Disabled Scenery Area in Library, Now FS9 Won't Start

[CRJ_simpilot]

Rule of thumb: Don't use the same airport more than once. Of course the default built-in airports are fine. The added scenery once activated will be at a higher level.

[tgibson_new]

Hi,

 

While this advice seems now to be standard procedure, it actually isn't a problem. There are even airport scanners out there so you can root out any duplicate airport files from your entire FS installation. Really unnecessary. The key thing you cannot let happen is to have duplicate airport files inside the same scenery folder. If these two airport files have different Airport Reference Points (ARP), you may get an FS crash. That is the thing to avoid and what airport scanner programs should really check for.

 

Having more than one airport file in FS, one to any given scenery folder is OK and my FS installations have always had multiples - usually a detailed scenery airport file in that scenery's folder, a generic modern airport file in the Addon Scenery/scenery folder, a classic era airport file in the CalClassic Core folder, and the default airport file. All coexist quite happily.

 

Take care,

[mrichie]

tgibson your #25 post is probably the most succinct explanation of how / why folders are

 

best arranged in the Scenery Library that I've seen in a while. Well done. And thanks to all for

 

your help. Made an old man very happy again.

Cheers -