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Unable to open shapefile ERROR

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Hi all, was working for days now on my scenery and everything went fine, until yesterday. :(
When building the package, i get the message " unable to open shapefile ... etc " and the package wont build and I can't edit my scenery anymore as it crashes to desktop when clicking "load into editor" .
Has anyone a solution for this, would be much much appreciated as I spent a lot of working hours in this scenery.


Thanks in advance :)
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I'm guessing here but it looks like you saved either your airport background or some other polygon to your Windows desktop and then deleted it by accident. You should always save project polygons to a project sources subfolder under the main project folder. Check your project definition files with a test editor.
 
Hi Chris:

I have not had much time recently to study the MSFS-2020 SDK, but I was intrigued by your use of the word "shapefile" and a *.SHP source file above in this thread.

Did you create at ELLX, a custom "Biome", and/or did you create individual vegetation 3D model placements using 'shape' instructions per the MSFS-2020 SDK ? :scratchch

[MSFS SDK install path]\Documentation\Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 SDK.chm > {Search} tab > query word: shape > SimpleBiomes sample


If so, would you please share more info on that work-flow to assist others in understanding individual vegetation 3D model placement via 'shapefiles' per the MSFS-2020 SDK ?


For example, there are inquiries on that subject in this thread:
www.fsdeveloper.com

MSFS20 - Placing Trees manually?

Hi, i'm new here and I'm not sure where to ask this question, here or in the 3D Modelling assets. Quick question, can anyone tell me if the MSFS trees can be placed manually? Just one type of tree as an exampe. I made a 3d scan of a small local area and would like to exchange the scanned trees...
www.fsdeveloper.com www.fsdeveloper.com

Thanks in advance for your further clarification on this process, as we all seek a better understanding of the new MSFS-2020 SDK development methods. :)

GaryGB
 
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quick question, has your shp file .xml sidecar file gotten borked? I've had that happen where the xml file lost the header code.
 
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