WebMaximus Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Just updated Orbx Central to the latest release. Any chance you could implement a check in Orbx Central whether SAM has already been installed? As you can see below, even when I already have it installed and it's working just fine, Orbx Central tells me it's not installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Williamson Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Hello! Orbx Central determines whether SAM is installed or not based on a version file. In earlier versions of SAM, it shipped with a version file that we used to detect existing installations. In later versions of SAM, this file was removed. Therefore, we have longer have a way of detecting if you have SAM installed (and if so, what version). If you press install on SAM in Central (and you haven't changed the path it defaults to), Central will scan your installation, verify all the files match the latest version we have and then recognise it as installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebMaximus Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Why not just check on a folder/file-level if it's installed? Should be super easy and if a version file is missing, simply report the version as unknown. That way you would at least have a correct indication if it's installed or not. Reason I don't want to manage my SAM installation via your software is it's being used by many other scenery developers as well and I've seen in the past how the version installed by Central isn't always the most current one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Williamson Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Just now, WebMaximus said: Why not just check on a folder/file-level if it's installed? Should be super easy and if a version file is missing, simply report the version as unknown. It is easy on the surface, but modifying the versioning system used for hundreds of products to recognise a single special case isn't worth the added complexity it would bring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebMaximus Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 OK, maybe you could then at least make sure to be on top of making sure you always offer to install the most current version of SAM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Williamson Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 2/28/2020 at 8:32 PM, WebMaximus said: OK, maybe you could then at least make sure to be on top of making sure you always offer to install the most current version of SAM? We do keep an eye on it. We're just about to make v2.0.4 of SAM available which released a short time ago today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebMaximus Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isfun2fly Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I installed SAM via Central. When I click on "Seasons" or TE (I have TE Washington SD and TEGB N,C,S) I see no effect whatsoever even though it takes about 7 minutes to "install (or perhaps update) scenery. Also, in some of the .ini scenery files that I've looked through, I see a SAM_Library entry. Although I do have a SAM_Library installed in my Custom Scenery folder, no such entry exists in my scenery_packs.ini I went ahead and manually downloaded the SAM_Seasons_1.0.2 and the Scenery Animation Manager 2.0.4, but I have no idea if they're needed or where to put which files if I am indeed missing files from the Central install of SAM. Truly am having fun taking daily excursions around Washington State - being cooped up because of covid-19 is no fun, but flying is. Thanks Orbx and X-Plane 11. And thanks to anyone who can respond to answer my questions. Scott scenery_packs.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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