Full Ortho4XP 1.30 Tutorial for Beginners **UPDATED** Less Hassle, More Orthos! [X-Plane 11]

Full Ortho4XP 1.30 Tutorial for Beginners UPDATED Less Hassle, More Orthos! [X-Plane 11]

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4 жыл бұрын

Ortho4XP Tutorials Playlist: • Ortho4XP 1.30 Tutorials
Welcome to this updated, sped up and hassle free tutorial for Ortho4XP, the tool that lets you easily create photoreal scenery for X-Plane. I will explain every step that you need to know to get beautiful results as quick as possible, covering the basic setup, the settings, options for the overlays, the world map and the custom zoomlevel window. Futher I cover the very important step how to order the new Ortho4XP entries in the scenery_packs.ini file of X-Plane correctly to avoid any unwanted scenery errors. I hope this tutorial (as well as the other ones I made) will help you getting started with Ortho4XP!
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XP11 graphics settings: Visual Effects: High (HDR) | Texture Quality: High | Anti Aliasing: 2x SSAA + FXAA | World Objects: High | Reflections: Minimum | Draw shadows on scenery: Off
PC Specs:
Intel Core i5-4690K OC @ 4.4GHz
Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 Xtreme Gaming 4GB VRAM
ASUS Z97-K Mainboard
24GB DDR3-1600 RAM
Thermaltake Hamburg 530W Power Supply
1x SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD 500GB (System Drive)
1x Western Digital Blue 3D NAND SSD 500GB (X-Plane 11 Drive)
2x Western Digital Blue HDD 1TB
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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@edwardsp1916 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, very clear, informative and to the point. I've not used Ortho4XP before, but following your guide I added my first ortho scenery to XP and I'm very impressed. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video.

@centralwebs 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I've had a lot of problems trying to produce 18 size tiles previously, but with these settings no problems and for Low VFR GA flying they are perfect. Thanks for all your efforts much appreciated.

@JohnSaldana 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent.. as usual!!!!!! Keep them coming my friend!

@flightsimflyeruk Жыл бұрын

Thank you this is a great demonstration. I don't think I could have figured it out without you! Lots of tutorials cover tile creation but it's the overlay that it crucial to get right.

@sonyablade3001 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This tutorial is so much better than previous one i just watched(not from you)!

@vincentdufour9572 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for all your videos, it helps a lot especially on this one and ortho4XP, I understand now more the way to go, really instructive!!! Cheers

@thedroidfreak 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the tutorial, got it all up and running real quick!

@slats.flapssim 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial! Worked flawless for me you are the best!!!

@gscottfuller 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this and your other tutorials! I was hoping I could find scenery for the area around Leesburg, Va. where I learned to fly years ago. Now I can create my own! 👍

@djeanql 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great straight forward tutorial.

@mesocyclone9031 4 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the step by step videos on KZfaq my friend

@craigp9952 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! For some reason I just could not get the ortho's to show up. I discarded everything and started over following your directions. THEY WORKED!

@Oscar-gl6hu 4 жыл бұрын

So underrated. Thank you so much dude

@jv4200 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, thank you so much

@Scarebus_Driver 2 жыл бұрын

great video mat very informative thanks!!

@ARainDogToo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial. Question: If I download the Mesh HD v4 tiles and the Ortho4XP tiles separately and have xOrganizer decide which assets to load, do I still need to do the "Extract Overlays" step? In other words, would xOrganizer do the work of matching Mesh to Orthos and I can skip "Extract Overlays"?

@ramair6424 4 жыл бұрын

Another AWESOME job

@benlogan100 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Thanks!

@portlandtwowheels1872 4 жыл бұрын

By far the absolute best tutorial on how to use this. I am not a beginner at this per se but you made it look easy. I have SFD Global also installed and found that I don't necessarily need to cover all of Europe with Ortho now. Just using it around airports for now.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes that's also what I like to do, covering some tiles around major airports and not whole countires. Even though I'm not using SFD Global (yet).

