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FSX Texture.cfg fallback works in P3Dv4 but not in FSX.

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Using 1.6.5.

The texture fallback to a common folder located in My Documents works perfectly in P3Dv4 but does not work at all in FSX. The models load all black or do not load at all.

The work around is having multiple copies of the same files in both the common folder and the SODE texture folder which is obviously not ideal.

This is what the texture.cfg looks like:
Code: 
[fltsim]
fallback.1=..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\Texture
fallback.2=..\..\..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\Texture
fallback.3=D:\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\Richer Simulations\RS Common\Texture

I've also tried removing the first 2 fallbacks with no luck. The SODE.log reports no errors.
 
I think it is a limitation of FSX and how it handles those fallback paths.
More specifically, I think it does not support absolute paths, only relative. But I haven't found any info on this assumption in the official FS SDK, but when I once tested an absolute path, then the textures didn't show up.
 
Thanks for the reply @12bPilot.
I will have to move ahead with the less elegant solution as sometimes users install my products to completely different drives.
 
Just for the sake of information, the fallback.2 entry only existed on MS/ACES networked system. It is completely useless aside from confusing everyone...

Code: 
fallback.1=..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\Texture
fallback.2=..\..\..\..\..\..\Scenery\Global\Texture
 
... still happily present in most texture.cfg's in P3D V4.5 ....
 
mjahn said:
... still happily present in most texture.cfg's in P3D V4.5 ....
Click to expand...
Whether it is there or not, makes no real difference since the path doesn't exist and FSX/P3D will simply ignore it... :stirthepo
 
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