Paul Griffiths Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) PAVD airport came with USA-X update, previously this airport was missing from ASBO. I had Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh installed prior to the update which worked fine. When I visited PAVD for the first time it was continually making terrain height adjustments. Thought it was the new USA-X data. I never gave it a thought that Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh could be involved. When I removed Orbx Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh all is now fixed. Please check yourself, and is there any point reinstalling Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh if new data from USA-X is better, and make effect further airport purchases. Kind Regards Paul Edited June 21, 2022 by Paul Griffiths 1
Paul Griffiths Posted June 21, 2022 Author Posted June 21, 2022 PAVD airport came with USA-X update, previously this airport was missing from ASBO. I had Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh installed prior to the update which worked fine. When I visited PAVD for the first time it was continually making terrain height adjustments. Thought it was the new USA-X data. I never gave it a thought that Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh could be involved. When I removed Orbx Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh all is now fixed. Please check yourself, and is there any point reinstalling Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh if new data from USA-Xi is better, and make effect further airport purchases. Kind Regards Paul 1
Nick Cooper Posted June 21, 2022 Posted June 21, 2022 Hello, can you clarify which exact products you are referring to, where you bought them and for which simulator please? 1
Paul Griffiths Posted June 21, 2022 Author Posted June 21, 2022 Good Evening ,Mr Cooper THE PRODUCT IS MSFS2020 BOUGHT DIRECT FROM THE MICROSOFT STORE. WITH CURRANT BUILD INSTALLED. THE LATESTED UPDATE IS INSTALLED USA-X Orbx ALASKAN TERRAIN MESH FROM Orbx STORE. PAVD IS A NEW AIRPORT TO VISIT FOLLOWING USA-X UPDATE,PRIOR TO THE UPDATE PAVD WAS MISSING. Kind Regards PAUL Griffiths 1
Paul Griffiths Posted June 21, 2022 Author Posted June 21, 2022 A few pictures of PAVD with Orbx Alaskan Terrain Mesh installed. 1
Nick Cooper Posted June 22, 2022 Posted June 22, 2022 Hello, thanks. I would think that this is the result of the by now well-documented problems with Orbx and other developers' mesh products introduced by SU9. Our developer is hard at work on updates and the NZ mesh update has already been released. Perhaps it would be better if you temporarily put the Alaska mesh to one side pending the release of its update. 1
Paul Griffiths Posted June 22, 2022 Author Posted June 22, 2022 If Orbx know there is problems with this product and it's due updating why is it still up for sale on the Orbx web page. Other people like me may think it was USA-X ,when in fact it was Alaskan Mesh. And will any future update be any better then USA-X terrain update. Kind Regards Paul Griffiths 1
bradmacoz Posted June 25, 2022 Posted June 25, 2022 Yeah, agree Paul, why sell something you now doesn’t work… should be removed until the issue is solved… Brad 1
Mojave Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 4 months later, I wonder what the status is on fixing the Alaska Mesh so that it works with Valdez and WU10?
Nick Cooper Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 Hello, thanks for your enquiry. The update was released on 16th July, 3 months and 16 days ago. Are you still having problems?
John Dow Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 I've just loaded up a test flight at PAVD with the Alaska mesh installed and I see no problems at this airport. The only issue I see around the area is that some of the land textures appear to go into the water, which is a common issue with MSFS. I also didn't see any evidence of mesh popping during a circuit over the town and back to the airport.
Mojave Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello, thanks for your enquiry. The update was released on 16th July, 3 months and 16 days ago. Are you still having problems? Yes, I am. I have version 1.2.0, I just double checked. I will load in a little later and get screen shots with and without the Alaska Mesh. I can't think of what else could be causing the problem, but I'll be sure to empty my community folder as well. Thanks for the quick reply.
Mojave Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello, thanks for your enquiry. The update was released on 16th July, 3 months and 16 days ago. Are you still having problems? I removed everything from my community folder and just installed the Alaska Mesh. I have all world updates installed and products purchased through the Market Place. The first image from the drone camera shows a ground vehicle driving underground and the broken ground behind it which loads in as I fly the drone towards it. The second image is from the external camera while taxiing, you can see that I am sinking. This happens all along the tarmac and taxiways. I sink and hover and roll left and right. It's very bizarre. Valdez with the Alaska Mesh is the only place this happens. Though I will keep a look out for other Alaskan airports. So far, no others, with or without payware/freeware have this issue. Valdez is fine when the mesh is not installed. The runway itself is fine. Just the taxiways and tarmac have these issues. Edited November 1, 2022 by Mojave
Nick Cooper Posted November 1, 2022 Posted November 1, 2022 Hello, I am fairly sure that this issue was identified and passed back to the developer. However, events in his home country, Ukraine, have overtaken any fix for now.
Mojave Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Nick Cooper said: Hello, I am fairly sure that this issue was identified and passed back to the developer. However, events in his home country, Ukraine, have overtaken any fix for now. Thanks. Well as long as it is a known issue and the developer is aware, that's the key thing for me. Though it's curious that John Dow isn't having issues. Hmm... In any case, totally understand that the developer has much bigger issues to deal with now.
John Dow Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 57 minutes ago, Mojave said: Thanks. Well as long as it is a known issue and the developer is aware, that's the key thing for me. Though it's curious that John Dow isn't having issues. Hmm... In any case, totally understand that the developer has much bigger issues to deal with now. I didn't check apron behaviour, so it might be there for me. I'll have a look later, but in reality I never use external view and tend to start flights on the runway when it's not a fully modelled airport.
Mojave Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 4 hours ago, John Dow said: I didn't check apron behaviour, so it might be there for me. I'll have a look later, but in reality I never use external view and tend to start flights on the runway when it's not a fully modelled airport. Valdez (PAVD) is a fully modelled airport as of World Update 10 and yes, the runway is fine, but I always start C&D on the apron. Even from the cockpit though, it's a really rough and undulating ride to the runway.
John Dow Posted November 2, 2022 Posted November 2, 2022 Interesting. I was always under the impression that the airport surfaces are supposed to be 'hard' which means they are what the aircraft sits on, not the underlying mesh. Perhaps Asobo has only hardened the runway here not the rest of the tarmac?
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