I really need help

[safn1949]

So old age and memory fading has got me in a bind, please tell this old fart how to add mesh and things like Global water scenery files to the game, it's been too long. Thank you.

[Captain Kurt]

Everything you need to know step by step is here:

Rami's ETO installation guide.zip

https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...tid=49&id=2931

[safn1949]

Excellent, thank you. Got the mesh all installed and everything in order, maybe it's just me but it doesn't look very good. CFG file, [General]Title=CFS2 World
Description=CFS 2 Scenery data
Cache_Size=1060M
Clean_on_Exit=TRUE


[Area.001]
Title=Default Scenery
Local=scenery
Active=TRUE
Layer=2
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.002]
Title=Terrain
Local=Scenedb\world
Active=TRUE
Texture_ID=1
Layer=1
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.003]
Title=CFS1 Library
Local=Scenedb\library
Active=TRUE
Layer=3
Remote=
Required=FALSE


[Area.004]
Title=Airport Facilities Data
Local=Scenedb\AFDFiles
Active=TRUE
Layer=4
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.005]
Title=Scenery Ships
Local=Scenedb\Ships
Active=TRUE
Layer=5
Remote=
Required=FALSE


[Area.006]
Title=Aircraft Weapons
Local=Scenedb\weapons
Active=TRUE
Layer=6
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.007]
Title=Vehicles
Local=Scenedb\veh
Active=TRUE
Layer=7
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.008]
Title=Effects
Local=Scenedb\fx
Active=TRUE
Layer=8
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.009]
Title=Runways
Local=Scenedb\runways
Active=TRUE
Layer=9
Required=TRUE
Remote=


[Area.010]
Title=Solomons_Excludes_UT
Local=SCENEDB\Solomons_Excludes_UT
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=14


[Area.011]
Title=87Days_Excludes
Local=SCENEDB\87Days_Excludes
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=15




Any ideas? It has been a long time since I have done this.

[kdriver]

Hi Safn1949,

Is that your entire scenery.cfg file? The rest of UncleTgt's Solomons scenery layers are missing as well as the Rhumbaflappy mesh layers.

The Buildings and FS2000_props layers need to activated below the Runways layer followed by the mesh layers LOD 7 & 8.

I recommend getting all the mesh installed first, then we can take it from there.

Kevin

[Captain Kurt]

Kevin's right, you are only partially there. Since you are just starting out, I suggest that you download the 87 Days of Cactus 2022 Campaign. Install it as your starting place. It is an autoloading installation having the scenery you are attempting to install included, along with the Scenery.cfg file file to make it work. You can then take a look at the Scenery.cfg file entries order to see how they should go. For many, this as far as you need to go.

https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...id=44&id=29102

However, it does not include the Rhumbaflappy mesh layers LOD 7 & 8 (much too big by themselves to include) in the auto load. So those are are optional additions to UncleTgT's Solomons scenery. Those will require you to refer back to Rami's instructions to install them. In fact, dvslats provided an edited version of Rami's install guide for the PTO which you might use.

https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=49&id=6050

The issue you will encounter with installing Rhumba's mesh in the Pacific is that most of the stock airfields, and any add on airfield packages and/or campaigns that are based on the stock Pacific mesh, will not work with with Rhumba's mesh. That said, there are some few add on airfield packages and campaigns that were done using Rhumba's mesh. Being aware of this, you can choose whether or not to install Rhumba's mesh layers to suit your chosen campaigns. With more experience with sceneries and meshes - because that can be tricky - you could also have Rhumba's layers installed and activate or deactivate them to suit particular campaigns.

[safn1949]

ok, thanks so much for the information, it's a work in progress and with you helping I'll get there.

[highpockets]

safn1949
Don't feel bad. I still sometimes have a brain block on scenery.cfg sequence from time to time.
These guys keep me straight!

[Pips]

Really useful thread guys. Think I'll try to uodate my game too (from plain vanilla).