Adam Banks

Thanks, Iain! I have to correct the [non] issue with crew visibility: the button *does* work - I was just looking at the srong side of the aircraft!!! It's a fabulous addon - and appears to behave itself in 2024!

Thanks, Iain ... I took a punt and got it anyway All crew members appear to be visible - except the global toggle button doesn't seem to work. I love it!!! Here we are .... over RAF Coningsby: Adam.

Any idea if the crew members are visible in exterior view? Some 2020 aircraft don't show them ... rather ruins the screenshots, LOL!

Great to see the Lancaster appearing in MSFS! It's marked as 2020, but does anyone know if it works in 2024 (even partially)? I had to remove 2020 to make room on my HD for 2024.

Yes ... sort of! ... except the link is created in the Community folder - not the other way round Think of it like a Windows shortcut, placed in the Community folder - linked to the real location. If you clicked on the symlink using Windows Explorer, it would take you directly to the real location. All the Linker does is to create (or remove) these "shortcuts" in the Community folder. Any links there will be treated by MSFS as if they were physically there. The beauty of it is that (just like Windows shortcuts) - they can be deleted without touching the original files - and no time consuming copying of the original addon files.

Not sure whether you've read my "procedures" guide: https://flightsim.to/file/14298/msfs-addons-linker-general-procedure It's fairly dated now - and won't include any of the later features, but it's still valid for setting up all your addons (physical locations, grouping etc.) before you use Linker. It's NOT a general "How To" User Guide for the Linker - it's more to do with *how* you might like to use it. There are three basic steps: 1) Place (or move) all your content to folders outside the Community folder. Keep the structure logical and sensible - it'll make things a lot easier later on. 2) In Linker general Options, set up all the locations it will search. These are the drives or folders you've just created. Linker will search/read all *sub*folders automatically. Your Orbx library is simply added by setting the path in Options. 3) Create your presets - which are simply selections from all the folders you've just set up the paths for. The presets can be as simple or comlpicated as you like. For instance, you could create a very basic preset that includes ONLY the A350, any liveries for it, Heathrow and Brussels. Once set up, you're just a couple of mouse clicks from launching MSFS. Your selection menus will [still] show all the base MSFS content, but aircraft and livery selection will be far less cluttered. @John Heaton - I forgot to add that I've found the Linker to be a life-saver should you have to narrow down a the search for a problematic addon (it happens!). Disabling/renabling addons using the "halves" method is a breeze.

I don't think you'll get roasted (!) - you make sensible comments - especially as you've already worked out a similar method, using just Windows Explorer. For me, the beauty of the Linker is its speed and convenience. Yes - you *can* physically move your content in and out, but you'd need pretty fast drives if you have a *lot* of content. Toggling symlinks is so much quicker, IMHO. Also - I can spread my content across several drives and not keep wondering where I put what (!). eg. One of my [large] SSD drives failed recently - taking most of my addons with it. No real problem, as everything was properly backed up ... but when I restored everything, I split it across additional drives. Apart from simply activating/deactivating content (which you already do manually) Linker has added all sorts of fancy doo-dads over the years - and BadT *still* keeps finding more features he can add (!). It's grown from simple Addon management to something far greater.

You can install the Linker with a clean or populated Community Folder. If you pre-create your folder structure outside of the Community Folder, you can move Community Folder content over to your preferred location(s) - gradually, if necessary. If you find some content in the Community locked, then either delete them and reinstall them to your other folder(s) - or use Teracopy. The free version will do it, but it's such a handy utility that I ended up buying it. BTW - all the above relates to *addon* content - not MSFS base content. Base content can be moved (and used by Linker), but it's slightly complex and I wouldn't recommend it if you're new to Linker. I tried moving base content a couple of times myself then just went back to the old/traditional method - which has served me well for as long as I can remember.

Well done - good team effort!!!

Aaah! I thought they were too good to be true!!! Now you're going to tell me you photoshopped the water too LOL! Only joking!

Tremendous shot indeed!! How do you get your skies looking so good?

Thanks, Nick. Every bit helps!

Aahhh ... this is what happens when a P-38 jumps into bed with a B-24 LOL!

Thanks for the input (and passing it on), Nick ... "Now, Microsoft have finally realised the potential for confusion and have started to refer to what they named Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020" Hooray! ... now that's *some* progress, I suppose As to amending hundreds of products ... the site will be a template-driven database system (I'm an old-school Web Developer/Coder when not "flying") so it could be as simple as amending one field in the database - or simply running a SQL query (or script) to rip through the products table. It really isn't rocket science (honest!!). Give me the database admin login and I'll do it for you (only joking, hahaha!!). Adam.

I got a note to say some of my Orbs were about to time out, so I checked my balance: 543 ... great, I thought ... time to reward myself! So I went to the Orbs page and found: 1) Not a single product for MSFS 2024. 2) Not a single product for X-Plane 12. 3) I can't subsidise the purchase of an Orbx product with Orbs. Confusingly, some products simply say "Microsoft Flight Simulator" - and even on the respective product page, it says the same (under "Supported Simulators"). We're led to *guess* that this actually means 2020 and not 2024 - but why not label them "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020" and "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024"? Can it be *that* hard? I've been a loyal Orbx customer since the day Orbx was launched (yes, I'm *that* old!) and have purchased dozens of Orbx products over the years. I find the current Orbs "rewards" system hugely disappointing and (frankly) slightly insulting. Why have a rewards system at all if it doesn't reward customers that have current sims - or help them to buy new products? It's not good for customers and it's bad PR for Orbx. Adam.