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How do you install the aiport to FSX?

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Hi,

Just downloaded ADE, and modified an airport, and complied it to a bgl file. In 7.1.11 of the manual, it states "You can place the compiled file where you like." So I placed it into a new folder I created, within the Addon Scenery folder.

9.3.3 states "The final step is to install the compiled .bgl file(s) to FS9/FSX." Unfortunately it does not actually say how to install the bgl file. I thought there might be an "Install Airport" button, like there is a "Compile Airport" one. Maybe it's so obvious how to, that it's thought not necessary to explain :p

I've had a look on this forum, and I've read where it seems that the bgl file cannot in fact be placed anywhere, but should be placed in Addon Scenery / scenery folder, and ensure that Addon Scenery is ticked in the Scenery Library (it is). So I did that, and the library rebuilt, but I still cannot see my new runway lighting.

It's not too clear to me what to do, could anyone advise, please. Thanks. :)
 
Hi and welcome

When you compile an airport set the folder to compile to as Addon Scenery\scenery. If you made a new folder then you would need to make it active. To keep things simple just compile to Addon Scenery\scenery. Make sure that FSX is not running when you do this.
 
For a more complete answer:

1. It can indeed be placed "anywhere", but there are strict rules about how that "anywhere" is arranged.

2. If you place it into the Addon Scenery/scenery folder, this will display the airport IF the Addon Scenery layer is active in the Scenery Library (box is checked).

3. If placed "anywhere" (i.e. a new folder inside the Addon Scenery folder, etc.), then:

a. There must be a scenery folder created INSIDE that new folder.
b. The BGL files must be placed into that scenery sub-folder.
c. You must use Add Area in the Scenery Library and browse to the new folder, and add it as a new scenery layer. It must also be checked as Active.
 
Neil

thank you for your contribution!
I tells me, that this section of the Manual has to be re-written in some manner, which is more clear for newcomers.
You see, adding new scenery (and adding a new airport or parts of it) to an existing scenery (airport) is not a ADE-specific issue. That makes it a standard scenery design task for many of us and we did not bother to explain it in proper details in the Manual.

Please do not hesitate to ask again, if the answers to your question here are not totally satisfying to you.

Helli
 
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