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Hi As this seemed to be an interesting program I downloaded and installed it. At the top I could se 4 of my airports installed in P3D v4 via the .xml-method. I marked one of them and tried to move it down, but as soon as I clicked the down-button, the program crashed. So after a restart I un-activated them and saved and got the message "saved". So I closed the program and restarted it and...... the 4 entries were activated again! Jack the Swede in Spain

Hello. After playing around with the addon organiser Im getting the following issues. And also some ctds. Some help would be great thanks

Hello @ll, the Addon Organizer 1.11 is available for download on the Lorby-SI site (http://www.lorby-si.com) New in this version are scenery "groups". With this feature you can enable/disable large chunks of scenery with one doubleclick on the group page. Furthermore the broken "fast refresh" for the up/down buttons was fixed. Best regards

Hello @ll, version 1.12 of the P4AO fixes an issue with exporting the scenery library into a temporary scenery.cfg file. The old versions failed to expand the scenery paths if they were relative to the add-on.xml defining them. This update is also recommended for all those who are using MakeRunways for Prepar3D V4, as this tool also makes use of the P4AO's export function. Best regards

In my testing i have found that even disabling entries in the tool (all of them in my large collection), still results in an added 1min24sec load time.. if remove those folders from my docs, i save the time.. That said.. i'm wanting to test moving all these into scenery.cfg (and test disabled here and the load times).. the tool seems to support moving entries, but only one at a time.. is there some way of a mass move, or maybe in a future revision (or maybe via command line in general)? Thanks in advance

Hello @ll, the Addon Organizer version 1.10 is available for download on the Lorby-SI website http://www.lorby-si.com New in this version is a small button on the scenery page that will load additional file system information for your sceneries - the number of files in the scenery folder and its total size in MByte. This operation can take a long time, so this information is not loaded by default and you have to press this button instead. Once the operation is complete, when you open a scenery node in the main list you will see two new properties. This can help you to identify sceneries that cause long loading times of the simulator and that you may want to…

So in testing my p3dv4 install.. i decided to "move" all folders out of the docs\ addons folder.. run p3d then close.. then move them back. First thing that happened was i was prompted repeatidly for every scenery addon by p3d.. (enable addon prompts).. Then i decided to open the Lorby Tool and see if it would repair the situation to prevent prompting (after killing p3d process).. When i open the tool.. i now see all the orbx ftx entries mixed in (from scenery.cfg, i never added them as addon-xmls).. and there are about 6 entries that are just blank and "pink".. So i opted to try the restore from backup option, but i'm not sure where it stores the back…

When I click on this I get the message "The following files have incorrect character encoding" but I don't see any list of files. Where are they? Thanks Bruceb

Hello @ll, The P4AO version 1.08 has been released today. This version will now rearrange the addon components and addon packages in the relevant cfg files to better reflect the intended ordering in the scenery library. There were a few discussions going on about the (normal) duplicate layer numbers and the inability to layer add-on xml configurations inbetween the scenery.cfg in all kinds of arrangements. Some of this is still impossible, but what you can do now with the P4AO is to give several add-on xml configurations that have to have the same layer number a specific order nevertheless. The P4AO will change the sequence in which these configurations are…

Hello @ll, as requested, a "multi - select" option has been implemented in the P4AO. You can now select multiple scenery entries at the same time by activating a column of checkboxes in the list. This selection can then be moved up and down with the buttons, and activated/deactivated by doubleclicking on one of the selected entries. As usual, the app is available for download on the Lorby-SI website: http://www.lorby-si.com Best regards

Hello @ll, it seems like the installers of all LLTX versions for FSX/SE/P3D 2.5 and P3D V3 were broken by the P3D V4 update. Sorry about that, but I couldn't have noticed on my end as on my devel system all files are always present. I have updated LLTX to version number 1.02 b6 on the Lorby website. When using MT6, UT2 or WOAI you may have to delete "C:\Users\...\Documents\LorbyLiveTraffic_xxx Files" so the update can create new databases. But please try the app first, if you don't have or had problems, you don't have to.do this. Best regards

I tried adding T2G KSEA with Addon Organizer. When I clicked on 'Save' a message popped up saying there was a permission error and the tool didn't save the changes. When I tried to start P3D it said it couldn't run with a corrupt scenery.cfg and that I should re-install. The scenery.cfg was completely blank, just an empty text file. I can't remember which path/folder it couldn't access, this was some weeks ago. I remember, however, I checked the permissions for that folder and it looked normal, no obvious reason why the tool wouldn't be allowed to modify it. I don't really want to reproduce the error even with a back up of the scenery.cfg because I don't want to…

New PC with Norton preloaded - I attempted to download the addon organizer and Norton will not allow me to execute the .exe file. Who owns the computer? I thought I did. But it did make me pause - is this a "false positive" or will I also install a virus/malware with this product? No experience with Norton antivirus - so I was hoping the users on this forum could make me feel better about avoiding a virus. And yes, I know I should have shut off the Norton before installation. Franklin Duncan

