Hello,
I used to play this simulator a LOT way back in 2007 for years, and I have been getting more back into it lately.
I've done searching but the relevant threads are years old so maybe outdated information. I downloaded Civilian Airports from orbithangar and I can't get the included textures to show up in the sim. The runways are there but still the basic very low resolution surface tiles. I have placed the included .dds files in their respective folders and even copied them elsewhere to see if anything worked. I first placed them in the main Textures folder as that's how they come, but then I put them in Textures/Earth and Config/Earth and Config/Earth/Base. The surface bases show up on the map module as well, just the textures aren't loading.
Also, this inspires me to want to download my own surface tiles and airports for places I've lived- Cincinnati area, Indianapolis as well as Minnesota. I tried downloading Orbiter Base Maker 2.0.3 but it gives me an "Error Downloading Image" so I'm not sure if it's old/unsupported these days. I don't even care as much about the runways as I know that'll be a lot of work but I mainly want the higher resolution surface textures. I want to see those places in detail and I have the hardest time even finding my current city (Rochester MN) due to the low detail.
Is there a guide somewhere on how to get this done? Like I said I tried searching but maybe didn't know what to search for or didn't use the right keywords.
Thanks a bunch for the help!
Also, I use the D3D9 graphics client but I'm willing to switch that or even go to an older Orbiter version to make this work.
I used to play this simulator a LOT way back in 2007 for years, and I have been getting more back into it lately.
I've done searching but the relevant threads are years old so maybe outdated information. I downloaded Civilian Airports from orbithangar and I can't get the included textures to show up in the sim. The runways are there but still the basic very low resolution surface tiles. I have placed the included .dds files in their respective folders and even copied them elsewhere to see if anything worked. I first placed them in the main Textures folder as that's how they come, but then I put them in Textures/Earth and Config/Earth and Config/Earth/Base. The surface bases show up on the map module as well, just the textures aren't loading.
Also, this inspires me to want to download my own surface tiles and airports for places I've lived- Cincinnati area, Indianapolis as well as Minnesota. I tried downloading Orbiter Base Maker 2.0.3 but it gives me an "Error Downloading Image" so I'm not sure if it's old/unsupported these days. I don't even care as much about the runways as I know that'll be a lot of work but I mainly want the higher resolution surface textures. I want to see those places in detail and I have the hardest time even finding my current city (Rochester MN) due to the low detail.
Is there a guide somewhere on how to get this done? Like I said I tried searching but maybe didn't know what to search for or didn't use the right keywords.
Thanks a bunch for the help!
Also, I use the D3D9 graphics client but I'm willing to switch that or even go to an older Orbiter version to make this work.