This is something that randomly happens with me also. Leuchars and EGPH extreme (the latter twice) have at some point randomly vanished. I know something is up when the sim takes longer that usual to load and I get the 'building scenery database' message. I recheck the addon scenery boxes, restart and they appear. But it was still a shock when I'd completed a 748 hop from Aberdeen to Edinburgh and started to get suspicious as I got nearer the ground... :o
I suspect it's something to do with Vista, as I never had any add-on vanish under XP...... :think:
I've lost Heathrow and Gatwick
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Re: I've lost Heathrow and Gatwick
Actually, Jim, I'm pretty sure it's some form of poetic justice for teasing you about your video settings 
Truth is, I've been fiddling about with BGLs in that folder whilst setting up my retro airports and diversions - and with several copies and backups floating around there had to be some casualties. It took a while to dawn on me but eventually I realised that I was the likely culprit! But it definitely wasn't me who messed up Leuchars and EGPH for you!
Ian
Truth is, I've been fiddling about with BGLs in that folder whilst setting up my retro airports and diversions - and with several copies and backups floating around there had to be some casualties. It took a while to dawn on me but eventually I realised that I was the likely culprit! But it definitely wasn't me who messed up Leuchars and EGPH for you!
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Re: I've lost Heathrow and Gatwick
Serves you right! In your case Ian, you were playing with firespeedbird591 wrote:Actually, Jim, I'm pretty sure it's some form of poetic justice for teasing you about your video settings
Truth is, I've been fiddling about with BGLs in that folder whilst setting up my retro airports and diversions - and with several copies and backups floating around there had to be some casualties. It took a while to dawn on me but eventually I realised that I was the likely culprit! But it definitely wasn't me who messed up Leuchars and EGPH for you!
Ian
- but I hadn't been...... unless I am getting forgetful......
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Re: I've lost Heathrow and Gatwick
Well, I have not been fiddling with anything, and lo and behold, fire up for a play at VHHX, and guess what? The BL***Y scenery was NOT THERE!!! :@ :@
So, I had to go and reselect in add scenery. (9 dragons). Can anyone hazard a guess why this is happening? Seems to be totally random. About the only add on that has never been affected is Glacier Bay (I am keeping fingers crossed as I type this). This never happened under XP, and apart from installing the latest Trident, no scenery has been added since early November (Bermuda) except re-adding Leuchars and Edinburgh which also mysteriously vanished. Does not seem to have any logic: for instance, I do dot visit Kai Tak or Bermuda every day, yet they remain, Leuchars is my default 'base' yet that seems equally likely to vanish. I'm planning on doing some major AI stuff (have not started yet) but if things keep strangely vanishing, I may not bother!
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So, I had to go and reselect in add scenery. (9 dragons). Can anyone hazard a guess why this is happening? Seems to be totally random. About the only add on that has never been affected is Glacier Bay (I am keeping fingers crossed as I type this). This never happened under XP, and apart from installing the latest Trident, no scenery has been added since early November (Bermuda) except re-adding Leuchars and Edinburgh which also mysteriously vanished. Does not seem to have any logic: for instance, I do dot visit Kai Tak or Bermuda every day, yet they remain, Leuchars is my default 'base' yet that seems equally likely to vanish. I'm planning on doing some major AI stuff (have not started yet) but if things keep strangely vanishing, I may not bother!
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Jim