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Bill Womack

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  1. I heard back from the viva developer. Turns out, there are two versions of the dll kicking around out there, and he had only marked one of them as compatible with the latest P3D versions. He has now added both to the list. Try clicking "Check Online" now and see if that helps.

  2. Nothing has changed with viva.dll, but P3D has once again sub-versioned up. I have 3.3.3, and it works fine. If it's crashing with 3.3.5, then you and I both are waiting for a new version of viva to roll out from the developer. As soon as it's available, I'll put up a post on the forum. I know it's a bit confounding, but we're stuck in this upgrade arms race for the time being. I'll ask the dev to check and see if an update is required.

  3. 15 hours ago, seejay said:

      Hi Bill.    I just got a shock. I went to Herons nest and where there aught to be buildings, there are only black bldgs. and black geometric shapes.   Even the pier is black only --no textures.   

                  Cheers.   

    It sounds like you've got some resource starvation going on with your system. Generally, if an object's textures can't be found, the object won't show up at all. Can you reproduce this with multiple sim sessions (quitting the sim and restarting it again)?

  4. I have a build of it that includes custom terrain mesh for the island, plus a new set of runway flattens that maintain the undulating terrain, but make it a bit easier on the undercarriage. Problem is, it looks pretty good on FSX, but shows a large area of missing water on P3D. So now I'm chasing that problem and hoping to get it all wrapped up soon. Just in case you thought I was just dragging my heels... ;-)

  5. This is why I didn't get too worked up about their enhancements. ;-)

    I was just there a couple of days ago, and it have to admit, it's weird walking around a real-world airport when you've spent so much time modeling it virtually. It's like having your own private VR world - with incredible graphics!

  6. Just now, zazaboeing said:

    Hi guys!

    When I click check online it requests me to go and download the viva_p3d.dll online, which I just did.

    One quick question? Is this dll really required to run the scenery? What would happen if choosing not to run it? 

    Still got the mesh issues, but I love this scenery.

    Thanks

     

    Viva.dll controls the appearance of the grass, trees, and various vegetation around the airport, not only placing it, but changing its appearance seasonally. You can run without it, but all the greenery (except the autogen trees) will disappear, as will the stairs leading to the float hangar. That last bit - the stairs - may have to come out soon anyway though. I've been working on a fix for the mesh issues, and in doing so I've discovered that the high-res terrain I've downloaded makes the island considerably flatter, so stairs might not be necessary.

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