[X-Plane] How to Create Photoreal Scenery for X-Plane using Ortho4XP

[@ThomasRasmussenXPlane]

I have had plans about doing this tutorial for ages but have been busy with other videos :-) Seems I don't need to make one after all :-D Thanks for making it Osamah ;-)

[@Q8Pilot]

I am sure you would have done a much better job with this one. You are the master Thomas when it comes to scenery. Thanks buddy, I appreciate it.

[@ThomasRasmussenXPlane]

Thanks Osamah! ;-) Don't underestimate yourself :-D

[@radialb1894]

@Eldi Salihi make it lol

[@wandergtb]

Thank you so much for your class. A big hug from your student, in Brazil.

[@Q8Pilot]

Wander GTB Thank you for your kind comment and watching the video. Glad this was helpful =)

[@EagleOne49]

I can't thank you enough for making this very informative video! What a glorious new X-Plane world!

[@Q8Pilot]

You are most welcome, my pleasure always, and thank you for watching the video sir!

[@belgeode]

I tried Ortho4XP on an area in Jamaica but the texture came out rather washed out in color. Not sure what went wrong. I did like the fps gain i got from flying over it though.

[@JaggoLee]

Sometimes the satellite images aren't very consistent. Since I use mostly Bing as source I scout the area beforehand with bing maps,

[@agge5420]

I can't find my overlays nor my texture folder in scenery_packs 10:30 (using x-plane 11 btw)

[@Dany-gf9zu]

@AcridTM Did you find the issue

[@Dany-gf9zu]

@AcridTM i have not the Overlays

[@avgaskoolaid4572]

Osamah, this is an excellent video that I always link to people that are new to Ortho. I have one suggestion that could improve it: when you show us how to 'Batch build' (around 8:30), could you add an annotation that the tile generation progress will be displayed on the main UI window, and you can close the 'batch build' map view without stopping the process? I used your video to learn Ortho, and when generating tiles I sat staring at the map screen after pressing 'batch build'. I was expecting to see some sort of confirmation and was too afraid to close the window, thinking it would exit me out of the ortho program entirely.

[@davidg3168]

This turned into my project for today. Thanks as always for outstanding content!

[@Q8Pilot]

Thank you for watching and for your support David =)

[@CzMasterGamers1111]

Anyone else having a problem after all this installation, that when you try to load up an aircraft at the airport, it writes “Error, could not locate image file for terrain” and simply shuts down whole X Plane? Or does anyone have any possible solutions? Thanks

[@Jehosaphet]

Yeah, same...there's no overlay folder in Ortho, think that's where things went sideways here...thinking he's got an older version. But yeah, exact same issue here.

[@kernpierre5103]

great job Osamah and thumbs up for the one who designed this software

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks buddy, hats off for the developer for sure. I hope the developer would continue the development and improvement of this app.

[@kernpierre5103]

Yeah.....it will really give xplane a boost

[@XPlaneAviation]

02:05 well done, no more pithin! Remember the video on NOAA?

[@Q8Pilot]

hehehe, you have good memory!

[@frenchpilot2478]

hi thank you first :) why dont i have the otho4xpOverlay folder 2:01 ??? thanks

[@peterandrego2331]

Great tutorial. Everything went well except one of the two tiles I downloaded for the San Diego area had inconsistent rectangular shaped areas in it. Resolution was consistent but colour was not. Read below that sometimes Bing maps can be at fault. Would not have known map source BI stood for Bing. What do the others stand for so I can preview them before downloading them. Heard Google map tiles are no longer available to download.

[@Q8Pilot]

Hi Peter, you are correct Google maps are not working through the app. Try experimenting with other services. You can find the service description in the product manual.

[@peterandrego2331]

Q8Pilot Will do. Thanks!

[@dirkandrepont6280]

Hello...I love your channel...great videos and helpful information. From your tutorial I have been able to build large portions of Louisiana, USA with ortho4xp. I use viewpanorama for elevation, alpilotx hd mesh and 17 resolution. The scenery looks great except for one thing...they all look washed out ...all the details are there but the colors are all faded. Is there anything inortho4xp or x-plane renderings that can help. ( I have been flying with clear skies daytime settings...so maybe the sun is too bright??) Thanks again

[@Q8Pilot]

Hey there Dirk, glad the channel content is useful for you. On the colors, I believe this has to do with the photo service you are using. May I ask which service you used to render the photos?