Hi, I am so grateful for this tool as it is the only scenery management software that seems to work with the Add-On.xml system and also the scenery.cgf system. I have noticed some behavior in P4AO (using version 1.08) that has been driving me a little bit crazy. The two issues seem to be related to how P4AO handles the add-on.xml files when pressing "save". Specifically: An XML header <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> is added at the top of the file and this can cause some issues with Aivlasoft's EFB when that line is read. I base this observation also on the example given here - http://www.prepar3d.com/SDKv4/sdk/add-ons/add-on_packag…

Hello @ll, the Addon Organizer version 1.07 is ready for download. - Fixed a couple of bugs when adding or editing scenery components (new entries at level 0, unhandled exceptions, editing layer numer not working) - Main scenery tree view now scrolls to last selected node when doubleclicking (activate/deactivate) Best regards

Hello @ll, version 1.05 of the Addon Organizer has been uploaded to the Lorby-SI website. Changes in this version: - Bugfix: Caught exceptions when editing scenery areas in the scenery.cfg - Change: option to transfer sceneries between scenery.cfg and add-on.xml configuration - Change: persistent backup path Best regards

Hello @ll, I have just uploaded version 1.00 of the AddonOrganizer to the Lorby-SI website (http://lorby-si.weebly.com/downloads). I still consider it to be in beta status. Frequent backups of your config files are recommended. Change log: - Fixed serveral null-pointer exceptions when adding / editing scenery - Accelerated the refresh of the main tree view, so the "up/down" buttons make more sense - Added the option to activate/deactivate individual addon components in an external add-on.xml That last part works, but it causes entries in the content error log of P3D. That cannot be avoided for now, so it is up to you if you use it or stick to the…

Hello Oliver, sorry, I'm really annoying but is it possible to save the entered backup-path to the next program start ? Now, i have to enter the path every-time I want to make a backup... Not a big problem for me - but maybe in one of the next releases ... ;-) Thx in advance greetings Gerolamo

Hey, I am very intrigued by this tool. I am wondering will it be possible to install FTX products outside the sim directory and have this tool arrange it via the new p3dv4 addon method. I assume it may not work with global as it replaces textures but about for FTX, openLC and vector products? Any insights? Thanks

Hi Oliver, I'm running v1.04 of Addon Organizer. I've installed several Aerosoft sceneries that have been updated for P3D v4. I've followed the install directions provided by the installers. These sceneries appear in the scenery.cfg and are light green in the Scenery tab of Addon Organizer. If I highlight any of these sceneries and then press the "Edit scenery" button, I get a window that says there's been an "unhandled exception." This only happens with Aerosoft sceneries. All other scenery entries can be edited. All these uneditable Aerosoft sceneries are installed by default into an Aerosoft folder inn Ecosystem folder in the main P3D v4 folder. At the moment…

Yes I read the manual and parsed through the forum here and I am still confused. Maybe I need Poppet (Elaine) to do one of her excellent video tutorials on how this program works. I still don't quite understand the nuances of it with respect to adding scenery. I understand there are two ways for P3Dv4 to see the scenery, via the old scenery.cfg method or the new xml method. What confuses me is two things: 1. Creating xml files. I have all the Taxi2Gate scenery that I want to add into v4. They use old installers as well. I would like to do it in a manner that I can update P3Dv4 say when a new version comes out without having to reinstall these sceneries but still not …

Hi Oliver, I'm running P3D v3.4. Could you confirm if my scenery.cfg entries and the layering numbers are what you would expect with FSDT, FB and MyTraffic Pro addons? My scenery.cfg has entries from 001-237 with no duplicates. I have a fair amount of 3rd party software including FS Global, FTX Global, Ultimate Terrain for Europe, USA and Caribbean plus many airports. I have MyTraffic Pro installed as an addon but with a forced layer number of 115 included in the add-on.xml file located in Documents\ Prepar3D v3 Add-ons\MyTraffic6 as advised by Poppet in the MT support forum. This entry doesn't appear in scenery.cfg before P3D is launched. If I la…

Hey Oliver! Great tool! I get this encoding error caused by SODE. Not sure how to get rid of it. Any suggestions?

Hello Oliver, Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I've noticed something: If I create a new entry manually in P3Dv3, the new add-on.xml is always saved in a new directory - ..\Documents\Prepar3D v3 Files\add-ons not in the intended directory ..\Documents\Prepar3D v3 Add-ons\ So i have to move manually this entry to the 'right' directory (...witch all the work behind ;-)) to have all files on the same place ! In P3dv4 its all correct and new add-on.xml is created in ..\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons ! Please take a look at this greetings Gerolamo

hello i ve just update the organizer from 0.98 to 1.04 but now all my addon .xml are upside down and i want to know how to reorganize correctly i ll post a screen soon if i able to do it thanks