JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hi guys, I have updated FTX Central and made a clean install of my ORBX Products, however, it seems to me that FTX Global Trees HD did not really install despite the fact FTX says it did. The default flight in P3DV4 shows me the same trees before and after installing the product. Is there a way to manually check that all the files are where they are supposed to be ? Or maybe position the aircraft at a certain position and look at the trees ? If i have doubts it is because I still have a separate computer with P3DV3 and the trees HD, and it looks nothing like what shows in P3DV4. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSandleben Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 If FTX says it did install, then it did. Care to show a screenshot? I have the suspicion that you did not untick the dynamic 3D trees within the Graphics options of P3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, KVSandleben said: If FTX says it did install, then it did. Care to show a screenshot? I have the suspicion that you did not untick the dynamic 3D trees within the Graphics options of P3D. Sure, Tell me where do you want me to load the sim ? Do you have a benchmark location ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 28 minutes ago, KVSandleben said: Thanks I Meant, do you want me to load a specific airport or time and season in P3D to take the screenshot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefocus Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Did you disable speedtrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, stevefocus said: Did you disable speedtrees? Excuse my ignorance but I do not know what speedtrees is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Do the screenshots that I uploaded look like the Trees HD are enabled ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hi there, our Trees HD replace the default textures of the legacy ("cruciform") tree models and thus only display if "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" is deactivated. From your screenshots we can't even tell whether you have Trees HD installed as only SpeedTree models are showing. It seems strange indeed that you still see the SpeedTree models because unchecking "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" and restarting the sim should definitely deactivate the SpeedTree libraries and globally revert to the legacy tree types. That feature is part of P3Dv4 itself, meaning not altered by us. Thus, if switching between the two options doesn't lead to any visual changes after a sim restart then you should ask at the official P3D forums what may cause this behavior. As far as I know there are no file changes involved when unchecking the "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" option. Instead, the P3Dv4 code internally switches from reading the AutogenDescriptions.spb file, in the main \Autogen\ folder, to reading the AutogenDescriptions_Legacy.spb file. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 18 minutes ago, Holger Sandmann said: Hi there, our Trees HD replace the default textures of the legacy ("cruciform") tree models and thus only display if "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" is deactivated. From your screenshots we can't even tell whether you have Trees HD installed as only SpeedTree models are showing. It seems strange indeed that you still see the SpeedTree models because unchecking "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" and restarting the sim should definitely deactivate the SpeedTree libraries and globally revert to the legacy tree types. That feature is part of P3Dv4 itself, meaning not altered by us. Thus, if switching between the two options doesn't lead to any visual changes after a sim restart then you should ask at the official P3D forums what may cause this behavior. As far as I know there are no file changes involved when unchecking the "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" option. Instead, the P3Dv4 code internally switches from reading the AutogenDescriptions.spb file, in the main \Autogen\ folder, to reading the AutogenDescriptions_Legacy.spb file. Cheers, Holger Hi Holger, Thanks for your answer. Is there a screenshot I could provide you that would clear all doubts ? If you tell me where I should put the airplane and time season to have a close look at the trees ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, JBBJ said: This is summer, default P3DV4 Flight with the jet fighter , looking to the left . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Hi there, that screenshot shows Trees HD textures on the legacy trees so all is as it should be. Thus, either your previous screenshots were taken while the "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" was still active or you may have re-started the sim too quickly after unchecking the checkbox and thus the sim hadn't unloaded the SpeedTree models from memory yet. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBBJ Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, Holger Sandmann said: Hi there, that screenshot shows Trees HD textures on the legacy trees so all is as it should be. Thus, either your previous screenshots were taken while the "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" was still active or you may have re-started the sim too quickly after unchecking the checkbox and thus the sim hadn't unloaded the SpeedTree models from memory yet. Cheers, Holger Great Thank you !Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation was the issue , I had to restart P3D twice for the change to really take effect. Thanks a lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSandleben Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 56 minutes ago, Holger Sandmann said: It seems strange indeed that you still see the SpeedTree models because unchecking "Dynamic 3D Autogen Vegetation" and restarting the sim should definitely deactivate the SpeedTree libraries and globally revert to the legacy tree types. That feature is part of P3Dv4 itself, meaning not altered by us. Thus, if switching between the two options doesn't lead to any visual changes after a sim restart then you should ask at the official P3D forums what may cause this behavior. There seems to be some kind of bug. This morning I had opposite reaction in my setup. I tried to switch them back on for testing purposes and despite restarting the sim they didn't show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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