Installing scenery is easy to do.

Start by opening Windows Explorer. Under your root folder, create a new folder. You can call it whatever you wish, but I'm going to use the example of c:\fsscenery.

After that, you need to create a subfolder for each area you want to install, and in that subfolder, you must create another subfolder called scenery.

A few things to note:

• You don't have to do it this way. You could choose to put all files right in to your FS scenery folder in the program. But by creating a separate folder, if you ever have to re-install FlightSim, you don't have to re-install your scenery.
• While you can call the folder whatever you wish, the subfolder must be called "scenery." If you call it anything else, it will not work.
• Many sceneries contain textures that work with that scenery only. You have two choices. You can place them all in the main FS-2004 folder, but you're better off creating another folder under your new scenery called texture, not textures. Place your textures in this folder. They will only be available to this area, but if you decide to delete the area, you don't have to go looking for the textures

Start FSX

In previous versions you could access the scenery library through the menus but in FS-2004 this ability was removed and you could only access it through the start screen. With FSX, the ability to access the Scenery Library from within the program has been restored. Best of all, you don't have to restart the program for changes to take effect. Click on the World menu, and then Scenery Library.

The main Scenery Library screen will come up. This screen has changed little since FS-98, so if you've used previous versions of Flight Simulator, you may already be familiar with it.

Find your way to to the correct folder, and highlight it. Do not double click it, you don't want to open the folder. After it's highlighted, give the area a name.

Click the add button, and browse to the directory that you created earlier containing your scenery files.

It's best to choose Use This Scenery Directly. Click OK to return to the previous screen, and then OK again. FSX will reload the scenery, which may take a few minutes, and your changes wil now be available.

If You're Still Having Trouble

Hopefully, this has cleared everything up. But if you have questions that haven't been answered, E-Mail flightsim.andyjohnston.net and you'll be contacted as soon as possible.