California Complete Scenery in X-Plane 12: Airport terminal buildings not showing

A few things to check with “missing terminals” in XP12

Most of the time this comes down to either (1) scenery pack ordering, (2) a library dependency that didn’t install, or (3) you’re not actually seeing the custom airport because a default/other airport is sitting “on top” of it.

1) Confirm the scenery is actually enabled and in the right place
In your X-Plane install, make sure the California Complete package is in:
X-Plane 12\Custom Scenery\
Also make sure it didn’t get nested an extra folder deep (common if you dragged in the whole zip’s parent folder). When you open the scenery folder, you should see things like an Earth nav data folder (or similar content), not just another single folder.

2) Check your scenery_packs.ini order
Open:
X-Plane 12\Custom Scenery\scenery_packs.ini

General rule of thumb:

1. Custom airports should be above any “global airports” type entry
2. Ortho/photo scenery typically goes below airports
3. Libraries can be anywhere, but I usually leave them below airports

So if you see anything like “Global Airports” (or another airport pack for the same ICAO) above the California Complete airport entries, the default/other one can win and you’ll get “missing” terminals (because you’re not loading the intended airport scenery at all).

3) Look for library/object errors in Log.txt
XP12 will tell you exactly what’s missing.

After you load at one of the affected airports, close X-Plane and open:
X-Plane 12\Log.txt

Search for:
Failed to find resource
or
Unable to locate object

If you paste a small chunk of the Log.txt around the first error, it usually points straight at the missing library or bad path.

4) Make sure you don’t have another airport for the same field
If you have other scenery (payware/freeware) for that same airport installed, temporarily move it out of Custom Scenery (just onto your desktop) and try again. Two airport sceneries for the same ICAO is a classic cause of “why is nothing custom showing?”

A couple quick questions so I don’t steer you wrong

1. Which airport(s) are you testing where terminals are missing (ICAO codes)?
2. Did this scenery come with a list of required libraries, and if so did you install them?
3. Can you paste the first 20–40 lines in Log.txt that include any “Failed to find resource” messages?
4. Also paste the relevant section of your scenery_packs.ini showing the California Complete entries and anything mentioning that airport.