@portlandtwowheels1872 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe I am not bothering with creating tiles for Europe. For that, I am using Spain UHD and Zone Photo. Zone Photo is "ok" enough for me to not worry about it. For The US I am using Forkboy and Vstates. Canada is what I am currently doing right now. My HD's are filling up fast. Haha. Bing, Arc and USA2 all have different results but the area is so heavily forested that I don't notice this issues. As for SFD Global, I am very....very impressed by it. The places where I don't have Ortho it really improves the look and autogen.

@Lewinner-nj6bh 3 жыл бұрын

You probably won't see this but thank you so much ! This is the best video tutorial on Ortho4XP !!!!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed I did see it :) Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoyed.

@ChongMcBong 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for this video, it mostly worked :)

@Flightcoach 3 жыл бұрын

just getting into using xplane, WED and of course ortho4xp. great tutorial! now lets see if i can achieve some results like yours.....

@pokiishere-sebastian2126 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!! Thanks!

@CristianCalhoun Жыл бұрын

I think if somebody doesn't like the clouds on the image, it's better just to go in Photoshop, select only the cloud itself and hit Fill / Content aware. It is simpler, it will be more consistent and 0% noticeable than like going after Google and risk the inconsistency. Anyway, as long as the clouds are really not covering everything, in the game they just look fine (in my opinion). Like a cloud under your flight level. It's fine. Otherwise we will spend our lives among correcting tiles instead of playing. :) I want to add, your videos are great, I have learnt a lot from you and I'm extremely grateful. :) Thank you! :)

@fsxp3035 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial!

@vikramodedra4351 3 жыл бұрын

Great video very helpful

@elbapino6531 4 жыл бұрын

Good ! Good !Gooooooooooooooooood !! Thks my friend !!

@RodneyAreJayDenholm 3 жыл бұрын

Hey brother, great video tutorial on Ortho4XP, i managed to make a nice autho tile for my upcoming Moorabbin Airport scenery, however i decided to try and do a second tile today for Melbourne Tullamarine YMML, and when i placed the folder in the custom scenery folder for the yOrthoXXXXXX folder asked me to overwrite and i did, but i don't know if i did something wrong because i could see the Tullamarine ortho tile but i was then getting an eror for Moorabbin , do you have any suggestions ? thankyou in advance

@Ufo14McCalmon 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the amazing tutorial, I have a quick question. I want to use HD mesh on multiple tiles but I'm a little bit confused as in this video, you didn't use XP tools nor x grinder when incorporating HD Mesh with Ortho4XP but in your multiple tiles at once video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l51-g5B93J6zlac.html you did? Is that extra step STILL needed for multiple tiles or can we do the same process shown in this video with multiple tiles ?

@Kapaer 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@555gta 4 жыл бұрын

great video, kept getting error, turned out my hd mesh folder didnt have the data in a earth nav data folder. sorted now . thanks

@giord_ano9038 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your turorial all the steps are done except last, when I select the tile for extract overlays I get this error message ERROR: the DSF boundaries are out of range. This can indicate a missing or corrupt sim / dimension properties. ERROR: Error convertiong .. \ tmp \ tmp_dsf_without_mesh.txt to .. \ tmp \ tmp_dsf_without_mesh.dsf

@gamestv4875 4 жыл бұрын

I am addicted to this app.My hard-rive needs an upgrade

@threeuniquefingers Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@ohyeah2389-samd 4 жыл бұрын

Right, so 3 issues: 1. Even if I input the Custom Scenery folder in the settings menu, Ortho4XP doesn't output the "zOrtho4XP" tiles to the X-Plane 11/Custom Scenery folder, I have to copy them over by hand. 2. If I follow the steps in the video, using GO2 for imagery, Ortho4XP doesn't seem to download image files. When I load them in game, it's just default textures. In addition, the "zOrtho4XP/textures" folder doesn't have any files in it. 3. If I use AlPilotX's meshes through the batch build thing, the ground elevation goes haywire, with most terrain turned into ocean with huge spikes of land coming out of it. If I use AlPilotX's meshes without Ortho4XP, they're fine. If I use Ortho alone, it's fine (except for issue 2). Combine the two and it's a nogo. Maybe I'm not putting the "zzz_hd_global" listing in the right place in the scenery config? Should I be loading it before or after the Ortho files? I didn't see it on your scenery load order video.

