YoYo 49 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Did You noticed than FTX New Zealand South Island has a problem if You have Antarctica X too ? http://www.orbxsyste...040#entry352040 http://www.orbxsyste...d-antarctica-x/ No trees/buildings of autogen (in FTX scenery) if You have this two sceneries. If You deactivate Antarctica, NZSI has a custom buildings but no still autogen. For me problem extists on south part of Island. Examples: Is it possible than Antarctica X uses buildings or canceled from New Zealand region ? Is a problem of addon of Aerosoft or FTX or both? How to solve it? BTW (edit): Ok, it works for me too. I did unactivation Ocenania via FTX Central (Setup FSX default). Next deactivate Antarcticta X from FSX menu>Addons. Next activate Oceania again. My autogen come back in New Zealand. Ufff... But will be nice to do something with no nessesery do this deactiviation of Antarctica X if I take Oceania option. Antarctica X is a great scenery too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted December 18, 2011 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 18, 2011 I think we have to wait for an answer from Sascha. I myself expected problems with Orbx software (I got nearly all of their sceneries) sooner or later, as it seems to me that they somehow don't stick to FSX standards. Or why ist it necessary to switch FTX off via FTXCentral when flying outside FTX areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerries 24 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I can second Yoyos problems, I have Antarctica X too. But I know that Sasha will get a copy of NZ South to sort out the problems between this two addons. BTW as a NZSI User you shoud take a look at the FTX Forums. This problem (and others) are known there and there are possible solutions availible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa 921 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Problem is I can't see this issue on my system with Antarctica X and ORBX's NZ South Island activated. Which version of Windows are you using and what's the FSX you use? AccPack or SP2? This problem (and others) are known there and there are possible solutions availible. Can you point us at a thread there, please? Couldn't find anything in their forums searching for Antarctica. Bests, Sascha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa 921 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Can you point us at a thread there, please? Couldn't find anything in their forums searching for Antarctica. Found it. Although I can't see this issue on my system I'm pretty sure this has to do with some area excludes that extend too far north in Antarctica X (as I found out today when scanning the files in question for bugs). Attached is a file that will hopefully solve the problem. Unzip it to the following folder and overwrite the existing file. FSX\Aerosoft\Antarctica X\Scenery\ Does it work then? Bests, SaschaAntarctica_Excludes.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerries 24 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 HI Sascha, I will test it later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred 23 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Hi Sascha Did a test with the new file and buildings are now present at Queenstown with Antarctica X with higer priority than FTX New Zealand. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe 16 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Is it a mandatory requirement to keep Antarctica X above NZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred 23 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 No it is not mandatory, but it doesn't matter now if it has higher or lower priority. You have buildings all over NZSI with the new exclude file either way. Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted December 19, 2011 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 19, 2011 Sascha, the new exclude seem to work perfect! Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerries 24 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 YES!! Here too. Seems to solve the problems. Thx Sascha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo 49 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Not exactly. Ok, perhaps FTX NZSI works better now... but for me very important is Antarctica too. So I tested Antarctica first (I think many will do test of NZSI first without Antarctica X) and... See shots. With new Excludes.bgl I start to see.... trees. What I did? FTX is offline. Only Antarctica X is active. In too same place - with new Excludes.bgl see some trees on ground (shots 1 & 2). I saved a flight, used the old file and... no trees in this place (shot 3). I tested some part of Antarctica Region . So now I used old file of Excludes.bgl and turn on/off Antarctica manually. Waiting for the next file . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa 921 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Perhaps better for FTX NZSI but.... Not exactly... I assume that you took those screenshots around Marambio but without any coordinates given that is difficult to tell. Did you switch back to default terrain BEFORE loading Antarctica (and reloading FSX) using FTX Central? That's an essential step because as discussed so many times before FTX Terrain shouldn't be activated when flying outside the areas it covers. Bests, Sascha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo 49 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 I assume that you took those screenshots around Marambio but without any coordinates given that is difficult to tell. Did you switch back to default terrain BEFORE loading Antarctica (and reloading FSX) using FTX Central? That's an essential step because as discussed so many times before FTX Terrain shouldn't be activated when flying outside the areas it covers. Bests, Sascha Sascha for sure. First did unchecked additional sceneries from FTX central - stayed with default FSX, next