Doc_Z Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I have P3d 4.5 and 5 installed on my F drive. I have earlier used a symbolic link to placed an Orbx folder on my G drive. After installing v5, I created an Orbx Library on the G drive that has two folders, one for v4 and one for v5. Do I need a symbolic link from the v5 root folder on the F drive to the G drive? I had thought not, but it would be far from the first time I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hello, no you don't, P3D references those files using its own add-ons system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 That's what I was afraid of! It appears that none of my V5 products is working. They are all enabled in the drop-down list in v5 options. Should there be anything in the add-ons dropdown? There isn't. There is also no mention of Orbx in my v5 add-ons folder in Documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hello, there are two in-game add-on drop down items. One is in the list accessed by clicking on Options. That contains a list of your add-on scenery, software and aircraft. The other is at the right hand end of the drop down menu and will contain add-on software that is at work, such as SODE or Accufeel of FSUIPC. Orbx does not use the Documents folder any more, so no surprise there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Should there be any Orbx in the right-hard drop down? I don't think any of my Orbx is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 None. What in particular do you think is not woeking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 No buildings. Screenshot of KHAF. Other airports are similar. Lots of car traffic, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Hello, it has already been mentioned that LM have changed some building definitions, so that some, or possibly many existing airports that reference the same default buildings that are no longer there will have missing buildings. Here is the release announcement for the first set of fixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 I applied those. Let me try one of them, KHAF wasn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Exactly, they have not yet been done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Here are two screenshots of basically the same view in 4.5 and 5. Tried KIDA, one on Holger's list. No buildings, although there was a radar tower and a shack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Tried a gate at IDA. Pair of jetways and a control tower, no other buildings. Reinstalled KHAF, no change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hello, can I ask you to create an Orbx Central Library on your F drive, where P3D is and add KIDA to it please. Then see if the buildings appear. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Too early in the morning in New Mexico. KIDA isn't available for v5 yet. I will check with an airport that is compatible. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hello, sorry, I meant FTX Central Rockies: KBIL, KBOI, KBZN, KGTF, KHLN, KIDA, and KPSC adjusted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 OK. I will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Put Central Rockies in my F drive. No change on KIDA. Also, jetways, no buildings at KBLI and KHLN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Looking more like I need to reinstall. All my products are in the V5 part of Central. I don't think just uninstalling there and reinstalling will work, so I think I should delete the folders on my G drive and set up new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Here are the Orbx folders in root folders of V4.5 and v5. Is there a reason why they are so dissimilar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Hello, evidently you have either fewer products installed into your P3D v5 folder and possibly more installed into an Orbx Central Library. You don't need Vector in P3D v5, it is not compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 As far as I know when I set up v5, I didn't put anything into the v5 folder. Everything was supposed to go into an Orbx Central Library. No idea were Vector came from. Should I uninstall the products in the v5 folder and reinstall them to a Library? Just delete Vector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Re-installed P3d. Things are sorted now. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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