Republic3D Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Hello! I just purchased the Australia scenery because of the sale. I own all of the North America sceneries already and I've always been really happy with Orbx sceneries. Anyway, I downloaded the file, extracted it fully.. then ran the application to install it. The unwrapper started, I inserted the registration info and it started installing. Suddenly there was a message to insert disc #9, but I just browsed to the folder where it was extracted and it found the file it needed. The installation continued without hiccups. Installed the latest libraries at the end (It didnt say anything about which region FTX Central had to be set to during the libraries install, so it was set to just Global/no hybrid). I don't think the disc #9 thing caused any problems since I was able to find what it needed. I then set FTX Central to FTX Global and Hybrid mode with Lights and Roads and all that. I fired up FSX and started at YLEC Leigh Creek. The first thing I saw out the Cessna window was lots of red sand, so I thought to myself.. oh this seems nice. Then I look around, and I see only default FSX airport buildings at the airport itself. On all the North American sceneries almost every single airfield has some kind of Orbx thing, a pick-up truck, maybe a couple of aircraft, a building or two (that arent default FSX). Is it supposed to be like that? Anyway, I take off to get a better view of the area, and the surrounding land looks pretty good. I realized I should have flown there before installing, using only FTX Global so I could compare. Then I fly over a hill with a lake going up the hillside... it looks terribly wrong and completely ruins the experience of flying there. So I'm thinking, is that a bug? Did something go wrong? Is it supposed to be like this? I then decide to start at YSCN Camden, and first impressions there are also not so good. Just default FSX buildings and no planes or trucks or anything. I know you're supposed to install airport scenery upgrades, but in all the NA sceneries the airfields are somewhat upgraded too. I take off and decide to fly towards Sydney to get a better impression of things. The area looks pretty good from the air, and there's a ton of autogen.. and the framerate is extremely good! I have it locked at 30 fps and it stayed very good all the time. I flew towards the skyscrapers downtown Sydney and it looks really great! I see ships, the Sydney Opera house, the bridge.. it all looks fantastic and the framerate still is excellent. I land at YSSY Kingsford Smith Intl and so far the airport looks pretty good too. The tower with the spiral thing is there and everything, so it seems like the libraries must have installed correctly. So in the end I just sit here with these questions: - Isn't there supposed to be upgraded features on the smaller airports around Australia? - Is the lake near Leigh Creek covering the hillside a bug? I have FTX Global as well as the latest libraries (yes I always install it last), all the NA sceneries and now AU SP4 too. No mesh addon and no Vector or landclass. Please, if someone suggests "download and install again"... is there a way to uninstall it first, or can I just install over the previous installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Australia pre-dates NA and at the time airports were not upgraded for regions, that was introduced with PNW. For your lake on a hill issue, do you have the freeware Holgermesh for AU installed? AU SP4 does not include mesh on its own, but you can download the freeware mesh from the freeware page: http://www.fullterrain.com/freeware.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks for the superbly fast response! I do not have the mesh, so I'll go and download it right now. I knew the AU scenery was a lot older, and I was wondering if that was why the airfields were default. This explains the whole situation. I'm very happy now! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 You'll find tons of AU freeware airfields/airstrips at OZx - World of simulation - suitably to Orbx AU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 If you are looking for enhanced airfields, OZx provides a freeware package with several hundred. All compatible with AU SP4, you can check it out here if you don't have it already: http://aussiex.org/forum/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks guys, I'll check those out. I've installed the Holgermesh and it fixed the issue with the lake on the hillside. I also installed the Orbx freeware airports. I have another issue though, and that's the PAPI/VASI lights are only showing white.. no matter the height or angle of approach. I've never had this issue before. The lights at YSSY flashed red a split second after I had touched down before going back to white again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Does anyone know why the PAPI/VASI lights only show white no matter my height? They turn red only when i'm down on the deck... and its only on the Aussie airports, not the NA ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Goff Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Are you using any traffic addons like MyTrafficX? You may have duplicate AFX files, PAPI/VASI lights all white until touchdown sounds like the glidescope is set to 0 degrees in the active AFX file. That would match your situation since at 0 degrees your aircraft will always be higher than the glidescope until it touches the ground. Is this at all AU airports, or just specific ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm not running any traffic addons.. nothing like that installed at all. It's just me and whole wide world. Yep, it's on all the Aussie fields as far as I can tell, but I have not seen the issue anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 It's a really weird problem.. seems to only be in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Republic3D Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 The problem is still there.. its kind of ruining the experience of flying in Australia for me. Do anyone have any suggestions? Problem is VASI/PAPI lights always showing white, no matter the glidepath. They only turn red when I am down on the ground and near the lights/touchdown zone. Problem is only in Australia. I do not have any traffic packs installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petfy Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Research along these lines. Australia has the early T style visual assist landing lights ( although they are gradually changing over to PAPI). 1/ from real pilots, does the real T style only show "red your dead"? 2/ does Microsoft only interpret T style as only having "red your dead"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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