boleyd Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It seems like elevation issues at some airports are not uncommon. Is there really some simple answer to fix this? I have my problem at 77S but also at 1Wa6. Latest 120509 library at top of Scenery Manager list Re-downloaded and installed both airports. Made sure I was in North America. Reinstalled library after airport install although that did not make sense to me. I have seen several reports of elevations problems but never paid any attention since I was ok. I thought the common issue was the library install and at top priority but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 please post up a screenshot of what you are seeing at your end, makes it a wee bit easier for us to be able to determine the culprit. in case of, here you can find how to do hat => http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/38447-how-to-post-a-screenshot-on-the-orbx-forums/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleyd Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 77S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Routley Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Mesh set to 5metres, Complexity 100%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Hill Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 HI boleyd, 77S has an elevation change file "ADE_FTX_PNW_77S_elevation_adjustment" that's located in your FSX: Scenery/World/Scenery folder. If the elevation files get out of kilter they will cause this issue. First please cycle "FTX Central" from North America to Default and back again. That way we know that the elevation files in Scenery/World/Scenery should all be active (ie: not end with suffix .OFF). Next look at the 77S elevation file in Scenery/World/scenery and make sure that it is 1) present and 2) doesn't have the suffix .OFF, actually NONE of the ADE_FTX_PNW_xxxx should have the .OFF suffix. Remove the .OFF from the 77S file (if it's there) for immediate use but come back here for help with the real issue. Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleyd Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well the problem was the ADE elevation file for 77S was missing along with several other files. P3D was ok so I just copied its folder over to scenery/world/scenery. Now FSX is ok. I never knew that ORBX was placing folders in that folder.I have no idea why files were missing but I want to fly not tinker. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Hill Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi boleyd, Great, glad to see you got the issue fixed. All change of elevation files go into that Scenery/World/Scenery and as you probably noticed there a bunch of them. Most real world airports are not flat, actually some have large elevation changes but FSX only allows flat airports so we often have to change elevations to allow a reasonable looking airport ( kind of split the difference so the surrounding flattens aren't so noticeable). As far as why files go missing I have no idea but you're not the first one to get bit by it. All's well that ends well, go fly!! Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boleyd Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I have spent a lot of time with non-flat runways in FSX. If I can get a really good photo-real file for an airport I used the natural runway. Just maybe our new friends at Lockheed Martin will be able to remove the "flat" restriction. Given the goal of a quality professional simulator the continuing use of only flat runways may harm sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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