Mithras Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi, I've been enjoying the freeware airports with my NA LC and Vector, flying the Buffalo Airways routes. I spotted these elevation problems on the way ... and to me they look like a conflict. The only other Canadian scenery I ever had (AFAIK) was UTX Canada, which I unistalled last year. I know there were still a few UTX files laying around my FSX/Scenery Folder and I deleted those. Could there be more? Is this a vector thing? Or maybe some UTX file thing I wonder? I'm not sure if those peaks represent lakes at odd elevations ... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Just reinstalled UTX Canada and then uninstalled, but the 'cliff lakes' are still there. Maybe not UTX then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi Paul UTX and Vector are not compatible with each other. Also, providing coordinates with your screenshots would be very helpful. Cheers Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I've seen the same thing when a mesh problem was involved, nothing to do with Vector, as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Hi there, perhaps no add-on mesh at all is the issue? https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/102356-geographical-representation/ Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Doug, thanks - I uninstalled all my UTX prior to installing Vector, just wasn't sure of the culprit. After doing some checking, if I uncheck ORBX!VECTOR_CVX then the issue goes away. I'm not sure what this means though. I was under the impression (obviously wrongly) that Vector included some kind of mesh, in order to affect all those airport elevations. But, I see, it simply sets the altitude of those airports correctly. Why is Vector creating raised lakes in the middle of the wilderness I wonder? What does that CVX entry do? I guess I do need a mesh, but I will have to think about that. BTW: the co-ordinates are N65 30.09, W127 12.15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Mithras said: Why is Vector creating raised lakes in the middle of the wilderness I wonder? It isn't Vector that is doing this, as Holger has pointed out. And CVX is a set of exclusion files, I believe. Deactivating it is not a good idea, since it may result in other problems/anomalies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Sandmann Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Hi there, the reason for the fixed lake elevations is explained in the thread I referenced, specifically https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/102356-geographical-representation/?do=findComment&comment=924654 The FTX_VECTOR_CVX folder contains pretty much all of Vector's data layers (roads, shorelines, lakes, etc.) except for the airports. As mentioned, lakes do have fixed elevations, which is why a global terrain mesh files is required that uses the same or similar source data as the one PILOTS used, their FS Global 2010 product. From what I've heard the FreeMeshX package is an example of an add-on made from same or similar source data. Cheers, Holger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Thanks, I will investigate the mesh idea further! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Holger Sandmann said: Hi there, the reason for the fixed lake elevations is explained in the thread I referenced, specifically https://orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/102356-geographical-representation/?do=findComment&comment=924654 The FTX_VECTOR_CVX folder contains pretty much all of Vector's data layers (roads, shorelines, lakes, etc.) except for the airports. As mentioned, lakes do have fixed elevations, which is why a global terrain mesh files is required that uses the same or similar source data as the one PILOTS used, their FS Global 2010 product. From what I've heard the FreeMeshX package is an example of an add-on made from same or similar source data. Cheers, Holger I stand corrected, as usual! The EXX files are the exclusion files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithras Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 On 17 November 2017 at 12:49 PM, Doug Sawatzky said: Hi Paul UTX and Vector are not compatible with each other. Also, providing coordinates with your screenshots would be very helpful. Cheers Doug Thanks for the advice everyone, Freemesh installed OK and certainly got rid of the lake elevations. I hope it doesn't cause me headaches later down the line. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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