Is there another way of installing VFR Scenery?

[Airspeed]

Hi Colin,

"......Is it worth trying (and of course backing up the original)? If so, where do I find the scenery cfg?....."
In your FSX folder, the first section is more folders, the last being Weather.
Below that, files are listed.
Scroll down and you'll come across Scenery.cfg

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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.001]
Title=Default Terrain
Texture_ID=1
Local=Scenery\World
Layer=1
Active=TRUE
Required=TRUE

[Area.002]
Title=Default Scenery
Local=Scenery\BASE
Layer=2
Active=TRUE
Required=TRUE

[Area.003]
Title=0000 Base
Local=Scenery\0000
Layer=3
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

[Area.004]
Title=0001 Base
Local=Scenery\0001
Layer=4
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

[Area.005]
Title=0002 Base
Local=Scenery\0002
Layer=5
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

[Area.006]
Title=0003 Base
Local=Scenery\0003
Layer=6
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

Neither look anything like Dave's...!

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Your FSX scenery.cfg should be located in:

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\"

if it was installed for all users, or "user name" instead of "All Users" if installed only for a particular user.

The FSX-SE scenery.cfg should be in:

"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX-SE\"

if you have both FSX and FSX-SE installed on the same machine.

If you have only FSX-SE installed, it will be in the first folder mentioned above.

EDIT. The above applies only on XP.

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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...

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Sorry, the ones I quoted were for XP

The one in C:/Program data/Microsoft /FSX/ is correct for W7.

If you can find it only by searching, you need to set "Show hidden files, folders and drives" in Tools -> Folder options -> View.

I have no idea where FSX-SE is on W7.

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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 scenery\UK2000 VFR Airfields Volume1
Active=TRUE
Layer=145

Required=FALSE


[Area.146]
Title=New York City X DEMO
Local=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FSX\Addon Scenery\New York City X DEMO
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=143
[Area.147]
Title=S3Vectors
Local=..\..\..\..\Playsims\VFRGenX\Volume1\Area3\Vectors
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=147
[Area.148]
Title=S34.8m Mesh
Local=..\..\..\..\Playsims\VFRGenX\Volume1\Area3\4.8m Mesh
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=148
[Area.149]

Title=S32.4m Photo
Local=..\..\..\..\Playsims\VFRGenX\Volume1\Area3\2.4m Photo


is it just a case of adding the missing C:\Program Files (x86)\ to complete the path?

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is it just a case of adding the missing C:\Program Files (x86)\ to complete the path?....

YES!!! It's working...

Now to get Treescape into the south.....

Thanks everyone for your support and patience

[Airspeed]

Great work, Colin!
I'd better think twice before offering "help".
I was wrong on a couple of counts, and it seems even my Scenery.cfg is in the wrong place.