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Hi guys, after many 'real life events' over the past 3 years, including moving everything we had from The Netherlands to Italy, I now finally have a PC and graphics card again that runs FSX and P3D..... even X-Plane 11 installed.

But..... getting old and apparently the memory chips up there don't work the way they used to. So after 20 years full-time flight-simming, I now seem to have problems with even the most basic of things. Like installing my 'own' software?

I ran the Tongass Fjords X installer on my freshly installed FSX:SE...… and I see some of the objects, but the scenery is hidden..... checked into the scenery.cfg hidden deeply inside the \Steam\steamapps\common\FSX folder, and found it to be just the default, no additional entries for Tongass Fjords. Looking in my Scenery Library from within the sim, they are there, at the top of the list.
The found the original (oldscenery.cfg) AND an updated one inside C\Users\All Users\Microsoft\FSX...... I copied the contents to the one within Steam FSX..... but nothing changes.

Where the heck do I now put those entries, so I will see my beloved Ketchikan again !!!??

(And yes, I browsed and searched various forums all afternoon...... sorry if it is in here already, but I didn't find it)

Francois
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The active Senery.cfg is in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX as far as I know. Happy you're back in the sim. Soon MSFS (Dos Equis) will change everything we know...
 
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I KNEW you would answer me, thank you !!! I found that scenery file as well, as well as 6 others. The entries are in it, but still no Tongass :-(
 
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Hi Francois:

Long time no see; welcome back ! :)

It certainly would be fun to take a flight in an area close to one's heart after a busy 3 years. :cool:


One initial question since the FSAdddon Tongass Fjords X installer did not AFAIK specifically offer an option for FSX Steam Edition.


Did you have FSX_DVD installed first (from DVDs as in Deluxe + Acceleration from separate packages or FSX Gold) ...before installing FSX Steam Edition ? :scratchch

If so, FSX_DVD will take all the default 'FSX' file / folder paths on your computer.


If FSX_DVD was either not yet installed, or if it was 'completely' un-installed on the new computer used with FSX_SE, then when FSX_SE is subsequently installed, it will take all those default 'FSX' paths.

Otherwise if FSX_DVD remains installed on the new computer used with FSX_SE, then when FSX_SE is subsequently installed it will take entirely new and different "FSX Steam" paths compared to those of FSX_DVD.


Perhaps these links might prove useful ? :idea:

www.avsim.com

Moving Tongass Fjords To New Fsx

I recently had to reinstall W7 and FSX/Acceleration and a bunch of FTX and other scenery add-ons. All went well except for Tongass Fjords FSX from Silver Cloud which informs me that the 100 download limit has been reached and further downloads are not possible. I think I may have downloaded it on...
www.avsim.com www.avsim.com

FSAddon.com | Tongass Fjords in P3D V4

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www.avsim.com

Installing Tongass Fjords X Prepar3D v3 & v4

Updated 23 \ 01 \ 18 ---------------------------------------- Prepar3D v4 users Please Note: The guys form the Return to Misty Moorings Team RTMM has identified four TFX AI Airplanes and one Rotorcraft AI that are not completely compatible with Prepar3D v4 now that Lockheed Martin has removed the...
www.avsim.com www.avsim.com


BTW: Although I bought a copy of FSX Steam Edition years ago on DVD, I never got around to installing it.


I just manually add DoveTail's 'FSX_SE' (very few) tweaks to the FSX.Cfg. from my FSX_DVD installation ...and EVERYTHING runs as it should. ;)


If one wishes, one can install FSX_DVD first, and then install FSX_SE on the same computer for a side-by-side installation configuration fully compatible with "default FSX" and/or bespoke FSX_SE add-on installers.


GaryGB
 
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@Francois,

How nice to see you again. I'm happy to hear that all is well. I was thinking of you just this very week. I lost the link to the RGB military colors you were hosting. Is this still available?

Paul
 
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Hi Gary, Hi Dominique, so nice to see you are still here too :wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::wave:

Gary, I did not install DVD on this computer...... because the version I had (RTM) doesn't want to (DVD error I think).
I did read two of the threads you mention above, and it still isn't working. It is as if FSX:SE is not reading ANY scenery.cfg.... I DO see the Tongass Fjords X scenery objects, such as harbor lights, boats, some (but not all) of the buildings..... but not the mesh and the new textures. Maybe it is the terrain.cfg that is the problem (although I do NOT have the dreaded 'water issue'). Will tinker some more. Really clumsy not to be able to install ONE's OWN software .... LOL

Dominique, mon ami .... RGB ??
 
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