Jock7 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Quote Your Central log file provides us important information, please attach it to your support requests. You can find it at the following locations, or by pressing Control + Shift + L. Windows: %APPDATA%/Orbx/Central/central.log macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Orbx/Central/central.log Linux: ~/.config/Orbx/Central/central.log You can delete this box/quote once your log is attached I am now in the process of reverting all my ORBX Sceneries back to FTX 3 in all my sims. I have no intention of moving again to the new Central. For a start there is numerous problems with the software and its rapidly emptying my drives (I hate this part). I had my sims running perfect in FTX 3 and so am not interested in updates nor to purchase new sceneries. So this new Central is not for me. Anyone else reverted back?. Thanks. Operating system: Simulator: Screenshot: Issue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Claude COLLE Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Hello, Yes I do. I had a backup of my scenery.cfg and i used it. Then I removed Orbx central and installed FTX central. All is correct, no more problem. Jean-Claude COLLE. France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cobra4 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I'll be doing the same, I only painfully rebuilt my machine over the last week and had it running perfectly and was very happy with FTX Central 3, until I stupidly jumped into Orbx Central thinking it was going well for others. I can see the benefits of your intensions in changing. How wrong was I....Argh....My machine takes forever to load up now, there are all the previous FTX entries in the scenery file with no instruction from ORBX on what to do with them other than forum answers to user posts. I would have thought the migration process would have been seamless, ie. all the packages migrated to the new drive, old FTX entries in the scenery config removed and tidied up, and the old Orbx directory cleaned out. As previously mentioned, a detailed tutorial video would have been nice. This package was released way too early and considering its rearranging the scenery config, it should have been released to the community with zero risk? I am disappointed to say the least how Orbx is handling this and the fix. I hope you guys are working over the weekend, 24 hours a day to get the fix out to market ASAP, cause I can't fly at the moment unless I go through the painful process of reverting back to FTX Central 3. How about an update on what you guys are doing to fix this, and the expected timeframe to a fix. I'd like to know if I should hold off or move back to happiness? Thanks Denis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock7 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Thanks Cobra 4. I have just completed Orbx for Prepar3d and now updating X Plane 11. All my sims with Orbx worked brilliantly FTX3 and what I do not like is the scenery getting transferred to my drives some of them are really huge and even though I have huge drives its still a lot of space and there is more to come even bigger with Oregon (Just been announced). I have a huge amount of Orbx scenery for Prepar3d, X Plane 11 and Aerofly 2. It will take me a week or more to get the sims the way they were but I do not mind. I agree with you and many others Orbx has issued the update far to early and not properly tested, if it was there would be far few errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 posted in wrong place (please ignore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock7 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 I have now completed all my sims with Orbx on FTX 3 and its good to be back, there is no problems with each of the sims just very minor details. I tried Innsbruck in all 3 sims again no problems. I will be keeping FTX 3. If and when I purchase new scenery and have to revert to the new Control then I will not bother purchasing. I really really enjoy Orbx scenery but with the new Control its a no for me. Now to leave you in peace as I have a lot of 3rd party software to install which will take me a good few days but it will be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvidencePlz Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I did think about going back but decided to give ORBX Central one more shot by reinstalling everything from scratch (yes that means p3d and all addons). Doing so fixed all the issues I had. I will be sticking with ORBX Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra4 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 59 minutes ago, Dust2Dust said: I did think about going back but decided to give ORBX Central one more shot by reinstalling everything from scratch (yes that means p3d and all addons). Doing so fixed all the issues I had. I will be sticking with ORBX Central. Thats interesting Dust2Dust. What did you do differently? Amongst the many other issues with Orbx Central, there are many people with insertion point problems. This is one area I think Orbx could address better than they have over all these years if possible as Central seems to randomly create the scenery lists and we all know from experience that the order in which scenery is loaded affects the speed of in sim loading and anomalies we see within the sims whilst flying. Maybe Central could install all its packages above the default scenery in the appropriate order and below the 3rd party add-ons by default, then we adjust some of our 3rd party packages that need rearranging, like FreeMeshX for example. At some point we will have to move to the new Orbx Central as Orbx will probably stop supporting FTX Central 3 and that's my concerned right now. My disappointment is that Orbx in my view has been a premier scenery software and very professional in their approach to their business model and software, and I love their work having most of their scenery, however, this latest debacle has cost thousands of users all over the world a ton of grief and pain and not to mention a collective thousands of hours plus of configuring and not flying. Enough said. Let's fix this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvidencePlz Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, cobra4 said: Thats interesting Dust2Dust. What did you do differently? Amongst the many other issues with Orbx