John Dow

Just rename it to something like NotCommunity and then make a new empty Community folder for MSFS to recognise.

This is where it's at on my pc: G:\WpSystem\S-1-5-21-2472195004-4180338828-1079957864-1001\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community Your pathway should be similar just the drive letter might change. Assuming you have the Microsoft Store version installed. You can also find the path by going into your User folder in the C Drive and findding the appdata path as above.

within the sim dowsn't seem to be active just shows the screenshots

You have something in your community folder that's conflicting almost guaranteed. I had the same. I put all my community folder stuff into a hangar and MSFS loaded. Put all Orbx files and other add-ons that I guessed would be safe back in, and MSFS still started. I've got maybe two dozen files left, eventually I'll check them but I don't need them, I'm enjoying the DC3 in VR too much.

I can understand your frustration but without actually being at your computer it's extremely difficult to diagnose your problem. With that in mind, I would do the following: 1. Uninstall all your Orbx add-ons using Orbx Central. That way you can start with a clean sheet. (If you have the Backups function already activated in Orbx Central your products can be reinstalled from the backup location rather than downloading the whole thing.) Then use the sync function, and the scenery_packs.ini file does not list them, confirm that XP11 is working. 2. Check your disk space and choose a drive, in your case it's probably D Drive. 3. Create a folder in D:\ with a simple name like XP11 Library. Don't bury it in a complex folder structure, keep it top level. 4. Choose one Orbx product from your products in Orbx Central and install it, choosing your XP11 Library as the install path. 5. Confirm that you have the scenery folder for that product now installed into your D:\ XP11 Library. Confirm also that there is an entry for the product in scenery_packs.ini file. 6. Start XP11 and the product should appear in the sim. If so, go ahead and install the other products into the XP11 library. If not, it may be a Windows folder permissions issue, or not running the various programs as administrator, or some other setting to which we are not privy.

It's a good idea. In the meantime it's very easy to create a 'hangar' folder next to your community folder and move the scenery or the link to a library location into that hangar. I do it all the time.

Ummmm I think politics doesn't belong in this forum in any shape or form. @Nick Cooper

Orbx doesn't develop the Samscene sceneries. Orbx offers a secure and reliable download and installation service through Orbx Central, but product support for non-Orbx products rests with the developer. It's a pretty common commercial arrangement between the developer and the retailer and Orbx and its partners are no different.

I can't understand what Sam Scene are trying to say on the Orbxdirect page, I think you might need to contact them directly to get the information you want: This product has been produced by SamScene3D. For SamScene3D product support, please to go https://samscene.com

Interesting. I was always under the impression that the airport surfaces are supposed to be 'hard' which means they are what the aircraft sits on, not the underlying mesh. Perhaps Asobo has only hardened the runway here not the rest of the tarmac?

I didn't check apron behaviour, so it might be there for me. I'll have a look later, but in reality I never use external view and tend to start flights on the runway when it's not a fully modelled airport.

I've just loaded up a test flight at PAVD with the Alaska mesh installed and I see no problems at this airport. The only issue I see around the area is that some of the land textures appear to go into the water, which is a common issue with MSFS. I also didn't see any evidence of mesh popping during a circuit over the town and back to the airport.

I'm nearly finished the southern France bush trip from Bordeaux to Megeve and wow what a trip! If you have time, do it! One of the airfields is almost impossible but I made it in and out, you'll know it when you get there. Anyway a bit further on is Corchevel high up in the Alps, you probably know it, with its steep runway, but I'll bet you didn't know that Saudia flies one of its large passenger jets (B777 maybe? I forgot to check). Yep, got to the top of the runway to park and there's this massive wide body airliner there. I suspect the ground crew were there to dismantle it and take it out piece by piece. Methinks Asobo might have forgotten to select the right attributes for the tarmac parking there

For P3D? I have it and I don't regret my purchase, I use it for the camera shake effects rather than the camera settings. If there's no demo then I'd be looking at Google and Youtube for user reviews and make your decision based on what you read and see.

When I put my downloaded files (not Orbx) into the Community folder I don't use extract, I just drag the file into the Community Folder via drag and drop. Just about every download has the folder ready to drag when you double click on it and Winzip or WinRAR opens their window, once in a blue moon you have to go down one level to the correct folder, which should contain a couple of json files and the Content info etc.

I put all my files back because quite a few icons on the desktop changed to default style so the files are obviously referenced by Windows

Flightsim airports are generally point in time products unless a dev has a particular desire to keep a product updated. So generally an airport will remain as released unfortunately. But no harm in asking!

@Nick Cooper 3 more posts like this as well...

Sometimes they recommend a power supply for peripherals running on USB, my VR headset has this, but I haven't heard of a yoke requiring any power. Perhaps you could post a picture of your problem, that way we can see what you might need.

I can't imagine there's any need to have any msi or msp files that are in your installer folder, as they only contain the files to install programs, updates etc, not the actual exe files. I think you'd be pretty safe in deleting all the msi and msp files in that folder. I'd keep any exe files though. The only downside might be a need to re-download an installer that W10 might need in the future but with updates happening all the time the ca\hances of an msi being current aren't that great anyway. As a test I just cut all my Installer folder content out to a temp folder in another drive, so the C Drive folder is empty now. It'll be interesting to see if there are any issues. My money is on none at all.

A couple of screenshots from Orbx Central showing what you see might be helpful.

An unconventional 'circuit' in the great little Terrainy Studios Vans RV-8 (available at Orbxdirect) into a new air park inSouth Australia. Enjoy!

Without hand colouring I don't think there's any way to get away from green and blue roads in the scenery. The colour is somehow in the source imagery. My guess is that the roads were possibly wet or moist, or it was overcast on the day the imagery was photographed. But it might be something in the filters used in the cameras, which are designed for aerial surveys primarily, rather than visual colour balancing.

I went for the top of the range from Microsoft Store. Worth every penny.

I haven't seen any mention of it coming in to testing so I think the short answer is no. Sorry.