Differences

[AlisterC]

Actually... is something wrong with my FSX?
VLC now that I look for closely is not behaving as it perhaps should. I decided to recreate on the fine screenshots from the VLC selection:
(if Robin or Tim don't want it hotlinked, feel free to change my post)



So I went to the same place for a look, and this is what it looks like for me. That lush green forest is just not there. And I'm not talking about autogen. I mean that dark green landclass running up the slopes to the snow. Even my snow looks different. Should I perhaps reinstall FSX to fix this? I don't believe I have installed any other ground textures to my sim (I could be wrong of course). Autogen is on "dense" in this example. I don't have default trees, I'm running low resolution trees.

But here is my effort in the same place: Summer and Winter for comparison
Summer:



Winter:


Any thoughts on what I should do? Reinstalling should be ok.
Cheers

[AlisterC]

Fixed!
I did have a problem. Something I installed must have changed a landclass file on me.
I deleted my texture folder firstly, then used the discs to 'repair' my installation. Just in case I had faulty textures.
That didn't fix anything, so it had to be a bgl somewhere right? So I went hunting around my folders. In the SCENERY/BASE/SCENERY folder is a bgl called lclookup.bgl.
It was dated Jan 2007, whereas everything else in that folder was original files dated 2006. This had to be the culprit. And it was. I deleted it then repaired FSX again to install the original (then reinstall SP1 and SP2) and the results speak for themselves.

I never realised VLC was THIS good!! Wow I'm going to delete my other post and will post some new pics with VLC showing properly..

[toprob]

I'm glad you got that sorted Alister, it had me a bit stumped. The shapes look right, so there are parts of VLC showing, but the textures were wrong. Since the NZ bush textures are actually included in VLC, I would have thought they would always show up, but I think that an edited lclookup would do that -- which is why it is considered a no-go by a lot of developers.

[AlisterC]

Cheers Robin. I'm glad I got it sorted too. Didn't realise what I was missing out on.
Hopefully in the future if someone else has this problem this might help you help them find a resolution.
kind regards,

[Timmo]

Yep it certainly is a weird one.....presumably something went wrong in application of either the MS SP1 or SP2 patch- Glad you got it sorted though. It appears there needs to be mention of this kind of thing on the website or a troubleshooting guide

[Rotordude]

QUOTE (Timmo @ Apr 3 2011,5:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yep it certainly is a weird one.....presumably something went wrong in application of either the MS SP1 or SP2 patch- Glad you got it sorted though. It appears there needs to be mention of this kind of thing on the website or a troubleshooting guide

The custom bgl come with a few addons specifically SceneryTechs landclass's.
A suggestion for a no worries fix....What about just including the default lclookup.bgl file that you use into the "VectorLandClass\Scenery" folder with the installer, that works. I use the modded version as a base, and the defaults are in my TongasX and VLC folders. No conflicts at all.

Spot the differences...... they are quite substantial.