X-Codr Designs Forum

Lost your manual and don't want to redownload the whole package? Want to check a manual before you buy? Good news, you can get manuals for all products here! X-Plane Manuals: MSFS Manuals:

Overview In X-Plane, the load order of sceneries is absolutely crucial! The load order of sceneries is defined by the scenery_packs.ini located in the Custom Scenery folder. It is a plain text file, you can open it in any text editor you like (I recommend Notepad++). The system is very intuitive, packages higher in the ini have a higher priority. That is, a package at the top takes precedence over a package at the bottom. How to order packages In general, packages should be ordered in the order of Custom Airports/Sceneries > Generic Airports > Overlays > Meshes > Libraries. (Libraries can go anyway actually, doesn't matter unless they conflict, then the one higher takes precedence). So your order should be something like this • Custom Airport/Sceneries • *GLOBAL_AIRPORTS* • Overlays (Y <ICAO> Overlay, X-America, Orbx True Earth, etc) • Mesh (Z <ICAO> Overlay, Ortho4XP, AlpilotX HD Mesh, etc) Example Below is an example of how one's scenery_packs.ini might/should look: I 1000 Version SCENERY SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KSEZ - Sedona/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/1G4 - Grand Canyon West/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KDEN - Denver International Airport/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KEVV - Evansville Regional Airport/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KMMH - Mammoth Yosemite/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KTEX - Telluride Regional Airport/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KWYS - Forests/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/KWYS - Yellowstone/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Codr Designs Library/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/AEP/ 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/KBTV Burlington/ SCENERY_PACK *GLOBAL_AIRPORTS* SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Berlin and Frankfurt/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Budapest/ 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 - Los Angeles/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - New York/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Paris/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Rio De Janeiro/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Saint Louis/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - San Francisco/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Sydney/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/X-Plane Landmarks - Washington DC/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KSEZ Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y 1G4 Forests/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y 1G4 Overlays/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KDEN Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KEVV Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KMMH Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KTEX Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Y KWYS Overlay/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z 1G4 Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KDEN Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KEVV Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KMMH Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KTEX Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KWYS Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Z KSEZ Mesh/ SCENERY_PACK C:\Users\<your user name here>\Desktop\X-Plane 12\Resources\plugins\SAM\lib\SAM_Library/

Overview On Window, when there is a conflict between folders in a copy operation, the replace option simply merges the folders and overwrites conflicting files. On Mac however, replace deletes the original folder, replacing it with the new folder, therefore every file that isn't a duplicate is lost. The solution to this is choosing merge. To get the merge option, hold down the option key (alt) when pasting or moving a folder that will conflict with a folder in the destination. This will result in Windows like behavior, only the conflicting files will be overwritten.