope them-out for me?
5. Once I'm in the air, the scenery is beautiful. It's when I'm at airports that things are awry. Runway lights moving along with the plane, buildings in a hole, runways floating in the air, etc. I've attached the new pix in the hopes it will assist. The pix is KELN, but it is typical of the problems I'm having at most Orbx airports. Any suggestions would be sincerely appreciated.
scenery.cfg 26.26 kB · 0 downloads add-ons.cfg 23 kB · 0 downloads
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1. Yes the installation scheme is fine.
2. Yes, this is correct, and they will also show in the P3D in game add-ons menu.
3. No, the sort order does not matter with add-ons.cfg items.
4. Your add-ons.cfg is fine. Your scenery.cfg is also fine...except two entries are unchecked\deactivated, one being the default "Western North America" and the second being the FS Global 2020 Africa mesh.
So please check\activate the default "Western North America" in your scenery library.
5. Your screenshot is far too dark for me to see anything, please post screenshots that are in the light of day.
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Thanks
My Pleasure, and great detective work on your part!
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Are you saying that with the sim paused the light keeps flickering the black box?
The file would be a default sim file, so you would need to ask Lockheed Martin, and it would probably have more than just that light controlled by it.
What are your PC specs and settings please?
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Thanks Enzo
We are also very happy that it is now working for you.
I did know about the VPN solution, but John beat me to it, John Dow is Orbx Staff and he has also provided the same advice to many many others before you.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Hi Enzo
Thanks
John Dow did warn and advise you about using a VPN in your previous topic linked below, but you chose to ignore his friendly advice.
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Thanks Enzo
The VPN solution was also brought to your attention by John Dow in one of your previous posts on this topic.
It also confirms that it is not an Orbx Central, or server issue.
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I did some testing at KLAS and cannot replicate your findings, but it is definitely not an Orbx product issue.
I would say it is a graphics card or driver problem.
Does the black square go away if you pause the sim for a few moments?
Below are my P3Dv5.3 settings.
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No, but you will need to install the product called the "Orbx Libraries", they will install into your existing Prepar3D directory.
You can find the product called the "Orbx Libraries" if you click on "My Products" in Orbx Central and scroll to near the bottom of the list.
Install failure in Orbx Central
in Orbx Central Support Forum
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Hi, welcome to the forums
First please check that your antivirus has not quarantined the Central Worker.
Then you can go to settings\help and open the user guide and check in the troubleshooting section for steps regarding that error message.