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MSFS24 How to remove POI buildings?

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Maybe not an autogen question, but neither terrain...

What is Best [MSFS24] Practice to remove obnoxious individual buildings from POI modules?
In my case it's the MSFS2020 UK_POI and Skyscrapers in London city. The obvious «Diasable the UK_POI» is not a solution because I want to keep the other landmarks.
What makes the problem so nifty is that ExclusionRectangles and/or Polygons do their job in the scenery editor, but once built and in community folder, the POI buildings are back. Probably an order/priority issue? Or the vicinity of airports? I've tried quite a few things... With and without photogrammetry. Community folder is emptied.
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Probably your project needs a Package Order Hint: Custom point of interest patch
Then the package should override the POI when placed in the Community. Search the SDK for Package Order Hint

The XML:
<PackageOrderHint>CUSTOM_POI_PATCH</PackageOrderHint>
 
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Thanks rhumbaflappy, as always you hit the nail! 👍
I wasn't aware that 'CUSTOM_POI_PATCH' was a unique order in the file system. What I don't like pariticularily is that my whole project now is on this level. The solution is probably that I split the project into two packages, making the London excludes a separate package.
 
deHavilland said:
Thanks rhumbaflappy, as always you hit the nail! 👍
I wasn't aware that 'CUSTOM_POI_PATCH' was a unique order in the file system. What I don't like pariticularily is that my whole project now is on this level. The solution is probably that I split the project into two packages, making the London excludes a separate package.
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I'm not sure if that's needed, but who knows! Adding Asobo's PackageOrderHint to the process could add new problems for developers. You could go to https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/ and ask there what will occur if you use that hint with other elements that may need other hints. Can we edit the XML and have more than one hint?
 
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