How much add on content can we have?

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I have a ton of free add ons from flightsim.to and I use MSFS Add Ons linker to add things to my community folder via symbolic links. I find that it would not be possible to include the massive amount of add ons all at once, if I add too much it impacts the load time of the sim and the flight load time. If I put even more the sim may crash and not load at all. So I only link in scenery and airports for places where I plan to fly during my session.

So it seems to me there must be some upper limit to how much add on content can be used.

For content I purchase from the in sim marketplace or via orbx central, I don’t have that flexibility that symbolic links provide, I would have to uninstall things in order to remove them and not have them contribute to the overall size of add on content.

So, I’m worried about buying things like the full reno air race package with 40 aircraft, or the orbx Himalaya mesh (which is 20gb). Won’t things like that impact my load time performance even when not flying in the Himalayas or when not flying any of those 40 aircraft?

If those things do impact load times I wish there was a more simple mechanism for including or excluding both marketplace add ons and orbx central add ons other than uninstalling and re-installing.

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Just as a note - Orbx add-ons can easily be moved out and be linked / managed with AddonLinker like everything else (so far everything I purchased via Orbx central installed in the community folder)

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That is good to know. So orbx installs in community but you move the files out and link them in when you want with add ons linker. Do you have to move them back directly to community folder to update them with orbx central when orbx has updates available?

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If you install Orbx stuff to a library in Orbx Central, it stores the items in the library folder and puts links in the Community folder. You can then manage the links with the MSFS Add Ons linker.

I don’t know of any similar way of managing the Marketplace installs, which is one reason I avoid it if possible and buy addons elsewhere.

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