addthis file and activate Antarctica X from FS Menu Addons. Will do again for test. You have right, its near Marambio base, I still enjoyed this Region and explore each day. Antarctica is very big , rest will be next time for whole winther 2011/2012 . Start from 23 direction and fly ahead, near airfiled right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo 49 Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 As You propose I did test again. FSX always surprises. Looks ok now. I did too same what I did before 1/ FTX Oceania off 2/ Antarctica X is checked as ok in Scenery menu folder I lose my Christmas trees, no gifts, no trees, I understand fully ; > now. See shots with this settings in too same place of Antarctica and NZSI. Antarctica (no Christmas trees) New Zealand (autogen & custom buildings) I think this file is ok (but I need explore more). Thank You Sascha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moshe 16 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 No it is not mandatory, but it doesn't matter now if it has higher or lower priority. You have buildings all over NZSI with the new exclude file either way. Thank you Fred for the advice and thank you Sascha for the quick fix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo 49 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Yesterday I did test again (3th) and was ok . Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted December 20, 2011 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 20, 2011 YoYo it would be very helpfull, if you could attach your screenshots directly to the post. The advertising popping up at imageshack is annoying. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa 921 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Good to see it solved and sorry for the mess! I don't know what got into me to extend the excludes so far north. Thanks very much to everone who helped solving this bug. Good to see the Antarctic Center in Christchurch is part of NZSI, which makes it a perfect starting point for flights to McMurdo (of course it's recommended to reload FSX halfway down and switching back to default FSX terrain using FTX Central as recommended previously). Bests, Sascha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYo 49 Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Thank You Sascha too! Back to the white landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted December 21, 2011 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 21, 2011 (of course it's recommended to reload FSX halfway down and switching back to default FSX terrain using FTX Central as recommended previously). How can you do this? As I understood, FTXCentral only works, when FSX is shut down. So IMHO there are only 2 solutions: 1. Save the flight, close FSX, switch to default and restart FSX and reload the saved flight. 2. Insert FTX below all other sceneries, using the "library insertion point" functionality of FTXCentral. Did anybody try the one or other solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAPTEJNLN 237 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 well i havent tryeid it in that part of the world but if you want to switch on and off the programs like FTXCentral just simply manualy disable in the Scenery Library when you want to switch unmark them in there dont delt them as that makes trouble. press ok and it should reload and all should be fine. but can´t garati it normaly works whit out problems as far as i remember. (a fix at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasa 921 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 well i havent tryeid it in that part of the world but if you want to switch on and off the programs like FTXCentral just simply manualy disable in the Scenery Library when you want to switch unmark them in there dont delt them as that makes trouble. press ok and it should reload and all should be fine. but can´t garati it normaly works whit out problems as far as i remember I would guarantee neither that this will work. FTX Central changes much more than just scenery library entries, which makes a reboot of FSX the safest option for everyone if you leave the ORBX/FTX area. Of course that's not a very nice option if you use a complex aircraft that doesn't support saving all parameters of a flight (like PMDG) but that's just the way it is. ORBX is doing some great sceneries that go beyond the limits of FSX but there's a price for that. Although I think that they have very well considered that the upsides of a tool like FTX Central outweigh the downsides. Bests, Sascha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted December 21, 2011 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted December 21, 2011 I would guarantee neither that this will work. FTX Central changes much more than just scenery library entries, which makes a reboot of FSX the safest option for everyone if you leave the ORBX/FTX area. Of course that's not a very nice option if you use a complex aircraft that doesn't support saving all parameters of a flight (like PMDG) but that's just the way it is. ORBX is doing some great sceneries that go beyond the limits of FSX but there's a price for that. Although I think that they have very well considered that the upsides of a tool like FTX Central outweigh the downsides. Bests, Sascha That's what I was thinking too. And this is the only thing about Orbx I don't like, that you have to switch between sceneries. But hopefully during the next week I can test lowering the scenery entires for FTX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich 2 Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Speaking about FTX Central.......When it is set at "DEFAULT" I still get square ground textures (snow not blended in the ground textures). According to the manual setting FTX Central to default will solve that issue.....in my case it is not!! Cheers, Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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