Installing UT for FS9/FS2004 on Windows 7 or 10

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Installing Ultimate Terrain for FS9/FS2004 on Vista/Windows 7/Windows 10

The Ultimate Terrain series of products for FS9/FS2004 were developed when Windows XP was the current OS. Since then there have been the releases of Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 10. While these operating systems have many facilities to allow installers and code written in older OSes to still run, we have had some reports where installing the FS9/FS2004 series of Ultimate Terrain products did not work as expected.

As Windows 7/10 utilises UAC (user access control) just like Vista, and if you are 
installing FS9 to the default Program Files location, then you must run 
the UT installation by right-clicking on it and selecting run as 
administrator. If you do not, it may have issues writing files under 
Program Files.

Make sure that you are restarting your PC 
between installations of the various products or whenever you run FS9 
and then install an add-on. FS9 is notorious for holding open files even
 after you think you have quit it. This prevents other add-ons from 
correctly making changes.

All Ultimate Terrain products must be installed under the main FS9 folder (where the FS9.exe resides). This is the location supplied as default by the Ultimate Terrain installers.

The most common issue seen when installing the FS9/FS2004 series of Ultimate Terrain products is that while all the scenery folders and files get written under the main FS9 folder structure, the required entries are not written into the FS9 Scenery Library.

Ultimate Terrain Canada/Alaska

After you have installed UT Canada/Alaska, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain 
products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during 
the installation, UT Canada/Alaska was unable to add
 the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of 
security or it could not find it). 

You need to check that the 
actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under 
FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located).

If the actual UT scenery folders and 
files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library.

Here
 are the steps:

1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library 
(Settings->Scenery Library from the 
main FS9 screen).

2) Use 
the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the 
directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again 
that I 
use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is).

FS9->Scenery->UTCanada
Ultimate

 Terrain - Canada/Alaska

FS9->Scenery->UTUSA

Ultimate Terrain - USA

3) Use the move up/down 
buttons to order the 
entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom

Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska
Ultimate Terrain - USA

4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to 
prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration 
Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you 
want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration 
Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator".

5)

 Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things 
looks better.

Ultimate Terrain USA

After you have installed UT USA, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain 
products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during 
the installation, UT USA was unable to add
 the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of 
security or it could not find it). 

You need to check that the 
actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under 
FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located).

If the actual UT scenery folders and 
files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library.

Here
 are the steps:

1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library 
(Settings->Scenery Library from the 
main FS9 screen).

2) Use 
the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the 
directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again 
that I 
use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is).

FS9->Scenery->UTUSA

Ultimate Terrain - USA

FS9->Scenery->UTCanada

Ultimate

 Terrain - Canada/Alaska

3) Use the move up/down 
buttons to order the 
entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom

Ultimate Terrain - USA

Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska

4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to 
prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration 
Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you 
want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration 
Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator".

5)

 Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things 
looks better.

Ultimate Terrain Europe

After you have installed UT 
Europe, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain 
products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during 
the installation, UT Europe was unable to add
 the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of 
security or it could not find it). 

You need to check that the 
actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under 
FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located).

If the actual UT scenery folders and 
files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library.

Here
 are the steps:

1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library 
(Settings->Scenery Library from the main FS9 screen).

2) Use 
the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the 
directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again that I 
use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is).

FS9->Scenery->UTEur1
Ultimate
 Terrain - Europe 1

FS9->Scenery->UTEur2

Ultimate Terrain - Europe 2

FS9->Scenery->UTEur3

Ultimate Terrain - Europe 3

FS9->Scenery->UTEur4

Ultimate Terrain - Europe 4

FS9->Scenery->UTEur5

Ultimate Terrain - Europe 5

FS9->Scenery->UTEur6

Ultimate Terrain - Europe 6

FS9->Scenery->UTEurLT

Ultimate Terrain - Europe Lights

FS9->Scenery->UTEurLC

Ultimate Terrain - Ind/Comm Landclass

3) Use the move up/down buttons to order the 
entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom

Ultimate Terrain -
 Ind/Comm Landclass
Ultimate Terrain - Europe Lights
Ultimate 
Terrain - Europe 6
Ultimate Terrain - Europe 5
Ultimate Terrain - 
Europe 4
Ultimate Terrain - Europe 3
Ultimate Terrain - Europe 2
Ultimate
 Terrain - Europe 1

4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to 
prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration 
Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you 
want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration 
Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator".

