Flightbeam KDEN addon and MSFS original Denver airport

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Hi there,

I downloaded the Flightbeam Denver airport from MSFS marketplace. Landed in Denver for the first time. And I recognized that the taxiways are pretty bumpy (scenery looks good though). Now I wonder:

Do I have to uninstall/delete the orginial KDEN (MSFS prem deluxe version) or should I keep it just where it is??

Thanks for answers…

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Yes, you need to delete the default package. No idea why the game doesn’t disable that itself though.

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An update should get pushed to the in-game content manager pretty soon. Version 1.03 should fix this, according to the release notes:

KDEN v1.03

Includes all of v1.02 updates plus a few more

  • Improved night lighting
  • Added red beacons on top of towers
  • Enabled ground PBR (will be visible with MSFS’s new update)
  • Fixed missing glass canopy from the Hotel
  • Added custom parking lot textures next to main terminal
  • Fixed Asobo’s KDEN bleed through/duplicate buildings (no more need to manually delete files)
  • Smoothed out many taxiways and unrealistic inclines/bumps
  • Fixed Taxiway naming, ATC now gives full taxiway directions
  • Optimized traffic flow for aircraft and traffic
  • Fixed various parking gates/ramps
  • Fixed runway 26 papi showing no proper indications
  • Fix various object placements

To Update:

Open Contrail and click on the ‘Download’ button in the top menu - or - Go to your account on shop.flightbeam.net and re-download KDEN for MSFS.

This fix is only currently available on the Flightbeam Webstore. If you purchased in the Marketplace it will be a separate update you will get automatically, hopefully sometime within the next week.

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Thanks both of you. That clears things up.

So: normaly I wouldn’T delete original scenery if buying “overlays”??

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Do you happen to know why the default scenery is still loaded? Lowi default loads objects from Munich and after disabling the default Lowi it was fine. I made a topic asking why CreateJetways are loaded from different airports (kinda same issue)

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No, wish I was more up to speed on that, but not too sure. Let me ping @ScruffyDuckJon and see if he has any thoughts…

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Thanks! If this is a issue and known. I can stop putting time in finding out what happens. :slight_smile:

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If I understand correctly an airport default scenery is showing through an updated addon?

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The default KDEN and LOWI scenery isn’t disabled. Maybe if not bought thru the marketplace.

Also, if you have a bit of time can you check this topic I made. It’s probably a bug that loads Jetways from miles (10’s) away. Different CreateJetways airports loaded from miles and miles away

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I bought it through marketplace and the originals are there and activated. I’m not sure, what is loaded or not. That’s why I’m asking.

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The addon should exclude all parts of the existing default airport. This is achieved via a combination of airport exclude flags and exclusions to hide objects etc. Actually a default airport is never physically removed from the system but rather hidden so the addon gets a clear run. If there are problems with the default showing through the addon then this needs to be addressed by the addon developer

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Thanks for that useful information. So it seems many devs didn’t take much care into this so far.

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I would say that we are all learning how to use the new capabilities for third party addons :wink:

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Yes we do.

I wonder, if the default is just hidden, does that mean the the default airport is still loaded, but not visible? Wouldn’t that be a waste of ressources/performance?

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I am not sure of the mechanics but I suspect that the elements hidden or excluded are not loaded into the sim

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Yes, I hope so!
Looking at Cygnifick’s posts in this thread and also his own thread, I am a bit skeptical…