Manual installation The Netherlands 2000 version 2.9

 

If for any reason, the automatic setup tool of The Netherlands 2000 scenery, V2.9 doesn’t

work on your computer, you can install the scenery manually by following next instructions

carefully. With the help of these instructions, The Netherlands 2000 scenery, version 2.9

should be installable without problems on PC’s with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or 2004.

 

Step 1: pre installation preparation

  • First make sure that you have the correct installation file.

Nl2000_installer.exe ~253 MB The Netherlands 2000 scenery, version 2.9

  • This file is downloadable from:

-          www.flightsim.com

-          www.avsim.com

-          www.fsplanet.com

These files are available too on the cover-cd of PC-Zone Benelux, May 2004 issue.

  • Double check that you do have the original files by verifying the size of the files after

downloading.

Note: the size of the downloaded files can deviate from those on the websites.

  • After all, you have to have at least 500 MB of free hard disk space available. Sorry, we

did our best, but a smaller The Netherlands 2000 version, version 2.9 was not doable!

 

Step 2: Software requirements

You need to have minimally this software:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 or

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004

- WinZip 7.0 or higher

 

Step 3: Locate your Flight Simulator files

  • Flight Simulator 2002 (or 2004) needs to be installed on the hard of your PC. From here

on the location of your Flight Simulator will be called “Flightsim directory”

  • The easiest way to find the Flight Simulator directory is using the search function in

Windows. Find a file called “scenery.cfg” on your system. This file is located in the

Flightsim directory.

  • Write down the path to this file, example C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight

Simulator 9

 

Step 4: Installation of The Netherlands 2000 scenery.

Preparing the NL2000 directory

  • Use Windows Explorer and go to the Flight Simulator directory.
  • Within this folder you go to the sub folder “Addon scenery”
  • Make a new folder within “Addon Scenery” called NL2000v29.

Installation of The Netherlands 2000 scenery, version 2.9

  • Move nl2000_installer.exe into a temp directory
  • Start WinZip and open nl2000_installer.exe
  • Extract all files into the temp directory
  • Remove nl2000_installer.exe, you don’t need it anymore
  • In the temp directory open the file nl2000_cab1.zip in WinZip
  • Extract all the files into the NL2000v29 directory. Make sure you activate “use folder

names” in the extract window of WinZip

  • A few directory’s are created in the NL2000v29 directory (“scenery”, “texture”, “manual”,

and other)

  • Remove nl2000_cab1.zip, you don’t need it anymore
  • In the temp directory open the file nl2000_cab2.zip in WinZip
  • Extract all the files into the FlightSim directory. Again make sure you activate “use folder

names” and “overwrite existing files” in the extract window of WinZip.

  • Remove nl2000_cab2.zip, you don’t need it anymore

Inform Flight Simulator about The Netherlands 2000 scenery.

  • Start Flight Simulator
  • Within the Flight Simulator menu, look for the option “scenery library”
  • Use the Microsoft Flight Simulator documentation to add The Netherlands 2000 scenery,

version 2.9. Make sure The Netherlands 2000 scenery, version 2.9 is on top of the list

(has the lowest sequence number)

  • Don’t go flying yet! More settings will have to be changed to prevent you sinking deep into

the underground!

Additional steps for Fs2004

  • FS2004 doesn’t change the scenery.cfg file straight away
  • Start Fs2004 and close it again

Elevation adjustment for The Netherlands 2000 scenery.

  • Open Notepad from the Windows start menu

Open the file “scenery.cfg” located in the Flightsim directory

  • Scroll to the end of the file, you should find the entry of The Netherlands 2000 scenery

you just made within Flight Simulator

  • Apply the following changes to this file:

[Area.084]

Title=The Netherlands 2000 V29

Local= C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Addon

Scenery\nl2000_V2_9

Active=TRUE

Layer=84

Flatten.0=0,N53 44,E03 13,N53 44,E07 28,N51 20,E07 28,N51 20,E03 13

Flatten.1=114,N51 20,E05 30,N51 20,E06 10,N51 03,E06 10,N51 03,E05 30

Flatten.2=375,N51 03,E05 30,N51 03,E06 10,N50 40,E06 10,N50 40,E05 30

Note: Here is assumed, that C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\ is

your Flightsim directory.

  • Save this file with the same name and close Notepad
  • Within the NL2000v29 folder, you will find a sub folder called Feature Panel. Within this

folder find the application called Featurepanel.exe. Create a shortcut of this application on

the desktop. You will need it for The Netherlands 2000 scenery, version 2.9 settings.

  • Open the Featurepanel_nl2000.ini file with notepad and correct these settings:

nl2000v29path=C:\FS2004\Addon Scenery\nl2000_V2_9

FS2002_path=C:\FS2002

FS2004_path=C:\FS2004

You have to put the correct path’s into these parameters

  • Locate the subdirectory “ondergrond” within the Featurepanel directory.
  • Open  Scasm_FP.zip with Winzip
  • Extract all files from this archive into the NL2000_V2_9\scenery directory, be sure that subdirectories within the zip archive are ignored.