Gregory Douglas Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Two issues... First Issue: After I installed all of my Orbx products and started up FSX SE, I got this error message: SCENERY.DAT file error. Close Flight Simulator, and delete 'scenery\base\scenery\worldlc'. Click OK to continue. I clicked OK and another similar message with a different file listed popped up. After this occurred about twenty times, I used the Task Manager to force FSX to shut down because it seemed the errors would never end. Next time I opened FSX, I received no error messages. Apparently pressing OK did not actually delete the files because worldlc.bgl is still in its folder. What were all those error message about? Second issue: A couple of years ago a bought an addon airport, Bluegrass Airport. After installing my Orbx products, it looks like the runways are in canyons (see attachment). How do I fix that? I tried moving that airport up to the top of my scenery list (priority 1) but that didn't help. Here are my products: Global Base Pack Global Buildings HD Global Vector openLC North America Global Airport Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Hello, First issue: FSX creates dat files to tell it what scenery is available to it. If you delete that scenery while the simulator is running, you will indeed generate error messages because it will have a file telling it that scenery is present when it no longer is present. The solution is not to do that. Second issue: Try disabling the Vector Airport Elevation Correction for KLEX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Douglas Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Should I uninstall/reinstall my Orbx products or does the fact the errors aren't showing up during subsequent FSX startups mean the problem has been fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Hello, there is no need to do anything. FSX creates scenery.dat files each time it starts. It does this by looking at the scenery in its scenery library and indexing all the files. The error message is caused by the user deleting or renaming files while the simulator is running. Doing that means that the index no longer matches the files. Restarting the simulator, or in fact reloading the scenery solves the problem. If you do not rename or delete files while the simulator is running any more, you will no longer see the error message that doing that creates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Douglas Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Nick, Thanks for your help. All Orbx products are installed and working well. Bluegrass Airport looks good after running the Vector Airport Elevation Correction. I'll be trying out the various recommended tweaks to the fsx.cfg file to fine tune my setup. Does Orbx add and/or revise any of the settings in fsx.cfg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Hello, no, Orbx Central does not touch that file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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