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Thanks again John! I shot this one as well: https://flightsimpics.com/flightsimulatorscreenshotseurope4/

Wow; thanks! Boy, that would be a lot of work to shoot it.

Does anyone know of all the Landmarks for GB Central?

Thanks John! Your work made it easy. I just posted an excel workbook with each photo's Landmark Name, Coordinates, and Google Maps URL: https://flightsimpics.com/content/20231206-eu-uk-coordinates-google-maps.xlsx

Thanks for the .kmz John! I took some pics and mentioned you here: https://flightsimpics.com/flightsimulatorscreenshotseurope3

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Very helpful Carlos... thank you!

This is really helpful Carlos. Regarding your comment: "I prefer to create a unique folder for Orbx to keep it apart from all the rest." -- would this setup work (see my screenshot), or would you perhaps recommend moving Orbx up one directory? I'm assuming I would never want to rename any of the subfolders in the Orbx folder? Regarding: "I feel comfortable unticking everything except Orbx" -- are you saying you ALWAYS load all Orbx with Addons Linker, or perhaps you're saying that all Orbx should be checked within Addons Linker when I run Orbx updates? Related question: To launch and Orbx product, do you use Orbx, Addons Linker, or both? Sorry if these questions seem like they should be intuitively obvious; really appreciate your help.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Would love to take a real helicopter flight through Sydney Skyscrapers at night!

It's official from Microsoft: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/all/playing-purchased-games-after-cancelling-game-pass/cd776e66-4704-4a76-a990-e1282998e804 Q. I am considering purchasing some games and some 3rd party addons. If I cancel Game Pass, will I still be able to play them on my PC? A. As long as you purchase them, you can play then without a subscription. Q. Where should I purchase the games (e.g. the Windows PC Xbox App)? A. You can purchase them through the Microsoft Store app. The same way you install them for Game Pass, you would just choose the option to buy. Q. How do I download the games once Game Pass expires? A. You would download them pretty much the same way you do with Game Pass games. They'll be added to your library so you can install them through their from the Microsoft Store app or buy looking them up in the store. Q. Will I still have access to 3rd party addons I purchased (e.g. Orbx Scenery in Flight Simulator)? A. Anything you purchased, including 3rd party addons, would still be tied to your account and you would still access them the same way you do now.

I'm on the verge of figuring this out and I think it's actually going to be easy. See this thread especially my post with "AddendumPayware scenery"

I found this manual "Addons Linker Procedure 1.0.0.pdf" here: https://flightsim.to/file/14298/msfs-addons-linker-general-procedure At the very end it says the following and it would be great if anyone can confirm this: --------------------------------------------------- "Addendum Payware scenery (eg. Orbx) can also be made Linker-compliant: 1. If you already have an Orbx library outside your Community folder, go to step 4. 2. Create a folder in your base external folder (eg. 'Orbx Scenery Library'). 3. Re-download/re-install your scenery but place it in the newly created folder. 4. Point the Linker at that folder. If given the option, new payware aircraft can be installed directly into the appropriate external folder. If not, you'll just have to live with them being in the Community folder with no way of managing them."

Thanks for being so helpful and responsive Nick, it's tremendous. Once my subscription to Game Pass expires, I'll try and remember to report back here. Microsoft is infamously and uncannily vague on this point -- I've done a ton of research. I finally found one tidbit of information, from a lightbox pop-up after I submitted a Microsoft support ticket. Though it states that I can still play games I've purchased, it doesn't answer the following questions: A. Will I be able to REDOWNLOAD the game without a subscription to Game Pass B. Will I be able to access to 3RD-PARTY addon purchases without a subscription to Game Pass ------------------------------------------------ "What happens when I cancel Xbox Game Pass? When you cancel your Xbox Game Pass subscription, here's what happens: • Games, DLC, and add-ons you've bought and installed will still be playable once you've unsubscribed or they've left the Xbox Game Pass catalog. • Games, DLC, and add-ons you've downloaded won't be deleted from your hard drive (although you may need to purchase a copy to keep playing). • If you want to downgrade your plan so you can join another Xbox Game Pass plan or switch to Xbox Live Gold, you'll have to subscribe to them manually. Cancelling an Xbox Game Pass subscription will not automatically enroll you in another plan."

Thanks so much Jon; I'm in this exact situation and have been scratching my head trying to figure it out (C: & D: drives + MSFS + Orbx Central + MSFS Addons Linker). Yours is the most helpful response I've seen so far. So what I hear you saying is: 1) Point Orbx Central & Addons Linker to the same MOD addons folder (where I download and store all addons) 2) Point them both to the core MSFS community folder (where the symbolic links will point to) 3) Before doing updates on Orbx, make sure all Orbx products are ticked in Addons Linker Am I thinking through this properly?

I think I'm in the exact same situation you're in: MSFS installed on C: (SSD) and using MSFS Addons Linker with my community folder on D: (HDD). Did you ever get this working? Can you post how? Thanks!

Excellent; headed there now. Thank You!

I'm not sure that you're saying anything different than this, but what I discovered in researching microsoft forums, is that I'll only need a game pass account, but it won't have to be a paid account. But without a paid account, I'll still lose access to paid Orbx products, although I won't lose access to my purchased Microsoft products. Does this align with what you're saying? Thanks Nick!

Carlos, thank you for taking the time. I'd like to reiterate what I think you said: 1) Right now my community folder is on the HDD Drive - D:\Documents\PC COMPUTER\Flight Simulator\Mods Community\ 2) If I understand correctly, when I install Orbx Central onto my SSD (C: drive) -- I'll tell it to point to the above directory for where it stores its purchased addons? Regarding, "Orbx products will be automatically enabled in the addon liker, you don't need to tick them." -- Does this mean I can't untick them, that all Orbx products will have to load every time I launch flight simulator from within MSFS Addon Linker?

I'm really grateful for this thread and am hoping you can provide some initial setup help. Here's my context: 1) I purchased Orbx Sydney Cityscape on my PC via Market Place, but I'm cancelling Game Pass Ultimate and purchasing MSFS outright. From what I understand, I'll lose my access to Sydney when I do that. 2) So from now on, I'll be purchasing from Orbx directly (I assume I'll need Orbx Central). 3) I'm managing all my Community Addons with MSFS Addons Linker 4) MSFS is installed on C: (SSD) and my Community folder is set to D: (HDD) So I'm trying to figure out the best strategy to make this all work so I waste as little time and money as possible. I really appreciate any help.

Hi. I'm brand new to MSFS and I purchased Sydney Cityscape last week on Market Place (before seeing this thread). Can I can get a refund on Market Place and repurchase? I'm using "MSFS Addons Linker" to manage everything. From this thread, it sounds like there's no way to move Sydney out of Market Place and into Orbx Central. But, is there a way to move Sydney into my Addons Linker folder? Thanks for any help you can provide.