[@dirkandrepont6280]

Bing. I forgot to mention that. Also the photos for most of the tiles are from winter which certainly contributes to the lack of green..,but even so they still look washed out. One more thing it typically takes 45000 to 60000 seconds for the photos to download from Bing. It times out dozens of times between each successful orthophoto download. So if there is another source on that list I should try please inform me. Thanks again.

[@alainahogan2727]

Does this video apply to X Plane 11?

[@storkman]

Yes

[@jonfrderick]

Corrr i bet everyone's now sweating it out in the Ortho4xp.exe, good luck! Thanks for the video Osamah! :)

[@Q8Pilot]

hahaha, most welcome buddy thanks for your support as always!

[@firefighterleetiktok85]

Can I ask how you managed to takeaway the constant white haze that X-Plane has? No matter where I fly it always disappointingly has the white haze.

[@lowispotter5832]

What are you doing after 08:37 - How to process is going to be start?

[@lowispotter5832]

When I click Batch Build nothing happens, also not on the main screen of ortho4xp

[@Q8Pilot]

Go to the other screen, you should be able to see the process starting!

[@bjarnepetersen9562]

Very good and easy to understand video, thank you. Now, I have done to the letter, what you have explained, but for some reason, the overlay and tiles, I created, cannot be found in the "scenery_patch.ini. Question is now...what have I perhaps done wrong? Regards Bjarne

[@SimPilotSky]

Nice mountains

[@Q8Pilot]

=)

[@gianlucaluisi8695]

Thanks for all of your awesome tutorials and reviews! I made a tile for where I live and the results are really amazing. I had before made the photoscenerythe All pilot hd mesh v3 and W2xplane Europe mix, after installing the photoscenery i made an overlay using the mesh as sniffing folder but the result is not the same as w2xplane in terms of buildings and monuments... is there a way to use w2xplane Europe with the ortho4x photosnenery ?

[@Q8Pilot]

Gianluca Luisi Thank you for watching. Yes you can. simply change the order in your scenery pack.ini. There is also an osm file that gets created with your tiles. you can use that as well.

[@gianlucaluisi8695]

Thanks for your reply! I have the europe w2xplane library entrance already before than the created photoscenery entrance, but I only see the w2xplane scenery when I disable the photoscenery ... What can I do ?

[@kennnnneth]

Look at the thumbnail: cool, I’ll try it after watching the process: Never mind……

[@jasonyan7697]

Great tutorial! Trying it out now.

[@leandrosvarus6943]

Looks fantastic. Though would it be wise to do this for a whole continent such as North America or would that cause issues performance wise(File size isn't really an issue for me)?

[@Q8Pilot]

Certainly, I would not recommend that you do an entire content in one go. This will probably take days to complete. You can begin with smaller areas and keep adding to it until you have all the regions that you want.

[@leandrosvarus6943]

Fantastic, thanks for the response.

[@WilliamBugeater64Simpson]

Very helpful and informative video. Thank you so very much for your work. I have an question though. Do you need to make an new overlay for each new area batch you produce? Again thank you.

[@Q8Pilot]

Most welcome William, glad this was helpful. Yes, you will need to create the overlays for each tile.

[@WilliamBugeater64Simpson]

Grateful and the tiles look wonderful. Thank you again.

[@pixel-ink]

What and where did you get those "ACO" buttons mod on the left of your XP screen?

[@stevephla]

Great explanation, as always, Osamah. Thank you. Now I need to rebuild terabytes worth of ortho using this app. The lack of water masks in G2XPL always left me a little disappointed. Speaking of which, is there a way to use the tiles I have already and have Ortho4XP reprocess the exiting images? Or does it all have to be downloaded again?

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks Steve, enjoy =) I think if the files were produced by Ortho4xp, it will not re-download.

[@iplaybose]

Hey Q8Pilot, does ortho also improve night lighting and stuff ? More lights i mean

[@Q8Pilot]

No it will not.

[@jamesbean9243]

Also what are "Build masks"? is that the water conversion settings and you apply them? Also what water conversion settings would you reccomend? Cheers

[@jonfrderick]

'Build masks' is the sea conversion between Ortho and x-plane water, once set up in the other menu (for example the width and amount) you tick it, then you will have beautiful water blending.

