No Scenery when loading x-plane

[hugsvilleQ]

Hi guys,

Got a real strange one here, have installed Xplane three times and still getting the same issue. No scenery files are being loaded irrespective of the airport I choose, and I have all of the scenery packs.... Has anyone got any clues on how to fix? Many thanks in advance for advice!

[hugsvilleQ]

<Update!>

Silly me - didn't take note of the 'View Downloadable Content' option on the drop down to also install the relevant scenery pack - What a Dofus I am - please disregard!

From an embarrased player...

[shaunus82]

Just for your information, There are hundreds of amazing scenery, aircraft, plugins etc that are available for xp 10 and you really do have to add a lot to this simulator as there are not very many default airports and locations.

A good place to start would be http://x-plane.org/ and you will get most things you need from there, but there are a great many other flightsim sites where you can find tons of great free and payware addons.

[hugsvilleQ]

Many thanks...

Must admit though that I've had little chance of playing the simulator - am running Alienware 16GB Ram with 1TB SSD and its still impossible to see any scenery because the graphics setting had to be set to less than minimal - and even then the simulator is virtually unplayable because the graphics are set so low!

Anyway, thanks for the advice concerning the website to get the stuff...

[Glenn]

Hmmm... I have 'only' 8GB Ram & 1TB bog standard HD - the rest is an AMD FX6300 CPU (4.02Ghz) and 2GB Nvidia GTX6600. X-Plane v10.30b8. Loads of add-ons (plugins). Most settings are around high or very high and I'm running around 22 - 25 FPS parked on the ramp at EGLL (Aerosoft airports) - around 30 FPS if I look down into the 3D cockpit (FlightFactor 757), and around 35+ FPS when bouncing around the sky.

In short, I think you should be getting better performance than you seem to be implying:

Originally posted by hugsvilleQ:

Many thanks...

Must admit though that I've had little chance of playing the simulator - am running Alienware 16GB Ram with 1TB SSD and its still impossible to see any scenery because the graphics setting had to be set to less than minimal - and even then the simulator is virtually unplayable because the graphics are set so low!

Anyway, thanks for the advice concerning the website to get the stuff...

[Rattner219]

X-Plane doesn't always "auto-guess" a system's capabilities very well, and usually it chooses very basic display options until the user goes in and makes changes.

[hugsvilleQ]

Thanks for the comments Glennives60 and Rattner219. Am going to try again since I'm very surprised Glennives60 that you're able to run at such a high setting against my spec where I'm only able to run on low settings. I've managed to find this artlcle: http://www.x-plane.com/?article=setting-the-rendering-options-for-best-performance - I'll go through that article in an attempt to optiimize the simulator...

[Rattner219]

Is your Alienware a laptop? Are you sure the openGL drivers are current, or working at all? I'm sure it has no problems with DirectX, but X-Plane being cross-platform with Mac and Linux, does not support it.

If the hardware settings page in X-Plane says "software rendering" that is your problem.