@SimFanatic 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial. Issue I am having though is I'm missing the *.dds files once completed. I also notice that the third progress bar on the main Ortho4XP window is gray and never completes. I tried Bing and Google and both failed to create dds files. Any ideas? Thanks!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like there is a problem with the jpeg to dds conversion tool. Maybe it's even completely missing, but for me it always worked out of the box. Also strange when there's no error message appearing.

@SimFanatic 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thank you for responding. I figured out the problem, in settings for skip conversation it was set to true. I changed it to false and is now working. :)

@hunkyaz 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful!! You mention at 17:58 you mention an overlay HD source, please specify what that is?

@renrawbone5280 4 жыл бұрын

watch the whole video then you shall know

@henryluebberstedt7819 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how do I share OrthoXP sceneries with others who don't have Ortho installed. Is it enough to copy the zOrtho and yOrtho folders?

@carlosa.avalle528 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. One question that I'm having a hard time getting answered is: If you create multiple overlays at different times and thus generate multiple "yOrtho4XP_overlays" files, how do you combine them in the Custom Scenery folder into a single file since all of them will have the same name (i.e., "yOrtho4XP_overlays")??? I think this conflict is taking place in your video at exactly 19:00' but you don't explain what is taking place here. It appears that you are replacing an older overlays file with the new one you generated, but wouldn't that erase the overlays for previous orthos you installed? Need some help with this, been struggling with this for days now! Thank you.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

It's totally fine to replace existing overlays with new ones (when the data source is the same), but I never did that before. What you see in the video is just ADDING new overlay files to the existing overlays FOLDER in the Custom Scenery directory.

@TonyDocksStation 4 жыл бұрын

If i'm using AIPilot mesh v4, do i still need to batch process extract the overlays? i didn't understand if it was one or the other, or both? Thank you!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Yes when using ortho tiles you always need to extract overlays via batch build, also when the HD Mesh v4 is installed. Otherwise there won't be any autogen. Cheers

@byronfernandez744 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thanks for this tutorial, simple question, if I have the HD mesh alredy installed, should the HD mesh scenry be on the bottom of the .ini file? 1st. yOrtho 2nd. zOrtho 3rd. zzzHdMesh ?? Thanks!

@jamiedonohue4884 4 жыл бұрын

Very best tutorial to follow makes things much easier! I created my tiles but now I have trees on the beaches on final approach. I have searched everywhere and cannot find a resolution. I tried creating exclusions in both WED and Overlay editor but no success. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction? Thank you! Vielen Dank!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yeah I notice trees on beaches in many places as well, it might be because of the HD Mesh overlays. Nothing to do about it I'm afraid, except using addons that improve trees placement maybe (e.g. payware Global Forests).

@jeddis92 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, easy to follow and understand. Quick question, is the step with extracting the raw elevation file with XGrinder no longer needed?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No the HD Mesh XGrinder step is optional and confused many people in the first tutorial, so I left it out this time. I'm also not doing it anymore.

@mikebaker7663 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the brilliant tutorial,. I want to use HD mesh on multiple tiles but I'm a little bit confused as in this video, you use XP tools and x grinder when incorporating HD Mesh with Ortho4XP but that will produce more than 1 raw file from the multiple dsf files that i add, How do I do multiple tiles if i can only locate 1 elevation.raw file from xp tools..

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

Well regarding multiple tile creation I have this tutorial, maybe it helps you out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l51-g5B93J6zlac.html

@carlosa.avalle528 4 жыл бұрын

Another question. In another tutorial video the author recommends having global airports above the zOrtho files but below the yortho overlays in the **.ini file. You recommend having yortho overlays over zortho files, and global airports above both. Does this precise order make any difference?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Global Airports should definitely be above the Ortho4XP overlays. Otherwise you might get autogen (buildings, trees) on the airports. Custom free- and payware airport sceneries then come further above the Global airports.