[@dushdj8947]

I followed this and did an area around the grand canyon, but when i loaded it up it was all just a grainy blue texture! What happened?

[@marvinbrooks2601]

Sorry I was wondering and meant do you use ortho4xp at all or do you just use what scenery comes with X-Plane 11?

[@captainp3d214]

Hi, I followed all of the steps how you said, but my scenery is completely flat! What do I do? Thanks!

[@Q8Pilot]

Check your overlays. Make sure they are built, and that they have a higher priority in the scenery ini than the actual orthpoto textures. Otherwise you will get flat scenery.

[@playlikeagirlsupermario.2697]

Good video,thank you for your help ! how can i fix the roads or highways because they are not aligned properly the curves looks like 90 degrees or like square.

[@Glide365]

Thank you so much for your solid info, much appreciating the effort you are puting into your videos, I have finally figured out the process, so once again much thanks..... Can you tell me?, can I delete the Ortho tile file download from Ortho4xp once I have copied it to XP11, or does the file have to be loaded on both softwares to work ?... I'm not at all computer savvy, (although I have learned a lot in the last few weeks), but I'm guessing a 10GB file downloaded on Ortho and the copied to XP11, will take up total of 20GB.... is this correct ?, or does the computer use on of the files and work both systems from that one ?

[@Q8Pilot]

Thank you for your kind words! Ortho4XP can take up a lot of space on your PC. I have a dedicated SSD (1TB) for XP. I only use the scenery I want for a particular flight and then move the files out of the SSD when I am done. A typical tile at ZL17 will about 20GB correct!

[@Glide365]

Thanks again, Understood.

[@benlogan100]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@digimikeh]

it is correct that Ortho4XP closes automatically when all batch process is finished?... I´m not sure if stoped working or just finished...

[@toobahai1575]

Thanks for sharing the video. I need to ask, whenever I try to create tiles by using batch build option, I am getting an error "OSM server was busy, new tentative...". I am Stuck here, any sort of help would be appreciated. Thanks

[@paulcharnley6617]

Nice video but you missed the automatic transfer of tiles to the custom scenery & the editing of the config file!

[@AllAboutAviation_Official]

Very helpful, thank you very much!

[@Q8Pilot]

Glad it helped, thank you for watching!

[@123Defiance]

Hiya Osamah Friend, Well well well For the past week i've been trying to get to grips with doing this I followed a few guides to the letter, only to find one didn't mention altering the cfg, the other forgot to mention he'd missed a step out !! So, i saw you'd done this (time/pain/life stuff, has still got me playing catch-up on yours and others vids) And to my delight, again, a concise perfect tut :-) Thankyou As always Take Care Have Fun Tony

[@Q8Pilot]

Deffy Hunter Hey Tony...how are you? good to hear from you =)

[@123Defiance]

Heya Osamah, I'm getting there slowly lol, just taking longer than i thought to shift this sciatica hehe, anyways ............ I'm loving xp11 like many many others, waiting for smp v4 and also where needed payware aircraft slight updates/fixes (we all are i'd guess hehe) You just keep knocking out the great vids ;-) others and myself will watch and learn from them ;-) Hope you and your good family are keeping well Have Fun Take Care Tony

[@lxgb01]

HI, Thank you for your video. I have created everything, but I don't get the underlays folder. I have 2 tiles from the Dublin area and I think it does work well. The only thing missing is the underlay folder. could you elaborate a bit...…. thank you

[@rickharris323]

Thanks for the help, I built my first tile and it looks great! However, I notice that the HD Mesh roads, buildings, trees, etc. are sitting ON TOP of the photo-realistic Ortho4XP scenery. As a result, the HD Mesh objects are actually adding objects where they don't actually exist in real life. To remove these objects, do I simply remove the xOrtho4XP_overlays folder, or better yet, re-order it to the very bottom of my scenery_packs.ini file?

[@Q8Pilot]

You need to create the overlays using the HD mesh. I do cover this in the video.

