Stewart Hobson Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 What is the usual cause of this error: "Scenery.cfg file error, Local scenery directory (AddonScenery\Scenery) in scenery area.xxx not found" and how might it be remedied? After installing some 3rd party airports, FSX is posting this error for no less than 18 scenery areas in the scenery.cfg. I have checked that the area numbers correspond with the layer numbers, but this doesn't seem to be the source of the errors. FSX continues to load after I "ok" the error messages. Also, refreshing the scenery doesn't help either, for some reason. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Terry Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Stew, the scenery.cfg resides in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX If you go down the list to the number at fault say 179 Then you will see something like [Area.179] Title=FTX_AA_KPSP Local=ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_KPSP Layer=179 Active=True Required=False Usually when you get the pop-up it will be missing the "Local" instruction line You can see from the good ones below and above the faulty one the local is the instruction where to find the scenery. Just add a correct "Local= instruction line That should fix it. Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 29 minutes ago, Ken Terry said: Stew, the scenery.cfg resides in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX If you go down the list to the number at fault say 179 Then you will see something like [Area.179] Title=FTX_AA_KPSP Local=ORBX\FTX_NA\FTX_AA_KPSP Layer=179 Active=True Required=False Usually when you get the pop-up it will be missing the "Local" instruction line You can see from the good ones below and above the faulty one the local is the instruction where to find the scenery. Just add a correct "Local= instruction line That should fix it. Regards Ken Thanks, Ken. But evidently the Addon Scenery folder works a little differently. The scenery.cfg error concerns that folder specifically. The other entries I have already deleted and will reinstall the airports I have deleted. But not until this specific error with Addon Scenery is fixed. Notice the error message I quoted above. The Addon Scenery folder in the FSX folder is the one that's causing the trouble. And adding Local=F:\Flight Simulator X didn't solve the problem. So I'm stuck for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Try this. It's a great tool. Scenery Config Editor- https://sourceforge.net/projects/fs-sceditor/ I've found it invaluable, used it for years. LOL, I see it's 1.17 now, I was still using 1.1. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabnz Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I had a similar problem. What I did was in the flight simulator add the scenery again in the scenery library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hello Stewart, The most common cause is that the folder has been moved or deleted. A less common cause is the path to the scenery has been wrongly entered and does not point to where the files are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 5 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello Stewart, The most common cause is that the folder has been moved or deleted. A less common cause is the path to the scenery has been wrongly entered and does not point to where the files are. Yes, that's what I decided what happened with the several airports which I had to delete. But what about the Addon Scenery folder? Why does FSX not know where it is? And how do I tell it that it really does exist? I hope this doesn't turn into a FSX reinstall. 7 hours ago, cabnz said: I had a similar problem. What I did was in the flight simulator add the scenery again in the scenery library. My Scenery Library has the Addon Scenery folder already listed. FSX doesn't know where it is at start-up for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Hello, folks. And thank you much for all your suggestions. Nick's suggestion was actually close to the mark. It wasn't a problem with the AddonScenery folder itself, but that the Scenery subfolder within the AddonScenery folder was absent. I guess some gremlin deleted the thing by mistake. It's always the "gremlin's" fault, isn't it?, I'm embarrassed to say! Anyway, now to re-install those airports I deleted yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Pleased to hear that you have found the error Stewart. The same gremlin has been known to move and sometimes even delete files from my PC too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzoil3 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 That gremlin gets around ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, Penzoil3 said: That gremlin gets around ! He sure does, and let that be a reminder: Don't let him delete anything until/unless you are sure it's ok to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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