[Solved] Paro groundpoly disappeared

[thokle]

Hello guys,

after performing a 2,5 hour flight from BKK my groundpoly at Paro wasn't visible (see pics).

Sim: FSX with Acceleration
Addons: Aerosoft Airbus A319, FS Global 2010, FTX Global
Settings: as required in the manual







I didn't have this issue when I departed from Paro the last time.

[horst18519]

Indeed the complete ground is missing. You don't have this if you start at Paro? Do you use DX10?
Could you reproduce this error?

[thokle]

Indeed the complete ground is missing. You don't have this if you start at Paro? Do you use DX10?
Could you reproduce this error?

Starting at Paro is no problem. I also only use DX9. I will try it with a flight from Kathmandu. However I can remember to have this anomaly at other airports with a complex mesh scenery.

[mari8it]

Also I have this issue......seem to be related to wet runway.....deactivating and reactivating the scenery reloads all the objects ..... hope you could solve this error....thanks

[fontaine32]

Same here, if I start at Paro, it works.. I flew from Kathmandu and got the same issue.. Wet or dry runway..

Tony

[horst18519]

That's really unusual. We can't reproduce this neither with wet nor with dry conditions. I doubt it has to do with rain since the complete ground image is missing, even in those areas where we didn't add any rain effects. It seems the terrain failed to fully load making the ground disappearing below the surface. Could you please try to reproduce the error and do the following:

- If you approach Paro and fly over the airport at 12.500ft (official approach procedure), can you see the airport ground or does it look like on those screenshots?
- If the ground is missing please assign a key to "refresh scenery" and press it. Does the ground return?
- If it doesn't, please switch to another weather theme - does this solve the issue? (wouldn't expect to, but better check)
- If the issue cannot be solved this way please disable other addons in the scenery library and set ftx mode to default for testing.

[gianluk81]

hi!
I have same problem...
Flight from Katmandu to Paro. If reload scenery, the Paro appears without any issue!

[hadoken]

I can confirm, I have this same issue using the same configuration as the original poster, except I also use FTX Vector. I have already added VQPR to the list of AEC exception airports, but the problem still exists. This issue only happens when arriving from another airport. When departing from VQPR all runway and taxiway textures appear as normal.


Jamal

[boleropilot]

G'day all from Oz, boleropilot here - I'm the bloke in the red helmet flying the Ant's Airplanes Drifter 0455 - Anthony used 0455 for all the photos needed to develop the Drifter for FSX - did a nice job hey...
I seem to have a problem with the install, nothing to do with the product, more likely just an old fella forgetting how things work
Can someone please let me know what the entry for Paro should look like in the Scenery.cfg file?
Thanks
BP

[fontaine32]

Did everyone who has the issue buy from simmarket? I'm curious if it's a bad file and needs to be uploaded again.. Tested again, had to refresh scenery for it to show up from Kathmandu..

Tony

[horst18519]

That's really very unusual. The installer files are the same, no matter where you purchased the addon. Since we can't reproduce it at the moment we have to ask you to provide a bit of additional information:

- If you approach Paro and fly over the airport at 12.500ft (official approach procedure), can you see the airport ground or does it look like on those screenshots?
- If the ground is missing please assign a key to "refresh scenery" and press it. Does the ground return?
- If it doesn't, please switch to another weather theme - does this solve the issue? (wouldn't expect to, but better check)
- If the issue cannot be solved this way please disable other addons in the scenery library and set ftx mode to default for testing.

It looks like all users having this issue do have ft. products installed, is this correct? Did you test with ftx set to default?

[horst18519]

G'day all from Oz, boleropilot here - I'm the bloke in the red helmet flying the Ant's Airplanes Drifter 0455 - Anthony used 0455 for all the photos needed to develop the Drifter for FSX - did a nice job hey...
I seem to have a problem with the install, nothing to do with the product, more likely just an old fella forgetting how things work
Can someone please let me know what the entry for Paro should look like in the Scenery.cfg file?
Thanks
BP

Did you have success installing the addon? Everything should be installed automatically, no need to edit the scenery.cfg. Please see the manual for additional information on this.

[horst18519]

A quick update from us: We can reproduce the problem now, it looks like it's related to the new windsocks we created for this scenery.

As a temporary solution please remove the following files or change their file extension from .bgl to .off:

- FSDG_Windsock_V2_A.BGL
- FSDG_Windsock_V2_B.BGL

Without those files everything should work fine.

[hadoken]

Disabling those windsocks worked for me. The scenery now shows as expected when arriving. Thanks for finding a fix for this issue.

Jamal