@LastV8Interceptors 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! How do you position the camera for the screenshots? I cannot figure out how to move the camera to the same position to do this! Thanks!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, did you see my XP11 camera system video already? I'm explaining everything there: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNabf5ios7m9o2g.html

@romanfoucek5456 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. thx for this video. Will work in 11.41??

@ldee247 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, nice tutorial well presented I have questions I got lost when you explained after downloading HD tile from Alpilot do you extract files only or the whole folder for example (XP11_HD_Mesh_V4_+50-010-Europe) into H:/XP11 HD Mesh v4, (USB) for instance, your case before hitting batch build. I keep getting an error when I hit Batch build?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

In this case you would download the +30-090 tile of the HD Mesh v4 from the alpilotx website, as it covers Atlanta in the US. Then you get a zip file, so extract it. You will get a +30-090 folder. In my case, I then put it on my USB drive with the following folder structure: H:/XP11 HD Mesh v4/Earth nav data/+30-090/

@JDDJR7 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe I'm having this problem too. I get the XP11_HD_Mesh_V4_+30-090-North_America and put that as the overlay directory in the config window, and then I get "file absent. Recall that the overlay source directory needs to be set in the config window first."

@wakkowarner7391 4 жыл бұрын

If I restart ortho4xp and go back to the custom zoom levels I've previously set up for a tile I find they're all missing. Is this normal?

@jms5591 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a computer savy person - in the config page of Ortho4xp, where do I send my custom overlays in the xplane folder (I'm storing Ortho files on my hard drive right now)?

@donnyb.3210 4 жыл бұрын

I have a quick question. I followed your step by step process. When I get to the point where you click on “Extract overlays” (my custom_overlay_src) is set to zzz_hd_global_scenery4/Earth_nav_data/) I am getting an error that reads: Recall that the overlay source needs to be set in the config window first. I do not know what this means. This seems to be my only problem. Could you point me in the right direction? Much obliged. Donny

@Discontiunity Жыл бұрын

How much does this impact fps? Great video btw

@GavinSteiner 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Question: Is the HD Mesh that we put in the Custom Scenery folder different than the Ortho4XP overlays that are created USING the HD Mesh? It's confusing.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are different. To simplify, one could say that the full HD Mesh package includes elevation data and OSM data. When you create the overlays in O4XP and set the HD Mesh as the overlay source in the settings, it then uses the OSM data from the HD Mesh for the data build. I hope it's understandable ;)

@koosgearshift 4 жыл бұрын

If the area want isn't covered by HD Mesh and I use the global scenery folder instead of Custome scenery, nothing changes in the scenery_pcks.ini right?

@FlightSim2703 4 жыл бұрын

I already did all downloads, paches, and built, and the z folder showed up in costume synery, but the Y folder does not shown in ortho4xp folder, to copy it in to costume synery, please how can I get that , Danke schön

@86abaile 4 жыл бұрын

I generate the whole tile in the batch process now; that way it generates the overlay with the rest of the tile. I also just draw out the zoom levels with shift+click now (remember to click save zone before changing zoom levels or starting a new zone). Any reason why you didn't mention the settings you advised (in the last video) in this one?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi 86, of course it's absolutely fine when you use your own techniques for tile creation, I'm just giving general advice here to get started (but actually it's the way I build my tiles). The only settings that I changed again after my "Best settings" video are the masks zoomlevel set to default 14 (because with ZL15 it takes really long for me per tile until the masks have been created and I'm in the process of updating all my tiles) and I'm not using O4XP's decals anymore, because I like the one by ApplyDecals a lot more :)

@YairAlonCabala 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial. Can you please answer me what is the difference between Ortho and Mesh? Can I use both and add them to the custom scenery? BEST

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Orthos are the photoreal textures only, like a wallpaper, that get placed on the Mesh, which actually defines all the terrain elevation. But the HD Mesh by alpilotX includes more than just the elevation data, so it also places accurate rivers, lakes, forests, cities etc (OSM data). Cheers

@YairAlonCabala 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thanks for the info!!