5)
 Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things 
looks better.

Jeff

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	Installing Ultimate Terrain for FS9/FS2004 on Vista/Windows 7/Windows 10 The Ultimate Terrain series of products for FS9/FS2004 were developed when Windows XP was the current OS. Since then there have been the releases of Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 10. While these operating systems have many facilities to allow installers and code written in older OSes to still run, we have had some reports where installing the FS9/FS2004 series of Ultimate Terrain products did not work as expected. As Windows 7/10 utilises UAC (user access control) just like Vista, and if you are installing FS9 to the default Program Files location, then you must run the UT installation by right-clicking on it and selecting run as administrator. If you do not, it may have issues writing files under Program Files. Make sure that you are restarting your PC between installations of the various products or whenever you run FS9 and then install an add-on. FS9 is notorious for holding open files even after you think you have quit it. This prevents other add-ons from correctly making changes. All Ultimate Terrain products must be installed under the main FS9 folder (where the FS9.exe resides). This is the location supplied as default by the Ultimate Terrain installers. The most common issue seen when installing the FS9/FS2004 series of Ultimate Terrain products is that while all the scenery folders and files get written under the main FS9 folder structure, the required entries are not written into the FS9 Scenery Library. Ultimate Terrain Canada/Alaska After you have installed UT Canada/Alaska, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during the installation, UT Canada/Alaska was unable to add the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of security or it could not find it). You need to check that the actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located). If the actual UT scenery folders and files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library. Here are the steps: 1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library (Settings->Scenery Library from the main FS9 screen). 2) Use the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again that I use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is). FS9->Scenery->UTCanada Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska FS9->Scenery->UTUSA Ultimate Terrain - USA 3) Use the move up/down buttons to order the entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska Ultimate Terrain - USA 4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator". 5) Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things looks better. Ultimate Terrain USA After you have installed UT USA, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during the installation, UT USA was unable to add the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of security or it could not find it). You need to check that the actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located). If the actual UT scenery folders and files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library. Here are the steps: 1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library (Settings->Scenery Library from the main FS9 screen). 2) Use the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again that I use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is). FS9->Scenery->UTUSA Ultimate Terrain - USA FS9->Scenery->UTCanada Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska 3) Use the move up/down buttons to order the entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom Ultimate Terrain - USA Ultimate Terrain - Canada/Alaska 4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator". 5) Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things looks better. Ultimate Terrain Europe After you have installed UT Europe, make sure that the appropriate entries for the Ultimate Terrain products appear in the FS9 Scenery Library. If they do not then during the installation, UT Europe was unable to add the required entries into the FS9 scenery.cfg file (either because of security or it could not find it). You need to check that the actual UT scenery folders and files are. You should find them under FS9->Scenery (where FS9 means the main folder when the FS9.exe is located). If the actual UT scenery folders and files are there, then you can look to simply add them manually to your FS9 Scenery Library. Here are the steps: 1) Start FS9 and open the Scenery Library (Settings->Scenery Library from the main FS9 screen). 2) Use the Add button to add the following. In each case I provide the directory you need to point to and the scenery area title (note again that I use FS9 to refer to the top level FS9 folder where the FS9.exe is). FS9->Scenery->UTEur1 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 1 FS9->Scenery->UTEur2 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 2 FS9->Scenery->UTEur3 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 3 FS9->Scenery->UTEur4 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 4 FS9->Scenery->UTEur5 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 5 FS9->Scenery->UTEur6 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 6 FS9->Scenery->UTEurLT Ultimate Terrain - Europe Lights FS9->Scenery->UTEurLC Ultimate Terrain - Ind/Comm Landclass 3) Use the move up/down buttons to order the entries you just entered so that they read from top to bottom Ultimate Terrain - Ind/Comm Landclass Ultimate Terrain - Europe Lights Ultimate Terrain - Europe 6 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 5 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 4 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 3 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 2 Ultimate Terrain - Europe 1 4) Shutdown FS9 and restart your PC (to prevent FS9 from locking any files). Run the UT Setup and Configuration Tool for each of the UT products you have and enable the features you want. Make sure that you start the various UT Setup and Configuration Tools by right-clicking on them and selecting "Run as administrator". 5) Once you have done the UT configuration, restart FS9 and see if things looks better. Jeff
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