Addons in Community appear as NOT INSTALLED in Content Manager, after updating to 1.15.7.0 and World Update IV, although they are installed

Same for me

check this : Fix for package builder - SDK Discussion / General - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

I have same issue - all mods are SHOWING not installed, although they actually are and they work.
I tired disabling them (Mod manager) - no difference - but it does not seem to be causing an issue.

I am on the Steam version.

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they have ever been shown as installed ans also that they were in the community folder

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Same situation here (MSFS and 3rd Party Addons)

On my end, the mods appear as uninstalled in the content manager, are present in the community folder, but have no effect.

The devs always surprise me with which they come breaking in the sim in each and every update, whether World or Sim. I don’t believe that, since yesterday, I have been wasting time with such a petty but pesky thing that keeps me from feeling like flying.

This got merged from another topic discussing CTD on startup from having addons in community, not just addons not appearing in content manager, so this might be a good way to cause a potential misunderstanding for the devs thinking there is only one bug. Although it might be related.

Well, thank you for letting us know.

A few months ago, I realised that FS updates can break addons. And this has happened to at least a few addons for each major update, despite having only 16 addons!
I like having control over the addons, that is why I prefer buying with developers to put them in the Community folder: the first time I bought from the Market place, I got a problem: Microsoft emailed me that all was fine, but I couldn’t install with the Market Place. I had to go to the forums, and Jummivana sorted the problem (proof of what I explain here: First time trying to buy in the Market place: Fail!).
But I would rather avoid having to do that each time. Hence, addons in the Community folder.

I love FS, but if it has to be like being at work again, finding bugs and reporting them (I have been working in software testing and validation, but now in QA, as bugs were just too much
), it’s no longer a hobby
 instead, a source of frustration, as we can indeed read in the many posts here.

This is the reason why I only have paid for 4 addons so far, because testing addons properly at every FS update is extremely time-consuming, etc, etc

Not because I don’t have the money!!! The next rig I am thinking of is likely to be £ 6000, since I haven’t spent anything in the last 15 months
 But because I want to avoid the hassle. If it wasn’t for this issue of broken addons, I would have bought many, many addons.

This is a shame for customers and developers alike, for obvious reasons.

I think there needs to be a way to improve things without causing loss of compatibility at major updates. I am just thinking of developers


What customers enjoy is fly and explore, not investigate and try to find fixes and workarounds.

The most frustrating thing is the fact that many, not all of course, bugs appear in features that are not that technically challenging, like the “NOT INSTALLED” bug
 When we consider the innovative Brilliance of most FS features, we can only wonder how can such “silly” bugs occur, with all the brilliantly talented people working on FS.
It’s one thing to be brilliant, it’s another to not check.

But, be sure I love this sim! I wouldn’t spend time writing this if I would think it’s bad.

Therefore, I give the developers my utmost respect for their Brilliance.
I just expect a bit more care in avoiding bugs.

Thank you.

EDIT: Fortunately, my Logbook is still intact; I hope it remains so, as I mostly value the number of landings, and enjoy the landing challenges. “Show me your landings, and I will tell you what pilot you are.”
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I have also thought from the beginning that both “not installed” and add-on scenery “CTD” issues are closely related and must be looked into accordingly. However, I’ve come across many, including some forum moderators, that keep saying it’s just a cosmetic issue, which I totally disagree. Such comments have only been misleading and underestimating the consequences.

By the way, this thread is not visible at or accessible from the main forums page, most likely removed since the dev team is hopefully working on it. I, and surely all of the avid simmers, are looking forward to being provided with a fix real soon.

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What’s your evidence that they are related and not just cosmetic other than your thoughts?

Tested and found out that most of the add-ons cause CTDs without a notice since yesterday.

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Well, somehow mine doesn’t crash. And I have a ton of payware airports and payware aircraft. And all of them are listed as “not installed” as well
 So there is a hole in your logic.

Never mind, keep your job as finding holes in the logics.

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So far, mine doesn’t crash. Mostly because I only have a few. I appreciate my luck while it lasts, because, as I experienced for other problems, at some point I get hit.

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I have never had any CTDs since day one back in the initial release last summer up until yesterday.

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I know what it’s like the first time. My heart sank. You know, when you just can’t be sure you really saw what you saw. I had that for a while with the map (V).

I have to apologize for my critics on WU4 concerning the G1000 !
The former functionality of the G1000 working title Mod now seems to be (partially) integrated. Just check the MENU button on the PFD and MFD: Surprise !
On the PFD an “PFD Options” Submenu appear to adjust the Display Brigthness fĂŒr PFD and MFD
On the MFD a “MAP SETUP” appears, where

  • the Map Orientation can be selected (North Up, Track Up, HDG and DTK)
  • a Fuel Range Circle can be selected an configured! (Thats’ new !!)

Feel free to add your additional findings !!

Regards
Stefan (Callsign “Baron453”)

I think a lot of the issues come from people downloading a lot of stuff from flightsim.to. While there are a lot of quality releases, there is a ton of junk freeware. Some of those things may now be crashing the sim. That’s what I think MAY be happening in some cases. I have no freeware airports or aircraft (other than the reputable FBW, WT, GNS530)
 That’s it. And I enjoyed stability since Day 1.

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Yes, I mostly install mods that get updated regularly/often. I only have 12 free mods and 4 paywares. It’s enough work already to check them at each FS update