@yair1956 4 жыл бұрын

Great Vid ...Tnx you so much for taking the time and sharing your knowledge. Got a question: 1. What is the high_zl_Airport Tab for, and if it does the work Automatically why not use it, after all the manual, it is time consuming and kind of tedious process, no ????

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like the tuto. I prefer covering high ZL areas for airports manually, as it leaves you a lot more freedom. E.g. you can choose a different imagery provider for the airport only, define the size of the high ZL area covered etc.

@yair1956 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe oh yeah, not sure if I would even get to this, if it's not your Tutorials Videos .... and yes it Make sense .. however, I have 43 Tiles (CA & West coast US) and thinking of customize even only the major Airport, seems to like a life time project so, the trade off is obvious quality, Vs time ........ :-)...

@Galiman5 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video to help everybody 😉👍. However two question please. Must we copy or replace every time we generate a tile, the overlay folder ? And whats happendif we already have files builted by version 1.20 ? Thank you very much.👍

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You can still use your Ortho4XP tiles from v1.20 when you built them with X-Plane 11 overlays. v1.30 offers some improvements for the mesh and sloped runways for example, so it might be beneficial to rebuild some tiles. A new overlays folder will always be created when you build overlays in O4XP. You can decide if you leave the overlays folder in place and create a shortcut in the Custom Scenery folder of X-Plane, or you have to move the overlays folder every time and then it will "integrate" into the existing one. Hope it helps.

@Galiman5 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thank you for the quick and complete answer. It helps a lot 👍

@Xbox4Ada 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how to find the DSF file? I couldn't find it in the custom overlay select :(

@redenielm 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, both the zOrtho4XP and yOrtho4XP_Overlays folder are already in my custom scenery folder but it doesn't appear on the scenery_packs.ini file, do I need to run X plane first for it to appear? TIA :)

@MrL_5322 2 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for this tutorial. I have a problem. in x plane i have all the files you said to put in x plane main directory but it is missing the zOrtho4xp_(the coordinates) folder. idk why it doesn't work. I did what you said to do. How to solve the problem?

@pisso500 4 жыл бұрын

Hello dear Simulation de Luxe. After a while working, my ortho4xp stopped working. Could you tell me how to fix it?

@rjflight7625 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the amazing tutorial! I do however have a problem. So, essentially I’ve created 2 tiles for a region in Europe, but when I go to create another tile (my third one now) the preview, won’t show up (just white), any suggestions? Thanks!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

I guess that can only be an issue with the imagery provider you're trying to download the preview image from. I never had issues when using BI,GO2 or ARC.

@rjflight7625 4 жыл бұрын

Simulation Channel Deluxe I decided to do an uninstall then reinstall it.. Seemed to do the trick. Everything works now. Thanks for your help and the wonderful video.

@auxhagen 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this guide :) ...I start with ortho yesterday, and the first one attempt was succesful with your tutorial. Only one question please - why do you use for overlay mesh pack from alpilotx and not autogen pack from Sim Heaven for example? I am not expert of course, but mesh is the "base" in the custom scenery.ini, over mesh are orthos, and on the top are autogen, airports etc...

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, for a detailled tutorial on how to order the scenery_packs.ini you can check this out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html Of course you can also use simHeaven's X-EUROPE or similar addons, which will then supersede the Overlays by Ortho4XP. But I would recommend to always create the overlays, should you decide to deactivate or uninstall X-EUROPE at some point.

@auxhagen 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe thanks for the answer :) ...well, I use your tutorial with mesh overlays and in ZL 17 as the base, and 18 and 19 in airports area, its pure beatiful. So I am going to continue with your concept :) Thanks again for your tutorials and quickly response.

@martinmarkov6556 4 жыл бұрын

I got that message Recall that the overlay source directory need to be set in the config window first

@bluepyrotech 4 жыл бұрын

I'm having trouble it keeps saying the file is not a zip when I batch build

@cutliss 4 жыл бұрын

Is there any way to just download all the HD mesh instead of tile by tile?

