Ortho4XP and custom scenery compatibility?

[Terminator]

Hello People!

Im using the DD NYC and NYC Airports scenery. But it disables my Ortho4xp titles. Ive generated ortho tiles for the whole northeast US region. However i cant see them when i use the DD Sceneries.

What can i do?

Greetings

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If you want Ortho4XP scenery to go above your DD sceneries, edit your scenery_packs.ini file and cut and paste DD sceneries below Ortho4XP. Don't put the airport below Ortho4XP obviously. If there is just one DD file, you're kinda screwed.

[Terminator]

hm its not really working. loos like im not the only one. i google and many people have the same problem

DD Sceneries use some kind of mesh and i have to disable it... question is how

[n00B]

if you go inside the navdata folder you should be able to see which areas to "delete" (only terrain and terrain tiles) alternatively and i am not sure if thst would work (never tried) would be the reverse meaning copy the navdata (pics mesh and ter data etc) from the ortho folder to your scenery folder and overwrite.. that however assumes they use the same style/formatting etc.

[opjose]

It works just fine. You should NOT delete ANYTHING.

Instead try to understand how the scenery_packs.ini file works.

Both the DD scenery and the Ortho4XP scenery each provide two sets of folders.

Ortho4XP scenery has a folder called yOrtho4XP_Overlays that contains ALL of the overlays (3D buildings, objects, airports, etc. ) that you have generated.

Ortho4XP scenery has folders called zOrtho4XP_+XX-XXX which contain the terrain photo-mesh that sits on the "ground" terrain.

Likewise the DD scenery has two similiar sets of folders.

You have to put the DD OVERLAY folder listing ABOVE the yOrtho4XP_Overlays listing in the scenery_packs.ini text file

Both of those must be ABOVE the DD Mesh folder listing which in turn must be above the zOrtho4XP_+XX-XXX listings.

So X-Plane will display DD Objects above Ortho4XP objects giving the former precedence.

Then below those DD and Orther4Xp objects, X-Plane will default to displaying the DD included photo-terrain before it resorts to the Ortho4XP Terrain photos. That will make everything appear correctly, assuming you have properly adjusted the .INI file by editing it manually.

[Terminator]

There is no DD Overlay Folder in the Scenery_ini file. and i already did that. everrythings above Ortho4XP_Overlays of course. its not my first time that i use ortho4xp. usually everything works

[Terminator]

Im not the only one. He explains it much better: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/119860-ortho4xp-and-custom-scenery-compatibility/&tab=comments#comment-1267616

[opjose]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Terminator:

There is no DD Overlay Folder in the Scenery_ini file. and i already did that. everrythings above Ortho4XP_Overlays of course. its not my first time that i use ortho4xp. usually everything works

It is not called "DD Overlay".

The "DD Overlays" are named according to what you purchased and installed.

I purchased the same scenery and following the above it works fine with Ortho4XP.

You must not have "EVERYTHING" above the Ortho4XP_Overlays.

Rather you must have the DD Overlays above the Ortho4XP Overlays, and the DD photomesh scenery over the Ortho4XP photomesh scenery. Both of the latter two must be lower than the former two.

Note: doing this you only see the Ortho4XP scenery in areas not covered by the DD scenery.

The DD scenery does not permit underlying scenery to show through, though that can be changed by using WED. Doing so may be inadvisable.

If your intent is to have the DD scenery 3D objects appear on the underlying Ortho4XP scenery, then that is more problematic.

The DD Scenery will not align with the Ortho4XP photo tiles.

[n00B]

to have DD 3d scenery appear on ortho you must delete nav data from DD (disable it) as per my previous suggestion. If DD does not find nav/ter data the ortho ones will be used. the dd overlay then comes on top over it very similiar to for example w2xplane. if both are active the top one prevails unless its disabled.

[opjose]

Opprinnelig skrevet av KC's:

If DD does not find nav/ter data the ortho ones will be used. the dd overlay then comes on top over it very similiar to for example w2xplane. if both are active the top one prevails unless its disabled.

Yes, I wonder if that is the OP's intent though.

[Terminator]

@opjose yes it is

@KCs tried it but then i get "Cant find nav bla bla" when its loading. I have to disable the Photorerrain folder right?

By the Way Thanks for your help guys!

[Terminator]

And by the way its not like i cant see my ortho4xp titles... but in some parts i cant see them and im kinda far away from NYC. when i disable the DD scenery i can see all of them. i just have the exact same problem like him: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/forums/topic/119860-ortho4xp-and-custom-scenery-compatibility/&tab=comments#comment-1267616


EDIT: Problem is the "Scenery/ZZZ DD New York Airports XP Terrain" Disabled i can see my ortho4xp titles but i just have autogen in new york city. strangly manhatten is DD scenery.

So after all: Ortho4xp is working but in some parts near NYC i just have standard xplane textures