I’ve been downloading some aftermarket aircraft MSFT2020 says it is installed yet when I go to select it, they are nowhere to be found. This is not 100%. I have three that I can see and use. So, what is the problem. How do I fix it? Most of them have been downloaded for the MSFT2020 sim.
If these are older liveries, they may not be compatible.
The other thing that can happen is sometimes downloads are “double packed” in the zip file, and the proper files aren’t in the first folder.
This is a simple question that is not so simple to answer. There are numerous things that need to be in place for an aircraft to show up properly in the sim. The causes can be numerous and as mentioned above, if the original author of the skin does not update their work, it can/will fall out of compliance if you will. What I have found is if the aircraft is not present in the sim, it usually means the model.cfg file for the skin is either not present or not aliased correctly.
Are we talking about aircraft models, or just liveries?
And which ones?
Mostly aircraft but it also happens with scenery and addons for aircraft. I have one right now for the G36 for checklists and other things and I can’t find it even though it is listed as installed. I had an airport for Bermuda that didn’t show said installed. Textures I have had some show and some not. It’s kind of a hit-and-miss except for V-tail Bonanzas and all but two haven’t shown up. I’ve had to download about 15 of them. I don’t want that many just could not find one until almost the end. Almost, everything says installed but is nowhere to be found. Some show as not installed even after re-starting the sim.