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Piedmonitor asked FlyingRaccoon answered

Are there any common reasons why a user created airport won't show up on the map?

I have been working on putting some weather ships into 2020 since the DC-6 came out, and on several occasions I have had it to where the ships + corresponding navaid appear in the simulator, but I'm also including a water runway and have them selected to appear as starred airports on the map. For a while this worked fine as I was working, then I had a cycle where they wouldn't appear and then after a few hours and a computer restart they appeared, and now they won't appear at all.

Crazy thing is, if I send them to people they appear.

Anyone have any ideas?

Community folder versions are here in case this helps: https://discord.com/channels/@me/851863532542885898/867607295876923402

I can share the project folders too if needed.

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superspud answered

I've had newly created non sim airports fail to show up in a file with multiple airports in the same xml.

Maybe they do show up eventually but I can't be bothered to wait. Instead I just create a new project, transfer all the info across and build.

So far every new addition's turned up first time again.

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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello.
We have a few issues with the order in which the scenery packages are loaded at the moment.
The game is also generating cache scenery files that can become a problem when the content of the Community folder changes.
We have ways to fix this in the pipes at the moment but in the meantime, here's what I can offer:

Go to your C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator directory and clear the following
- Content.xml file storing the order in which packages are loaded
- Facilities directory, storing cache about radionavigation and airport facilities
- SceneryIndexes directory, storing cache about scenery objects

Hope this solves your problem and we will be able to provide a cleaner solution shortly.
Regards,
Sylvain

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