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- 13 Mar 2016, 18:32
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
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Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Thx found it now....I have 3 CFG files... "old Scenery"....." Playsims VFR Gen X update install back up"... and "scenery" A snapshot of "scenery" shows: Area.145] Title=UK2000 VFR Airfields Volume1 local=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\UK2000...
- 13 Mar 2016, 17:05
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Well I have found a more likely looking Scenery file, but i had to search to get it, it's in C/ Program data/Microsoft /FSX. However I can only find it by searching.... I can't get to it directly.... is this a hidden folders thing?
I'm using Windows 10...
I'm using Windows 10...
- 13 Mar 2016, 14:05
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
The plot thickens.... Here's my current scenery cfg: [General] Title=FS9 World Scenery Description=FS9 Scenery Data Clean_on_Exit=TRUE That's all it says!! My old one looks like this (just the first few entries): [General] Title=FS9 World Scenery Description=FS9 Scenery Data Clean_on_Exit=TRUE [Area...
- 13 Mar 2016, 11:23
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Just checked my folder properties and they are exactly the same as Airspeed's.... same size and same number of files...
- 13 Mar 2016, 11:19
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Thanks everyone for your ongoing interest and support!! The manual for Vol 1 says for a fill installation would will require 30Gb…. And that’s the size of the folder it has created so I’m assuming all is installed ok. Now a new possibility… Before I scrapped my old PC (Win 7 with FSX SE) I removed t...
- 12 Mar 2016, 21:46
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
It’s sooo frustrating!!!! Today, after numerous failed attempts (and buying a brand new copy of Vol 1 South…. Only £5 on Flighstore which didn’t cure it either) I finally got all 4 CDs to install without hanging up and no missing file messages. The scenery is all there…. All 29Gb of it, I checked. B...
- 12 Mar 2016, 15:17
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Thanks Dave… I’m not entirely sure what I’m looking at though! I have tried manually installing one area only as a trial… failed dismally!! Here’s what I did in case anyone can spot what I’m doing wring… Went to addon scenery box, add area Went to Playsims folder (inside are two folders “VFR Gen X” ...
- 12 Mar 2016, 13:36
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Ok... now trying to install them!! When I navigate to the playsims folder i see folders for .6 photo, 1.2 photo etc. I assume I layer them in the same order in in the FSX add scenery window as they sit in the playsims folders? I also have anew folder "vectors" which doesn't seem to appear ...
- 12 Mar 2016, 12:29
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Re: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Breakthrough!
Just got all four disks installed for the south!! But got a message saying that I need to enable them manually in the scenery library, not perfect but I haven't got this far before!!
Just got all four disks installed for the south!! But got a message saying that I need to enable them manually in the scenery library, not perfect but I haven't got this far before!!
- 12 Mar 2016, 11:16
- Forum: The Virtual Spanner
- Topic: Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6508
Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?
Hi all I’ve just bought a new PC and trying to reinstall all my old software, but I’m struggling with the Playsims VFR Gen X version 3 Vol’s 1 and 3. Before i give up totally I'm trying again to install them, and have just bought a brand new boxed Vol 1 just in case the disks were knackered but its ...