IMPORTANT: If you are using an older version of the SAM Library (downloaded before May 28, 2018) you will need to update to SAM v1.10 or later (linked below) due to a change in the file format in order for this scenery to work.

Louisville airport is a large public airport located in Louisville in northern Kentucky. It is the largest airport in the state of Kentucky, the third largest cargo airport in the US, and the seventh largest cargo airport in the world. The airport features UPS Worldport and serves as their main hub for worldwide operations. There is a passenger terminal on the north side of the field with 2 concourses, each holding 12 gates. The airport is also host to the Kentucky Air National Guard and has maintenance hangars for both Republic Airways and Compass Airways. In addition there are several GA hangars as well as a FBO operated by Atlantic Aviation.

This airport has several xplane 11 exclusive features and as such it cannot be assured it will work with older versions. It has been developed for, and tested with, xplane 11 only. This scenery also features AI routes for use with WT3 and other programs. For installation instructions and troubleshooting tips read the sections below. If you have tried that and checked the forum to see if anyone else has your issue and you still cant get it to work, send me a PM detailing your issue and include your log.txt and we will be happy to help.

Features:

* Custom taxiways and runways

* Orthophotos

* 3D grass

* Custom buildings

* SAM Jetways, marshallers, and docking systems

* WT3 and AI traffic compatibility

* Accurate to the real airport

* Ongoing development and updates

Required Libraries:

MisterX Library v1.6+

RA Library v1.1+

PP Library v1.2+

SAM Library v1.10+

Installation instructions:

Click the 'Download this file' button on the top right corner of this page, you will be brought to a GitHub page

Find the version you want to download (the first one listed is the most recent one, download that unless you have a specific reason not to)

Click the 'Source code' link listed under the version you want to download. Both the .zip and .tar.gz are the same version of the airport, it is just a different type of file compression used, .zip is fine 99% of the time.

Once you have the file download unzip it and move the folder to your "x-plane 11/Custom Scenery/" folder.

That is it! If you had xplane running when you installed it you'll have to restart it for it to load. If you are not able to get it to load in the sim once you have it installed then check the section below for troubleshooting tips.

X-plane won't load the scenery properly?

There are a variety of things which can cause you to not be able to load this scenery properly.

Check that you unzipped the folder before you moved it to your custom scenery folder. If it is still a .zip file then you need to unzip it or it won't work.

The most likely cause is having missing or out of date libraries. Check the 'Required Libraries' list above to make sure you have everything. Check that if you downloaded any of these libraries a long time ago they you have a new enough version for it to satisfy the requirements, if not then click whichever library you need to update and it will bring you to the page to get the newest version. If you want a easy way to see what library is your issue then find your log.txt in the x-plane 11 folder and scroll down until you see a message with a big box around it and that will tell you where it found the error.

If you rename your libraries to organize your custom scenery folder check your log.txt and make sure it is not having trouble finding your library. This scenery was designed to not care what you name your folder but it is possible if a library changes that it will mess with the file path and cause issues. If this is the case you can fix it by changing the name back or editing the file(s) with problems to include the new file name (note that this may cause issues with other sceneries and we wouldn't recommend doing it).

If the tips above did not help then try reading your log.txt and see if you can spot any errors related to the scenery it is throwing. Check the forum to see if anyone else is having your issue, you are probably not alone. If you really cannot figure it out and don't want to spend the rest of your Saturday troubleshooting (we've all done it and know how much it sucks) just send me a PM with your log.txt and we can work through it so you can get back to flying.

Having performance issues or using an older computer?

This scenery is designed for everyone and as such we have made an effort to optimize it for lower end systems without sacrificing aesthetics or functionality. Even though it is designed to run on lower end machines you might still encounter lag if you have older components or are using other mods which impact frame rates. There are a few improvements you can do to your scenery to further improve performance and tweak it to run the best for your system. See this forum post.

What does the future of this scenery look like?

This airport will be undergoing updates as they are needed. Bug fixes will come as they are reported (so report any bugs you find!). Don't worry if you don't hear anything, there is still development going on at ZDP, just check the discord to get the latest on what is going on behind the scenes.

To keep up to date with future versions of this scenery or other projects by Zero Dollar Payware join the official discord

For use with WT3 it is recommended you download the custom ground routes made by ysfsim

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