HOW TO GUIDE | MSFS | Installing Add-On Software

[@SimHangerFS]

Drop a comment and a link below if you can recommend any MSFS download websites that may be of interest to the community. Thanks as always for watching. Greatly appreciated.

[@0lloydb]

Correction to DLC Location on Custom Install in your video notes above. You need it in the HLM_Packages Directory: "Typically it will be: (Your Drive):\Flight Simulator\HLM_Packages\Community\"

[@ronloveflying]

Mark, you are awesome.

[@ImmortalWombat]

Thanks for taking 10 minutes to explain something that couldve been done in 1 minute

[@whyers4782]

literally all the plane mods i installed have this engine problem, i am very sick and tired of it. when i select an add on plane and fly it the engines are not started and when i try to start it it wouldnt, if any of you guys know the problem and know how to fix it please let me know

[@tonygilbert73]

@@ImmortalWombat wow what a prick of a comment to leave

[@EclecticTastes]

I whole heartedly agree with your statement about the speed of add-on development. I'm an old-time simmer and can remember just how long it took to develop scenery, even if you had a suitable buildings pack available. Now with Google Map scraping, getting the maps looks so easy that perhaps even I might try my hand at it. Thank you for this video, it's just what I need right now.

[@Maddog-he5uf]

Thank you very much for this Vid! I could not find my Community file for love nor money, this made it simple.

[@SimHangerFS]

Maddog 2064 , glad it helped 😁

[@LEO-fk1io]

dude seriously your a life saver on this for this info i bought the game hoping to install addons as such but made a custom install onto my ssd for faster loading and every otehr video instruction does not hae this info on this matter

[@jamestunstell9255]

Mark....don't stop what your doing (-:

[@nathanrakete6281]

At last someone that knows what they are doing. Thank you.

[@nigelmartin2248]

Argh so that's where the Community Folder is! Sounds quite complicated to add third party freeware, but I guess I will be watching your vid a fair few times! Thanks....

[@hobanagerik]

Expected, but still amazing, that this sims free addons are looking better than payware, in some cases. The superior quality of assets seems to be key, here.

[@FieryBiscuit]

You sound like Korg from Thor Ragnarock and I love it

[@Glicksman1]

Along with the others here, I thank you heartily for this vid. I ama pilot of full-size aircraft since my fist lesson in 1961and I have been flight simming since 1985. I have probably installed and flown every flight simulator available since then. That said, MSFS2020 is by far the most advanced one yet. The scenery and weather are incredibly realistic. I should think it reasonable to expect that the combined expert brains that put this sim together might have taken all of the prior available sim experience and knowledge and use such to make user interface with this sim as advanced, simple, easy and intuitive as possible. In some areas they have, but in others they definitely and inexplicitly have not. Finding the Community File is just one of these inexplicably complicated and arcane things. If it was not necessary to find and use it whenever updating or installing software that does not have a self-installer, this might be forgiven. However, many of the addons offered, even those offered by the sim itself require hand installation into the Community File. So, is there a clearly visible "Community File" box on the main menu to click to do this? No. Are there any internal instructions as to how to find the Community File? No. But for sites like yours here it would be impossible or nearly so to find it. As it is, even once the long path is known there are so many counterintuitive steps to it that I suspect that the FS2020 sim developers did not really want us to find it. Why the secret, eh? If it were not for the amazing scenery and all and there being no other like simulator to replace it (for now), I would return it and damn it to hell for this. Thank you again or this vid. Cheers.

[@buckhibbs]

Thanks, Mark for all your help. It appears you are the only one that has an interest in all of us enjoying MSFS 2020. I do have a problem I have been working on for months. I followed your instructions and my mod shows in the content manager, however, it does not show in the hanger. I have tried many aircraft and none work. I purchased this game through Steam and it is on a pc.

