wain71 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @Nick Cooper, when I was looking at the sales via Orbx Central map (discover) page it shows Haverfordwest airport in the middle of Utrecht, can somebody take a look and if needed correct this please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Hello, many thanks for pointing this out Wayne, it was just a missing minus sign, now fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 In a similar vein, Tattenhill EGBM is shown in the North Sea off the Norfolk coast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I have often wondered why some of the products sold by Orbx do not appear on the map and why some of the products I have bought are on the map but do not indicate that they are "owned" (although updates are still provided). It would be interesting to know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Thanks again. Adding the minus sign has moved it back on land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Hello, are we on the same "map"? One seems to be the MSFS world map and the other, the Orbx Central "Discover" map. Perhaps, there is another map as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 My reference is to the Orbx Central Discover map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Hello, internally, there is a checklist that must be completed before the system will allow any product to be released. One of the items is "Map features", so it is highly unlikely that a product will not appear on the Discover map at all. We have seen that, occasionally, it might not appear in exactly the right place. If I open Orbx Central for MSFS, the Discover map is littered with airports. If I open it for P3D v6, because I can, there is only one. It looks like there is not a way to see every product for every simulator at the same time. Could that be it? On the subject of whether they are marked as owned or not, it might also be that there is more than one version, so if you owned say YBBN for P3D, it will not show as owned when the MSFS map is active. EDIT: I notice that we had hijacked Carlos' topic, so I have added these posts to one on the actual subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I am sorry it was not clear but my comments relate only to MSFS products. In particular I have some 5 French airports which I think were bought as a single package via Orbx Central and which are shown separately in "My Products" but which do not appear as owned on the "Discover" map. I am not bothered by this but it just seems odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 From my observations the msfs world map has the stars. The OC Discover map is showing circles with aircraft symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 9 hours ago, DaveR said: I have some 5 French airports which I think were bought as a single package via Orbx Central and which are shown separately in "My Products" I think that to look into this, I will need to have the name of the product. I have looked at one France VFR airport pack and indeed, each airport has a map reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Thanks Nick, I'll need to go back over my orders and come back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Hi Nick, My records show that on 15 June 2022, I purchased what was then called France VFR NW (now shown as France VFR Pack 1) and comprised LFBD, LFLC, LFMT, LFRB and LFST. These all came onto the "My Products" section of Orbx Central as separate entries rather than as a VFR pack. None of them appears as "Owned" on the "Discover" map and I cannot see any of them in incorrect locations. All of them have "Unowned" symbols in the correct place and none of them seems to have ^Owned" symbols being obscured by the "Unknown" entry. Please do not go to too much trouble over this. I am simply curious. DaveR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Hello, it looks as if the airports that you mention are not in that pack, but they are in France VFR Pack 1. You don't seem to have bought Pack 1. All of the airports in France VFR Nord-Ouest Airports have map references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 (edited) Hi, Agreed that the situation now is is that the airports are in pack 1, as I indicated above and which you have confirmed, but on 15 June 2022 when I purchased the France VFR group of airports I think you will find that the pack was called France VFR North West (that is what I wrote on a printed copy of the transaction confirmation at the time). This is all by the by. The simple fact is that the airports are listed in the "My Products" section of Orbx Central but appear in the " Discover" map as "Unowned" not as "Owned" as they should be. (Perhaps I should not mention partner products which also do not appear on that map either as "Owned" or "Unowned".) Maybe I should not be so curious! Thanks for your help as always but it would be nice to have had the airports recorded correctly. Addendum: I can provide the relevant transaction number if you need it. Edited March 31 by DaveR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Hello, on 15th June 2022 you bought a product named "France VFR Nord-Ouest Airports - Microsoft Flight Simulator". That product contains these airports, all of which are marked on the Discover map at the coordinates in this image: France VFR Airport France Pack 1 - Microsoft Flight Simulator appears to be a different product and contains the following airports, also marked on the Discover map at the coordinates in this image: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Hi Nick You are correct and I was wrong about my purchase on 15 June 2022. I did not go far enough back into my purchase transactions. If I go back to 13 August 2021, I find that the 5 French airports were were indeed purchased as France VFR Airport Pack 1. However my point remains that they are in the "My Products" section of Orbx Central but are not shown on the "Discover" map as "Owned". What I see is appended and zooming in shows no trace of an "owned" symbol underlying the "unowned" one. I hope that the screenshot is big enough to illustrate the issue. I am conscious that I seem to have hi-jacked Wain's thread and for this I apologise. Orbx Central Discover France 1.odt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cooper Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Hello, looking back, as you did, I see that LFMT is listed in your account, along with the four others, as separate airport purchases, but with a France VFR Airport Pack 1 discount. I am guessing now, but I suspect that the subsequent revision to make the product a pack instead of a discount on five airports has somehow removed the notification to the Discover map that you own the individual airports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Hi Nick Many thanks. My 79-year old memory is not as good as it once was but, looking back, I seem to recall that I only really wanted one of the airports but was tempted by the 5 airport offer. I see no point in pursuing this further. The past is the past and I get updates leaving the "Discover" map as a minor issue which, I guess, is now long past resolving. Sorry to have taken up your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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