P3D 2.5

[cowpatz]

Gidday Rob,
Have you had a chance to test any of your sceneries with this LM update? A different file structure I believe.

[toprob]

I'm installing it at the moment, so I should have an answer shortly.

[cowpatz]

A little bothersome with having to do a full download and install but I understand that an update was not possible with the new structure.

[Ian Warren]

It will be interesting to compare the Lockheed/Martin P3D updates to the dovetails STEAM updates , least the later was only $5 and upgrades come in on hand , fact is who between the above both here would have them .

[toprob]

I'm not too sure what has changed with the file system, but everything works so far with Real NZ/Godzone.

Just a few observations:

There was no Addon Scenery folder with my P3D 2.5 install, so the Vector Land Class installer wasn't able to set the correct scenery priority. This is covered in the manual, but it is a pain that the one folder we chose to 'anchor' the priority no longer exists. Doesn't affect the install, though, but you will need to follow the directions in the VLC manual to manually set priority. I don't really know whether this has been a problem with earlier versions of P3D.

Although it shouldn't be necessary to uninstall Real NZ/Godzone scenery before uninstalling the old P3D (apart from just deleting the folders, of course), it may be easier to uninstall the VLC Libraries, as this will ensure that the installer recognises that there is not a later version installed, as reported by the Registry.

I've tested Nelson, and all the Subscription scenery without any issues so far.

Of course as Orbx are having problems with 2.5, I would hold off installing any Real NZ scenery if you intend to use it with Orbx, as you really want Orbx installed first to allow Real NZ/Godzone installers to make the necessary tweaks.