[@rickharris323]

Thanks for the reply. I believe I already am creating the overlays using the HD mesh ... I am clicking the “Custom overlay dir:” check box, then populating the address bar by navigating to the “zzz_hd_global_scenery3” in my X-Plane > Custom Scenery folder. As it happens, I've taken screenshots 1) before installing HD Mesh, 2) then after, 3) then again after adding the Ortho4XP tile. The HD Mesh features are sitting on top of the Ortho4XP layer. I'll review your video again and see if I'm missing something though.

[@llllsllll1023]

"No elevation file found, I download it from viewfinderpanorama (J. de Ferranti)" Nothing happens after that. It says it twice then nothing happens ;-;

[@alli5358]

same :/

[@TheBrickonastring]

viewfinderpanorama is down at the moment. look to the ortho forums on x-plane.org for alternate height maps

[@llllsllll1023]

Okay thanks

[@orlandespiritu2961]

Hi how do I make places of interests show in my custom scenery?

[@MrLandrover21]

How did you generate the ortho4xp_ overlays folder? I don't have one

[@rcburse112]

Osamah, thank you so much for the video. I have a question. After I copy the tiles and overlays to custom scenery, should I delete the folders tiles and overlays from Ortho4xp folder to save on hardware space ? Or leave them in tact? Thanks again so much.

[@Q8Pilot]

Hey there Robert, thanks for watching! If space is an issue, no harm in deleting the files, but then it will become difficult to know which tiles you have created. Ortho4XP will look at these folders to highlight the tiles you have created on the map. Personally, I delete everything after I am done to save space as the files size can get very large. Happy flying captain =)

[@rcburse112]

Q8Pilot thanks for the quick reply Osamah. if I want to look at the before and after do I just move the tile to disabled custom scenery folder? overlays too or just the tile?

[@rcburse112]

Q8Pilot thanks for the quick reply Osamah. if I want to look at the before and after do I just move the tile to disabled custom scenery folder? overlays too or just the tile?

[@Q8Pilot]

Moving the tile would be just fine. You are most welcome!

[@sinelx2805]

Thank you for making this soo simple :)

[@Q8Pilot]

Sinel X Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it =)

[@Morbid1349]

Hey, Great tutorial! I'm going to have a go at it soon! I'm currently running Spain UHD and I really like it, I have only one problem with it. In the really high parts of the mountains the peaks are loosing definition. Is there a way to get them nice and sharp as they are in real life? Thank

[@Q8Pilot]

2 things you can do. 1-Create the scenery at a higher zoom level (18 or 19). Use HD meshes for finer mountain representation and better overlays.

[@dimitry1122]

everytime i add the overlay and the scenery i start up xplane then get an error for a file named high parking fac something

[@davehaag8175]

Ive watched you on another tutorial for hdmeshv4... So let me ask, do you perfer/use photoreal scenery or hdmeshv4 yourself?

[@Q8Pilot]

Photoreal scenery without a doubt.

[@davehaag8175]

I cannot get mine to work....the version out now is 1.20b and doesnt seem to have the folders you have in the video and mine is saying i have no base mesh?

[@davehaag8175]

Im so sorry..i found your other video..thanks

[@jamesbean9243]

Hi there Osamah! Just wanted to ask about Ortho4xp! With batching files, does that keep also use your custom water blending data? and how do you set water blending up? Thanks you :)

[@Q8Pilot]

Water blending should really be automatic.

[@F4strackK1ller]

Hey! Thanks for the great tutorial :) Any idea how to stop the mesh from flattening my airports? I do not want any of them to be flattened.

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks for watching! I am sorry though, I haven't really delved that deep into it.

[@bonniedelgado]

After following all the steps and generating the photoscenery. I get all the photoscenery and roads and buildings but the custom scenery airport I have for the area isnt showing up. The airport Is KSAN by MisterX6

[@Q8Pilot]

Bonnie Delgado It looks like the priority of the airport is lower than the scenery in the scenery ini file. locate KSAN airport entry in the scenery ini and move it to the top. that should do it.

[@233cade3]

I had the same problem but for a different airport

[@nopersonshooter7167]

I do not have any trees, roads, or buildings showing up

[@1littlelee]

do you have ortho4xp for New Zealand?

[@22271748]

Hi ..couldn't see your link to ortho4xp can you please add here?

[@Ivan1979mspain]

Thanks for the tutorial, I found it really useful. Still, when I try to make the scenery following you instructions I get many of the tiles with loads of white spaces. Any idea how to sort it out? Thanks for the help!

