[About To Purchase MSFS2020]

As a B777F pilot, I am expecting to fly to most MSFS airports as defaults. Current viewing of the default sceneries gives me a warm feeling, particularly not having the need for jetways at freight stands. 

[Perth Scenery]

Maybe the ongoing changes to the airfield layout mean that it is better to wait for stability 

[Guidance request - Addons Linker for MSFS]

Thank you both for your constructive thoughts.

My solution is a little different. I have created the 7 subdirectories of Scenery for the the continents, and some of these already contain non-Orbx sceneries. Orbx will not allow me to create pointers to these libraries if they are not empty.

I have therefore created an additional dummy 'continent' and temporarily moved each of the existing continents'  contents to it while I create the Orbx library pointer to it, then moved the dummy's contents back. Using the File Explorer>Move to icon, this presented little workload.

There remains a little missing facility - I am unable to view the contents of the Orbx scenery libraries from the libraries listed in the Libraries display. And I am still at a loss as to what Scan for Libraries might be meant to do.

[Guidance request - Addons Linker for MSFS]

Could this be due to the library being alphabetically the first library? My subsequent North America and South America folders already contain scenery and I was allowed to specify these. 

[Guidance request - Addons Linker for MSFS]

When I try to add an Addons Linker library which already exists and is not empty, Orbx > Settings > Libraries neither finds the existing libraries with Scan for Libraries nor allows Create a new library. Any ideas for a workaround? 

[Microsoft related MSFS questions - ask here]

Hi Derek,

In online mode, if you fly into scenery that was not already downloaded, then it will be downloaded ahead of you needing it.

In offline mode, you will not require the download if flying in areas for which you already have the scenery. However, I am not sure what will happen if you fly offline into an area for which the scenery has not been downloaded. 

HTH

Regards

[Microsoft related MSFS questions - ask here]

MFS presumably have had to walk the path between too much detail coverage for default airports, at considerable extra cost, and enabling scenery developers the room to provide significant improvements.

Does anyone yet know whether the default airports will have comprehensive taxiways and stands, or whether there will still be a need to install detailed airports to make arrival and departure realistic?