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P3D bug with .xml addons?

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curt1:
Umberto, I personally love the .xml method of installing sceneries, as it makes a P3D reinstall so much easier.  Unfortunately, I have run into an issue along with some other folks where adding new scenery will result in a crash when loading a scenario.  There are several different reports of this on other forums, and the reported fix is to remove .xml addons out of the Documents/P3D Add-ons folder and manually add them to the Scenery Library.  I could do that I suppose, but it sounds like something LM should address in a hotfix.  It's been reported to them also, but their take is to refer the problems to the scenery developer.

To give you my specific example, I have 25 airports installed using the .xml method.  When attempting to install airports from other vendors that require the Scenery Library method, the sim will load alright, but once I click ok to load the scenario the sim crashes.  I then uninstall the added airport and all is fine again.  Removing a couple .xml airports seems to fix things and I can add and fly the new installs okay.

I'm away from my sim computer for another week, but in my absence I can tell there's no momentum in identifying the exact cause or fix to these crashes, other than what I mentioned above.  My question to you is if you've heard anything about these issues, and will any issues arise if I manually add all my FSDT airports to the Scenery Library?  Thanks for any feedback you can provide.

virtuali:

--- Quote from: curt1 on July 18, 2017, 08:29:36 pm ---My question to you is if you've heard anything about these issues, and will any issues arise if I manually add all my FSDT airports to the Scenery Library?  Thanks for any feedback you can provide.
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There was a problem with too many areas added using the add-on.xml method, but it happened only during the beta period. After the release, someone with more than 1000 areas reported this, but LM said that this should have also been fixed by the Hotfix.

It's really difficult to know if the problem in the add-on-xml method itself, or it's specific to the airports you installed, but I suggest you not to change anything in our installation.

curt1:
Thanks for the reply.  Since numerous people are experiencing this crash, I hope LM reevaluates this as an ongoing unsolved problem.  I will have to remove a percentage of my 25 .xml airports in order for P3D to accept other added airports thru the Scenery Library.  While P3Dv4 is a very good sim overall, I've found it to be more buggy than my previous FSX install.

Brunotx:
Same problem here after installing FSDG sceneries.

Brunotx:
Any updates?

I just figured out that I have reached a maximum scenery amount.

If I install a new one, I get a crash, but if I uninstall an old one before installing the new one everything is OK.

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