@nikolajandersen2354 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know if making overlays with misterx Japan Pro is the same procedure as with allpilotx?. Im asking cause the dsf files in Misterx are just few kb where dsf files in pilotx are usual 40 mb +/-

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

I don't use Japan Pro myself, but you might just try placing it above the Ortho4XP tiles in the scenery_packs.ini file. If it doesn't work, choose the Japan Pro directory as the overlay source in the O4XP settings and create the overlays as usual. Hope it helps.

@Xbox4Ada 4 жыл бұрын

I downloaded the file for KSEA, but when I go to batch build, it says "Recall that the overlay source directory needs to be set in the config window first." Edit: I get how to do it, but for some reason, the DSF file isn't there when I try to select it for the overlay.

@Bencastproduction007 4 жыл бұрын

hey, great video. is it normal to see some flat houses and actually a plane when doing orthos, i did it at ENGM and can see some flat building. thx

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, thx for watching and I hope I could answer your question during the livestream yesterday ;)

@vSuprrra 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe HOW??? I have 2d buildings? :(

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

@@vSuprrra I'm sure this tutorial helps you solve the problem: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html

@simus35 4 жыл бұрын

ok i don't understand again i saw xp 11 hd mesh v4 this is inside the xp 11 folder or you make this folder on a different path of the original xp folder. if is this can you tell me please

@little_rocky6970 4 жыл бұрын

when i select the tile and then select extract overlays then hit batch build it says - *ERROR: file D:/XP11/HD Mesh V4\Earth nav data\+40-080\+42-074.dsf absent. Recall that the overlay source directory needs to be set in the config window first.* even though the tile is there in the hd mesh folder, can anyone help?

@hunkyaz 4 жыл бұрын

Also, what do you put in the "custom_overlay_sfc(?} and where would I find it?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, it is all explained from 2:13 onwards.

@cinematicnewbie1448 3 жыл бұрын

I select all the area with zoom level 19 and come out 185 gb but i continue to use it and that area was very high resolution but it killed my ssd

@CoffeeCala 4 жыл бұрын

You are not extracting the elevation.raw data for the custom_dem anymore. Which elevation data is ortho4xp using then?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Yes that's one of the steps I left out as it isn't really necessary anymore and it saves a lot of time. It seems that O4XP's source for elevation data (or the processing of it) has improved and it gives really nice results, especially with an adjusted curvature_tol setting. I think by default O4XP loads the data from this page: viewfinderpanoramas.org/

@stefanofraschetti5842 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, I have really appreciate your video about Ortho4XP. Explanations were so clear I have tried to install it. DISASTER !! The process was conducted without problems, but at the end, at the moment the program is building the files, a hundreds of error messages appears on the "box". WARNING: Could not convert texture .. \Titles\zOrtho4xp_+45+012\textures\23408_35088_BI16.dds As I said hundreds of similar messages.....then at startup of x11, error message from x11 : Error, could not locate image file for terrain Custom Scenary/zOrtho4xp....... and x11 shut down. Do you have any idea about the problem I have with Ortho4xp ? Thank you

@paulrodriguez7416 2 жыл бұрын

another great tutorial, thank you !! - I would like to create some tiles for the middle east region, which are not covered by altpilotx mesh. So for custom overlay_src I need to choose the X Plane 11 Global scenery, when I follow your tutorial. As I am using also the SFD Global add on, which covers this region, shall I choose therefore as a custom overlay the sfd global folder or is that something different? Thank you very much once again!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 2 жыл бұрын

SFD Global is a different product that can't be used for the overlay creation. You have to chose the XP11 Global Scenery folder then. Cheers

@paulrodriguez7416 2 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thank you! yes it works fine now. Am I right, that the photo tile is not creating new buildings automatically at spots where I can see now buildings due to the higher zoom?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrodriguez7416 No, the placement of buildings depends on the quality of the OSM data that is used for the overlays.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 2 жыл бұрын

@@paulrodriguez7416 And I even think that XP11 can only place buildings directly at roads. The only way to improve that is using the X-Europe etc. packages by simheaven.

