How to active Tampa freeware

Hi. I dowloaded the Tampa 3D freeware from this site, but I think I need to active it. I get big black scuares at the runways. The "Readme.txt" dont mentioned any thing about it.

Regards

I had the black squares as well.

Dug into the bgls with Arno's MCX and found out a texture 65.dds is missing.

To solve, make a simple square texture 128x128px (size doesn't matter really as long it's a 2 power) with a complete black (0,0,0) alpha and save it as 65.dds (DXT3 or DXT5).

Move the file into Addon Scenery\KTPA\texture and done...

@familton: looks like most of the navaids (certainly 3x ILS) are missing as well.

To solve: open airport bgl with ADE, import stock data (check all except scenery objects and taxi signs). Save and recompile.

Wim

Dunno if this gives a clue but I sometimes get black squares in the default scenery but thankfully they only last a couple of seconds before vanishing and turning into airport lights, as if FSX needs time to recognise they're lights.

I have those fast black squares from the white/red lights too in the default scenery, but this are not from there. I will download it from other site and see what happen. In other way, I will try to understand what f16 said (lol)

Thank you for your replays

I had the black squares as well.

 

Dug into the bgls with Arno's MCX and found out a texture 65.dds is missing.

To solve, make a simple square texture 128x128px (size doesn't matter really as long it's a 2 power) with a complete black (0,0,0) alpha and save it as 65.dds (DXT3 or DXT5).

Move the file into Addon Scenery\KTPA\texture and done...

 

@familton: looks like most of the navaids (certainly 3x ILS) are missing as well.

To solve: open airport bgl with ADE, import stock data (check all except scenery objects and taxi signs). Save and recompile.

 

Wim

Hi Wim. Can you please identify the scenery object that has the missing 65.dds texture? I have no black squares and don't have the texture file. Bob.

I'd rather not discuss this scenery anymore. Read some rumours (quite well founded, in fact) that the buildings are "borrowed" by the "author" from the payware FlyTampa KTPA. Hence the black squares, "incidentally" placed at the touchdown on each runway.

Seems on some systems they don't show, on others they do.

I feel sorry having provided a fix, as such co-operating in some kind of piracy :(.

Wim

I'd rather not discuss this scenery anymore. Read some rumours (quite well founded, in fact) that the buildings are "borrowed" by the "author" from the payware FlyTampa KTPA. Hence the black squares, "incidentally" placed at the touchdown on each runway.

Seems on some systems they don't show, on others they do.

 

I feel sorry having provided a fix, as such co-operating in some kind of piracy :(.

 

Wim

Hi Wim. OK. I understand. I was wondering why they did not show on my system and did on others. I don't support piracy either. I did not know it was pirated. Bob.

Try flying up to and around the black sqs to see what they look like from different angles to maybe get a clue as to what bit of scenery they're covering such as lights, runway, buildings etc.

Flying around is like flight around a thin big black square. In can flight through the squares and continue flying

I'd rather not discuss this scenery anymore. Read some rumours (quite well founded, in fact) that the buildings are "borrowed" by the "author" from the payware FlyTampa KTPA. Hence the black squares, "incidentally" placed at the touchdown on each runway.

Seems on some systems they don't show, on others they do.

 

I feel sorry having provided a fix, as such co-operating in some kind of piracy :(.

 

Wim

Mmmm... may be, seeing the payware Fly Tampa scenery, are very similar.

Thank you all

I'd rather not discuss this scenery anymore. Read some rumours (quite well founded, in fact) that the buildings are "borrowed" by the "author" from the payware FlyTampa KTPA. Hence the black squares, "incidentally" placed at the touchdown on each runway.

Seems on some systems they don't show, on others they do.

 

I feel sorry having provided a fix, as such co-operating in some kind of piracy :(.

 

Wim

Don't feel so bad Wim, you helped solve my issues. Boston always has those boxes transparent for me and buffalo, and that's payware - it is activated too, so thank you! Gonna take care of it today. You helped one ligit person.

Well, here is the Tampa payware (Santa) :o Thanks for your replays

Have a happy New Year!!!!!

Fer.