You're having the issue of addon airports, despite placed in the correct community folder, not showing up in the sim?

Here's the reason why and how to solve it:

 

I've had this problem, because some addons were in the community folder like this:

"...\Community\troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt\troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt"

 

I've googled like 15 minutes or so to find out why some addons work and others don't and are being shown as "not installed" in the content manager.

Then I tried to move the "lowest" troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt (the one with the JSON files in it) one level higher and deleted the higher one without the JSON files and it works!

 

Incorrect:

"...\Community\troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt (contains no JSON files)\troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt (with JSON files)"

Correct:

"...\Community\troglodytus-airport-lowk-klagenfurt"

 

 

I'm sure many of you already knew this but perhaps I could have helped someone with this 😀

Edited November 8, 20214 yr by Konterhalbe

Yes the main folder must have the json file in it, I you use AddOnLinker you will see directly if something is wrong.

4 hours ago, Ixoye said:

If you use AddOnLinker you will see directly if something is wrong.

Even better... the Addons Linker can work with folders within folders.. 😉