Central, there are many people with insertion point problems. This is one area I think Orbx could address better than they have over all these years if possible as Central seems to randomly create the scenery lists and we all know from experience that the order in which scenery is loaded affects the speed of in sim loading and anomalies we see within the sims whilst flying. Maybe Central could install all its packages above the default scenery in the appropriate order and below the 3rd party add-ons by default, then we adjust some of our 3rd party packages that need rearranging, like FreeMeshX for example. At some point we will have to move to the new Orbx Central as Orbx will probably stop supporting FTX Central 3 and that's my concerned right now. My disappointment is that Orbx in my view has been a premier scenery software and very professional in their approach to their business model and software, and I love their work having most of their scenery, however, this latest debacle has cost thousands of users all over the world a ton of grief and pain and not to mention a collective thousands of hours plus of configuring and not flying. Enough said. Let's fix this I just wanna tell you for now that I'm going back to FTX Central. I spoke way too soon, something I wish I didn't do. I have learnt a big lesson now. Just discovered a serious issue and I no longer want anything to do with ORBX central even if it means I won't be able to buy any new ORBX product. Sorry if I've misled you and others. For more details, see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra4 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 No problems, I'm only shitty as I only just finished rebuilding my machine over the last week and am now doing it again. I'll be sticking to FTX Central 3 for a while, and like you, if Orbx stop supporting Version 3, then I'll have no option but to cease buying Orbx products as I won't be able to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Hello guys ! This is the fourth day I am Installing everything from the beginning ( I need at least two more days to finish my 850gb Installation ) for my prepar3dV4.5 ! The reason … ORBX Central I Installed it and then I realized that Not Only my frames in many areas went from 50-60 down to 15-25 , My library was a mess , I lost Autogen at LGSK ( 29 Palms Scenery ) etc ... I hope Orbx team will sort out all of the issues , so we can finally Install and enjoy the New Orbx Central ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock7 Posted August 11, 2019 Author Share Posted August 11, 2019 I have reverted back and am staying if Orbx bring out new sceneries and they require the new Central I will not be purchasing. I have more than plenty of their sceneries to get on with and they are fantastic. Those that are staying with Central must have really huge harddrives/ssd because every scenery is now located on your harddrive and this is not acceptable to me. For a very long time I have loved ORBX until now with this really bad Central set-up. If you are thinking of using this software please don't it is not fit for purpose and is broken over may parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewulf47 Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Dust2Dust said: I did think about going back but decided to give ORBX Central one more shot by reinstalling everything from scratch (yes that means p3d and all addons). Doing so fixed all the issues I had. I will be sticking with ORBX Central. Same here. When I saw problems coming up with Migration, I decided to delete all my ORBX Sceneries in FTX Central 3 and re-install them trough ORBX Cental (I have them ALL in P3DV4 and X-Plane 11 and it took me ONE DAY). No reinstall of P3D or X-Plane though. Believe it or not, now that I have installed eveything in ORBX Central everything is running smooth again. One exception though: Start-up time of P3DV4 up to the GUI is consdierably longer. I haven't checked yet what the culprit is. Maybe it's just extensive use of the package system that slows this process in P3DV4. Even changing Insertion Points has exactly the effect it should have. So ATM there is no reason for me to revert to FTX Central, unless some more problems arise. I see that @Dust2dust has revised his opinion. Neverhtless for me there is no reason to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfwharton Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 I just downloaded and installed Central and saw the updates that were available and wondered why they were not there for FTX Central. I also noted when I download the latest update and select the zip file that it does not work in XP11 so apparently the new Central has to be used to install the latest files. Not for me, at least not right now. So I reinstalled the older version of True Earth GB South and will be uninstalling Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock7 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 I have now completed all my sims and things are back to normal. As for Central you can forget it and until its proven that it is fixed I will not be using it nor will I be purchasing new Orbx sceneries if I have to use Central. Please info me when Central is 100% usable then I will have a rethink until then happy simming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris4356 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I am still on FSX and I am happy with FTX central 3. Seeing all the issues and the way that Central works, I have no interest in delving into that mess. I was looking forward to OpenLC Africa and Asia but if I have to switch to Central then I won't be buying them either. Those are probably the only ORBX products that will be for FSX so it is just not worth it to risk screwing up a smooth operating sim. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daantjeeuh Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Going back too. Central is not anywhere near ready for public release yet. Texture loading problems, VECTOR problems, disorganised scenery library, I noticed Innsbruck has a small issue, Keflavik is broken (I fly here often), and some other third party add-ons are broken. Absolutely not worth it. Don't understand why Orbx is treating their users as beta testers. Many of these things should've been caught long before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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