[@SimHangerFS]

Check the notes relating to steam in the video description. Make sure you are putting the correct folder in the community folder

[@AllanKlo63]

Thanks a million. Finally found the community folder. 10 minutes later - a thunderous take off in a Spitfire. Stunning!

[@SimHangerFS]

Brilliant 👍

[@Noledad77]

I think I figured out where I've messed up. I didn't turn developer mode off (not sure if that actually affects anything in the game) and I dragged everything from the opened file (not the readme or anything like that, but specifically what's in the download folder for the F22 Raptor) and not just the folder itself. Again, not sure if that has affected anything, but I can tell you that I didn't have the F22 available, so it's obviously done something to hinder me. Thank you for this video. It was very helpful and informative.

[@defect2889]

thanks for the update....will give it a try

[@vscolkitt]

Thanks Mark! I looked at a couple other KZbin videos and they did not lead me to my "Community Folder!" (They said to go to Options>General>Data>Rolling Cache Settings> and copy the path in the box). That Path did not show the Community Folder (for me). Yours Did! Options>General> "Develops"! >Turn "ON" Developer Mode>very upper top left...Click TOOLS> Click Virtual File System. After that, my path diverted from yours... My Path is simpler: C:\Users\(my name)\AppData\Local\MSFSPackages\Community. I hope other viewers see this and can figure out the right Path for them! Seems like everyone of us is on a slightly different Path! but like "THEY" say ... All Roads Lead To Rome".

[@mrhelsinki7683]

Thank you so much for such a detailed view of something I have been suffering with all week

[@paimei71]

As usual from you, loud and clear Mark well done again 👍🏻

[@Barno33]

You absolute legend! Never would have found the community folder.

[@butterairways]

Thanks, I was soooo confused till I saw this video. Great job!

[@goldy_on_pc930]

idk why but i find it adorable to see old people talk about games and technology

[@SimHangerFS]

Less of the old and more of the adorable 😂🤣😂

[@thomasgreen8756]

Hi love the videos very helpful, i`m running msfs on the steam platform and i followed your steps from going into fs then developer mode from there everything else just went smoothly, the add on was then found in msfs and all works well. thank you .

[@Fury2291]

Thank you, much appreciated

[@garyashcroft7645]

Thank you very much. Like so many out here in the real world, locating the community folder was a headscratcher. Your guide made is simple. Thank you so much. I will be looking into your web site a lot from now on. Many Thanks. Gary. UK

[@Prowler2k]

Thank you again Mark for your clear and precise videos.

[@therealporcodio]

thank you for the tutorial

[@philipgoff2461]

Thank you very much. I have been trying for days to find the community folder path. I should hopefully be able to find the camera config file also and get some wing views.

[@phillipbeharall6271]

Thank you Mark as always professional and informative well done keep them coming 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@josephcosta3604]

Thank you ,this video is very helpful. I just started the msfs2020 and was looking to add on and your video looks pretty easy .I will try it. I'm not to good at this but again you described it perfectly, thanks, joe

[@The1PatSmith]

Thanks Mark, appreciated as always.

[@nicknewman2414]

Fantastic. You just explained what no one else would or could!

[@TaylerSpliff]

This was helpful and enjoyable. Thank you.

[@sarabarrow1157]

Thanks so much I had no clue on how to download mods but now I do! Thanks 😊

[@robertgoldbornatyout]

Hi Mark, thanks for a great year in simming, your wise counsel has helped a lot.

[@domg5163]

Thanks to you i finally found my community folder! Thank you sir

[@SimHangerFS]

Happy days 👍

[@crevusllohcin]

Yes good stuff Mark.

[@endofmankind]

this is the best tutorial for FS2020 :-) great VDO and thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@pminhas]

Thank you!

[@tj.dejong4247]

Very nice

[@andyholmes9485]

Cheers Mark. Good stuff!