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks for watching. Try a different zoom level or service.

[@Marci12291]

Hello! My texture somewhere nothing, somewhere good. please help me! I have big areas where nothing. And also good areas.

[@Q8Pilot]

I didn't quite understand your message. Can you please be more specific as to what issues you are having?

[@Marci12291]

Sure! I followed your video. My program is 1.19. So I created a Tile and Overlay. I put all folders to custom scenery. Scenery Pack ini created by X-Plane normally. Everything okay, but my scenery somewhere normal photscenery what I created and somewhere my scenery is a "blue skin" --> like where is no scenery installed. Please help! Photo link: data.hu/get/10112602/Issue.png

[@smokey433]

Did you say "Latest Python for windows installed on your computer" ?? I couldn't quite understand that part.

[@Q8Pilot]

You will need Python libraries for windows in order for this to work. Just do a google search for "download Python for windows"

[@smokey433]

Thank You!, By the way... I really enjoy your videos , They have helped me tremendously and I always look forward to new ones. Thanks again and Happy New Year!

[@smokey433]

All I can say is... WOW! What a difference! This program is amazing, I cannot believe there is no charge. I spent tons on scenery for FSX and this blows it away! I just did Philadelphia and some parts of New York and I was shocked! Thanks so much for posting this, It was a painless process for me after your great video. Many Thanks.

[@momenaljabri1258]

how can i increase the tile size?!?

[@digimikeh]

Hi.! What is "Custom overlay dir" for ? does it only serves for replacing the "Tiles" default output folder?.

[@Q8Pilot]

The overlay folder will host the files the sim needs to display your roads, trees, buildings ...etc on top of your newly created photoreal mesh.

[@digimikeh]

ok, my office internet is better than my home, but i have Xplane10 at my home, can i use this Ortho4XP at office without having installed XP10 ? .. Thanks

[@Q8Pilot]

Mikeh Miiikeh Yes you can. no need for xplane to be installed. you will need to create the overlays later on a machine with xplane installed.

[@digimikeh]

great!... do you know why in some Ortho4XP builds the "Earth Map Tile" does not shows itself ?,

[@michaelwilliamson6061]

Great video thanks, but I did not catch the program name that must be installed into windows Hyphen? what is the name of the program and where can I get it?Thanks, Regards,Mike W.

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks for watching Michael, the link to Ortho4XP and related info is in the description section of the video.

[@aaronprice7263]

How do you get the overlays to work if you have steam

[@XPlaneAviation]

Aaron Price same process.

[@cad3515]

hi q8pilot may I know approximately how long one tile takes to process and finish everything? Considering taking the sources as BI and zoomlevel as 17. thanks!

[@Q8Pilot]

It will largely depend on your internet connection and processor. One tile of the same specs on my PC takes an hour or so.

[@alexpons1415]

Hi Q8 THANKS THANKS THANKS!! A lot for this video.One question,when I convert my zone in the Earth Tile map,everithing is ok.I have converted the senery,I can see it in the simulator,but I lost the cars and the roads.Please can you help me with that problem?Because I thing that its an absurde thing,but.. I dont know were is the problem. Regards,Alex. PD,and also I organized the scenerie.(its in the top down)

[@Q8Pilot]

Alextrem87_Sim looks like the overlays have lower priority than your scenery. edit the scenery ini file and you should be fine.

[@alexpons1415]

Yes,I have edited,but nothing.I need to do anything before start downloading the photo scenery file?

[@stevephla]

Alextrem87_Sim did you copy the overlay files from the ortho4xp directory? I was having the same issue until I realized that unlike G2XPL, the overlay data is handled separately for ortho4xp.

[@alexpons1415]

Sorry Steve PHL I dont understand you.

[@Q8Pilot]

Did you build the overlays?

[@JohnJonesRocketCity]

Very impressive. Thanks!

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks for watching John!

[@leele4034]

very good teacher! wish u had a donate button

[@Q8Pilot]

Thanks Lee =)

[@leele4034]

Hi q8pilot, i did not see that an overlay folder was created under the ortho4xp. what do u think it could be? thanks for ur videos i follow all of them

[@Q8Pilot]

The folder is yOrtho4XP_Overlays. If you don't specify where should Ortho4XP sniff for the overlays files, it will be empty.

