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Hi Oliver, I'm trying to create a backup for my scenery in v1.39 b06 (also tried in v1.38 b11) of P4AO. Every time I click on the button, it generates an empty zip folder. No scenery data has been saved. I've tried saving the backup folder in several different locations, on different drives, P4AO is run as administrator, P4AO is white-listed on Anti Virus program. Can you suggest what is causing me to have this problem please?

Hello Oliver, I was getting an exception "filename invalid" (on Fsx) I was not able to track down. Recently I have added few boats (on P3D) which recreated that exception. The number of added boats was small enough to decide to track down which boat was guilty 🙂 The root case is in a model.cfg file with a comment (always these comments ...) [models] normal=fremm_force0.mdl // pour un bateau stable ou immobile Deleting the comment solve the problem !!! Thanks for this very usefull utility I use VERY regularly. Regards - Gérard

I noticed I have two SceneryIndexes_x64. The second one is named SceneryIndexes_x64_P4AO. Is there a reason for having two? Reason I'm asking is sometimes we need to delete the SceneryIndexes_x64 to clean things up. I removed both earlier and found FSDT scenery didn't load until I put them back.

Hi, it seems that "disable" of add on xml doesn't work. one can only delete it. it works for scenery.cfg entries, but not for add on xml. Am I doing something wrong ? Doron.

Hello @ll, Lorby Live Traffic has been updated to 1.14 today. We are having a lot of fog this time of the year, and I realized that this wasn't really depicted that well when using the "real weather" option in LLTX. With version 1.14 low visibility should look much better in the sim. As a reminder: since LLTX 1.12 the "real weather" can be injected continuously, every 15 minutes. This is not really a "weather engine" - it just grabs the current METAR from the NOAA and makes the sim depict that weather information. LLTX is available as a free download on the Lorby-SI website. Best regards

Oliver, I have been struggling trying to get freeware Global AI Ship Traffic into P3Dv4.3 I used P4AO to add the scenery part (.bgl's of ship routes...I think), and the components "SimObjects," Effects," and "Sound," but no ship traffic is showing up, so I am wondering if I have a problem with targeting the wrong directories. Here is the directory structure in Windows Explorer: C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\For New Computer\~Prepar3D\Traffic\Global Ship Traffic\Global_AI_Ship_Traffic_V2 (all scenery/component directories are contained in this path), so they look like this: C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\For New Computer\~Prepar3D\Traffic\Global Ship Traffic\Global_AI…

Hi, Big issue here... all of a sudden the AO has stopped running since earlier today. I don't think I changed anything... it has just seemed to stop working. I deleted everything in the Appdata\Local\Lorby-SI folder but that did not solve things. Also I updated the AO after it stopped working... no luck. It seems to crash at start. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hello @ll, LorbyLiveTraffic has been updated today: The stutter that was present in the sim when using RealTraffic as datasource has finally been cured! The FLAi mapping database has been updated to work with the latest FLAi version (from 6th of November) Simulator AI mode has been improved to prevent sim crashes caused by unusable AI flight plans. The sim will still crash though when incompatible AI models are injected. The app is available as a free download on the Lorby-SI website. Best regards

Oliver, I am having the luck of an Irishman who has broken forty five mirrors. lol Just had a catestrophic SSD failure (stand alone P3Dv4) I have just gone through the laborious task of re downloading P3Dv4 (latest version), installing same and then the even more laborious installation of ORBX sceneries. All went exceedingly well so I then downloaded a WMKK scenery. This locked up my P3Dv4 so I manually turned off my computer and restarted. I then tried to use your Addon Organiser and when I click on the desktop Icon nothing happens. So I uninstalled that using Control Panel and reinstalled it. This time I did not even get a desktop icon, so I went into the pr…

Hi Oliver: One more time, a big thank you for creating this wonderful P3D Addon Organizer utility for P3Dv4 users. Probably this has been answered before, but just want to know if the feature that keeps running in the background to allow utilities like MakeRunways (as you put in your example in the manual) to be run from a temporarily created Scenery.CFG file should also be used in case of running ORBX's Airports Elevation Corrections (AEC) from FTX Central?. Cheers, Ed

Hello @ll, the release of this version got buried in another thread, so I am posting it here too. The latest 0.97 allows you to bail out of your aircraft (kind of like an ejection seat). The build b05 was releases only today, and it fixes the broken logic that should have allowed you to replace the SkyDiver Avatar with any other Avatar model. This is working now, but please bear in mind that a "normal" Avatar won't have any of the animations that the PMX sky diver has (= falling with and without chute). PayloadManager X is available for free on the "Downloads" section of the Lorby-SI website and on the website of Christian Bahr, who made the Avatar an…

Hi, I have come to some scenery issues with this program. P3Dv4 seems to bee okay but i keep getting layer issues needed to correct before Lorbi allows me to disable groupes or just manually scenerys. Is it possible to start for a fresh with this program ? Thanks Michael Moe

help add add-ons from bgl scenery world, bgl scenery 0707 Greetings I would like someone to help me to be able to add escenery in the Lorby-SI tool AddonOrganizer_P3D_V4. Example I have the scenery example1 that contains the scene folder with the additional folders effect folder, the world folder, the folder 0707 doubts about how to add the bgl and texture found in a folder. G: \ example1 \ Scenery \ 0707scenery \ cxxx.bgl G: \ example1 \ Scenery \ world \ xxADEX_DM_ALT.bgl G: \ example1 \ Scenery \ world \ texture \ xx.bmp G: \ example1 \ effects \ xx.fx G: \ example1 \ effects \ texture \ xx.bmp I understand that the scenario must be placed in the…

