Topo Problem

[Snowman]

Hi Christian. Im having a bit of trouble with a Topo install. Ive just done a fresh install of FS9 & 9.1 update, and i cant seem to get the topo to display properly. Im kind of dumbfounded because ive never had any problem with it before. For instance, when i install it, Queenstown lake has a huge depression below the airport where the river flows into the lake, and the township itself is sunken down below the lake in a huge canyon around the edge of the lake between the lake and the hills. At the other end of the airport, there is a large section of river suddenly raised up well above the rest of the land. Rotorua has a large canyon between the runway and the lake, and the island in the middle is in a depression below the water level. Does not seem to differ whether using RealNZ RO, or default RO, canyon only dissapears when using Heath's RO with the lake level fix in it.Also got MSs original coastlines and waves still showing in places. (beside NZNP for instance). Tht it might have been a bad install of FS9, and mesh etc, so i uninstalled all, and tried agin. Same results. 20m mesh seems to have a lot of steep cliffs where mountains join the land. Retried several times with both 75 and 20 mesh, same results, (yes, i did change and save the terrain vertex max level to 21 for the 20m). And, yes, i did remove the FS9 config folder in Docs & Settings/User/Applications/Microsoft/FS9 between uninstalling, and reinstalling. RealNZ Wanaka also has a large cliff behind the airport, instead of the hill slope. Any ideas what i might have missed here? As i said, im stumped, ive never had trouble with mesh or topo install before. Also, some of MSs original rivers are still showing as well as the topo rivers.

Lawrie.

[Christian]

Hi Lawrie,

I think you have the old installer. What you need to do is uninstall the topo. Then reinstall and make sure that you specify the FS9 path. This is absolutely necessary, because the installer needs to rename some default files and for that it needs to know the path to those files. (2-3 months after release I updated the installer so it doesn't actually allow you to install into the wrong path).

There is more info on my web page http://www.redbarent.com/nztopo-support.htm

At the end of the page is a list of files that needs to be renamed, but I recommend letting the installer do it's job.

Cheers,
Christian

[Snowman]

Tried the uninstall thing, and re-installing the Topo again with the installer,.......same results. Im doing nothing different to when i have installed it before ?? Dunno about the old or new installer, i only downloaded the Topo from Geographx about 6 weeks ago. It worked fine the first time I installed in my original install of FS9.
What about mesh ? Do i need to re-install using the installer, or can i just copy the RedBaronMesh folder from my saves of my old install, directly into the Addon Scenery folder ??

Lawrie.

[Christian]

Now that's really odd. Just have a look at the files on the support page, and if they aren't renamed do that manually. I wouldn't have a clue why the installer doesn't do it for you.

The mesh files you can simply copy over.

Christian

[Snowman]

I just fifnished re-installing the topo, and i have 1 of each file mentioned on OCEN/SCENERY folder, eg: 1x HL992470.bgl and 1x HL992470.bglx . Should there be both entries in there, 1 in .bgl and the other .bglx at the same time ??
All the files mentioned on your page have duplicate entries, 1x .bgl, and 1x .bglx

Lawrie.

[Christian]

Nice one. I have now idea how that happened. No, the *.bgl ones should be deleted! That'll fix your problems You can easily delete them, as when you uninstall the installer will rename the *.bglx ones back. Not that you would want to uninstall anyway

Christian

[Snowman]

Hi Christian.
At your suggestion, i manually removed all the duplicated ####.bgl files, only leaving the ####.bglx files, and all is well in the world again ! (well, in my FS9 version of liitle old New Zealand anyway). Just as an experiment, i uninstalled the Topo again, which changed the files back to default, then i re-installed it again, and same result,.........duplicated files. Its got me beat. Maybe the installer has become corrupt somehow ?? Anyway, i made a copy of the first OCEN folder before i uninstalled it again, so i didnt have to go through the slow process of manually deleting the duplicates again. Must make a backup of that on a disc.
Thanks for the help, still got me beat though as to why ....................

Lawrie.

[Christian]

Hmm, are the default files read-only for some reason on your system? They shouldn't be, but it's the only plausible explanation I have. Otherwise, I recommend you hire an excorcist - your computer could be possessed

Christian

[Snowman]

Nope, the default files arent read only. As for the excorcist.........................hmmmmmmm,.......what can i say ???
Problems sorted anyways, thats all that matters. Thanks mate.

Lawrie.

[NZ255]

Hi, I also have this problem.
Have 75m mesh, and Topo.

Cant find these .blgx files you speak of, the link to support page is now dead, haven't re-installed topo yet, should I?



Thanks


Nick

[Christian]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Feb 6 2008, 05:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi, I also have this problem.
Have 75m mesh, and Topo.

Cant find these .blgx files you speak of, the link to support page is now dead, haven't re-installed topo yet, should I?



Thanks


Nick

yes, Nick, please reinstall.

Best wishes,
Christian

[NZ255]

QUOTE (Christian @ Feb 2 2008, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yes, Nick, please reinstall.

Best wishes,
Christian

Sorry, took awhile to get back to you, but to busy enjoying NZ without lines around the outside!

In other words....its fixed!


Thanks

Nick

[Christian]

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Feb 10 2008, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sorry, took awhile to get back to you, but to busy enjoying NZ without lines around the outside!

In other words....its fixed!


Thanks

Nick

Great!

[Warren]

YIPPEEE!! Only saw this thread yesterday and has solved my problem. It happened a month ago and my comp was displaying desktop when the screen went black for about one second. When my wallpaper came back on, my icons on the desktop were mixed around and several shortcuts had lost their links, and I had now acquired two coastlines for NZ. I have been messing around with it ever since trying different things to fix. Boy, am I happy to find this thread. Thank you gents.