I have realized that I spend quite some time every day just for keeping my sim and all its add-ons clean and up-to-date. I'm organizing add-ons, checking flightsim.to for updated add-ons and installing new ones from there. ORBX, Contrail and others also need to be visited every now and then. Not to forget AIG, which takes quite some time just to load and check for new models and flight plans - today it was a bigger effort. Last not least, reading/posting in the relevant forums can be time consuming too.

I don't complain, for me, all this is part of the game. And I love it. It's just a bit too time consuming meanwhile. Sometimes I say to me 'stop installing new stuff, I have much more than I need'... But I'm an add-on junkie, am I?

How do you handle it?

Edited January 25, 20224 yr by Nemo

I just sort of think, if that is my only real thing to worry about, I'm doing ok....

 

 

I joke of course, what with a business to run, two little kids, wife to keep happy (ish) keeping my nearly 9 year sobriety going without slipping, and that is before i go and see what the news has to say about the wider world............

Yeah...so..

Edited January 25, 20224 yr by flightyjoe

I do this as well so it means I'm not actually flying a lot.  But sometimes some really nice addons come out that I've missed.  I'm okay with it - it's the same as I used to do for fsx hehe.

It's part of the fun 🙂 I like finding updates and seeing the improvements in the sim.

 

This is why I unfortunately can only handle one sim, it’s too time consuming for me to keep up with multiple sims, so I have to choose one and for the time being it’s msfs….Although the x-plane platform has been getting some nice looking products recently 🤔🤔 

Indeed, keeping the sim add-ons up to date can be quite exhausting and time consuming, that's why I decided to keep it simple, I have maybe 5 addons at the most and that is it other then that, I've settled for what MSFS has to offer for the rest.

Edited January 25, 20224 yr by CarlosF

53 minutes ago, Nemo said:

I have realized that I spend quite some time every day just for keeping my sim and all its add-ons clean and up-to-date. I'm organizing add-ons, checking flightsim.to for updated add-ons and installing new ones from there. ORBX, Contrail and others also need to be visited every now and then. Not to forget AIG, which takes quite some time just to load and check for new models and flight plans - today it was a bigger effort. Last not least, reading/posting in the relevant forums can be time consuming too.

I don't complain, for me, all this is part of the game. And I love it. It's just a bit too time consuming meanwhile. Sometimes I say to me 'stop installing new stuff, I have much more than I need'... But I'm an add-on junkie, am I?

How do you handle it?

I do the same lol. it's like first thing check the updates on Flightsim.to Install them, followed by checking emails for payware updates.

When I moved to MSFS from XP i decided this time Im gonna keep it clean. So no freeware for me, its to time consuming to check for updates and all those annoying libraries that comes with them(except the HN shipping AI, its a must have). Only installed orbx central and contrail and those are pretty easy to deal with and covers most of my addon needs. Hope A2A whenever they land on MSFS that they will publish on Orbx central... So far MSFS has been the first sim I really spend more time flying than tweaking and its really relieving:) 

With the exceptions of a very few add-ons, I only use the MS Store and Orbx Cental these days.  Really simple to get all your add-ons and updates installed.   Bulk install, walk away, come back, play. 

The current delays in product updates with the MSFS Marketplace is a small price to pay for the added convenience.  I don't have time these days to track add-on updates, organise installation files, updates, product keys, etc.    

 

Cheers, 

Matt. 

Altogether, it was worth it today. After two hours of 'housekeeping' which included updates and installation of some Caribbean airports, AIG updates etc., I was rewarded with a fantastic flight route with several landings and take offs at various Caribbean airports. Nevertheless, I'll try to reduce my future installations to focus more on flying through all the beautiful places I have meanwhile. Thanks for your comments.

Edited January 25, 20224 yr by Nemo

8 hours ago, ryanbatcund said:

But sometimes some really nice addons come out that I've missed.  I'm okay with it 

Me too. The element of surprise is awesome and so is the "I can't believe this is out for a while now" 
Also, I only just installed the Add-on Linker after everyone raved about it for months, heh.

Edited January 26, 20224 yr by Drumcode

Here I have  Simmarket and BesutifufullModels payware scenery. If there is an update I will be informed. Updating on 2 view pc’s take perhaps 5 min per week.

For the flightsim.to freeware I check perhaps once every 2 months or after a MSFS update has been released.

Updating Prosim less than 2 minutes every time I go flying (almost daily beta updates).

So not much time spending on keeping it clean…..

 

We admitted we were powerless over FlightSim—that our lives had become unmanageable.

Going to FSA (Flight Simmer's Anonymous) really helped me . 😉🙂

I am one of those guys who keep it simple. I only have the FBW A32NX and the Kodiak 100 in my community folder and that's it. Nothing else. I enjoy MSFS as it is and have no problems waiting for Asobo to deliver the goods (if any). 

Last weekend I wanted to give two populair airport addons from flightsim.to a try. Installen them, started MSFS and had a CTD during the initial loading screen...! So I deleted the airports again and now I am even more sure I don't need addons, specially not scenery. I am happy with what I've got. I rather fly than fool around with addons. 

Simmarket  has an app just called Simmarket, and Aerosoft has an app called Aerosoft One. Both are very similar to Orbx Central. All of these apps will show you any new updates to keep you up to speed. In MSFS, Content Manager also does this.

But: ==> I am not having any luck trying to update from Nemeth Designs website, so I can't update anything I purchased from there.

 

Simmarket app:

https://secure.simmarket.com/app.php

 

Aerosoft One:

https://one.aerosoft.com/