Please use the instruction as given in the oahu webpage. The installation path is:
“C:\Users\InsertYourUserName\Documents\Aerofly FS 2\addons\scenery”
It also will install the ortho files
Oahu Island Scenery is being uploaded - it's big
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Redliner
All add ons for AFS2 should be placed in the Documents folder, take a look at the folder structure at the downloads page:
https://flight-sim.org/filebase/index…n-islands-oahu/You used the hawaiian_islands_oahu_v1 folder you got after extraction of file, it should be the US_hi_oahu folder inside of that.
Back to exploring from those 25+ extra helipads for Hawaii, so far everything is looking beautiful!!!
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i see where i went wrong. my apologies and thanks for the assist.
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whoaaaa! i took off from a CARRIER!
you guys are wizards!! this is amazing. thank youuuu!!!
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Thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing it with us!
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Redliner
All add ons for AFS2 should be placed in the Documents folder, take a look at the folder structure at the downloads page:
https://flight-sim.org/filebase/index.php?entry/1094-hawaiian-islands-oahu/...In this case, is the addon going automatically to OneDrive as well?
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The addon has no reason to go to OneDrive unless you specifically have this setup on your PC.
If it helps any, I have made a quick video example of how to install.
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I have only read the instructions on the download page, not downloaded yet. One (or two) questions: Do I have to launch the bat files each time I want to fly there, or only once in the beginning to set things up? What if I want/need to use several bat files (e.g. slow pc, no animations)? Is there a specific order if I need to launch more than one file? Ok, that makes three questions now...
Sorry if this is explained in a PDF that comes with the download.
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1. The settings keep the same, even after restart of the game.
2. First select the scenario 0-6, then you can add additional restrictions (i.e. no animation)
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trying out what looks best for your given hardware is the best approach here.
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To all Hawaii explorers:
There are a lot of fine details in this scenery. Show us the screenshots of your findings!!!
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I can`t select PHNL / Honolulu Airport in the navigation menu. Other airports there work fine...
Edit: Made it work by editing the phnl1.tsc in the places/airports/phnl_runways folder and removing the "1" in the ICAO line.
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One word: beautiful!! Thanks team.
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Thank you madpad for reporting. Please also edit phnl_long.txt and phnl_short.txt accordingly, so your change survives the next performance switching-
However I have to add, that PHNL works fine on all team-member's PCs.
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OK, my "grandma`s" non-gaming device has definitly reached it`s limits here
It looks gorgeous, and on my device I can enjoy almost every single image (i.e. frame). 
No offense, since my device was not really inteded to be a gaming machine.One question though: How do the batch files interact with the in-game quality settings like terrain mesh and image quality, buildings and the like? I`v set everything to low, and it still looks pretty good, I must say....
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How do the batch files interact with the in-game quality settings like terrain mesh and image quality
The batchfiles don't change any ingame settings for graphics quality.
They can be influenced in addition manually.
However this only should be necessary, if the performance setting 0_vr is still too slow for your PC.
Yes, it is true - Oahu is stretching the possibilities of AFS2 to the maximum.
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My kindergarten device is really aching. Will try 0_VR if that`s even lower than slow.
I have the impression that the drawing distance of objects is quite high, so A LOT of objects end up loaded. On the other hand, there ARE LOTS of objects
Edit: I`m in VR now, no animations, no static cars, in-game quality settings to low. Although Oahu still looks good, when looking around the aircraft into a direction with a lot of cultivation in the distance, frame rate drops quite dramatically. So, I wonder if there`s an option to reduce drawing distance of cultivation?
Edit 2: Unfortunately, Oahu is a no-fly zone for my Asus Zenbook. Even in VR and with all in-game settings to low, the object densitity gets to high after some flying. Frame rate goes all over the place from almost 100 (looking at the ocean) to 14 (looking at Honolulu in the distance). So, circling the island is no fun after some minutes. I`m sure that`s not an issue with your more powerful devices, but system requirements seem to be significantly higher compared to the standard program.
I`m back if there is an option to further reduce objects density, hoping that this helps. I would even accept some popping up. Until then, I stay in the flats
Still, Ohau is an amazing scenery (even from what I saw). Hats off to all involved!
Patrick
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I`m back if there is an option to further reduce objects density, hoping that this helps. I would even accept some popping up.
This would be your best bet to increase performance drastically while still enjoying the basics of the scenery.
Use 'double underscore' before these red highlighted folders.
Retained will be the images, trees, airports, autogen.
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Well, that sounds promising, thanx big time! A first attempt delivered encouraging results. May have to set buildings to low still, but there are more than enough left.
I would assume the devs would call that "Perlen vor die Säue werfen", but at least I can fly there now
I guess I can tinker around a bit by "switching" folders on and off and see what happens and dis-/appears? Would it be possible to relocate some subfolders from the special_folders, e.g. the carrier group, to have these (objects on the ocean might not be an issue)?
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I guess I can tinker around a bit by "switching" folders on and off and see what happens and dis-/appears? Would it be possible to relocate some subfolders from the special_folders, e.g. the carrier group, to have these (objects on the ocean might not be an issue)?
Absolutely! If you are going to tinker around and move folders, make sure you have a backup just in case.
However by manipulating and moving folders, this now makes the batch files irrelevant. But if you have a very slow pc, then do what you have to do to make it work.
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That was a bit early to celebrate. Even with the folders "turned off" as indicated above, every time I turn "into the island", FPS drop down to 15 or something. Taking off from PHNL 08R and circling the island anti-clockwise. Turning left on the eastern edge makes frames drop big time.
Thanks for your efforts, though! May have to stay away from Honolulu, what a shame.
