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bigtaff

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Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« on: March 27, 2019, 04:35:20 AM »
Hi,

first off, great site and a really helpful page on how to install TFX into P3DV4.

I followed the instructions exactly but as the title of the post says, all my lakes seem to be filled with trees, making it very difficult to land, see Pic



I have made surew that the TFX libraries are inserted between the Orbx OLC folders and the Orbx scenery folders, see pic



Also I have made sure that the Terrain.cfg file is correct,




can anyone help at all please,

Kind regards, bigtaff

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2019, 05:20:45 AM »
In many cases it's all to do with the custom entries in the terrain.cfg file.

- Library entry is correct
- DefaultTexture Count=1119 is correct for last texture entry [Texture.1118]

Nevertheless check again correct sequence of (Tongass) texture entries, also make sure there is no double [Texture.xxx] number entry.
(If still a problem please attach your terrain.cfg as a text file to your next posting)
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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2019, 09:25:19 AM »
     I believe this issue is different than the trees and NO water issue we sometimes get.  I've had trees on my water before, at Hollis I think.  Rod fixed it for me, but I don't remember what he did.  Maybe he does?  ???
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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2019, 11:30:20 AM »
Thanks guys, all sorted now,

although I had inserted the Tongass libraries in the correct place I had forgotten to set the insert point in ORBX FTX central, can now get flying!

many thanks, bigtaff :D

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2019, 07:48:58 AM »
I had similar problems, and this solved most of it.

Just remember to update DefaultTexture Count=XXXX to one number higher than the last texture on Tongass Fjords X entries to make P3D read the whole file, and not just up until the number that was originally there.

At least it solved it for me :-)

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2019, 12:21:34 PM »
Very quick Summary of Tongass install for use in P3Dv4x:

- Tongass installed. (whether that be to a dummy FSX or whatever), Copy the folders over to your locations:  (that depending on how your are setting this up). And set up entries your sim scenery lib or via a tongass add-on.xml if you're doing it that way. (Tongass Higher goes above lower)

- Terrain.cfg > correctly update the terrain.cfg file with the 40 Tongass Entries. (make sure the top value is one more that your total). Terrain.cfg file location in hidden folder:
(C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4)

- Replace/update the Tongass AI Plane traffic Models for compatibility for use in P3D4x:
See RTMM P3Dv4x page > Step table 9 and 10:
Page LINK: http://return.mistymoorings.com/getting_started/index.php#9

- Set FTXv3 insertion points:
          FTX entries go below RTMM Libs
          OpenLC entries go below Tongass Lower                     
(This puts tongass between FTX and OPENLC where it is supposed to be placed)

- Delete the P3Dv4 shaders folder and sceneryindex64 folder in hidden folders:
C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\Shaders and
C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\SceneryIndexes_x64.

- Start the sim and it will rebuild the shaders and scenery indexes64 and all the files the sim requires as per your scenery installed.


DONE. Hope this helps?


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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2021, 09:30:35 AM »
Hello

I have a similar problem after installing Tongass Fjords X in P3D V4. There are trees where is supposed to be water. What can it be?


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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2021, 10:15:58 AM »
Which version of Tongass did you install? The older FSX install version or the newer Tongass Add-on for P3D? 

If the FSX install version - then same answer as above. Your layering is not correctly set up: Orbx Central insertion points are not correct) and you require the tongass 40 terrain entries to be set up in your P3D terrain.cfg.

If the Tongass Add-on version for P3D (which is drag and drop into your addon folder (no install) then likely  the Tongass 40 terrain entries are missing or incorrect in your terrain.cfg file. 

Terrain.cfg file to edit is located in hidden folder C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4.

(One other item, Orbx Central can totally mess up your scenery.cfg and your terrain.cfg so check that as well).

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2021, 12:26:37 PM »
I installed the P3D version. In the terrain.cfg I modified the Default Texture Count value and now it seems that is ok.
Thank you nbrich1 for your answer

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2021, 12:43:42 PM »
Anytime sir. Glad you found the problem. Happy Flying.
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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2023, 07:04:27 PM »
(make sure the top value is one more that your total).

Does that mean start with 0 instead of 1?

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2023, 08:42:45 PM »
See other posts and PM that I just send you.. Hopefully that should be of assistance.


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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2023, 09:06:48 PM »
sorry that was a dumb question!...ive been trying to get tongass x to work all day...and im new to this!

thank you...

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Re: Tongass Fjords X trees appearing in lakes with P3DV4
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2023, 11:02:34 AM »
We y'all used to be new at this stuff so no worries.
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