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    Description

    “MFS Addon Collector” Automatically Extracts, Analyses, Tests, Tags, Rates, Updates, Links and classifies your addon collection into Airports, Aircraft, Bush Trips, Checklists, Cores, Discovery Executables, Flights, Enhancements, Executables, Flight Plans, Landing challenges, Liveries, Missions, Panels, Sceneries, Sound, Textures, Training flights and Weather, divides them into meaningful categories you select, based on their types, features, location, developer, creation date, version, relevant tags, source archive, problematic issues etc, associating them in a number of useful ways with their dependencies, source web pages, etc, tests them to make sure they don't prevent the simulator from loading, organizes their disk folder hierarchy as you specify, link the ones you select to the simulator (based on their specific title, category or your presets), automatically compose the shortest flight plans between their locations and statically presents, dynamically tracks and visually logs (in a web page) your flights among them on one of 50 styles of maps, letting you also drag and drop your aircraft anywhere on face of the earth.

    For easy accessibility this information gathered is presented either as a categories tag tree, a thumbnailed information blocks list, an editable, sortable, searchable, multi-filtered grid, a simple edit form, and as location pins, path tacks, object buttons and area symbols on a map.

     

    Start using the Collector in two minutes
    the general principles of using this app


    In the upper part of the user interface there is a list of tabs. You can hover the mouse cursor over a tab so a popup with the tab’s function appears. On initial execution of the application, open the Settings tab (if it’s not already opened), press the "Source" button to open the "Select" dialog and select your source folder where all your addons backups and archives are located (not the sim's community folder which the Collector itself is supposed to link to your addons). After selecting this source folder, the Collector will start building your addons library - which you can start using immediately, but may take many hours to complete.

    When the Collector starts processing addons, you can use the tree panel (in the left side of the user interface) to select specific addons or addon categories (e.g. Location/North America/United States/Florida): Ticking the checkbox for an addon or an addon’s category, makes them available in the sim (by linking them to the sim’s Community folder), while just selecting an addon or an addon's category, would display various views of them in the tabs to the right:

    The first three tabs to the left are the List tab, the Grid tab, and the Gallery tab, which shows an information box for each addon in your library. You can click on any bit of information inside every such information box (e.g. developer, tags, locations, etc) to further re-select a tree node which is relevant to it. For example, pressing the addon's developer name would select this developer in the tree panel which would show all the addons this developer created.

    The forth tab to the left is the Grid tab   which presents the selected addons information in an editable table with editable form under it, which displays detailed information about the addon which is currently selected in the table.

    The fifth tab to the left is the Map tab   which presents all your localizable addons as pins on a map, also drawing lines between flight plan and mission's POIs.

    The sixth tab to the left is the Recommendations tab   which presents an ordered list of the most popular addons used by the Collector’s users. In the upper part of the page you would find a combo box where you can select the type of an addon you are interested to see recommendations for.

    All those six tabs mentioned also have context menus you can open using your mouse right button: When right clicking a specific addon, the menu would suggest activities relevant to the addon clicked, while when clicking an empty area of the tab, only general commands are seen - commands relevant to all addons or to the tab itself.

    The other tabs will be more useful to you letter on and you can read about them elsewhere in the manual.

    When you are ready to fly - press the airplane button in the upper right corner of the user interface.

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    O

    7 days ago

    Hi! The program briefly appears and then disappears! Any advice?
    M

    9 months ago

    Are you developing a new version for 2024? Selecting the pre-installed add-ons will cause the app to crash to the desktop.
    s

    9 months ago

    I am not supporting this app anymore due to low interest, but ppl used it with 24 version and there should not be any issue with it: if you have a CTD issue it suppose to be for a different reason - try to reset.
    M

    9 months ago

    I really enjoy your program because I can easily download the mods I like and then forget about them, as your app handles everything for me. I dislike having to manage everything myself, so I appreciate solutions that allow me to click and forget about it. I would love to see a new version of the app, and I believe others would feel the same way.
    s

    9 months ago

    The app is fully compatible with 2024 - your crash is caused by other reason: try to fully reset using the reset button in the Settings tab & than re-define your folders.
    c

    over 1 year ago

    @shaykatzir : Hope you're doing well, I kind of miss your frequent updates to this excellent piece of software!

