trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hello. I would like some help with my FSX. My airports ground (Runway and taxiways) arn't showing.. does anybody know why? They were working before. I haven't changed any settings. Its very frustrating! I did have images to insert but apparently the res is to high and I dont want to be messing about resizing.. so I will try and explain If I go to the top down view using the default fsx camera position, you can clearly see the airport ground showing, although there are some trees popping in on some bits of the taxiway. But when I change the view back to the normal outside view, its just 'grassy' and no taxiway or runway. The airport buildings seem to be showing fine, and this also happens when I have the AS Zurich (2012) version activated, no ground just buildings. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling with no luck, and I dont know what else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is this a BOXED FSX or Steam? With Steam, do a VERIFY local cache on the FSX. If BOXED, it sounds like the SHADERS are mess up. So deleting them will cause FSX to rebuild them again. Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 I have FSX-SE. I just did a verify of local game cache but it hasn't fixed it. I don't understand why its broken as I haven't touched any of the settings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Well maybe DELETE the local cache and then do a verify game cache. Basically doing a complete reinstall. Regarding the AS Zurich (2012) version, is that STEAM FSX approved? Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 add screenshots to show the issue. Put fsx in windowed mode. then use snipping tool to take screenshots. not the 'V' key. snipping tool is in: start menu---accessories it takes .jpg screenshots that have much smaller size. those you can upload. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 not sure if its STEAM FSX approved. Even when I use the default airport, the error still occurs! Just finished doing what you suggested, but still no luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 add screenshots to show the issue. Put fsx in windowed mode. then use snipping tool to take screenshots. not the 'V' key. snipping tool is in: start menu---accessories it takes .jpg screenshots that have much smaller size. those you can upload. I have tried that, but it exceeds the size limit and not sure how to get it down, unless I take a shot which is tiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 Heres a small shot of the top down view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 and heres one from the outside - as you can see the ground disappears, but you can see it from the top down view.. and all them trees are baffling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Thnks. Is it happening at other airports as well, or only at Zurich? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 is it happening at other airports as well, or only at Zurich? yeah, this is heathrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 I googled "autogen at all airports fsx" but didn't find much. I did find this post by Jim Robinson. http://www.avsim.com/topic/452710-autogen-objects-in-fsx-water/ Similar. It points to UTX. Are you using UTX by any chance? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdish Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I've never seen such a mess of trees all over runways like that. It's like your FSX has cancer :confused: Wish I could solve it but I'll be watching for the solution in case it ever crops up with me. I had made a complete FSX backup BEFORE I installed any ORBX scenery so at least I can restore it. One other thing I can think of since you said you deleted and rebuilt FSX with the Steam Verify function, is there must be another location storing the scenery information that would ALSO need to be restored to default, but I don't have the Steam version (got the boxed Gold version). Don't know if Steam and Boxed store this information in the same place. GOOD LUCK! Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1, i7-5960X, Noctua NH-D14, Crucial Ballistix Elite 64Gb, Nvidia GTX Titan X, Creative ZxR, Ableconn PEXM2-130, WD Black SN750 250Gb & 2Tb NVMe/Gold 10Tb HDD, Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM, PC Power & Cooling 1200w, Cosmos C700M, Noctua iPPC 140mm x6, Logitech M570/K800, WinX64 7 Ultimate/10 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fs9pierre Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hi, I am not sure if this would help,this happened to me in fs2004 with a freeware scenery, Make sure with any addon that it has a higher priority than your default scenery,and carefully read the readme file. Also check in your scenery.cfg file that all the scenery you have added is numerically ascending. Hope this helps. PDT Sent from my SM-P555 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainfreek92 Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Thanks for the replys. I don't have don't UTX. I dont have any add on scenerys except airport add ons. But Even in the default airports its still occuring. I'm currently slowly moving over to P3D V3.3. FSX has done me well, but Ive tried everything and I can't seem to find the solution. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbreak754 Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Something you can try if you haven't already.... Go to the Scenery settings tab and check the Scenery Complexity, Autogen Density and Special Effects settings - located on the right hand side of the page. The first sets the level of visible scenery objects that appear in detailed cities and around airports. The higher the setting the more objects are displayed. It should be noted that when 3rd party authors create their airports, they can set the complexity of objects from very sparse upto extremely dense, thus an object with a setting of very dense (for example) will not be displayed if this setting is set at Normal in FSX The second sets how the default FSX autogen items (trees/shrubs, generic buildings etc) are displayed. For example, FSX default trees are displayed based on the number of trees per tile so the higher the setting the more tress are displayed per tile. The third sets how special effects, such as water/snow spray on runways or dust spray on grass strips, are shown. Play with the settings, especially the first and second ones- go for a middle setting first and set both to Normal. This will give a balanced setting from which to adjust up or down as appropriate. Of the two settings the first is probably the best one to increase first because, as stated above, authors of scenery can dictate when an object shows by selecting a complexity setting for it. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il88pp Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Sorry, I didn't read closely enough. THe thread I liknked does not point to UTX as a cause, but to FTX. The thread indicated the file 'terrain.cfg' in the main fsx folder could be messed up. I would try renaming the file terrain.cfg to terrain.cfg.bak to swtitch it of and keep it safe as backup, then put a copy of terrain.cfg there instead from a backup of the fsx folder. (I made a backup just after installing, so I have the default files stored.) Is that an option for you? The thread I linked had a download for that file, but I see it is now a dead link.:( [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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