[@allenhorak2622]

Installation Location and procedure may be different on latest version but this procedure will get you to the proper place. I tried to install in the USER package location for 2 days to no avail followed this video and found a Package Folders (menu item) and Open Community Folder clicking on that opens a (MSFS Packages folder with sub folder Community put addon here it will work ( If you check in the USER package location the addon will be there now) hope this helps some poor soul to keep some Hair left on His/her head.

[@crevusllohcin]

I notice that there are no Piper Aircraft. Thought A2A may have been a bit quicker to come on board. Here’s hoping they are not too far away.

[@SimHangerFS]

Brett Nicholls , Brett, A2A are working on a new aircraft for MSFS. Check their site for more details. Regards

[@selimaykal4378]

Thank you so much from BERLIN..

[@rabbitav1]

Awsome Instructions Mark!!! Well Done!! Thank you.👌👍

[@paulobatista9105]

Thank you very much for your video. Very informative. Greetings from Portugal.

[@researchcapt]

There is no "Watched Bases" in the current version of MSFS.

[@Sebastopolmark]

very Very VERY well done! !! !!! I don't see how there are (at this time) 9 lug nuts that gave this video a thumbs down. The video title could not have been explained any better.

[@SimHangerFS]

Thanks 😁

[@OmarAhmed-tg8hu]

Thank you very much but why do I feel like a school principal is giving me a speech😂

[@davidcarr5718]

Excellent tutorial sir. Thank you.

[@camzula86]

Great video mate.

[@akhilsanthosh5651]

super video

[@ede8193]

Thank you for this Mark, great video....looking to get some of the dlc and this will help!!

[@TheChevydude09]

Thanks, that gave me a idea of how to do it. Thanks

[@ericsilvers4937]

Great instructional video. Thanks.

[@randcooley2865]

Superb tutorial thank you

[@discoverfloridatoday]

💥💥💥You will now see a Community fold link in the drop down. Microsoft has helped us out now.

[@fridjonvilhjalmsson2883]

Excellent clear and concise and very enjoyable. Your videos are very helpful and save a lot of time which can be put to better use like trouble free flying. I just wondered if you have had anything to do with Airbus H145 and the others in that series. It does not appear that MS have provided anything especially for helicopters unlike X-plane 11 where controls specific to these are recognised. I would like to map the collective to some control other than specified by design. I would ideally like to use the flap control on the Thrustmaster quadrant instead of the throttle. This is possible in X-Plane 11 but they don't have a great selection of Helicopters.

[@SimHangerFS]

I mapped it to my prop axis. I think this was default.

[@bravocharlie827]

can't thank you enough sir!

[@AlenSarajlic]

Hi when i put the salty 747 in community folder dont work but the liveries work why is that not working can you help me but i extract it with the win rar and it wont work

[@TheGhostrider9667]

Very well done, glad I found your channel! An enthusiastic subscription. 👍🏼

[@SimHangerFS]

Thank you, happy holidays. 😁

[@markusnachname1619]

Thx 😃👍

[@f30chuck]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH :)

[@ronloveflying]

Thanks for the help and advice.

[@SimHangerFS]

Your welcome 😁

[@greathorton]

Thank you.

[@cleonlusbo231]

Lovely video

[@AGRANT716]

Thank you very much, your channel has helped me immensely! Subbed!

[@SimHangerFS]

Thank you.

[@VRFlightSimGuy]

Super video Mark thankyou

[@SimHangerFS]

VR Flight Sim Guy , thanks Steve.

[@abundantharmony]

C:\Users ame\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community This will work for some people. Once you have found it copy the folder and paste it to your desktop.

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Great info! Thank you!

[@bleubitz6245]

Installation doesn't work. I followed the instructions. I used the default folders for installation of FS. I confirmed that the add-ons are in the community folder as described. After following the instructions, I tried to add an additional livery, but FS continues to only show 20 default aircraft. What else should be done? Thanks.