@bellofello1 4 жыл бұрын

When doing this, do you still follow the install instructions on alpilotx's website and put the extracted HD Mesh tiles in a "zzz_hd_global_scenery4" subfolder in the custom scenery folder. As well as doing the doing the batch build step? I'm just unsure if I have to do the batch build step only, or if I have to make the "zzz_hd_global_scenery4" subfolder manually in addition. Thanks for the great videos!!

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

You can decide if you would like to use the HD Mesh only for overlays creation, or if you would also like make it show up in XP11 (in areas outside of orhto coverage). If you only want to use it for overlays, you can install the HD Mesh anywhere you like, it doesn't have to be in the Custom Scenery folder. Then you enter that directory in the O4XP settings as the overlay_source. I also have a detailed installation tutorial for the HD Mesh right here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9qCh9agvbq4ho0.html

@bellofello1 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe gotcha, thanks! Your tutorial got me up and running. My scenery looks great now! Just need to fix my flat buildings and I'll be set haha

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

@@bellofello1 Okay cool :) Regarding flat buildings, maybe this tutorial helps you out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html

@bellofello1 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe thanks for the links! I've watched them a few times now. I think i have my .ini in the correct order, maybe i messed up the overlays somehow? The ground has the proper shape and height definition, and my airport buildings are fine. Its just the photo real houses, buildings and roads that are flat. Here is my .ini order right now, is there anything that looks off to you? I 1000 Version SCENERY SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Canada_ON_CNV8/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Canada_ON_CYEE/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Canada_ON_CYQA/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/CYYZ Toronto Pearson Intl (ISDG)/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - EDDF Frankfurt/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - EDLP Paderborn-Lippstadt/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - EGLL Heathrow/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - LFMN Nice Cote d Azur X/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - LFPO Paris Orly/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - LPFR Faro/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Global Airports/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Chicago/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Dubai/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Las Vegas/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - London/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - New York/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Sydney/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Washington DC/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_ASIA_LIGHTS/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_AUS_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_CANADA_LIGHTS/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_CNTRL_AMERICA_LIGHTS/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_EU_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_OCEANIA_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_SA_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_SouthAfrica_lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_US_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/EXT_World_Lights/ SCENERY_PACK E:\Ortho4XP\Ortho4XP\yOrtho4XP_Overlays/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/zOrtho4XP_+44-080/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/OpenSceneryX/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Orbx_OrbxlibsXP/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/TerraFloraXP/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/zzz_hd_global_scenery4/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KSEA Demo Area/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/LOWI Demo Area/ RY_PACK Custom Scenery/LOWI Demo Area/

@santiagomontoya1910 4 жыл бұрын

What is the write tile cfg button for?

@marcw.5492 2 жыл бұрын

Very Thorough ... You answered my question about using another drive source for the files ... but yuo put a SHORT CUT of those remote folders in Custom scenery folder ? sounds crazy ? I will try it.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, placing folder shortcuts in Custom Scenery works like a charm. Cheers

@marcw.5492 2 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Does this work for all Add On scenery ...like HD Mesh from AIpilot ? Where on earth did you find that little nugget .?

@DarkKnight-bi7cr 4 жыл бұрын

Thank youuuuuu

@colbym2538 3 жыл бұрын

" ERROR: file C:/X-Plane 11/Custom Scenery/XP11_HD_Mesh_V4_+40-080-North_America\Earth nav data\+40-080\+42-074.dsf absent. Recall that the overlay source directory needs to be set in the config window first." Got this when I tried to batch build. What do you put in the config tab custom overlay for it to work?

@wolfgang_h_mahr 3 жыл бұрын

Where can I find the rules where to put the Ortho4XP EarthNav data? There seems to be a „main“ folder +40 where to put the +47 and +46 and a -30 to put the -35 etc. Would a +52 go into something like +50? Does the download of 1.30 contain a manual? I’m not sure any more...

