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You can do a similar thing with Google Sheets and Google maps. I keep all my airports listed in a spreadsheet, then import that into Maps and it will show you where all your airports are.

For me it isn't just about disk space. I had my community folder wiped out twice, along with all the files in it. I had a backup for some, but not all of it. It also gives you a nice map of your airport addons, as well as much easier searching, much easier ways to turn things on and off, etc. More than once the addon linker has caught duplicate sceneries I have. I never thought I needed one, but once I started using it, I realized how useful it was.

I've got everything exported (and backed up on my cloud storage). I've only ever had to import once, but it worked fine. I've never lost all my configs, only had a weird issue where I make some changes, and those changes somehow don't get saved and revert back. Yes, everyone should go in and export at least the important ones. I don't bother with things like rudder pedals, I can recreate those easily. I will go an extra step and screenshot everything important too. Only takes a moment to scroll through and hit Win+print screen, I do that with my graphic settings too.

Just reading through the manual and you can not only change the prop blades, but also change specifics in the engine and performance. I imagine there's so many different performance options available that there would be tons and tons of different performance numbers. It would be nice if they included something for a default setup that is similar to their real world version. Here's what I found online: The Lancair Legacy RG-550 has a maximum range of 1,150 statute miles (approx. 1,000 nautical miles or 1,850 km) at 8,000 feet with standard fuel reserves Fuel Capacity: 65 US gallons Fuel Consumption: 13.5 to 15 gallons per hour (gph) Cruise Speed: 240 KTAS (approx. 276 mph) at 8,000 ft Endurance: Approximately 4 hours (with reserves) Engine: Continental IO-550-N (260–310 hp)

One thing I notice is I have to run the Xbox app to get updates now instead of just the MS Store. I don't remember having to do that in the past. I regularly check the store for any updates for various apps, but really never run the Xbox app.

I've had this bug ongoing for some time. It only happens once in awhile (and has nothing to do with the latest updates). Flo pro sometimes doens't fully load and nothing works. Restarting the sim or even just the flight fixes it.

Yes, and honestly, "could be" should be "already is". Back when I started in this field back when the years started in 19--, we got hit with one of the first email viruses, back before any real virus protection. People clicked on a thing, it opened and emailed a copy to everyone else. Basic by today's standards. Modern email would never allow something like that today. I remember it like it was yesterday. I sprinted (I was a young man back then) down the hall and ripped the network cable out the back of the server. I didn't ask permission, I didn't ask any bosses, it was bad and needed to shut down immediately. We've having actual discussions with senior leadership at our company, basically telling them we may need to simply shut off services, including production stuff that is customer facing at times without warning. Including the middle of the day, etc. Be prepared for major services to go down at any time. I mentioned a few MSFS addon developers doing just that. That will be the new normal. The biggest fear is once your personal data is out there, that's it. The only advice I can give is pretty common now - Use a password manager and a different password for everything. You don't want someone hacking some random forum you signed up for 5 years ago and finding out that your password is the same for something important.

I can tell you that security is going to get worse and worse. The idea of patch schedules are going to get thrown out the window. The latest PHP vulnerability caused lots of people to simply shut down until the patch came out. The problem is: -Companies use AI to find potential vulnerabilities in products (good thing) -Company releases patches to fix security issues -Bad guys use AI to reverse engineer the patch to find and exploit the vulnerability So, basically once the patch is out, it needs to be put in ASAP. It used to be test in lower environments, then push to prod. Now, it needs to be push to prod and test in prod. Where I work, we have multiple dev and test environments where stuff gets tested before going into prod. We're simply not going to have the time to do that now. There's going to be patches slammed into prod with downtime during the day. There's too much risk. You may have seen a few MSFS addon devs simply shutting down services until the patch was out. This is going to be the new normal. They were smart to do so. The fundamental problem is AI can basically do the work of finding and exploiting vulnerabilities faster than any person. Zero day vulnerabilities always existed, but there was still usually time before someone actually starts exploiting it. Now, days or hours has become minutes and seconds. Companies have been downsizing IT departments for years too and many places simply don't have the staff to work in this new normal. What used to be quarterly or monthly patch cycles are just going on constantly now. The biggest worry is all these companies that have our data and simply won't be able to keep up with security patching.

I know, I got my hopes up the past few weekends as they mentioned early October at one point. They mentioned releasing more videos, so I'm not overly getting my hopes up for this weekend. Who knows though. I can't remember which day of the week they typically drop on either. Some devs like mid week, others like the weekends. Whenever they have the support staff available. Going by their Discord channel it seems they always find something to improve. I can't wait. Even with my already very high standards for A2A, that video was impressive with even more features.

Just "very soon" but it is A2A. It will be done when they say it is done. 😄

An addon linker requires almost no disk space, that's one of the many benefits. There's no need to move community for disk space.

Not sure, but hopefully at least this points you in the right direciton. Personally, I'd set the community folder to the default location and leave it alone. I know it can be customized, but I know there can be issues. I'd take a step back, put the useroptions file back to default (default community location), and copy one addon folder directly into the default community folder and try that. Take the linker out of it for now. No need to copy them all yet, just try one you can check in sim easily. Remember too there's a "community2024" folder that was added. Might be worth a try, although the default one should work. Your community should be c:\users\%username%\appdata\local\packages\microsoft.limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\localcache\packages\community

You probably already checked, but browse to your community folder using Windows explorer and make sure the simlink folders are there and you can double click one and have it take you to where the addons are stored. Don't just trust what addon linker says. Again you probably tried this but I'd uncheck all the addons and re-check them to recreate the links.

I can only speak to the sim, but there's fewer VOR stations, and things like NDBs are disappearing at least in the US (I think this is backed up in the real world too). There still seems to be more NDBs in the UK. What I find simply is that it is harder and harder to plan flights the old way. Sometimes there's just not a station where you need to go. I end up dead reckoning and trying to find a radial + DME point. I feel like there used to be a lot more NDBs in the US, now I can't remember the last time I saw one on a chart (they are still out there). Every now and then I'll take up the Just Flight Piper Tomahawk with no GPS and just a chart and try to navigate around. For short flights that can be fun, but I don't know if I'd plan a long route that way. So many approaches now are RNAV/GPS. I believe VOR is really just a backup at this point. I'm not a real pilot but I don't know if anyone would fly IFR without GPS at this point. I would love a mod that somehow set the navaids back to 1985 or something. There's stories of pilots having their tablet fail mid-flight and basically not being able to navigate.

General aviation is really taken over by GPS now. A lot of youtube GA pilots use a tablet and Foreflight or similar with a perfect moving map. Modern navigation really is "follow the purple line", unless you want to learn old school VOR navigation. I remember the days of FSX where a "moving map" was a "cheat". Of course the better graphics of 2020/24 allow real VFR flying as well which can be rewarding. What I did as a non-pilot is start learning airspace and trying to avoid flying into it in the sim. One thing I really enjoy is flying around/under a big Class B airspace VFR. Some bigger airports have VFR routes you can fly as well. LAX has a north-south path you can fly right over the airport in real life.