    Maybe it's just that we've been spoilt with updates often several times a week, but now we, or at least I, miss those updates. :)
    s

    over 1 year ago

    Thanks, When I have something new to add to this app, I upload as many releases as needed until it is done.
    R

    over 1 year ago

    Has this addon been removed from the download list?
    s

    over 1 year ago

    I am not sure I understand your question; Anyhow this addon is still here and working for both MSFS2020 & MSFS2024.
    J

    over 1 year ago

    I have a file: MFS AddOn Collector 8.4.48 (Actual 0B / Max 1024 GB) Deep tagging 'RLTS Traffic Final Build' 0% complete (El nino sign) 450 / 49:16 Remaining.
    I have deinstalled MFS and removed the MFS folders in appdata as well . I have searched source file for this file. But can't find it. Its not in community folder either. It just hangs there now. I have closed the program and opened it again, restarted the PC. To no help. What to do?
    s

    over 1 year ago

    I need a link to this download
    J

    over 1 year ago

    How does one obtain a link to the file hanging?
    I managed to find out that the file in question should be: 'RTLS traffic final build'. Russian live traffic system traffic final build.
    But I have AIG installed, but not FSLTL. I have searched for FSLTL in app data to make sure.
    I am doing an intense search in community folder and source folder.
    s

    over 1 year ago

    It is an addon file and I managed to find it on the internet. You probably downloaded it and put it somewhere. Its name is "RLTS Ultimate Traffic 2023.zip". You can look for this file using your Windows search, searching your whole system. I had successfuly extracted and processed it using the Collector. If your Collector have issues with it, I need you to share your file with me, for example, using Google Drive.
    J

    over 1 year ago

    RLTS Ultimate Traffic 2023.zip. I have scanned the PC and can't find it.. But as I understand the process happens when the MFS are working with the source and target folders. It must be there maybe OR IN BETWEEN? And to complicate things I have. Delete Archives after Extraction, Delete Unreferenced Archives, Delete Same /Older Versions, Rename Disk Folders with Tags and Titles.
    So maybe its in an intermundium transitional space? Some temp processing file?

    Is there a way to see where that naughty file is that MPS is processing?
    s

    over 1 year ago

    Did you try to check the System log tab?
    J

    over 1 year ago

    In Windows logger what should i open?
    s

    over 1 year ago

    I am not talking about Window log but about the app's own System tab which logs the app's activities (Second tab to the right)
    J

    over 1 year ago

    Now the Basic tagging is over... And I have no problem.... It took 6 days though... ;-)
    Only thing is to wish you a very Merry Christmas /*\
    Thank you.
    s

    over 1 year ago

    Thanx Julean, Merry Christmas to you too. Five days for basic tagging sound too much and I have no idea what is going on there; Anyhow, if you do a deep tagging, you don't need the basic one and its even better not using it.
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    MSFS 2020MSFS 2024

    MFS AddOn Collector

    Automatically organize, test, link, and track your Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons with the MFS Addon Collector. Categorize and manage your collection of Airports, Aircraft, Bush Trips, and more, ensuring compatibility and easy access. Utilize various tabs and features to streamline the process of integrating and exploring your add-ons within the simulator.

    Downloads72K
    Version8.4.49
    File Size87.61 MB
    Published5 years ago
    Updated1 year ago

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    MSFS2020
    CategoryUtilities
    Sub-CategoryApplications

    Version History

    FEATURE: If the pre-installed folder is defined in the Settings tab, the user can now deselect some of Asobo's pre-installed content UPDATE: Manual Updated to version 8.4.49 UPDATE: Airport Database 16.12