[How to make Vector recognise P3Dv4 .xml scenery]

5 hours ago, JPL19 said:

It can actually be much simpler using the Addon Organizer, which is used in the above process.  There is a button option "Backup/Restore", and in those options a choice to "Export Library for external tool".  Once you choose that option it brings up a box with a "1, 2 ,3 " option, #1 "Export Library to scenery.cfg" then #2. being a note to "Run External tool Keep this window open" (Here is where to run the AEC configuration), and finally #3. "Recover original scenery.cfg".  

 

This is basically what Mark above is doing, just makes it a little easier.

 

I 100% agree - backup your original scenery.cfg manually even though Addon Organizer does it for you . . .

I've been very wary of letting tools automatically swap out cfg files in Program Data in v4 given that's what LM are trying to move from, so I felt a little safer having it write the MakeRwys_scenery.cfg to the sim root and handling the swap by hand.

 

(Although I already have to run MakeRwys whenever I add any new scenery in anyway due to RC4, so swapping the file wasn't too much more work after that)

[How to make Vector recognise P3Dv4 .xml scenery]

Thanks - I never like to offsite link without checking first

 

• Ok, first of all following the instructions here and then running MakeRwys.exe will drop a file named MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg into your sim root folder
• This file is a scenery.cfg file that contains all of your scenery including ones in the Add-on folder
• Via "Run" or your preferred method of navigating a folder, go here: %programdata%\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4
• BACK UP YOUR SCENERY.CFG FILE -  For the love of everything good, please do this!
• Rename/move your original scenery.cfg to somewhere safe, and then drop in the MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg and rename it to "scenery.cfg"
• Run the AEC configuration for Vector, it will now have access to & scan ALL of your scenery regardless of where it lives
• Once you've finished scanning, applied etc, you can quit FTX Central
• Move your original scenery.cfg back to it's original location

It's a bit of a fiddle the first few attempts, but after a while it becomes reasonably quick (and you'll probably want MakeRwys.exe for other things like external ATC software and similar stuff)

 

The vast majority of scenery and my traffic add-on I've manually set up and written the XML myself (A good chunk of my time at work involves interacting with XML) so hopefully I'll be able to chime in and be helpful - I think I've learnt more by doing and breaking things than by the rather sparse documentation from LM