MajorMike Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 I have an issue with Palm Springs Airport in P3Dv4.5. It looks like a layering issue I presume related to bgl files. I have attached a screen shot and my Windows Orbx central logfile. I have Northern and Southern California, Global Base Pack, Trees HD, Vector, Open LC Europe, Open LC North America, open LC South America as well as Libraries in the Orbx range Also Traffic Global and FS Global Ultimate NG - World wide. I would appreciate any advice how to resolve this. Thank-you, Michael Houghton central.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Hi Michael Please run the Vector AEC (Airport Elevation Correction) tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Thanks Doug, I had trouble finding the Vector AEC tool due to the changes from FTX Central to Orbx Central but did eventually find it. First of all I tried the automatic Configuration tool and it was unsuccesful. I then tried manually enabling AEC for KPSP as it was not there after the automatic configuration. It is still not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Thanks Please post a copy of your “scenery.cfg” file and the “add-ons.cfg” and the “scenery_add-ons.xml” file found at C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4. Please note: Do not open the files and copy and paste the contents, just attach the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Hi Doug, Thanks for your help <ike add-ons.cfg scenery.cfg scenery_add-ons.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sawatzky Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Hi Mike I would first disable your "Traffic Global Airport Facilities" addon and try again. Although I see you have most of them deactivated, I would also use the insertion point tool in Orbx Central and move all your non Orbx 3rd party items to the top of your scenery library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hi Doug, I tried these suggestions and unforunately it did not help. I disabled some of the KPSP bgl files and managed to do the flight I wished to do from Phoenix Sky Harbour to Palm Springs and managed to land you will see that the runway was at least fully visible but obviously there are conflicts. The KPSP is a default airport so it remains a puzzle why I have this problem. Thank-you for your help. It is not going to be resolveable I suspect without a full reinstall. Regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hello, can you try again and follow Doug's advice, as well as the image that he has provided you please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 9, 2020 Author Share Posted April 9, 2020 Hi Nick, Thanks for all message. I have reverted my ammended bgl files and corrected the insertion point but it has not helped I am afraid. Regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hello, which version of P3D v4 are you using and do you have scenery\world\scenery\ADE_FTX_SCA_KPSP_ALT.bgl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hi Nick, I am using P3d version 4.5.13.32097. I have included screenshots of my bgl files relating to KPSP. I also searched for the scenery\world\scenery\ADE_FTX_SCA_KPSP_ALT.bgl and it does not seem to be there. I do not by the way have the Orbx addon airport for KPSP. Thanks for any advice you can give. Regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hello, this is one of two topics which contain the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hi Nick, Perhaps you misread but I do not have the Orbx addon for KPSP. Please can you clarify what you meant. You asked if I had 'scenery\world\scenery\ADE_FTX_SCA_KPSP_ALT.bgl' which I don't believe I have but you have not commented on this. Thanks. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Hello Major Mike, I am guessing that you did not read all of the linked topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Hi Nick, I have looked at it again. Sorry I did not relaise this was a link to a solution to the problem. Unfortunately I tried putting the file mentioned into the Default scenery\World\ scenery location and it did not help, I tried putting it in Orbx scenery libraries as you suggest and this made made no difference either. Then I disabled all Orbx scenery in the scenery menu and it appeared acceptable. I then put back the Orbx scenery and found that it was two Orbx files which when disabled made the scenery be as it shoud be. FTX NA_SCA 05_Scenery FTX NA_SCA05_CVX I tried putting the file in the FTX NA SCA 05_Scenery folder but this made no difference. The one part I did not understand from your documents was 'putting the file above SCA'. I did not know exactly what that meant. Perhaps I will just be happy to have these two Orbx folders disabled. Thanks for your help. Regards, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 The Orbx SCA version of KPSP was developed at 0 feet. this is why it appears in a hole in the ground. The attached file corrects this. In earlier versions of P3D and FSX, the file had to be in scenery\world\scenery because that was at the "bottom" of the scenery library because that was the first place that the simulator looked for an airport's elevation. Now, things are different and P3D looks for the airport elevation at the "top" of the scenery library instead. If you put the file into a scenery item that is higher than the SCA airport, it will read that and the airport will show correctly. What you have done is to disable the Orbx version altogether, leaving the default, also at the wrong level for the surrounding scenery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMike Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Hi Nick, Thank you for explaining. I put the file in FTXAA_ORBXLIBS>scenery which was the top Orbx folder in my scenery library and it has worked. It has been a palaver, having taken almost a fortnight to sort out but it is good to have got there in the end. I note your comments that you have asked for this problem to be corrected. It would be good if this could be done. Regards and thanks again for your help with this. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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