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airernie

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Not sure where to ask this, so I apologize if this is the wrong spot.

I use quite a bit of freeware scenery, which uses freeware objects. Sometimes the instructions will specify big libraries like Cal Classic, or EZ Scenery which contain object libraries from multiple creators or individual libraries such as Airport Restaurants, etc.

This issue is that this creates a situation where I will end up with multiple copies of the same object libraries (exp; large hangers).

My question is; other than consuming disc space does having multiple copies of the same object library affect FSX? Do the libraries result in multiple references to individual objects being loaded into memory or is FSX smart enough to load only the first instance and avoid duplicates?

Just trying to determine if it's worth removing the duplicates.

Thanks,
Ernie
 
tgibson

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I haven't seen any problems with multiples of libraries. FS seems to choose which one to use rather randomly.

One issue I've seen is if one of those library installations does not have the proper textures present, then the objects are black when that version is used.

That said, the CalClassic libraries have been curated to make sure that they have the proper night textures, texture formats (prevents some blurries), etc., at least as we found the problems. So perhaps do a search for the most commonly used ones and make sure to only have one copy of those that you know to be good.
 
airernie

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tgibson said:
I haven't seen any problems with multiples of libraries. FS seems to choose which one to use rather randomly.

One issue I've seen is if one of those library installations does not have the proper textures present, then the objects are black when that version is used.

That said, the CalClassic libraries have been curated to make sure that they have the proper night textures, texture formats (prevents some blurries), etc., at least as we found the problems. So perhaps do a search for the most commonly used ones and make sure to only have one copy of those that you know to be good.
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Thanks.. Will do.
 
arno

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It is best to only install them once indeed as Tom said. Else you don't know which one is loaded and if you have multiple versions of the same library you might get unexpected results as a different version can be used.

Therefore it's best to install the library as a separate entry in the scenery library and not have it inside some addon.
 
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