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MSFS20 Mod priority options?

Uwajimaya

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Hello all,

As we get more and more FS2020 mods, we also get more mod conflicts. Does anyone have any idea if it's possible to set a mod load priority/ranking or even load ignore? The manifest.json file might be the place to do it, but it currently contains no flags or other info that would enable it. And there's no info in the SDK (yet?).

Appreciate any insights!

- Uwa
 
content.xml provides some indication of priority order
 
For FS2004, there were only a handful of developers. Now, there will be thousands, as Asobo has made modding relatively easy. It will be hard to sort out the good from the bad. Luckily, it's easy to delete or move a file from the Community folder.
 
scruffyduck said:
content.xml provides some indication of priority order
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Yes, but - content.xml lists the official files. I'm talking about community packages, I don't see those using the content.xml. Instead, each community package requires a layout.json and manifest.json. In the absence of any in-game UI/functionality to rank mod load order, the manifest would be the ideal place to include parameters to deal with conflicting mods.
 
Well I have community folders listed in my content.xml

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There are five listed
 
content.xml seems to list packages in date order in which they were installed.
 
hmm I wonder if reordering it would stick?
 
Interesting - I have multiple aircraft mods installed, none of them appear in content.xml. I only have 1 scenery mod - it does appear. Are all the mods listed in your content.xml scenery mods?
Although I create airplanes mods and solving that priority/include/exclude issue is what I am looking for, I wonder what happens when you have two scenery mods that modify the same area. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I can tell you with 100% certainty what happens (in a repeatable way) when you have 2 conflicting airplane mods. "Stuff breaks"..?
 
Uwajimaya said:
Interesting - I have multiple aircraft mods installed, none of them appear in content.xml. I only have 1 scenery mod - it does appear. Are all the mods listed in your content.xml scenery mods?
Although I create airplanes mods and solving that priority/include/exclude issue is what I am looking for, I wonder what happens when you have two scenery mods that modify the same area. Come to think of it, I'm not sure I can tell you with 100% certainty what happens (in a repeatable way) when you have 2 conflicting airplane mods. "Stuff breaks"..?
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Hey Friend! Did you discover an answer to these queries? I cant see any exclusion/priorty set. Orbx have just dropped Sydney cityscape, and some of my scenery objects are there, but just cloned alongside theirs.....hmmm. Maybe we have to reset the polygon exlucions whilst all models are active? I might try that. But regardless at the moment, theres no exclusion over one area. If two objects are there and both are active=yes in content.xml, then both show up, regardless of when installed, when they are in the list or when they appear alphabetically within the community folder.
 
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Yeah, I have not found anything else that would point towards any existing solutions. The problem keeps growing though, and "fortunately" the problem affects commercial mods producers (Orbx, Aerosoft, etc.) as much as it does us little fish. For what it's worth, maybe I'll submit a ticket with Asobo.
Happy to hear any other thoughts or ideas...

I put a ticket for mod management support on the FS2020 website, if you're willing/able to upvote it, that'd be great!
 
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There used to be an app for FSX, I believe developed by a community member, that allowed you to reorder the scenery library priority. I don't recall it's name.
 
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