Is there an easy way to get a bunch of scenery.cfg entries converted to an addon xml document.. and is there a limit to how many you can have in one document.. i potentially could have 1000 at some point.. at least 100-500 for now though.. When using multiselect in the tool the option to send to xml gets grayed out.. perhaps a command line or batch file method exists? Or.. an easy way to import many folders into scenery.cfg in the old way? Thanks in advance

good day, each time i want orderly my addon with P4AO, save and clear scenery index, i have the problem with p3d hang . what could be the problem with the function up or down? Thanks

Hi Oliver, I hope this isn't a daft question but I have read the readme for both your program and Pete's MakeRunways. I have run MakeRunways v4.8.6.4 and it has created its files in my P3D v3 main folder. Your program has created a LorbyScenery.cfg in the same folder and that contains my addon entries such as FSDT airports. But my scenery.cfg in C:\Program Data\Lockheed Martin\Prepar 3D v3 folder has not been updated. Do I have to manually copy your file over and rename it? Isn't that what your lorbysceneryexport file does?

Hi, I´m a new user of “LORBY Live Traffic”, with FLAI database of AI aircrafts. And, not always in all flights, but almost always on dusk/night flights, the P3Dv4 disappear and the windows of exception HRESULT appear with code 0xc000014B and, for the text that explain the exception, I am not an IT specialist, seems to me that the problem is in the AI handler dispatch, finding an AI aircraft that cannot handle. My question is if anyone knows a tool for scan the folder of AI aircraft, and detect the problem since I like a lot “Live Traffic”, compared for example with MT6… On the other hand, when start the “Live Traffic” always appear the message “error reading ai…

Hello @ll, I have decided to release my "AiAircraftTweaker" tool as freeware. It is available on the Lorby-Si website, section DOWNLOADS. I made this tool for my own use, but seeing that more people are having the requirement to manipulate multiple AI aircraft definitions in one go, I decided to release it "as-is". The tool will scan your simulator for AI aircraft (and optionally flyable ones) and you can - add default radios to aircraft that don't have them (to avoid AI getting stuck at the gate) - disable the exits (so the AI doesn't request the jetway at the gate) - tweak "toe brake scale" and "min throttle limit" (to change the distance t…

Hi, I'm using the actual version of the Addon organizer (1.34b01) and it seems the file MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg (necessary for Pete Dowsons MakeRyws tool) is no longer created. So all of my sceneries defined via add-on.xml are not recognized by the tool. I have a MakeRwys_Scenery.cfg file in the P3Dv4 folder dated back Mid April. But it does not get updated (or created if I rename it to e.g. .orig) after using Save in the Addon organizer. Do you have an idea ? Mike

Oliver, I did an "Other Addon" conflict check, because I noticed that "SimObjects" is light red. Here's the text of the report: C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\SimObjects\BVIA\SimObjects\Airplanes | C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\BVAI\add-on.xml C:\Program Files\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\SimObjects\Airplanes | SimObjects.cfg I checked my "SimObjects.cfg" and found BVAI listed...I think this is for Vpilot...so I deleted it and restarted P4AO and check conflicts, and there were were none. I don't use Vpilot, so I assume deleting the entry is okay, or should I put it back? Kind Regards,

Hi there, I am getting multiple Unhandled Exceptions when trying to use the latest version of Addon Organiser. I had a previous version installed prior to updating but am unsure whether I was supposed to backup something before uninstalling and installing the latest version... At this stage, I am getting the UE errors when trying to add or press cancel while adding scenery or components. Then once selecting the quit option I get a UE error when the manager tries to check that I want to quit... V1.39 b04 I don't recall my previous version but it had been a little while since I had done any updates. Probably around 2 months.. Things are haywire!! …

Hello @ll, the new version 0.94 b04 of PayloadManager X brings further enhancements for the aerial refueling: Tanker parameters can be saved as templates for easier creation You can activate a random movement option which makes your own aircraft move around a little bit while you are latched to the tanker The app is available as a free download on the Lorby-SI website. Best regards

Hello @ll, P4AO has just been updated to version 1.39 b04 This fixes the bug where the scenery treeview would not refresh correctly when moving an item down and making it leave the "box". This also affected moving multiple sceneries down at the same time, which only worked once and then deselected the items again. The scenery list has gained a search field now, where you can highlight those scenery entries where the title or the path contains a text that you enter. P4AO will now also detect new packages, it is no longer necessary to run the simulator first. The tool is available for download on the Lorby-SI website. Best regards

Hello @ll, the P4AO version 1.38 is available for download now. This version has received many small updates and bugfixes, but there are two "big" new (optional) features too: Strict package law: if you are using other scenery management tools at the same time, you can direct P4AO to adhere to the strict package activation law. This means that it will no longer be possible to activate/deactivate individual components of an add-on package, because this function is unique to P4AO. Instead, the whole package must be activated or deactivated Strict layer order: there seem to be scenery products out there that are in trouble if external, add-on.xml based…

Hello @ll, PayloadManager X has received a small update to the aerial refueling logic. When "Latched" to a tanker that is using the PMX Boom or Drogue, your aircraft will move around ever so slightly, the connection is not rigid anymore. PMX now has a simple file interface for third party interoperability with the tanker logic. The first app to use this will be vLSO. The fuel probe on your own aircraft can now be hidden automatically when you are not in range of a tanker. The new version is available on the Downloads page of the Lorby-SI website. Best regards