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi, did you confirm location of your community folder via developer mode as shown in the video? Also check the notes below the video. Lastly there has been an update to MSFS. Perhaps the file you are trying to use is no longer compatible? Hope you get it sorted. Regards

[@bleubitz6245]

I followed the instructions exactly as suggested. The FS version is current. No matter how many times the addons are attempted into the Community folder, I still see only 20 aircraft. I tried to add the AF2 livery, as an example. Nothing works

[@SimHangerFS]

@@bleubitz6245 I don’t know why, my only other thought is check which add on directory you are adding to the community folder. The directory containing the individual livery should be in the folder. If there is a top directory for all sub directories containing individual liveries then it will no see them.

[@LievenFrans]

Thanks, very well explained, very useful. And works. Question: when you installed de Machmell Fisheries airport in FS MS you then showed the forest and surroundings of the airfield. How did You do that? A camera option in FS MS? How to handle that? Thxs

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi, used the drone camera option from the pull down menu bar (under camera) I think they call it showcase

[@LievenFrans]

@@SimHangerFS Thxs! 🙂

[@rakon8496]

I am bit concerned about the risks these manual addons brings with em. At present it may be that only enthusiasts generate freeware/payware and get it on these sites. Over time some bad guys will may discover that entry without controls/scans and use it to bring harmful software on our systems. How is the experience on the other simulator platforms and their according addon websites? Would it not be better to get MS to look at freeware addons at first? e.g. virus scan, code checks for potential performance issues etc.

[@SimHangerFS]

Ra Kon , hi, you make an interesting point. There is not really a history of problems of deliberate malware with add ons, and your first line of defence has to be your antivirus software on your machine. The threat however is there. Regards

[@paulfoster575]

Hi mark. I’ve just bought & download North Sea from Aerosoft one. It shows up in my content manager on the sim but how to I actually open it to play the game. Any help would be appreciated

[@SimHangerFS]

It is scenery, look on the world map, North Sea and you will see all the available helipads etc. if you can’t see them check your legend settings for the map.

[@Hetman_x_]

great video, thank you

[@Mauriceweller]

Thanks for this tutorial. But I have one issue, I have all the addons in the community folder but they don´t appear in the flight sim. Thanks.

[@gordonwilkinson675]

Thank you, Mark, for another superb video. I have one problem with assigning my brake pedals (not covered in this video for obvious reasons). There don't appear to be enough choices available for the brake pedals without straying into already assigned ones or by choosing anything which has plus or minus attached, which causes a warning that this is not recommended. Examples are Right Brake Axis L-Axis Y+ or Left Brake Axis R-Axis Z-. There must be a way round this, I hope. Any help would be gratefully received.

[@j_london9791]

Thx helped immensely

[@paulrobinson7636]

Thanks for your presentation Mark. I get the impression that all add on software from third-party providers should be in the Community folder, however my only third party purchase so far is the Carenado Mooney M20R; for various reasons I have had to re-load it a few times and it always installs in the Official/One Store folder way down below all the Asobo stuff. Should I move it to the Community folder ??

[@SimHangerFS]

No, keep it there. Any program installed via the marketplace in sim will install to one-store. This is separate and allows the program to be updated when a new version comes out.

[@TheRangerDale]

thanks for the info, I been adding Aircraft into the community folder and been working great , but have to watch or get updates time to time when MSFS has one.. So question here , on updates thru MSFS and you added scenery should I leave it alone, or down it from the folder, rerun your MSFS 2020 "to set it back to org, take the update after you restart you MSFS 2020 . agn thanks

[@SimHangerFS]

To update through MSFS, go to profile and then content manager. All available updates are shown there. Click download to update.

[@peyton5747]

thank you

[@lxfny7626]

can u plz makee an updated one plz bc i dont see watched bases

[@ervmoore1111]

Thank you Sir!

[@allanarnold3619]

I am going to get my pmdg aircraft from marketplace because I can't access my emails from my new computer

[@ronaldkenneyphotographyllc]

Thanks!

[@SimHangerFS]

Welcome!