@KrisMuscledspider77 4 жыл бұрын

Hi,I get a error ,,Nvcompress" failed to open application correctly 0x000007b could you please advise on what to do

@ericc7936 4 жыл бұрын

ok have zortho files in scenery packs for today. they are in custom scenery though. is that correct? not in scenery .ini

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I don't fully understand the issue. Do you have problems activating the ortho tiles in the scenery_packs.ini file? I also made a tutorial covering that, maybe it helps: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html

@simonmartinez8480 3 жыл бұрын

Why am I not getting the “zOrtho4XP +22-085” folder to show up in my custom scenery folder ? I was able to get the yOrtho4XP_overlays to produce but I don’t see the zOrtho.... folder in my custom scenery .

@CallumSpotting 4 жыл бұрын

ive done everything right but noting will show in the scenary_packs.ini

@CaptainWoogie06 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, this was an awesome tutorial, but after I finished everything there was no folder called “yOrtho4XPOverlays” inside of the Orth4XD folder. Can you please tell me where I went wrong?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks! That's strange, if you correctly setup the "overlay_src" folder in the settings and extract the overlays via the batch build in the map window, then the overlays folder should definitely be created in O4XP's main folder...

@repy250 3 жыл бұрын

hi, did you manage to get the issue fixed? if so how did u do it? i have the same problem

@CaptainWoogie06 3 жыл бұрын

@@repy250 no, I just got Microsoft flight sim 2020

@repy250 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Hi, I have the same issue and I don't understand how to get it fixed, in the overlay_src i used the default x plane 11 one u said would work but wouldn't be good quality, would that be the reason why the file yOrtho4XPOverlays isn't showing up in the ortho4xp file? if not is there anyway I can restart the whole thing and use the alpilot mesh instead? and how would I restart the whole process again if needed, i am just really confused as its my first time using ortho4xp. Thanks for any help.

@ericc7936 4 жыл бұрын

i added cincinate last night and kexx worked. today it doesn't what gives?

@scottfuller6447 3 жыл бұрын

The Ortho4XP is very difficult to locate and download. Any advice how to find the download?

@markkusiipola 3 жыл бұрын

Good video! But is little unclear on where the yOrtho4XP_Overlays is generated and stored. I finally founded it in the directory where Ortho4XP is installed.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, it always gets created in the O4XP root directory. Thanks for watching :)

@flugbananen8496 4 жыл бұрын

how did you cover the whole world?

@vijaymittal8842 4 жыл бұрын

Hey i do not have xplane global scenery folder within global scenery folder in xplane 11, should i directly install the global scenery folder or somewhere else(for custom overlay

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

That's very strange, the Global Scenery folder should be there.

@_sierra_kilo 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I just have a 256GB SSD (where my X Plane lives) & a 500GB external drive. How can I link these ortho tiles with the external drives?? I don't want OrthoXP files in this SSD. please help.

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's possible. Just create shortcuts of your zOrtho (and yOverlays) folders in the "Custom Scenery" folder of X-Plane. The shortcuts will be recognized just fine.

@terq_gtag 5 ай бұрын

how do you get 3d objects? mine has none.

@sonyablade3001 4 жыл бұрын

A little advice i give is to set "overpass_server_choice" to "random", instead of "DE" in settings, because the whole process of installing and downloading will fuck up if server just get "busy" and wont let you download files.

@centralwebs 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that tip.

@footbread 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I try batch build to get the overlays, a message comes up saying that my overlay folder is absent and "Recall that the overlay source directory needs to be set in the config window first."

@marknadeau1112 4 жыл бұрын

I am fairly new to X-Plane and followed your video tutorial however after loading the sim and generating the files into the sim, and moving the SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/yOrtho4XP_Overlays above Global Airports all the cars on the roads are now pictures rather than moving cars and when flying low as into an airport every building in and around the airport are flat and it looks horrible, from the air at 2500 feet everything looks good except the cars that are stationary, no autogen or moving cars.. is this normal ?

@SimulationChannelDeluxe 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the ordering of your scenery entries in the .ini file is incorrect, please watch this tutorial for best results: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html

@anduboi2750 4 жыл бұрын

I have been around everywhere and it seems like I can not find a fix at all. Does anyone know why am I getting white tiles in my scenery? No matter what region I click no matter which imagery, it still leaves some white tiles into the scenery. Please can anyone help me out with it? I have tried so many different things but none of them helped