The latest version of the installer is always available from the OpenSceneryX home page and the release notes for the latest version of the library are available here. We answer some of your Frequently Asked Questions here.
We are not running any public beta testing at the moment. Any future betas will be announced and linked from here.
If you’re having trouble installing or using the library on any machine, we also have a series of instruction videos available on YouTube:
If you are still having trouble, please post your issues here and we’ll do our best to answer them. If you prefer a private discussion, please use the contact form.
Mac Requirements
The Mac installer is a 64-bit application that runs on the following operating systems:
- macOS Mojave 10.14.x
- macOS High Sierra 10.13.x
- macOS Sierra 10.12.x
- OS X El Capitan 10.11.x
- OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
Windows Requirements
The Windows installer is a 64-bit application that runs on the following operating systems:
- Windows 10
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 7 SP1 – Note that although it works for some and fails for others on this OS, I no longer have any way of testing it so you’re mostly on your own. However, check out the FAQs section for some things to try if it’s not working on your Win 7 system.
Linux Requirements
The Linux installer is supplied as 32-bit and 64-bit versions that run on the following operating systems:
- Linux Mint 16 or later
- CentOS 7.0 or later
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or later
- Debian 6.0 or later
- OpenSUSE 11.3 or later
- Fedora 13 Desktop or later
If not provided by your distro, you will need to install the following additional packages:
- GTK+ 3 (3.4.1 minimum)
- glib 2.0
- glibc-2.11 (32-bit)
- glibc-2.14 (64-bit)
- libsoup 2.4
- libstdc++.so.6.0.13
- libunwind8
I have uninstalled OpenSceneryX by deleting the folder, but WED is still referring in the Forest object to the OpenSceneryX library. Should I change/delete more stuff?
Your support is much appreciated!
WED itself doesn’t refer to OpenSceneryX objects, but scenery packages you open in WED may do. So you’ll need to find out which scenery packages are using OpenSceneryX and move those out of your X-Plane folder.
Hello,
I try to install OpenSceneryX in a Windows 10 (64 bit) environment via the installer (version 2.1.0b3) . The program guides me through the set up but when it asks me to select the path to x-plane 11’s custom scenery folder it does not recognize it finally. Can you help me, please?
best regards
Jan
Hi Jan, apologies for the delay in responding. When selecting the path, you should select the top-level X-Plane folder, not the Custom Scenery folder.
Hallo , wieder ein kleines Problem ! X life installiert , dann kommt die Meldung : Abort !! OpenScenery X Library Not found at Customer Scenery folder. Please Download and Install it from http://www.opensceneryx.com ! Wie mache ich das auf dem Mac ?
Hello, just follow the instructions on the OpenSceneryX home page:
To anyone who fail to initiate the installer on Windows 7, I was able to install the package with “Run as administrator” option, hope this will help our fellow XPlane fans!
Thank you aussi, although I haven’t tried the sceneries which use your asset yet, I appreciate the effort you put into this.
Thank you very much for posting your findings – I’ll pass this on if others have problems with Win 7.
Hi guys,
Notice that in a strange manner, on 7-Zip (https://www.7-zip.org/) the decompression of the Windows Zip does not generate the binary installation file. The default Windows 10 Zip extractor works fine. FYI.
Thanks for the heads-up Yaniv. I hadn’t heard this before, but will add it to the FAQs section in case others encounter it.
The latest installer gives a 404 error when trying to download a forest file and won’t progress beyond that file – I haven’t been able to catch which one. Unfortunately, since the installer deletes the old files before it downloads the new ones, OpenSceneryX is now broken on my installation. It causes X-Plane to crash so I have had to disable it. Is there a log file somewhere to look at?
The file that it errored on should be displayed on screen when it happens. Please re-run the installer to get to the error again, let me know the name of the file.
All I can see of the filename is “/Forests/Trees/usa/southwest_plateau_and_plains/woodywetland/forest.for…”
I don’t know if that is the full filename.
I’ll contact you by email to discuss further.
Trying to get the latest version OpenSceneryx. Downloaded new installer and it indicates files installed but no file to be found in my custom scenery (or anywhere else). The installer shows up fine wherever I place it – now in the custom scenery file. I’ve watched installation videos and checked forum comments and seem to have done everything correctly but the file just does not show up. Is there a link to manually download the file? (Found an old one but page won’t open). Using Windows10 and latest xp11. Any suggestions appreciated.
What happens when you run the installer? Does it get right to the end and report that the installation was successful, showing a large green “tick”?
Hello, I’ve tried to download the opensceneryx but when i’m in the install page it says “the parameter is incorrect”
thanks for the help
Sorry you’re getting problems. Which language are you running the installer in?
hebrew
Ok, I’ve tracked this one down and it will be fixed for the next version of the installer.
When is the next version?
The next version is tied up with the 4.2.0 library release. Hoping to get both out within the next couple of weeks.
dude when you fix it i actually can’t use all the 3rd party sceneries because of this bug
Sorry, I have very little spare time at the moment and this is a voluntary project I do at evenings and weekends. As I said, I will try to get a new release out soon.
You can still run X-Plane without OpenSceneryX, you’ll just find that some scenery content is missing.
If you also want to avoid the error messages that X-Plane displays, you can install the Backup Library: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/25033-backup-scenery-library/
This issue is now fixed, download the latest installer from the site homepage.
Hello, I downloaded Openscenery and installed it properly, and received no errors during the install. I can see the file under custom scenery.
My issue is: I can only see the textures for a custom airport, and not on any other airports? How do I enable the textures for all airports and not just the single custom airport?
Thank you!
Hi, I’m not too sure what you mean by textures. What specifically are you seeing and what are you expecting to see?
Oops! I’m sorry! I just realized it wasn’t you guys I was missing textures from!
Lol, I was missing some ground textures (taxiways/runways etc). Thank you, sorry again!
No problem!
Hello team
mt 2.6.0 installer crashes at the very initrial step when I run the installer.exe file (even as administrator).
Any suggestions?
OS. Windows10
xPlane version: 11.35
Thanks in advance for help.
D.
This has been reported by users a couple of times, but usually it somehow manages to fix itself before it can be investigated further. Have you tried re-running it since the initial failure?
Also, can you clarify whether the installer launches and shows its window, or fails to launch at all? If it launches, at which step does it crash and does it show any error messages?
Hi,
magic happens !
After several attempts over the past 3 days, eventually today the installer started and it’s now running properly, without any change.
Thanks for reply, anyway.
D.
Strange, that’s another case of the problem mysteriously fixing itself – you’re the third or fourth person to report this on Win 10 but I’ve never seen it myself in testing.
Glad it’s working for you now!