I was trying to troubleshoot some scenery conflicts that were causing CTDs yesterday when I noticed something concerning. It seems that a lot of scenery creators are not changing the location of the modelLib.BGL that is output by default for an ArtProj. I wrote a quick python script to scan every l…

[image] HAL9000SZ: There are a lot of freeware out which has following path:…\scenery\mycompany\modelLib.BGL How to handle that ? As far as I am aware, using something like “mycompany” is fine, as it creates the uniqueness required to prevent conflicts. Hopefully someone here with more expe…

That will only work if the developer changes “MyCompany” to a unique company name, most do not and leave it as the literal “MyCompany”

I ´am also not shure if this is not the same in green, like the global path. :thinking:

I just checked my files using MSFS Addons Linker - Check Addon tool and I have 80+ addons that are using modelLib.BGL. Is there a script available or program (total commander?) that would let you change names of the files and the entries in the layout.json in one batch?

For (re)generating layout.json you can use GitHub - HughesMDflyer4/MSFSLayoutGenerator: A drag-and-drop application for updating layout.json files in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) packages. you could call this in a .bat file. First rename the modelLib, then regenerate layout.json

I don’t think that’s true as a cause. The MSFS, like all its predecessors, searches for the GUID and this is unique if you do not use the same one in several sceneries. Names are smoke and mirrors in FS

MSFSLayoutGenerator worked like a charm. I managed to rename all my addons in less than 10 minutes. I used total commander to find all modelLib.BGL files (branch view option) and after batch renaming them (I added counter 1_modelLib.BGL, 2_modelLib.BGL, …) I dragged the layout.json files onto close…

I have developed a small app on the fly. ModelLibChanger scans your community folder for the wrong modelLib.BGL and offers you the possibility to rename them and adjust the layout.json at the same time. I tested this with a few airports and landmarks, but I can’t guarantee that it works with all (w…

Yes. I also think, if this duplicate filename thing would be such a problem, we would see so many addons not working at all. But thats not the case.

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Scenery creators: please move or rename your modelLib.BGL

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TitusFredrikson January 10, 2021, 11:39am 37

Thanks. I’ll give it a go.