[@dexters19671]

thanks very very much

[@darrenliewweiyao]

thq bro. Can check with anyone I do not like the view commands in the new MSFS...Is there anywhere to make it similar to the P3D or FSX?

[@SimHangerFS]

This may help you configure it kzbin.info/www/bejne/ol7Ne2tqoNGqgsk

[@darrenliewweiyao]

How we toggle to say fly from the righ seat...in P3D it`s keyboard "A"...In MS Flightsim 2020?I have no idea how to do this....

[@SimHangerFS]

@@darrenliewweiyao check out my channel and my MSFS how to series (playlist). The answer is in the one on cameras. Link below this video.

[@pabloamigo4337]

when dawnload aircraft from 3d part and after send to comunity folder cant fine in game please help ?

[@davidneraas750]

What if you want to have only the sim on c drive and addons on another drive is that possible or will that cause conflict.?

[@SimHangerFS]

Hi David, the download can be anywhere you like, but the add on must be installed (copy) to the community folder. Regards

[@ShotInTheDark]

How come that comes up at Bailey’s heliport near Edmonton ?

[@tylerxic3241]

I can’t find Microsoft flight simulator in my packages what do I do I’m confused please answer if you can

[@SimHangerFS]

If the method shown in the video hasn’t worked for you, check the notes below the video. There is more advice there. Regards

[@tylerxic3241]

@@SimHangerFS I can’t find Microsoft flight simulator in packages

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

So why did MS put the Community folder in a different file location depending on the FS2020 purchase source?

[@SimHangerFS]

Your guess is as good as mine….no idea.

[@geoffstanley9319]

i add Orbx software to my community folder after fully installing on Orbx central and it still shows uninstalled IN MARKETPLACE , is it active?, cannot get a straight answer from Orbx or MS

[@SimHangerFS]

If you purchased via Orbx direct and not Marketplace it will not show as installed in Marketplace.

[@kj3rd2657]

I am looking for boats $ yachts addons, because I am using my small float plane to sail on the waters.

[@danielben-chimol7726]

Hi I used a paid subscription via the xbox game store for PC, everytime i download a plane and save to the community folder it never arrives in the as closing / resetting, really confused as i followed your instructions all that way, any advice would be great

[@Aoraki2024]

Ehen i auf Planes or this Airport it isn’t in msfs it just doesn’t exist, I would appreciate some help.

[@mastergaming4050]

Hey bro i have a purchased standard edition but i have downloaded deluxe edition aircraft zip can i install it in community folder or i get banned

[@SimHangerFS]

Chances are the aircraft will not show up as the base model will not be installed.

[@mastergaming4050]

@@SimHangerFS bingo it works

[@etienneperreaultmandeville7246]

Its weird I do the path to the community folder, but I dont find the Microsoft.FlightDashboard_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder...Can some one help me please! thx

[@LieorDie24]

Mfs Sdk whont work i go into Fs 2020 and the windows of Devmod are not clickable in full screen is ther a solution?

[@jeffmcauley3287]

Need some help I downloaded a free AS 430 Nav Unit and have in the Community folder but cannot figure out how to bring it up in the aircraft in MSFS 2020

[@SimHangerFS]

I don’t know the add-on. Check dev’s documentation for details

[@kyro6924]

I dont have the Microsoft.FlightDashboard_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder

[@trevorbarber7172]

hello their ,just a question really, about 2 weeks ago i started my computer ,intending too msfs2020,low and behold it wasGONE all the files in community dissapeared,ive not done anything noticable that would make it go,at this stage i have no idea what is nxt??. oh i have re downloaded it and it works but the files are all over the place,their is still c:/ app data and soo on, - packages but their is nothing in community folder, (i havent used a different location for the files download.their is a new xbox folder but none of that folders content is familiar,like panel folder ,aircraft cfg,and soo on?.im asking because now i have no idea where too put addons such as fsrealistic, can you help....the version is xbox for pc....thank you....