P3D v4 and ORBX, REX and other Add-On's

[veemaniq 1]

Hi,

I was wondering how ORBX, REX and other add-on's are integrated into p3d v4.

Currently I am using P3D v3 and the above add-on's and they are taking nearly 175GB of disk space all together. I now have approximately 130GB of free space left on my 500GB SSD.

Now I planning to get P3D v4 and do not want to uninstall v3 yet, till I have a stable v4. I am curious if add-on's like ORBX utilize the same set of scenery and related files/folders or do they take up additional space. I am afraid the latter might be the case (because of 64 bit codes) but was not sure. I would appreciate if someone can shed some light on this.

Thanks in advance.

veemaniq

[Gridley 257]

The new FTXcentral will actually reuse any compatible files from previous installs, but I believe it does copy them to a folder specific to P3Dv4, only saving you from re-downloading.  My Orbx folder in P3Dv4 with base, NALC, vector and a few airports is 95gb.  I don't use rex at the moment, so I can't comment.

[Slayer 190]

With REX just add the other simulator in the settings screen and should be good to go. Make sure you upgrade to the latest versions of course.

[veemaniq 1]

Thank you Gridley and Slayer for your prompt response.

Good to know that for REX we just have to point to the sim. I now realize that they have a folder outside of the sim folder which makes sense.