Another tool to organize your MSFS addons easily

[skysurfer]

I did all those steps. I see my scenery folders has several subfolders. I wonder if this is how ORBX install scenery or I link just the last folder in the root folder or all of them. This is how other people have it:

This is what I have:

Do I have to keep all folders created by the installer like this one:

or I can use only the last root folder:

 

[Bert Pieke]

55 minutes ago, skysurfer said:

or I can use only the last root folder:

Orbx simply links to the last folder that has the Manifest file in it, using the full filename sequence.

Why not just let Orbx Central handle this for you?

[MarcG]

I think I already know the answer to this, but just checking anyway...!

There is no way of controlling items bought in the Marketplace with this tool is there?
 

[Bad_T]

hello @MarcG

yes it's possible but i think you should only go that way if you are very confident on how the tool works. Try also with a single addon first so you can see if it works for you, then if ok you can start moving other addons as you see fit.

There are some indications on page 27 in this thread , it tells you how to manage addons in the official folder with the tool with an example --> https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/586454-another-tool-to-organize-your-msfs-addons-easily/?do=findComment&comment=4445883

At the top of the following page (28) you can also see a pic by @Denwagg showing some of his addons managed this way.

The thing to be aware of is that if you do that and the link is not active, the content manager will tell you the mod is missing and that it needs to be redownloaded, this is normal but it's important that you understand why.

Let me know if it's not clear enough and if you need more help with that 🍻

[Bad_T]

Hello, looking for a bit of help, i was wondering if some of you who have thousands 😱 of addons can give me some indications about how much times it take for the tool to load. (i mean the loading and refreshing it takes for Addons Linker to load, not the loading time of the sim)

One user told me it was taking almost 5 minutes for him with 1.3TB of addons 😱😱(which would make the tool completely unusable for me), Have some of you experienced the same kind of very long loading (and refresh) times with lots of addons ?

Since the beginning i have never really had more than 200-300 addons folders so my knowledge about huge amount of data is a bit limited.

Thank you 🍻

Note :

• the first load is probably a bit longer than successive ones because Windows optimises some stuff in the background, but a good test would be to start the tool and then click on the refresh button available over the 'addons' panel.
• in the options screen you can also check 'disable file stats' it should improve a bit the loading time (it won't show the size and last update date for each folders), you can enable that on demand or go into the grid view to see that data, but in the main view you probably don't need to always have that data to be shown.

[kt069]

11 minutes ago, Bad_T said:

Hello, looking for a bit of help, i was wondering if some of you who have thousands 😱 of addons can give me some indications about how much times it take for the tool to load. (i mean the loading and refreshing it takes Addons Linker to load, not the loading time of the sim)

One user told me it was taking almost 5 minutes for him with 1.3TB of addons 😱😱(which would make the tool completely unusable for me), Have some of you experienced the same kind of very long loading (and refresh) times with lots of addons ?

Since the beginning i have never really had more than 100-200 addons folders so my knowledge about huge amount of data is a bit limited.

Thank you 🍻

Note : the first load is probably a bit longer than successive ones because Windows optimises some stuff in the background, but a good test would be to start the tool and then click on the refresh button available over the 'addons' panel.

An example of mine ; about 200 GB in 10 seconds.

[JimBrown]

Ok, lets see...

714 total addons, 438 active addons, 143 GB, 161,787 files.

About 5 to 7 seconds to load. About 2 to 3 seconds to refresh.

All MSFS stuff located on a 1TB M.2 NvME drive. OS is on a 500 GB M.2 NvME drive.

Hope that helps!

...jim