[@leele4034]

hi q8, i think u missed a step. it took me forever to figure it out..but ur video didnt actually show u pressing the build overlay button and didnt make an orth4xpoverlay file

[@leele4034]

thanks! i posted it in the xp forums, and i think u got like 100000 hits cause of it. everyone went ortho crazyhhee

[@PaulR3167]

So this will not work for Linux version of plane?

[@AquaStevae]

I have a few questions. First, which Python? There are two, and sometimes it's important to have the right one. Second, If I wanted to do an entire state in the USA, but a smaller one like South Carolina, how much drive space would I need to make really good detailed tiles. Lastly, I hear a lot of people use Bing maps, but Google Earth seems to be a lot better graphically, and sharper. Have you seen it produced with both maps, and which do you think is better?

[@Q8Pilot]

The latest version is fine!

[@pTV-hf9fy]

The ortho files won't show on my ini notebook so i can't use Ortho4xp can someone tell me y might the ortho files show on my ini

[@heysiri24]

How do I delete the scenery? Just delete the files in Xplane11 folder?

[@marcusevjen6547]

Could you make a tutorial on how to use world2xplane with ortho4xp?

[@BrettCulley]

what about the osm data files? do i move them to the custom scenery folder also? it created a 356mb file with 4 tiles i created

[@Q8Pilot]

The OSM data is optional.

[@kevinacres1699]

I noticed in the video this was created for X Plane 10 is this still compatible with x plane 11?

[@GilACB]

Hello Osamah. I tried to do this the same way you showed in the video but on step too, it tells me that there is n elevation. I have the elevations folder already. I just want to know if there is an easier way and faster way to make tiles instead of one by one Thanks

[@Q8Pilot]

hey there my friend, I do show in the video how to create a batch set of tiles.

[@GilACB]

Thanks for the reply. Well I selected two tiles and I have checked the build mask and build overlays. But the it starts on step 2, it tells that I elevation was not found.

[@Q8Pilot]

Just give it time, it will download the elevation data on its own. Make sure you have a reliable internet connection though.

[@Q8Pilot]

Oh and make sure you have the latest version of Ortho4XP installed as well.

[@GilACB]

I see what you mean. I have the version V120 and i forgot to mention that I doing this from a Mac

[@minashenouda]

Hi osama, quick question. After I copied the scenery into my custom scenery folder and the overlay folder as well they are not showing up in the ini file!! Any suggestions! I'm using X-Plane 10 btw. Thanks a million

[@Sam-yb9ut]

What if I download this Ortho4XP tiles using "Global Scenery path for Overleys" and then later decided to download the HD mesh are for the same area... can i do that or do I have to again download Ortho4XP tiles after downloading HD mesh ?

[@Ciderfer]

When you have to choose where to build overlays, is it better to pick alpilotx files X-plane scenery or or the X-plane global scenery?

[@Q8Pilot]

Ciderfer Gaming For sure the HD mesh will provide for a more realistic road network and building distribution, but for me it does not matter too much =)

[@Ipb79]

Hello Mr Osamah, I want to thank you for this tutorial on this amazing tool, I just followed all your steps. I tried to create 4 tiles in France at once it took a little bit more than 12 hours. But at the end of the process I can see my texture files I created but no overlay folder. It says :"Failure: there is no file to sniff from at the indicated place." So I am completely lost from there! I did enter the path of the custom overlay directory! Can you please tell me what I can do?

[@Q8Pilot]

ibeidari hey buddy glad you enjoyed the video. the overlay folder is created in the Ortho4xp folder. I think it's names something like y_overlays or something close. if you are trying to recreate the overlays after creating the textures you will need to select the tiles again from the map, set the overlays folder, then generate the overlays. I hope this helps.

[@Q8Pilot]

ibeidari hey buddy glad you enjoyed the video. the overlay folder is created in the Ortho4xp folder. I think it's names something like y_overlays or something close. if you are trying to recreate the overlays after creating the textures you will need to select the tiles again from the map, set the overlays folder, then generate the overlay s. I hope this helps.

[@Ipb79]

Q8Pilot thank you for your fast answer. Actually my problem is that there is no overlay folder in my Ortho4xp folder, that's the folder which is missing after the creation of the textures.

