New Orbx Central v4.0 now available to download

[aeronauta 66]

No , the update  came to my surprise, also the Manual is different in the Download via downloaded files , shows Advanced Install instead of Install via...I cannot understand how no one has seen this install problem...probably very unique installation in my case  but it is bad as I would need to download all my purchases again...

 

Jorge

[SolRayz 392]

The new Central made a mess of my sim. Insertion points and are all over the place regardless of how I set it, so my scenery library is a mess, excludes need to be reset everywhere, and time is wasted fixing what wasn't broken. Almost tired of dealing with orbx bs. Also P3D loads slower now than ever...

Edited August 5, 2019 by SolRayz

[aeronauta 66]

Marc , the problem with the insertion point is that ORBX decides that their scenery insertion point is at the top, this hapens because in the add-on.xml some of them do not have a layer and P3D correvtly places the scenery at the top ...  they would need to fix this also ...

 

The loading times are also very high here and it is as a result of the way the xml method is used , they use Add-on Discovery path , this seems to be the problem as all my scenery and aircraft are installed using the Add-on package and I had no problem with loading...

 

Jorge

[SolRayz 392]

Ok thank you Jorge. Atleast I know I'm not alone. I was planning on writing on Orbx forum, but I don't feel like waiting a month for a response. 

[aeronauta 66]

Plus you get the BN brigade that never finds anything wrong and....

Someone will find it and complain ...will see...

 

Jorge

[stephenbgs 169]

Phew thought it was just me my loading times are ridiculous and elevation issues are a joke.

[Ezra 29]

I love it. ORBX Central 4.0. I commenced a clean install. So far everything works great. New additional SSD is being filled nicely. Plug in another SSD. Designate another library. Very simple. Works as advertised.

[MOD71 175]

Just now, Ezra said:

I love it. ORBX Central 4.0. I commenced a clean install. So far everything works great. New additional SSD is being filled nicely. Plug in another SSD. Designate another library. Very simple. Works as advertised.

Yep, sounds like a piece of cake! 🤨

[aeronauta 66]

Good to know , let us know how you go with P3D loading time , are you installing from Manually downloaded files??

 

I found some interesting reading in the Manual regarding backups...

" If adding new files will exceed the backup directory’s maximum size, Central will automatically remove the oldest backups to make room for new content."

 

funny backup eh?

 

also the image for install shows "Advanced install" instead of "install via manual download" so the instructions cannot be used.

 

Jorge

 

 

[CFIJose 5,485]

I wouldn't go anywhere near v4 until I understand exactly how this new version works and how it affects my scenery libraries.

Edited August 6, 2019 by DJJose

[lownslo 592]

57 minutes ago, DJJose said:

I wouldn't go anywhere near v4 until I understand exactly how this new version works and how it affects my scenery libraries.

...and I make a fresh backup image of the drive my simulator is on.

Greg

[noels7 10]

No Vector problem or long loading times of P3D here.

Actually Orbx Central 4 is a vast improvement on previous version

and works for me as advertised.

noels7

[aeronauta 66]

Noels7 thank you for the comments, can you say if you downloaded V4.0.0 and then installed Vector  and run the config , I ask because I installed Vector with the V 0.20. and that may be my problem...

Thank you

 

Jorge

[dbw1 444]

Anyone tried this with x-plane 11.35?

Does this mean that I can have my ORBX files in a different drive? Will it move them to this different drive? I’m running out of space on my X-P11 drive with TE files and this would nicely solve things. Thanks.

[aeronauta 66]

if you are comfortable with dynamic links...

from the promo

In X-Plane 11, Central automatically creates and manages symbolic links, connecting your Custom Scenery directory to your Central Library.

 

Jorge

Edited August 6, 2019 by aeronauta