I am used to the old way in other sims to download and install an addon.  However, with MSFS, it seems like mods get updated very fast and can be found from a number of places.  Take the dev mod on the A320 for example.  They have an installer, which makes it easy to check for the latest release, but how am I supposed to do it for scenery?  Do I have to go to where i grabbed it and manually look for an update or is there something like an installer that can search all of my mods in my community folder and automatically check for updates?  

I follow the updates at flightsim.to. If I think one of them refers to an addon I use I click it and I can read if I downloaded it and if the present version is more recent than mine.

A bit tedious but working, but of course restricted to flightsim.to.

Initially, I had hoped for a central addon manager within the simulator where all addons, payware and freeware alike, are registered and updates are indicated and proposed for downloads.

Turned out to be a pipe dream.😭

Kind regards, Michael

14 minutes ago, Zimmerbz said:

I am used to the old way in other sims to download and install an addon.  However, with MSFS, it seems like mods get updated very fast and can be found from a number of places.  Take the dev mod on the A320 for example.  They have an installer, which makes it easy to check for the latest release, but how am I supposed to do it for scenery?  Do I have to go to where i grabbed it and manually look for an update or is there something like an installer that can search all of my mods in my community folder and automatically check for updates?  

Choice B might be to be patient and wait for these changes to be incorporated by the developer, MS/Asobo.  Quite frankly beyond the incredible flight sim MSFS already is one of the most attractive features to me is not have to fiddle around w/ tweaks, mods, multiple installers from myriad different 3rd party devs, and so forth.   

1 hour ago, Noel said:

 Quite frankly beyond the incredible flight sim MSFS already is one of the most attractive features to me is not have to fiddle around w/ tweaks, mods, multiple installers from myriad different 3rd party devs, and so forth.   

Not to mention the fact that this sim has already saved me bundles of cash approaching the GDP of a small Scandinavian country.

1 hour ago, pmb said:

I follow the updates at flightsim.to. If I think one of them refers to an addon I use I click it and I can read if I downloaded it and if the present version is more recent than mine.

A bit tedious but working, but of course restricted to flightsim.to.

Initially, I had hoped for a central addon manager within the simulator where all addons, payware and freeware alike, are registered and updates are indicated and proposed for downloads.

Turned out to be a pipe dream.😭

Kind regards, Michael

Michael, if you register an account on flightsim.to (free), everytime an update is available, you'll get a notification top right of the screen. Of course you would have to be logged in whenever you download one so it can keep track of what you got. So its only gonna work for the addons you'll get from now on, and not the ones you already have. 

Its quite an amazing new website this one 🙂

Edited November 20, 20205 yr by leprechaunlive

13 minutes ago, leprechaunlive said:

Michael, if you register an account on flightsim.to (free), everytime an update is available, you'll get a notification top right of the screen.

Wow, that's a service. Thanks for the hint.

Kind regards, Michael

52 minutes ago, pmb said:

Wow, that's a service. Thanks for the hint.

Kind regards, Michael

You also need to follow that addon (press the button to follow) to receive the notification on top right.

Yes, but it also creates a complete list of all addons which have been updated since I downloaded them the last time, including links to the new versions (under "My Downloads" or similar). Very practical.

Kind regards, Michael