[@Q8Pilot]

ibeidari can you email me that path of the folder you are setting for the overlay. [e-mail]

[@Ipb79]

Q8Pilot I think I got it now! I had to change the directory path in the CFG file to X-Plane 11! And I had to use Xplane 11 global scenery path for the overlay. It didn't take my zzzhdv3scenery path! Now I can see that overlay folder. Thank you sir for your help! I never miss your new videos! They really help me a lot! I don't know how to thank you!

[@freightdawg6762]

The qualty between zoom level 16 and 17 is minimal but the tile size is almost double

[@donssamsung8295]

I run the program but I have a problem with the Elevation data. As you can see from the screen shot below, Min and Max altitude is at 0.0. Loading elevation data and smoothing it over airports. Downloading ..\Elevation_data\+30-110\N39W105_NED13.img from USGS. * Min altitude: 0.0 , Max altitude: 0.0 , Mean: 0.0 Causes some pretty funny images when flying. I have a scenery pack for KAPA in Denver which is at 5880'. When I take off, I fly a mile or two into the other scenery which is 5880' BELOW ME..... Or, if I take off from an airport in the scenery, then the airport pack shows like a MESA 5880' above. It's a virtical wall up to that airport. Any Help on why I'm not getting the elevations in my files?

[@zachjohnson4036]

When I click on the Ortho4xp map to select the files nothing comes up. pls help

[@Q8Pilot]

The window will be minimized, you need to click it to expand.

[@paulcharnley6617]

Also the automatically created symbolic link to the actual tile stays in the ortho4xp folder & is pointed at by the Custom Scenery folder. Only the Overlays need to be copied across.

[@Q8Pilot]

That doesn't always work for some reason. It didn't work on mine for some odd reason. Moving the scenery files across will ensure they work.Thanks for pointing this out.

[@jamesbean9243]

Also if you set a preview zone in a certain zoom level, will it work in batch?

[@Q8Pilot]

Yes it should.

[@valdeslo]

How to install in mac???

[@nukething462]

It doesn't work for Sweden?

[@alexf1525]

hi, again great video...i've done everything the right way and downloaded the scenery but i dont see them in my scenery.ini file...any help??

[@Q8Pilot]

the aviator Did you place the files in your custom scenery folder?

[@alexf1525]

Yes problem solved...i have an other question...i downloaded an italian City and it doesnt have the city night textures like lamps or traffic just like the other photoscenery,it covered everything, did i miss something???

[@Q8Pilot]

You are most probably missing the overlays. Did you copy them as well?

[@alexf1525]

the funny thing is that i dowloaded 2 cities...naples and rome scenery and one has lights the other not...so im gona re-download and see what went wrong...thanks for ur help

[@brunofporto]

By the way - thank you very much for the video!

[@Q8Pilot]

You are most welcome sir!

[@XPlaneAviation]

Hi, I cannot open the .exe, it just opens a command prompt thing.

[@Q8Pilot]

Did you click on the "Download" link. You need to download the whole thing.

[@martinr.2462]

Hi! My Tiles folder is empty after sucessful process. Can you help me? please.

[@Q8Pilot]

Did you specify a custom build folder?

[@martinr.2462]

no i didn't

[@Q8Pilot]

Martin R. Can you please re-try with a custom build folder.

[@martinr.2462]

of course thanks for helping

[@martinr.2462]

and my custom dir is empty too :( s15.postimg.org/5d295l163/why.png

[@gordo1271]

i keep getting an error when i use osm source whats the best source to use ?

[@stevenhodge9157]

BI ( bing ) See here my Ortho4xp tiles on zoom level 19 with bing ( BI ) : postimg.org/image/xlqqz3nep/ postimg.org/image/nppnzghmp/ postimg.org/image/amymtxgsh/ postimg.org/image/vl4ss0gn5/ postimg.org/image/a19nxtlq9/ postimg.org/image/s5coigjep/ postimg.org/image/51c7pvg3l/

[@gordo1271]

i have used BI before but for the island of puerto rico BI gives ur clouds then i try GO2 but i keep getting the white texture error n OSM get a error

[@noctislupus1]

Where's there music from?

[@Q8Pilot]

Audiojungle.net

[@jg-1268]

by mesh does he mean scenery packs for airports?

