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General information about the Custom Scenery Folder: In the X-Plane 12 main directory there is a folder called "Custom Scenery". In this folder resides the additionally sceneries. Some scenery are already included there (our Aerosoft airports, etc. ..). Next there is a file called scenery_packs.ini (or only scenery_packs). In this file, all in the Custon Scenery folder located scenery are registered. An example looks as follows: I 1000 Version SCENERY SCENERY_PACK Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - EDDK Cologne/ ... SCENERY_PACK_DISABLED Custom Scenery/Aerosoft - EDDM Munich/ (scenery not visible "_DISABLED") SCENER…

Hello, Many airplanes (and other addons) use the Microsoft C ++ Redistributables 64bit (some addons use also older ones). These redistributables belong to Windows, but are not always installed. They must be subsequently installed: Please also install if they appear as already installed. Sometimes the libraries are broken. Then they will be repaired automatically. Here are the links to the most important C ++ 64bit Redistributables: 2010 (if available). For Windows 10. https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=13523 2013 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=40784 …

Hello, In some cases it is a good idea to reset the preferences (for example after a big update) or if there are unclear problems: Close X-Plane 12 at first. Goto the X-Plane 12 Root folder, and find ...Output/preferences. In this (preferences) folder you find some files, beginning with X-Plane and ending with .prf Move this files out of the folder and save them to another location (so you can restore it, if something went wrong). In some cases it is a good idea, at first only to delete the file X-Plane.prf (make a backup of it). Sometimes if there is a server / update problem, it is a good idea to delete the "server_list_...txt" …

Hello, if there are problems with the MacOS Catalina ... Monterey ... and X-Plane 11/12 like "Resources/rand.bin" file not found! This must be installed for me to have random numbers. or mac.xpl or xyz.app couldn't be opened ..... The please try this (tip from Laminar Research): 1. Open Terminal 2. Enter the command "xattr -d com.apple.quarantine" 3. Find the X-Plane 11/12 folder in Finder and then drag the X-Plane.app (or the .app which is not working) from the Finder window into the Terminal window. 4. This should complete the command to make it read "xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /<path to …

Hello, X-Plane 12 is now available. Many users try to run their X-Plane 11 addons under X-Plane 12. Sometimes this works well. But of course not always. If X-Plane 12 is not explicitly mentioned in the addon store, we cannot guarantee that the addon will work completely under XP12. X-Plane 12 is new and some things are different. And there are a lot of new features, which old XP11 addons don't support without changes..... It will be necessary for XP11 addons, mostly updates, upgrades or even completely new versions only for XP12. But this is in the hands of the respective developers. So we have to be patient here. We (Ae…