Yes that's a good point there. By now I'm also using slightly different settings allowing more "water orthos" for example.

Yes I was thinking about mentioning this setting as well but decided against it, as I mostly see rivers and lakes in my region and the default value fits nice. But thanks for pointing it out. EDIT: 1500 is a bit overkill imo, that would be 1.5 kilometers. I really like the look of coasts with the default value of 100 meters.

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe in theory it is 1.5 kms but in reality the imagery available doesnt go out that far i mostly use 2000 in the caribbean as this allows all the reefs etc to show which makes coasts look much more realistic, i and a few others at simhaven regularly use 1500 around the north coast of france and the south coast of the uk for the same reason , for us it is all these reefs etc that make it look real

Can you explain what the option is doing? TY :)

@@effem65 Hi effem, that setting writes the water masks into the .dds texture files, making them double the size, but it saves you the extra VRAM needed. So it's a compromise, more disk space vs. more VRAM. Grüße :)

Thanks a lot for describing that procedure. Yes the .cfg file editing method can be very useful when updating many tiles and I'm also mentioning it in the "perfect runway slopes" tutorial. But I found it a bit too much to add this time, so thanks again :)

Applying new settings to multiple tiles at once is a bit more complicated and involves editing of the tile's .cfg files in a text editor, and then doing a batch build process in the map window with "read per tile cfg" enabled.

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe thanks men, you are 👌

That's strange, I never had that issue I think. Or maybe the airport scenery has the flatten terrain function enabled? If that's the case I show how to disable it in this tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htGUqs6fz5uWZZ8.html Cheers!

If you're in the US, try using the higher resolution 1/3 DEM from USGS, available through the Config window. Once in the Config window, note the custom_dem button with the blank line. Click the arrow on the right and select the 1/3 DEM.

Well, creating Ortho4XP tiles doesn't remove any airports (at least when the entries in the scenery_packs.ini file are ordered correctly). Of course grass airfields are harder to recognise in photoreal scenery and I recommend covering them in ZL19 orthos. Also, maybe there are some addon freeware sceneries available on x-plane.org to make them stick out more. I hope that helps. Regards

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thank you for the fast reply, but I think I didn't make myself clear enough, or there is some kind of misunderstanding. What I mean is this (I'm talking of the tile with the 3 airports I missed in the creating of the tile, and which already is in the scenery folder of XP, with 7 out of 10 zoomlevels around the airports already edited): to create zoomlevels around the 3 airports I missed out in the tile I have to select the tile again after clicking on the "globe" icon . But in doing so, and after adjusting the zoomlevels around the 3 remaining airports I missed before, and after the complete process of creating this edited tile, and put it into to XP again, will the zoomlevels around the other 7 airports which I edited already before be lost because I made a (totally) new tile, so to speak. In other words: will the existing tile be overwritten completely so the new tile will only show the edited zoomlevels around the 3 missed out airports and the other 7 will be lost? Or have I have to do all the zoomlevels around the 10 airports anew? To explain it in another way: can I load an existing tile, with already made zoomlevels, back into Ortho4XP and add some more zoomlevels around other airports WITHOUT DELETING the ones that already have been created in the first place? I understand that creating Ortho-tiles doesn't remove the original airports in XP and I added almost all existing addon free sceneries of Holland in XP, thanks to the wonderful work of tdg and LPNils (among others). I hope a made myself clear this time, or could it be that I just didn't understand your reply correctly (lol) Regards, Eddy

@@eddyvandenberghe9796 Okay, so I guess you would like to add more high zoomlevel areas to an already existing tile? ;) That's possilble yes. Select the tile on the world map. Then in the settings of O4XP (the wrench icon), in the lower left corner hit "Load Tile cfg" and then "Apply". This will load in all the existing edits you already did and they will appear in the Custom zoomlevels editor (in case the tile is still intact after your rebuilds). You can then add further higher ZL areas, apply as usual and redo the "All in one" tile creation process. Should be working.

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe That's exactly what I wanted to know, now we understand each other (lol). I thank you once more for your kindness and the will to help others. I am certainly gonna check out all your other videos in future, great job Sir! Kind Regards, Eddy

@@eddyvandenberghe9796 Thanks a lot Eddy, I'm always glad to help :) Cheers

Thanks for the hint, so I assume that the amount of mesh triangles does indeed affect performance...

Usually O4XP doesn't impact FPS. Might be that VRAM or RAM usage increases a bit, but I'm not entirely sure. Just test it, it's free ;)

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe okay thx !

It doesn't necessarily need to be in the Custom Scenery folder directly, as you can also create a shortcut to a different location within the Custom Scenery folder and X-Plane can still use it. You can also place the HD Mesh somewhere else, don't create a shortcut for XP and just use it as the improved overlay source for Ortho4XP. Cheers :)

You don't need meshv4 if you have x europe

This option won't let you chose a specific decal, it uses one preset that I can't recall right now... I think it is one of the "maquify_green..." decals, maybe number 19 or 20 in the ApplyDecals tool.

In this example I'm updating already existing tiles, so the overlay has already been created before. A new overlay wouldn't have any benefits as it isn't affected by the updated settings. Cheers

I don't think that can be changed, at least not that I'm aware of. I never really payed attention, but doesn't O4XP use the same road color assets as default for the region?

Here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l51-g5B93J6zlac.html

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Thank you for the fast response. I thought that was just for creating new tiles and didn't realise you could use the same technique to update tiles. Brilliant

When your Ortho4XP tiles are stored within the "Base Folder" that is set up in the main window, then they should be marked on the world map. Cheers

Thanks so much for the fast response.

Hi! I have several full Ortho4XP tutorials, this one might help you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8qZoK5205inZoU.html

To extract the files you will need the "7-zip" program. Also maybe check out my full Ortho4XP tutorial to get started: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g8qZoK5205inZoU.html Cheers!

Lotek you need to search for and download visual C++ redistributable 2013 and 2017/2019 packages and install them.

J Nattress thanks for advice , I did it 2 weeks ago and it’s working , anyway thanks 🙏

You have to edit the scenery_packs.ini file: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qamCns6hyODDeGw.html

You can try that and it's easier, but you lose the ability to customize the airport coverage, for example with a different imagery provider or also ZL19. I think high_ZL_airports always uses ZL18.

No seperate Python installation is required when using the Windows binary package of O4XP 1.30.

@@SimulationChannelDeluxe Ok, its running good!

Well unfortunately that's not too easy to correct. One way would be to search the texture .dds file in the "zOrtho4XP.../textures" folder and correct the clouds via image editing. The other way would be to delete the .dds texture and also the the JPEG files in the "Ortho4XP/Orthophotos" folder, hit "Load tile CFG" in the settings window, then choosing a different imagery provider for the cloudy regions in the "Custom Zoomlevels" window of Ortho4XP and finally redo the "Build Imagery/DSF" step. I hope it helps and thanks for watching the video!

I don't think that it has any impact on FPS. Cheers

May be there is a missing file in terrain folder. Or the jpg is not converted in dds Format.