[@ozzert]

No, the mesh is the structure of the landscape, it has information about land elevation (is the land flat, or has it hills or mountains, rivers, etc.) X-Plane builds its mesh with triangles; just google an image of a mesh and you'll know why they use that name.

[@233cade3]

Can someone help me none of my layers are there and it doesn't show any text about layers in scenery_packs

[@pTV-hf9fy]

233cade ya same the ortho files won't show in my scenery_pack I don't know what to do have you figured it out yet

[@233cade3]

yes, but thank you

[@tobylarone3831]

Can you create a tile for the whole world or would this kill your system?

[@Q8Pilot]

You can create as many tiles as you want as long as you have enough disk space.

[@ph1p0F]

How much disk space need one tile? And how long does it take to create one tile?

[@Q8Pilot]

ph1p0 it depends on zoom level and service. the time will depend on download speed and processing power.

[@ph1p0F]

Q8Pilot okay thx. and how is it in comparision to g2xpl?

[@kinglimpang8067]

Will the autogen be covered?

[@Q8Pilot]

Yes, for sure!

[@kinglimpang8067]

Q8Pilot That's no good for areas with buildings then :(

[@darrenabrahams5499]

Hi Osamaha. I followed your instructions very carefully and started building my tiles. All was going well until I started receiving .. HTTPConnectionPool(host='a.tile.openstreetmap.org', port=80): Read timed out. We will try again in 3 sec... I keep getting this and it doesn't seem to be working. I am using OSM as a provider. Can you perhaps advise me further on how to fix this? Thanks

[@Q8Pilot]

Hey Darren, the problem is with OSM. I guess they have some sort of a quota on downloads. I would suggest you try a different service.

[@darrenabrahams5499]

Q8Pilot. Thanks for your response. I don't mind using bing anyway. But I do have some other questions. I am struggling to get the autogen and the cars and roads to look good with my satellite scenery. At the moment they are actually drowning out the flat tiles of the scenery. Do you have any advice how to make them work well together? I used the global scenery for the overlay. Also I am not sure if I should be using HD mesh for the dem files or rather the default global mesh. I am trying to do south Africa. Would love your advice on this. Also if I did put in the dem files for the base mesh I assume then I can't do a batch run as the program doesn't give the option of multiple base meshes.

[@danny2264]

Can anyone help me i created 2 tiles about a month back and they were working great, today i built a new tile, followed the same instruction and installed into xplane. Now i have no photoreal scenery at all even the old ones are not showing up anymore. I tried reinstalling the original and re doing the scenery.ini to no avail. Should i just delete everything and rebuild all the tiles??

[@Q8Pilot]

That would be my inclination. Delete everything and start over.

[@danny2264]

Thank You for the reply Osamah unfortunetely no matter what i do i can not get the scenery to work anymore, I even deleted everything and re-downloaded ortho and started from scratch and still nothing!!

[@damoncruz6514]

Any Photoreal Scenery for mac users yet?

[@Q8Pilot]

I don't really know, but appears that Mac users are completely left out in the space of photoreal scenery.

[@damoncruz6514]

Dang. Looks like I'm going to be buying myself a PC ;)

[@bonniedelgado]

This should also work for mac. Just a longer way to install

[@LukasZ92.]

Hi, after creating my own scenery, and when I starting xplane, I got the following error: Error, could not locate image file for terrain Customscenery/zOrtho4XP-+48+12/terrain/textures/45424_70080_OSM17.dds Customscenery/zOrtho4XP-+48+12/terrain/45424_70080_OSM17.ter do you have any idea, how I can fix the problem? thanks

[@Q8Pilot]

Lukas Zitz It looks like you will need to recreate your image files. just run the process again. it will recreate the missing image and should not take a long time to compete.

[@LukasZ92.]

how should I do it? I've already closed ortho4xp, and when I open it again, the right side of the program is empty. how can I run the progress again, that the program only complete the missing files?

[@Q8Pilot]

You should be able to access the files you created if your re-run the program again.

[@LukasZ92.]

now it worked, thanks :) but I have another question please: I'm not able to choose custom zoomlevel, if I click on it, at the preview I only see a little area (dont know where it is) how can I zoom out of it or move around, that I can select the area that I want?

[@ThePhobicFlyer]

Great video! thanks