Organizing your "Custom Scenery" folder...

[greggerm]

Here's an age old question:

How do you organize your "Custom Scenery" folder... or do you?

 

As a fledgeling airport re-designer, I'm already seeing the perils of having even just 10-20 file folders in the "Custom Scenery" folder. As the number of airports I've edited or adjusted grows, the potential for confusion grows along with it.

 

...and I haven't even downloaded a single addon yet!

 

Do most of you rename a scenery package's folder from what it's shipped as to your own conventions? If so, what convention do you use? How do you handle updates?

 

I'm thinking I want to use something geographically based, but exactly what to do is tough.

 

Thoughts?

-Greg

 

 

[steven winslow]

Alphabetical by ICAO code works just fine for me.  I name my files like this:

 

KBZN-Bozeman_Yellowstone_International

Edited December 18, 2012 by steven winslow

[chris k]

Same as steve, with the addition of scenery enhacements, which I force the load order alphabetically (instead of using scenery.ini)

 

CYVR Vancouver

KSFO San Francisco

NZCH Christchurch

YPAD Adelaide

YSSY Sydney

zzz_NewZealand_Pro_overlay

zzz_NewZealand_Pro_underlay

 

Organized by ICAO Code - It ends up organized by continent/country/region anyways.

 

Although there's slways some guy who names his stuff "Eureka", since we all know that the Eureka Tower is in Melbourne/some city he lives in; which nobody else but the author knows.

 

- CK.

 

And for those unix geeks out there:

chrisk@MacPro:/X-Plane 10/Custom Scenery> ls -lsa | wc -l     213chrisk@MacPro:/X-Plane 10/Custom Scenery> du -h -d0     20G 

Edited December 18, 2012 by chris k

[sichars1968]

Same as Steve and Chris for me also, ICAO alphabetical.

[woweezowee]

my country code // airport code // Name

 

(and deleting the scenery.ini)

(and having in sight what to load first. so an US airport that has to load last would have USx instead of US as the first letters. Most important first loaders get an underscore in front)

 

like

 

 

0 Custom Scenery/00A_WAC_Library_v235/

1 Custom Scenery/_Howdys KSEA Boeing Country 10/

2 Custom Scenery/_US KPAE Paine_Field_110/

3 Custom Scenery/_WAC AR2_Crawford_Bay_160/

 

1873 Custom Scenery/US SVCSXUSA KONL, KMWC, CYXU/

1874 Custom Scenery/US T82/

1875 Custom Scenery/US W07 Leon Airfield/

1876 Custom Scenery/US W91 Smith Mountain Lake/

1877 Custom Scenery/US W95 Ocracoke_NC/

1878 Custom Scenery/US WA93 Eliza/

1879 Custom Scenery/US Woods Hole/

1880 Custom Scenery/US WSSH White Sands Space Harbor/

1881 Custom Scenery/US X44 MiamiSeaplaneBase/

1882 Custom Scenery/USx Alaska Pack Scenery Conversion MSFS/

1883 Custom Scenery/USx Craven Point/

1884 Custom Scenery/USx Diverse WesternOregon/

1885 Custom Scenery/USx Elllis Airport/

1886 Custom Scenery/USx Hoover Dam & Grand Canyon/

1887 Custom Scenery/USx KCLT KGSP KCAE KRDU Carolinas/

 

and last loaders

 

2001 Custom Scenery/X Treelines_Farms_Europe/

2002 Custom Scenery/X Treelines_Farms_USA/

2003 Custom Scenery/X WA72 RC TRACK 18.09 PACKAGE/

2004 Custom Scenery/X water towers vol 1/

2005 Custom Scenery/XAirportScenery/

2006 Custom Scenery/XS_Library/

2007 Custom Scenery/Z 41_12_ponza-terrain/

2008 Custom Scenery/Z 43_10_Elba-terrain/

2009 Custom Scenery/Z 43_11_Grosseto-terrain/

2010 Custom Scenery/Z 43_15_Tremiti-terrain/

2036 Custom Scenery/zzz_hd_global_scenery/

2037 Custom Scenery/zzz_new_zealand/

2038 Custom Scenery/zzz_new_zealand_overlay/

Edited December 18, 2012 by woweezowee

[greggerm]

Organized by ICAO Code - It ends up organized by continent/country/region anyways.

 

Well, I've got a few airports that I'm working with which go outside the realm of proper ICAO coding... 6B9, 4B8, etc. etc...

 

I've decided on (TYPE) (COUNTRY) (STATE/REGION) (CITY/TOWN) - ICAO - Airport Name

 

APT US RI Warwick - KPVD - T. F. Green State

APT US CT Windsor Locks - KBDL - Bradley International

APT US MA Mansfield - 1B9 - Mansfield Muni

 

If I ever get non-airport scenery in the folder, I'll need to come up with a new "type", but the country/state/city code does well to keep things generally organized above and beyond just simple ICAO codes.

 

Thanks for the input - it certainly does sound like it is a case of "whatever works best for you".

 

-Greg

[Baron]

In addition, I use color code.
Red = hot, for instance, do not redistribute : airports of mine I have altered from the published version with elements I don't have permission for. 

[larjeet]

 

Same as steve, with the addition of scenery enhacements, which I force the load order alphabetically (instead of using scenery.ini)

 

CYVR Vancouver

KSFO San Francisco

NZCH Christchurch

YPAD Adelaide

YSSY Sydney

zzz_NewZealand_Pro_overlay

zzz_NewZealand_Pro_underlay

 

Organized by ICAO Code - It ends up organized by continent/country/region anyways.

 

Although there's slways some guy who names his stuff "Eureka", since we all know that the Eureka Tower is in Melbourne/some city he lives in; which nobody else but the author knows.

 

- CK.

 

And for those unix geeks out there:

chrisk@MacPro:/X-Plane 10/Custom Scenery> ls -lsa | wc -l     213chrisk@MacPro:/X-Plane 10/Custom Scenery> du -h -d0     20G 

 

Ok Chris I spotted CYVR in your custom scenery folder are you holding out on us :)

[chris k]

Nope. Used as an example.

 

I bought Inside Passage/Rockies/Final Frontier for v9, and re-bought for  XP10.

 

- CK.

[larjeet]

OK I have inside passage and Rockies also . But I was hoping that you had done your magic to yvr

[chris k]

Nope - Only have so much time for so many projects. CYYZ is the one I'm doing now... (in between taking a break doing some small other ones)

[Teddit]

Nope - Only have so much time for so many projects. CYYZ is the one I'm doing now... (in between taking a break doing some small other ones)

 

Hi Guys,

 

Had to chime in.

By small he means: extra small finite detail on YMML.............Right?  I am right?..................Right!?

 

I'll go now. 

 

PS. Loving CYTZ.  Awesome short night flights in Toronto.

 

 

Teddit 

[chris k]

Hehehhee....

 

Stay Tuned. We and the crew have a few surprises coming down the pipe. (not YMML, YET.... But we have the Orthos now for them)

 

1.6Gb VRAM now in use between CYYZ and CYTZ at "extreme". Yep - this one will be under 2Gb VRAM if you want to "go nuts" with the resolution with both orthophoto packages installed.

 

- Ck.

Edited December 27, 2012 by chris k