Need advice on FS9 scenery enhancement

[SSI01]

Re: the problem - a quick "burp" administered to the system (complete shutdown & restart) fixed things, at least so far.

I plan on coming back up to ask about installation instructions once I have all the files downloaded. So far I've got all the mesh files OBIO mentioned in his upgrade tutorial - RF's 5, 7, and 8 level meshes plus the JIT 10 level meshes and West Coast mesh set as well. Concentrating now on all other files. Downloading them into one folder, then scan for viruses & malware, then come back for advice on how and in what order to install.

[SSI01]

All files are chased down and downloads are complete - with the exception of the one file Obio said was on Megaupload - go to that site and you get the technicolor screen from the FBI telling all of us about those dastardly characters formerly running that site.

Does anyone know where the file Obio mentions, done by Pablo Diaz and containing for the sky/sun, is located?

[Flyboy208]

Do a search for Pablo Diaz at Avsim .... Mike

[SSI01]

Thanks, I did - His HDE (High Definition Environment) file is there all right, both versions in fact (as mentioned by Obio), however, there is no file relating solely to the sun/sky, which is also described by Obio and was originally on Mega-Upload.

I will probably be able to add it later without problems once I find it, and what I've got right now is pretty good for sun effects, I think. Time to do the scans for trojan horses, etc and then come back up for air!

[Willy]

The sky was in the Pablo Diaz package I just installed about a week ago.

Just checked that thread. The filename is hdev2.zip

[SSI01]

Thanks, feel much better now knowing I have it in the files already!

[norab]

Took a little time to track down. It has disappeared from the usual places. here is Pablo Diaz' Sun (beta) which is not included in either cloud package. HTH




HDE SUN!.zip

[SSI01]

Thanks norab - downloaded and included!

All virus and malware scans (per Avast! and MalWareBytes) are complete, and the files are clean. They came from the places specified in the tutorial if anyone else is thinking about downloading them and wondering if they are clean.

I read Obio's tutorial and got things more or less set up in a folder on my desktop like I think he had them. Here's what I've got:

Obio's Scenery Update File -
GW3 basic file, updates and extras
RF Level 5 mesh
RF Level 7 mesh
RF Level 8 mesh
West Coast mesh files (JIT)

All in their separate folders named as shown. Separate zip files in this same basic folder are -
cliffs.zip
hde2.zip
newcliffs.zip
photovg.zip
treegen.zip
aratsp.zip
HDESUN!.zip
MASSIVE_THUNDERSTORM.zip
newgdb.zip
thunderptch.zip
twofix.zip


Here is the other folder:

Justin Tyme mesh sets
47 zip files I'm not even going to try to list - but if you go to FlightSim you can see them all! They comprise every set he has for the continental U.S.
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What I would like to do is as much as possible keep everything in one folder to more easily manage it in the scenery library, and when activating it. I know I will have to separately open and install all the ".zip" files shown above, no problem. My question involves the mesh sets. There's no way I can keep from having to open and separately install each of the 47 mesh sets for the U.S. by JIT, that's a given. I plan on introducing those gradually and monitoring system performance to see what is "dinged" (i.e., frame rate, sim loading time, etc). Same thing with the West Coast mesh sets, they are all zip files - and may actually be a pretty good place to start, there aren't many and it's confined to one section of the country.

All of RF's mesh files are just .bgls and can be (if I'm guessing right) kept in their folders and just added to the scenery library in the usual way. Does this sound like a plan or should I be changing something?