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Whenever I try to go into the scenery library I get an error message: Area FS2000_props is required and cannot be turned off. I don't recall telling it to try to turn it off. Anyone know what is up? And a fix?




Rugglesbie

I've not come across this one before. My only suggestion is to check the Scenery.cfg entry for the area in Notepad. This is what mine looks like. Unless you're running off a Minimal install of CFS2 yours should be the same.

[Area.011]
Title=FS2000_props
Local=Scenedb\fs2kprop
Active=TRUE
Layer=11
Required=TRUE
Remote=

My entry was the same except for the last line: Remote=   , was not at the bottom of the entry. I added it and still got the notice.  I added a 3rd party scenery folder in the addon folder then created an entry in the scenery.cfg file for the scenery manually:

[Area.013]
Title=test scenery
Local=ADDON\test scenery
Remote=
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
Layer=12

The above entry is how it looks now. I had entered it as [Area.012] and the , Remote=, I had at the bottom of my manual entry. When I ran the sim it rewrote the .cfg to what is listed above. I could go into the scenery library without getting the notice. No more problems. I can add scenery now! But when ever I go into the scenery library the test scenery is turned off in the check box. I added another scenery then it was  turned off when I went into the scenery library. But test scenery which was right below the new scenery in the check box was staying checked. I guess cfs2 trys to turn off the top listing in the check box, whenever you enter the scenery library. Since I had no 3rd party scenery loaded it was trying to uncheck the top default listing which was FS2000_props.


Rugglesbie

I suspect a Reinstall of CFS2 would be the only sure way to fix it. That's Reinstall - NOT Uninstall/Install. If you decide to try it please read the item in the red box on my CFS2 FAQ page first. http://www.simviation.com/lair/cfs2faq.htm

Thanks Hagar! I think I have it working now.


Rugglesbie

That's great. Well done.