Land instead of water after install or SP1/SP2/Acceleration?

Gender: Age: 31 Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

Hi all

I have the same problem as MWG82. Today I tried to find lake which should be on route between CBB7 and CAE7 but there was only forest Shocked

My config:
Win XP 32bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB RAM
ATI 1650 Pro

FSX is installed on drive E. Full path is "E:\Games\FSX". I've checked the registry and there is everything OK.
In attachment you can find my terrain.cfg.
I hope you can help me

Regards, Rafal

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:55 am (No subject)

Rafal,

Before using the attached fixed-up terrain.cfg, can you confirm:

1. You were 100% sure that FSX was not running when you installed Van+
2. With FSX not running, you have tried running Start->All Programs->FSAddon->Vancouver+ FSX->Uninstall, then chosen "Repair", then ru-run the Van+ configurator, saved settings and exited, then verified the problem in FSX
3. You have checked the properties on the terrain.cfg file and can confirm that the "read-only" box is not checked

Thanks!

Jon

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 78

Hi Marklar,

I have tested your terrain.cfg with a custom install of my own to 'G:\Games\FSX' and the install was successful.

However, I did need to edit the registry key InstallPath to point to the modified directory.

Are you sure your registry key 'SetupPath' has "E:\Games\FSX\" as the value?

There are very limited possibilities why the terrain.cfg has not been updated, the most likely culprit is a bad registry path.

Would you mind copying and pasting the value of the key in your post so I can see what it reads. ( Note: the key should be found under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ... this is important as VanPlus does not use HKEY_CURRENT_USER)

I have sent Jon proper steps for idenitifying these issues and he should be updating his sticky shortly.

Cheers

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:05 am (No subject)

Sticky (first post in this thread) updated.

Jon

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:53 am (No subject)

I have the same problem. My FSX path is E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\ and I went through the suggested test and reinstall, but no results: water still not showing.

I opened my terrain.cfg file and did not find the entries for the V+ textures. I manually added then, changed the total on the first line and... voilá! It worked!

AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Shocked

Is there anything else that I need to change in my terrain.cfg? Should I e-mail it to you? To what address?

Best regards,
Sérgio Quadros

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 78

Hi Squadros,

Would you mind copying and pasting the value of your registry key in your post so I can see what it reads. ( Note: the key should be found under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE ... this is important as VanPlus does not use HKEY_CURRENT_USER) .

Cheers,
-Scot

Gender: Age: 31 Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:31 pm (No subject)

Hi, Scot.

I will be sending you my register key, when I get home. But I think you'll find nothing unusual in it. And I'm pretty sure it shows the correct FSX path in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, I checked this with FSXRegUtility.exe.

Maybe there is a clue. My FSX path is E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\, which is not the default one. I read some of the others complaining and they also have unusual paths (E:\Games\whatever, G:\something, not the canonical c:\Program Files\Microsoft Games....). I had problems with other installers too: one installed planes at E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator XSimObjects (without the slash), and other was looking for a file in a path without the slash, too.

Maybe there is something that goes wrong when you install FSX to a custom path?

Best regards, and congrats for this GREAT product,
Sérgio Quadros

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 78

Hi Squadros,

Actaully we have tested on non default simulator paths. I am able to install to a portable drive and still update the terrain.cfg.

The factor that may prevent this is the registry key. It needs to have a path to your non default installation, without it you will experience the same issue you have reported.

Cheers and thanks, looking forward to more info Smile

-Scot

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:31 pm (No subject)

Yes, sounds reasonable. But I am pretty sure that I have the correct path in my registry key, and those installers I mentioned messed up despite that.

There is something strange going on, no doubt. My terrain.cfg is not read only, my registry is OK, I have performed the installation again and still terrain.cfg was not updated. The same happened to other users. Go figure...

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:34 pm (No subject)

Indeed, Sérgio, there must be something unique about that those systems where it isn't installing properly ...

Jon

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:24 am (No subject)

Scot, my registry key, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...\Flight Simulator\10.0\SetupPath reads:

E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X

FSXRegUtility.exe shows it with the slash:

E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\

Well, it seems to be OK.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:52 am (No subject)

Well, I guess my manual edit of terrain.cfg did not end alright. I must confess: I have just taken the file that you gave to Rafal, copied and pasted all the V+ texture entries. The result is attached, for a position near Chilliwack.

Other than that, my water was completely black when set to Low 1.x. The photo was taken with High 1.x. I have X Graphics installed.

I will attach my terrain.cfg in the next post, just in case you want to check it out.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:53 am (No subject)

And here is my terrain.cfg.

Cheers,
Sérgio

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 78

Scot, my registry key, under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\...\Flight Simulator\10.0\SetupPath reads:
E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X
FSXRegUtility.exe shows it with the slash:
E:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\

Hi Squadros,

That's the problem; there should be a backslash on the end of the registry path. You will find that when you add a '\' to the end of the subkey, VanPlus will install fine and update your terrain.cfg.

I will add an additional fix for others that may have modified the key and forgot to add a backslash.

Thank you getting back with the info, I am fairly certain this is the the issue that plagued others as well.

-Scot