Fsxse- scenery.cfg

[svpst]

FSXSE has been running fine for years and flew 2 days ago. This morning I started FSXSE and get this lovely message: FS cannot run without SCENERY.CFG. Please uninstall and reinstall. 2 days ago I flew and shut down normally. I downloaded 2 sceneries from Blue Sky but did NOT addthem to FSX. Any clues? Its not in Recycle bin.

[mrzippy]

Try this: Copied from a post at the FSX-SE site.

 

Go to C:\programdata\microsoft/fsx-se inside that folder is a scenery .cfg file and it is most likely empty. Now go to your FSX main file (where the exe for fsx is located) copy the scenery.cfg file from there and copy it over the one in c\programdata\microsoft\fsx-se.

 

While installing an add-on scenery that file loses its content and reinstalling dosen't seem to repopulate it with the needed data since both cfg are the same the one from your main directory will work in the program data folder.

[svpst]

Did not work. There is something on the FSXSE site that allows you to reset the program but I just cannot recall the name of it or where to find it. Whem you activate that button, iyou lose your planes, other that the originals but you don't lose scenery. But in any case, I have all my planes and all my scenery on different drives that the FSXSE. Do know what I'm talking about?

 

I found what I was looking for a little thin to allo you to verify the integrity of the FSXSE files but it did not work. Still looking before to the uninstall/reinstall trick.

[mrzippy]

Did not work. There is something on the FSXSE site that allows you to reset the program but I just cannot recall the name of it or where to find it. Whem you activate that button, iyou lose your planes, other that the originals but you don't lose scenery. But in any case, I have all my planes and all my scenery on different drives that the FSXSE. Do know what I'm talking about?

 

This, maybe?

 

To verify your game files please do the following:

 

1. Load the Steam platform and log into your account

2. Click the Library tab in the menu at the top of the screen

3. Click the List View from the view options on the top right of the screen

4. Right click on Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition to bring up a popup menu

5. Click on Properties from the popup menu to bring up another popup box

6. Click on Local files from the popup box menu

7. Click on Verify integrity of game cache from the Local file options

8. Wait for the progress bar to finish verifying your files. Additional files may download

9. Restart Steam

10. Restart Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition

[svpst]

Thanks Zippy. I did all that and T talked to someone at STEAM ho made a couple of suggestions that didn't work either. Have no idea how that file disappeared but I'm going to reinstall. Like I said, I keep all planes and scenery on different drives so its a matter of ressetting thing. I had too much garbage on there anyway. Going to pick a few planes to fly and forget the rest. Thanks for your help.

[PhantomTweak]

The Scenery.cfg file in your FSX root folder is a, kinda like, emergency back-up file. It's the one the game places in your C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\FSX folder when you first install. IF there isn't one there already.

Have you tried copying it over to there? Don't MOVE it, you want your emergency reserve back-up file to remain inviolate (how's THAT for a big word?? :D ). But if you copy it to the location I showed, over-writing the file that's there, if any, SHOULD solve your problem. Please note the use of the word "should".

Bear in mind that a re-install will NOT replace the scenery.cfg already in the folder I showed, if there's one there already, even if empty, corrupted, whatever. The only way is to delete the file in the location I showed, THEN do a re-install. Which, when you think about it, is a long, hard way to replace that file.

Pat☺

[StringBean]

...C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\FSX...

 

Is that a Win XP address?

 

In Win 7 and 8 the working scenery.cfg is in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX

 

peace,

the Bean

[PhantomTweak]

My apologies, no, that's Vista Home Pro. Sorry about that...

Pat☺

[svpst]

I uninstalled and reinstalled to FSXSE. Was no big deal. I keep all my files separate, just have to reinstall and this time it will be a lot less cluttered. Thanks for your help!@