bradrcfii Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I just completed a new Prepar3d V4 install with a few ORX products. I checked my and found many compressed zip folders like this one, (chkeeee0937-424e-45e8-bca9-c34041d4fbd1) When I installed, I chose the option such that I could select the installation destination. What is the purpose of these folders? Can they be deleted? Thanks, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNielsen Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I don' t have an answer to your exact issue but I am in the same boat so to speak. Also reinstalled Prepar3d V4 earlier this week and have populated it with all ORBX packages i own (most) and also got Pilots Ultimate Mesh installed, and am getting more and more frustrated as I seem to have no end of altitude problems, blended ground polys between default and add ons..and no idea how to resolve this... i.e in LOWI (ORBX)i see a blend of ORBX and default ground with most objects "sunken" by about say 50cm..?...same for Bilbao in EKCH (fly Tampa) the a/c is "floating" about 1mtr from the ground and most buildings seem to be "sunken" by about 1 meter in BAKU (DD) I am a good 5 meters below the ground in LDDU (ORBX) I am a good 10 meters above the ground in KSFO (Flight beam) I only see default building with most objects 50cm sunken. I run AEC of Vector again, and again and again.. nothing seems to work.. Ideas? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNielsen Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 26 minutes ago, PeterNielsen said: I don' t have an answer to your exact issue but I am in the same boat so to speak. Also reinstalled Prepar3d V4 earlier this week and have populated it with all ORBX packages i own (most) and also got Pilots Ultimate Mesh installed, and am getting more and more frustrated as I seem to have no end of altitude problems, blended ground polys between default and add ons..and no idea how to resolve this... i.e in LOWI (ORBX)i see a blend of ORBX and default ground with most objects "sunken" by about say 50cm..?...same for Bilbao in EKCH (fly Tampa) the a/c is "floating" about 1mtr from the ground and most buildings seem to be "sunken" by about 1 meter in BAKU (DD) I am a good 5 meters below the ground in LDDU (ORBX) I am a good 10 meters above the ground in KSFO (Flight beam) I only see default building with most objects 50cm sunken. I run AEC of Vector again, and again and again.. nothing seems to work.. Ideas? Peter I can add Imagine Sim KLGA to the list as well... this time a/c is sunken.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Sir, I don't have your problems with these areas, but I would suggest that this is a mesh problem. Anytime airplanes are floating above the ground or sunk into the pavement, you can almost be sure it's a mesh problem whereby the mesh is a higher resolution than the airport in question was designed for, especially true of Orbx products. Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hello. It is far more likely to be an installation or scenery library problem. Airports include a "flatten" which sets the airport elevation regardless of any mesh that might be installed. Mesh causes elevation anomalies around such flattened areas but cannot affect the flattened areas itself because it has been excluded. Elevation errors within airports can be caused by several things. If the error is widespread, perhaps the default terrain and scenery are not active or are misplaced in the scenery library. Among other thing, this can disable the excludes. The presence of a second active addon airport in the same place or incompatible elevation adjustment files will cause elevation errors. Some third party AI software adds airport files that are incompatible with certain addon airports. I would also suggest manually disabling any Vector AEC for each of the airports that you are complaining about, though your one screen shot is not typical of a problem with AEC but is typical of there being at least two active airports in the same place, one possibly being created by AI software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Hobson Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Then I bow to Nick's expert advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNielsen Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 44 minutes ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello. It is far more likely to be an installation or scenery library problem. Airports include a "flatten" which sets the airport elevation regardless of any mesh that might be installed. Mesh causes elevation anomalies around such flattened areas but cannot affect the flattened areas itself because it has been excluded. Elevation errors within airports can be caused by several things. If the error is widespread, perhaps the default terrain and scenery are not active or are misplaced in the scenery library. Among other thing, this can disable the excludes. The presence of a second active addon airport in the same place or incompatible elevation adjustment files will cause elevation errors. Some third party AI software adds airport files that are incompatible with certain addon airports. I would also suggest manually disabling any Vector AEC for each of the airports that you are complaining about, though your one screen shot is not typical of a problem with AEC but is typical of there being at least two active airports in the same place, one possibly being created by AI software. Hi Nick, Both the default Scenery and Texture are active and at the top of it all There are no other add-ons in the areas as i just started reinstalling all airports after a total delete of P3D v3. and install of V4 I don't use any AI software as all my flying is on line on VATSIM I would love to disable say KLGA in VECTOR AEC manually, but as Vector does not see any conflict the ICAO code does not show when typed hence cannot be chosen for any action. here is my scenery cfg file..i need to nip this one asap as i already spent 2 days getting to where it is now.. and have some 400 addons to go... Very annoying.. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hello, if you attach the file, I will take a look if you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNielsen Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Oeps Sorry here it is scenery.cfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradrcfii Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 My original post was hijacked. Any comments on the zip folders in my Prepar3D folder? Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 16 hours ago, bradrcfii said: I just completed a new Prepar3d V4 install with a few ORX products. I checked my * and found many compressed zip folders like this one, (chkeeee0937-424e-45e8-bca9-c34041d4fbd1) When I installed, I chose the option such that I could select the installation destination. What is the purpose of these folders? Can they be deleted? Thanks,Brad Hello, Hello, can you fill in the missing words please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterNielsen Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 14 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello, if you attach the file, I will take a look if you wish. Hi Nick i sent the file did you spot anything strange? I have today signed up for the fastlane and downloaded the latest object flow version and also some updates via the verification tool within FTX. Now in Dubrovnik i see this ....it appears my A/C is not the only thing floating in midair as now also a static bus is doing the same...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradrcfii Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 I found the zip folders in my Prepar3d folder. Thanks, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thanks. The only way that I can see that they could be placed there is if you selected the P3D folder as your installation temp folder or the location for your product back up. If that is the case P3D cannot see them, so they can be either moved or deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradrcfii Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thank You. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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