resolved Unable to locate the scenery.cfg file

[manuver]

Dear Sirs, Every time I try to finish the installation of global vectors I get the following message

Unable to locate the scenery.cfg file: Unable to locate the scenery.cfg file

After this I can see Applying Orbx regions like working.

As soon as I click OK Applying Orbx regions. Everything stops and I cannot finish the install of Vectors.

This is preventing me to configure Global Vectors which I believe is not fully installed as it does not show in the Scenery library screen.  I do not feel global vectors is fully installed as there are features not working such as frozen water in winter and the roads are very blurry.

What can I do? I have been looking in blogs but I cannot find a solution to this. I can not continue buying orbx products as long as I cannot solve this problem, as if have been trying installing it several times since I bought it and  I do not want to mess my simulator anymore.

Please tell me what more information you need from my part in order to find a solution. I really like your products and willing to install everything you create, but I can not waste more weeks trying to fix this issue with the scenery.cfg and the full installation of vectors.

Best regards

Manuel

 

Installed Orbx Products in my computer as per your automatic report:

 

GLOBAL

FTX Global Base Pack FTX GLOBAL BASE PACK - Version 1.40 September 2015

FTX Global openLC Europe FTX openLC Europe Version 1.20 - September 2015

FTX Global openLC North America FTX openLC North America Version 1.15 - August 2016

FTX Global Vector FTX GLOBAL VECTOR PACK - Version 1.45 August 2016

 

REGION

Norway FTX EU NOR Norway V1.10 Patch 001 April 2015

 

OTHER

Orbx Libraries FTX AA ORBX Libraries Version 160708 8th July 2016

 

UNCATEGORISED

FTX_OLC_AA FTX openLC Base Region Version 1.10 - September 2013

FTX_OLC_EU1 FTX openLC Europe Region 1 (Baltics Demo) Version 1.10 - September 2013

FTX_OLC_NA1 FTX openLC North America Region 1 Version 1.00 - September 2013

All this I purchased from The Flight Sim Store:

Order Number: FSS0512124

Order Date: 2016-08-15

[ORB-079] Orbx - FTX: Global VECTOR

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Order Number: FSS0512060

Order Date: 2016-08-15

[ORB-727] Orbx - FTX: Global BASE

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Order Number: FSS0513078

Order Date: 2016-08-20

[ORB-092] Orbx - FTX: EU Norway

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Order Number: FSS0512769
Order Date: 2016-08-18

[ORB-123] Orbx - FTX: Global openLC North America
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Order Number: FSS0512253

Order Date: 2016-08-16

[ORB-089] Orbx - FTX: Global openLC Europe

  

My computer characteristics are:

Oculus Rift CV1 serial number WMVR102F3004EH

 

Computer Information:

    Manufacturer:  ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

    Model:  G11CD

    Form Factor: Desktop

    No Touch Input Detected

   

Processor Information:

    CPU Vendor:  GenuineIntel

    CPU Family:  0x6

    CPU Model:  0x5e

    CPU Stepping:  0x3

    CPU Type:  0x0

    Speed:  2712 Mhz

    4 logical processors

    4 physical processors

    HyperThreading:  Unsupported

    FCMOV:  Supported

    SSE2:  Supported

    SSE3:  Supported

    SSSE3:  Supported

    SSE4a:  Unsupported

    SSE41:  Supported

    SSE42:  Supported

    AES:  Supported

    AVX:  Supported

    CMPXCHG16B:  Supported

    LAHF/SAHF:  Supported

    PrefetchW:  Supported

   

Network Information:

    Network Speed: 

   

Operating System Version:

    Windows 10 (64 bit)

    NTFS:  Supported

    Crypto Provider Codes:  Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

   

Video Card:

    Driver:  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

 

    DirectX Driver Name:  nvd3dum.dll

    Driver Version:  10.18.13.6839

    DirectX Driver Version:  10.18.13.6839

    Driver Date: 2 June 2016

    OpenGL Version: 4.5

    Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel

    Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz

    DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

    VendorID:  0x10de

    DeviceID:  0x13c2

    Revision:  0xa1

    Number of Monitors:  1

    Number of Logical Video Cards:  1

    No SLI or Crossfire Detected

    Primary Display Resolution:  1360 x 768

    Desktop Resolution: 1360 x 768

    Primary Display Size: 27.56" x 15.43"  (31.57" diag)

                                            70.0cm x 39.2cm  (80.2cm diag)

    Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x

    Primary VRAM: 4096 MB

    Supported MSAA Modes:  2x 4x 8x

   

Sound card:

    Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti) I have to change it to Oculus rift as default device to hear sound in my Oculus.

   

Memory:

    RAM:  8117 Mb

   

Miscellaneous:

    UI Language:  English

    Microphone:  Not set

    Media Type:  DVD

    Total Hard Disk Space Available:  1907119 Mb

    Largest Free Hard Disk Block:  619736 Mb

    OS Install Date: Jan 01 1970

    Game Controller: Throttle - HOTAS Warthog detected

    VR Headset: Oculus Rift detected

 

 

[Nick Cooper]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

Thank you for the comprehensive report but I don't see which simulator you are using,

is it FSX Steam Edition?

