Default city/airport buildings suddenly disappeared?

HELP! Suddenly default city/airport buildings have disappeared (e.g. KJFK, KEWR, KSEA, KSFO). Disappearance occurred just after recent Windows 10 update, not sure if it's related? No recent add on scenery added, actually no recent new additions...just poof, gone. I've been running for over a year with no such difficulty.

Any way to recover short of uninstall/reinstall?

Thanks in advance.

Jack Keenan

Hi Jack,

this is strange, I run W10 and the last update did not affect my FS. I would probably check Settings - Display - Scenery sliders. In particular Scenery Complexity and Autogen Complexity at least to be Very Dense. Also Global Scenery Quality is best set as Custom. In either case play with the sliders there to see if the buildings come back.

Another way is to open affected airport in ADE and see how I looks there. The default building should show when you open the default airport. If not, something is wrong.

Good Luck

Peter

Thanks for your reply. I've also discovered that when going to Settings and then clicking Display, FS closes immediately. All other choices under settings operate properly???

Jack Keenan

Before you do a re-install,..

Copy the whole sim folder from C:\Program Files & paste it directly into C:\

Delete the existing desktop shortcut

Then, open the newly copied folder, right-click the FS9.exe & click 'Properties'

Select 'Compatibility Mode' & select XP

Select 'Run as Administrator' then OK

Right-Click the FS9.exe again & 'Send to Desktop'

Try running it now. - You might have to reactivate your scenery('s) again.

Regards,

Robin

Thanks so much Robin, I will do as you suggest, and let you know the result...I appreciate it.

Jack Keenan

Robin,

I did all as you suggested. FS ran fine, flew a saved flight with no issues, scenery library appeared normal, but still no buildings (KJFK or NYC, assume other airports and cities also), and still clicking on settings>display closes FS immediately. I appreciate your input, and any further thoughts would be welcome.

Thanks again,

Jack

Robin, Just fyi, I did a system reset back to just before the most recent Windows update, and my problem was solved. In fact, I've had two previous problems which occurred just after previous windows updates, but both of those resulted in square black "place markers" instead of trees. Thought I would pass on the solution, I'm convinced that the windows updates occasionally cause similar problems.

Thanks zswobbie1