Thomas Love 1038516 Posted January 13, 2009 at 09:08 AM Posted January 13, 2009 at 09:08 AM I have been having trouble being able to see other aircraft as they should look. Firstly, they taxi about 10 meters above the ground. And secondly, all of the aircraft are the same (e.g all Cessna 172's) Please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Blackburn Posted January 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM Posted January 13, 2009 at 11:52 AM Lets fix #2 first - it hopefully will also fix #1. Since you see all aircraft the same (as you) your SB install has become corrupt. Has it always been like this or perhaps you have been manually editing some of its files. The easiest thing to do is reinstall, taking care to ensure you make the right selection (this computer will run both fs and squawkbox if you are installing on your FS machine). Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Love 1038516 Posted January 13, 2009 at 10:21 PM Author Posted January 13, 2009 at 10:21 PM Thanks for the help. i have only used XSquawkbox twice so i would still cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts]ify myself as a newbie. i will try reinstalling it! TOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Love 1038516 Posted January 14, 2009 at 08:14 AM Author Posted January 14, 2009 at 08:14 AM I have reinstalled XSB and it is still the same. i am still seeing Piper Malibu's taxiing 10 meters above the taxiway. i know something is wrong because i here things like QANTAS 747's taxiing on the radio. Does anyone else have a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Blackburn Posted January 14, 2009 at 09:32 AM Posted January 14, 2009 at 09:32 AM Moved from Squawkbox Forum. Thomas, Given that you are not using Squawkbox (for MSFS) the advice I had given probably no longer applies. I'm not that big on XSB, using it only as an end user. Hopefully one of the members here will be in a better position to answer you. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Love 1038516 Posted January 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM Author Posted January 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM Thanks I wad told by a friend who flew from the same airport as me, that from his computer i looked like a paper plane. This does not sound right either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Blackburn Posted January 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM Posted January 14, 2009 at 10:30 AM Your friend's MSFS Squawkbox wasn't able to depict what you were telling the network. Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Laws 1023369 Posted January 14, 2009 at 01:35 PM Posted January 14, 2009 at 01:35 PM The floating thing has to do with the difference of terrain levels in MSFS and X-Plane, which is currently (as I understand) being looked into by Ben. I see the same thing.And only malibu's? I see the right aircraft, just the wrong livery. I'm not sure how to fix that, but you can increase the diverse number of aircraft by a lot if you go to the x-plane org site and download new CSL. I'd also be happy to try it out with you also this weekend. It's a free account and free to download. I hope this helps!! Without dreams, life ceases to entertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Williams 877539 Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:21 PM Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:21 PM 1. Make sure you have "runways follow terrain" turned OFF when flying online. 2. As mentioned, if you don't have a CSL for the airplane installed, XSB will pick one of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Laws 1023369 Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:29 PM Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:29 PM I didn't even think to turn off runways follow terrain. I heard that it helps, but I could never find it. What menu is it in? Without dreams, life ceases to entertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Smith Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:36 PM Posted January 14, 2009 at 04:36 PM Settings->Rendering Options, middle of the screen, towards the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Laws 1023369 Posted January 14, 2009 at 07:49 PM Posted January 14, 2009 at 07:49 PM OKay, thanks! Without dreams, life ceases to entertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Love 1038516 Posted January 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM Author Posted January 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM Thanks for all of the help. i did some research last night, reading through forums, and there seems to be a lot of talk about a CSL file. i managed to find this file inside the SB folder, which is in the plugins folder of my main x-plane folder. is it in the right place? Do i need to activate something so i can see other planes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Laws 1023369 Posted January 15, 2009 at 01:02 PM Posted January 15, 2009 at 01:02 PM When I download xsb, I open the folder, xsb_mac_vatsim_102r1. There were two folders: "DOCS" and "for plugins folder". Open "for plugins folder" and put the XSquawkbox Resources folder and XSquawkbox_VATSIM.xpl in the plugins folder (X-Plane folder->Resources->Plugins) Whenever you want to add new CSL, there is a folder called "CSL" in the "XSquawkbox Resources" folder where you put the new downloaded CSL in. Without dreams, life ceases to entertain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Schmidt 1113037 Posted June 14, 2009 at 08:39 PM Posted June 14, 2009 at 08:39 PM Hello, i have the same problem: The aircrafts are 10 feet above the taxiway. But i cant find the option "runways follow terrain". here a screen: http://s7b.directupload.net/file/d/1825/q5q2jvza_jpg.htm (if it helps something, i have X-Plane version 8.64) please help me! Thanks. And sorry for my bad english. I am German. greets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charan Kumar Posted June 16, 2009 at 10:45 PM Posted June 16, 2009 at 10:45 PM I haven't used 8.64 but I am going to guess it is the "Allow Sloped Runways". Uncheck that box. When is your next Flight||VATSIM HitSquad Member, ZOA/ZAK/GANDER/P1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Smith Posted August 17, 2009 at 01:54 PM Posted August 17, 2009 at 01:54 PM i know something is wrong because i here things like QANTAS 747's taxiing on the radio. Nothing is wrong, you still have the ATC radio chatter switched on. Go to the sounds section and uncheck that option, then they'll go away. Those are just a series of wav files which are played at random for ambience. Also, the reason your friend is seeing YOU as a paper airplane is because you're not specifying a valid ICAO aircraft code properly when you connect to the network. This has nothing to do with the CSL library on your computer. That CSL lib is used by YOUR computer to display OTHER aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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