[manuver]

Hi, as in the screen picture I sent initially  it specifies FSX SE, so I am using Flight simulator X Steam Edition. I never had FSX installed in this computer before as everything is brand new dedicated only to the simulator. I have two internal  drives C and D, FSX Stream is on drive D. I have already used FS_Registry_Repair.exe and fsx_reg_utility to check if there was any issue about that.

Thanks you and regards.

Manuel

[Nick Cooper]

 

Thanks, I see the FSXSE at the top of the FTX Central screenshot now.

 

The most common problem is that the scenery.cfg is in one location and FTX Central is looking for it in another.

When FSX Steam is the only simulator installed, for the purposes of the FTX installers, it should be treated as

if it were FSX Disk Edition and the FSX installer version used.

Please check your ProgramData\Microsoft folder for folders named FSX and FSX-SE and report back.

[manuver]

Thanks Nick. I have checked in my drive C and it has ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX  it does not show FSX-SE, the same applies for drive D it only shows FSX ,as I installed FSX steam in June , probably they have corrected this name issue and it only shows FSX and NOT FSX-SE

Regards

Manuel

[manuver]

By the way there is something strange, I submit my replys only once , bur it shows doubled

[Nick Cooper]

Hello Manuel,

 

Yes, there is indeed something wrong with the forum but as it is both night and the weekend where the repair man lives,

it may not be fixed straight away.

I think that as you have installed the FSXSE version of FTX Central, it is looking for the scenery.cfg file in

 

ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX-SE, which of course does not exist.

 

You might be able to fix this by using the FTX Registry Fix tool from the freeware page to remove the FSX-SE registry entry

and replace it with an FSX registry key pointing to the same location.

[manuver]

please find attached the only FSX-SE I have in drive C. In drive D there is none.

 

[Nick Cooper]

Yes, there is only one, I had thought that I didn't need to explain,

the full path to the scenery.cfg file is C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX,

FTX Central is no doubt looking for the scenery.cfg file at

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX-SE, which you have told me does not exist.

 

If you use the utility to remove the FSX Steam Edition registry entry and replace it with

an FSX Registry entry pointing to the same location, you may make FTX Central look

instead for the scenery.cfg file in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX, where it will find it and

the error message will go away.

[manuver]

C:\Users\manuv\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX-SE, is the only folder in the whole computer and is seem to be used only by Flyinside

[Nick Cooper]

Try my suggestion with the Registry Fix Tool please.

 

[manuver]

wilco

[manuver]

Ok I used the RegistryFixTool triedto change the path, as my normal path is: D:\Program Files (x86)\steamapps\common\FSX

tried to force it to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX which also exists and where a recent Scenery.CFG file is.

When I do so it shows the following message ''Could not find simulator we couldn't find the simulator executable file fsx.exe at that location''

the FSX.exe is in the drive D FSX folder but not in drive C.

I cannot migrate my simulator to drive C as it is very small and has no space available

I tried FTX central and the same message of no scenery.cfg  appeared

 

so we are stuck in the same place as in the beginning.

I am trying to attach screen pictures but probably due to the server problems I can not do it.

Regards

 

[Nick Cooper]

No, you have not done what I asked.

You should remove the entry for FSX Steam Edition, using the Remove Simulator button under the FSX Steam Edition

entry and then add an FSX registry option, at the top of the Fix tool, pointing it to D:\Program Files (x86)\steamapps\common\FSX

[manuver]

Thanks you so much Nick, sorry I misunderstood you. I did well this time what you told me and the message is gone and it looks as the FTX central is working. No more scenery.cfg missing message.

My Scenery screen with ORBX products looks like this now, in this order

FTXAA_ORBXLIBS

FTX_EU_NOR_05_SCENERY  (also 06 07 08, nothing more)

ORBX!OPENLC_EUROPE1 

Until

ORBX!OPENLC_EUROPE10

ORBX!OPENLC_NAMERICA1(only this registry)

ORBX!OPENLC_BASE

 But there is nothing related to Vectors.

Do you think these registry’s are ok or something is missing or wrong?

Do you think I should reinstall everything now? Can I do it without dis installing, I cannot find a way to dis install.

Thank your with your patience, but this thing is making me crazy.

Regards

[Nick Cooper]

If you go to ORBX\Scripts and run FTXConfigurator_VECTOR.exe as an administrator,

it will add the Vector scenery library entries for you.

[manuver]

Thank you soooooooo much Nick!. Without your help I would never have fixed my problems.

I re installed Vectors and Norway and run the FTXConfigurator_VECTOR.exe as an administrator.

Now everything shows in the scenery  library. I have been flying around in Asia specially Phuket area where I live ,Norway and Spain where I used to fly VFR in RW and the changes are astonishing. I could follow every single landmark, mountain, river , road  creek etc  like in reality. Now it is like a new simulator, a way much better one. Even the FPS have improved.

As soon as Open LC Asia is ready here is an eager buyer.

Thank very much  you again for your patience and expertise.

Regards

Manuel