The first thing you'll probably do when trying this tool for the first time is move your currently installed addons outside of your 'real community folder' to put them in your new 'custom addon folder'. To avoid problems, please try first with a single addon only to make sure everything works fine for you.It would be sad if you move 200GB and then you notice it does not work for you. Files placed directly in the new folder should always work but, for some users (not the majority) the files moved might get encrypted if you have the MS-Store version so it's worth checking before. Thank you.
note : for the detailed changelog, please check the 'changelog' tab at the top of the page, below are just general informations
Addons linker / Addon linker
Hello
Another little addon manager. Made to match my own needs and just sharing with the community.
I tried to keep the UI very simple but it should hopefully do the job 'feature-wise'.
- lets you organize your addon freely in folder and subfolders in your folder of choice
- will create links in the community folder. There is no need to move files in and out of the folder.
- very easy to activate/deactivate groups of addons (single click)
- lets you save presets of addons
- lets you rename addons (link will be automatically updated)
- lets you add / update / remove addons
Installation :
- just extract all the files and drop them in a folder of your choice and run the EXE file
usage :
- create a folder where you will put your addons, add your addons in there instead of putting them in the community folder, you can create as many subfolder as you want to organize your files efficiently
- launch the application, in the options screen set your 'addon folder' and your 'community folder'
- just click on the checkbox to activate/deactivate addons
- rest should be fairly easy to understand (little quickstart guide should be coming soon if needed)
notes :
- if it doesn't work please try to set the application to run as admin, if it works but you still get the message at the start, just disable the message in the options screen
big thanks to the guys in the AVSIM forum that helped me testing the very first versions with feedback and ideas. I will now post it here exclusively making it easier to maintain for eventual updates.
Thank you
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Ca2Hawk
but unfortunately it does not work for me with the Official\Onestore Files (MS-Store Version).
By searching i found a Post at Avsim where you mentioned "a little workaround for that...".
Can you please tell me how that works ?
Thanks so much, it's really appreciated.
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mart60
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RideroftheMark
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sthienard
Has anyone reported a bug with dependencies? Here's my situation. I have a scenery mod that depends on two other packages. I have those two packages set as dependencies to the main scenery mod. Works fine. Both dependencies are automatically enabled and disabled when I select and then de-select the main scenery mod.
However, let's say I want to use both of the secondary packages without having the main scenery installed. I can not click on both of the secondary packages. Selecting one automatically de-selects the other. Pretty odd.
It doesn't appear dependencies on other packages is a necessary condition. I just seems that sometimes when I select another scenery package, it can disable another one that I had selected selected before. I can't seem to find a pattern or common denominator.
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BigCow74
FYI: LOVE this application. Will be sending some green your way very soon.
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flyingmastrchef
Thank you for your hard work in developing this, it's really appreciated.
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vfr150
Would it be an idea and is it possible to add a feature where you ( in the addon map ) can point and click which airports ( or even areas by drawing a parallelogram ) you want to activate?
Many greedings from Germany
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dgio
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qvwnMadness
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JT59
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jbrooks2
A true must have addon!!
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AMADI
I have almost 4,000 add-on folders in my Community folder, and probably a lot of them are airports. The manual categorization of primarily airports simply discourages me from using this program.
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skandalsky
This did not look right so I checked the preset file for dir entry and "Community "was not in it.
Renamed main dir to "MSFS Addons Linker", restarted and all ok. How "Community" was added i cannot work out, as directory folder dates reflected original install dates. It was very interesting chasing directory structures and file locations. Thanks again for a great program.
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