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Need help with installing scenery v4

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wseric

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estonia
Hello.

I just upgraded to Prepar3D v4. I tried to install one of the sceneries that has a installer for V3. I set up a fake P3DV3 install path refferring to V4 folders, using regedit and symlinks. When I clicked install, the installer copied all the files, but then threw an error that said "Error:failed to read texture count from terrain.cfg" Upon investigating the p3d files, I found out that the installer created backups of terrain.cfg and scenery.cfg, but had not modified the file in any way (I can say that because I generated a checksum for one file, and then compared it to the other backup-ed file. When I manually added the addon via p3d menu, it accepted the new landline, but somehow made water the wrong color. I have included pics of the installer error and a picture of the faulty scenery. What could be causing the water to be the wrong color and how could I fix it?

Link to the addon I am trying to install:
http://www.lennusimu.net/fsx/estonian-terrain

install.jpg

p3dv4.jpg
 
Guess you should check when this addon is released with a full P3Dv4 compliant installer....
P3Dv4 is a 64 bits application, whereas earlier versions are 32 bits apps.
Furthermore, Lockheed Martin changed the character encoding from v3 to v4, therefore possibly v4 can not understand some text.
There are also some changes in folders structure between two versions, if I do not confuse, so v4 might be looking for a file at a place that was not existing or not used by v3.
Open your terrain.cfg files with a notepad application, and check if there are no exotic characters inside, possibly?
Blue skies
 
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