Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi there. I have a strange problem with terrain on Scatsta and North Ronaldsay airfields. Sorry! I haven't included a screenshot as I can't find the FAQ that tells me how so far. The problems are ...... North Ronaldsay: The airfield is raised above the surrounding terrain on a plateau. Scatsta: The airfield apron is below ground level in a cutting appprox 40ft deep. The runway is covered by a second ground level which has grass covering showing the FTX grass tufts. Here's the strange thing. No other airfields in Scotland, or indeed Orkney or Shetland are affected and are all working perfectly! Mike. FTX Scotland. FSS0218287 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Here we go. Keeping fingers crossed.... Yeah! Top is North Ronaldsay, bottom Scatsta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 By the way...Sorry guy's, I know only too well that North RonaldSAY should be the thread title but I had a senior moment and can't find how to change it!!!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi, I just check mine and both airports are at the correct height. Do you have any addons for the airports or any traffic programs? Also check your mesh setting is set to either 5m or 10m Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi Paul. 1,I do run UT2 but as I know that doesn't use any AFCADS I don't believe it's that. 2.I do have Scotflight and GenX for this area installed but NOT active as the airfields in Scotflight don't work with FTX. 3.Mesh resolution set to 5 metres. I'm wondering if a simple 'go to default then reselect region' might sort it but would like to run it by you before trying in case it causes bigger issues? Mike P.S. My thinking is. I MAY has deactivated the GenX and Scotflight scenery library entries after applying Scotland from FTX central thus leaving some residual effect. I have to say, however, I don't see this anywhere else in Scotland and I've looked thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi, Do a simple Default then back to region won't cause any issues and can infact fix some so go ahead a try it. If that doesn't work can you search the fsx folder for any files to do with the 2 airports (EGPM and EGEN) you should only find 3 files for each in this folder "{fsx}\ORBX\FTX_EU\FTX_EU_SCO_05_SCENERY\scenery\" Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi Paul. I'm afraid there's no change to the problem. All three files for both airfields show in the appropriate file. I do have UTX europe installed but running below FTX in the scenery library. I don't know if this is relevent, can't see how myself? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi, Can you disable UTX Europe and see if this fixes it please Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 No change Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Ok, set FTX Central to Default and see if the airports are at the correct height there. If they are not then we know something somewhere is changing them. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Ha ha! No, the problem persists when 'default' is set on Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Ok that means somewhere you have an addon that is affecting those airports but its not Orbx. I would start by disabling all addons in the scenery library and see if that fixes it, if it does then re-enable addons 1 at a time until you find the culprit. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Righto Paul. I have disabled the only airfield add-on I have for North Ronaldsay and Scatsta which is Scotflight. The GenX photo secenery is already disabled yet there's still no change to the problem. I may have some evidence that might help. I have identified the 'active' AFCAD for North Ronaldsay and Scatsta. Both show an inactive file at the next layer showing as an altitude adjustment file. I can't open it but suspect it may be associated with the GenX photo scenery. The GenX entries in the secenery library are all selected OFF. I really think this may be relevent as when I look at all the other airfields in the the Orkney and Shetland isles NONE, other than North Ronaldsay and Scatsta have this addition. I'm continuing to investigate. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Webster Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi, Try renaming the file extension of the altitude adjustment file to .off and see if that fixes it. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike R Posted July 1, 2013 Author Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi Paul. I was just going further with this and have solved it. By the way, your suggestion would have also had the same effect. I'll just put a short explanation here as it may effect others. ... I had Scotflight and GenX photoscenery area 5 installed. After installing FTX Scotland I allowed the Scotflight scenery and GenX to remain installed but de-selected all the scenery library entries associated with both items of software......However, even doing this leaves two files that are altitude adjustment files in the Scenery/World file of FSX. It was these that did the deed! Doing as Paul suggests solves the problem but I suspect that even if you uninstall both these items of scenery you may need to manually remove them. Once they've gone you're fine. Thanks for your help Paul. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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