SafeGuardianAI: Decentralized AI-Driven Disaster Response Assistant

SafeGuardianAI: Decentralized AI-Driven Disaster Response Assistant

SafeGuardianAI is an innovative emergency response platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to provide critical support during catastrophic events.

By seamlessly integrating real-time data analysis, offline capabilities, and community-driven support, SafeGuardianAI bridges the gap between individuals, communities, and emergency services, ensuring a more coordinated and effective response to disasters.

Key Features

  • AI-Powered Chat Interface: Interact with GuardianAI for personalized emergency assistance and real-time guidance.
  • Multi-Modal Activation: Trigger emergency mode via text, voice commands, or automatic motion detection for hands-free operation.
  • Smart User Profiles: Store vital information securely for quick access during emergencies, including medical history and emergency contacts.
  • Offline Functionality: Access critical guides and emergency procedures without an internet connection, ensuring help is always available.
  • Real-time Situation Assessment: Receive tailored responses and advice based on AI analysis of current conditions and user input.
  • Community Coordination: Facilitate local collaboration during large-scale events, connecting neighbors and organizing grassroots relief efforts.
  • Resource Management: Locate and manage emergency services, shelters, and supplies with an interactive, real-time updated map.
  • Data-Driven Insights: Collect anonymous data to improve future disaster responses and enhance predictive capabilities.
  • Multi-lingual Support: Communicate effectively in multiple languages to assist diverse populations.
  • Power-Efficient Design: Optimized for long battery life to remain operational during extended power outages.
  • Winner of the Nexa AI 2024 Super AI Agent Hackathon

Links

Team – A collaborative Open-Source Effort

  • Andrew Herr
  • Paul Cohen
  • Sinan Robillard
  • Sergio Saenz
  • Otto Wagner

Resources

Quapp Quickstart SaaS Dev Kit with Quasar and Appwrite

Quapp Quickstart SaaS Dev Kit with Quasar and Appwrite

Elevate Your SaaS Development with Quapp Quickstart SaaS Dev Kit

In the dynamic world of software development, the Quapp Quickstart SaaS Dev Kit stands out as a beacon of innovation and efficiency. This comprehensive framework, powered by Quasar and Appwrite, is designed to tackle the most common challenges faced by developers, offering a seamless and robust solution for building modern SaaS applications.

Features That Empower

Authentication: Secure your application with built-in authentication features, including signup, login, and password recovery forms, all backed by server functions.

Database: Effortlessly manage and display sample data collections, ensuring your application is both functional and user-friendly.

Payments: Integrate Stripe for subscription-based and one-off payments, or utilize Fastspring for webstore transactions. The dev kit includes server functions to streamline these processes.

Transactional Email: Keep your users informed with transactional emails powered by Sendgrid, ensuring reliable communication.

AI Services: Leverage advanced AI capabilities with examples like multilingual OCR for product label health analysis and the AI RAG Researcher, which utilizes multiple AI engines and search options for comprehensive research.

Deployment: Simplify your deployment process with GitHub and Vercel for continuous integration, ensuring your application is always up-to-date.

Security: Protect your application with built-in obfuscation for production, safeguarding your code from potential threats.

Performance: Enhance your application’s performance with code splitting, ensuring faster loading times and a smoother user experience.

Benefits That Transform

Comprehensive Solutions: Address common SaaS development challenges with the powerful combination of Quasar and Appwrite, providing a secure and scalable foundation for your application.

Efficient Frontend: Build responsive and high-performance applications with Quasar’s Vue.js-based framework, featuring a Single Page Application (SPA) architecture for rapid deployment and idea validation.

Cross-Platform Potential: Future-proof your application with Quasar’s cross-platform deployment options, allowing you to reach users on web, mobile, and desktop platforms.

Integrated Landing Page and Admin Dashboard: Create a cohesive user experience with an integrated landing page and admin dashboard, featuring AI-powered applications, interactive marketing quizzes, and standard SaaS modules like pricing, blog, and contact forms.

Internationalization: Cater to a global audience with an internationalized admin panel, available in English, Spanish, and Japanese, showcasing the versatility of the I18n example.

Customizable Admin Dashboard: Empower your admin users with a customizable dashboard, featuring AI-powered applications, role-based UI views, and additional functionalities like test data generation and deletion.

Appwrite BaaS: Benefit from Appwrite’s secure authentication, user management, database, and storage services, along with support for serverless functions, ensuring a robust backend infrastructure.

Flexible Payments: Offer flexible payment options with Stripe for subscription and one-off payments, or switch to other providers as needed. The dev kit also includes Fastspring webstore payment links for demonstration purposes.

Reliable Communication: Utilize Sendgrid for transactional emails and explore real-time messaging options with Appwrite BaaS, ensuring seamless communication with your users.

Optimized Performance: Deliver a superior user experience with optimized code delivery, resulting in faster loading times and enhanced performance.

Enhanced Security: Protect your application with built-in code protection, ensuring your data and code remain secure.

The Quapp Quickstart SaaS Dev Kit is more than just a framework; it’s a transformative tool that empowers developers to build secure, robust, and scalable SaaS applications with confidence and efficiency. Ready to elevate your SaaS development? Dive into the world of Quapp and unlock the full potential of your applications.

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Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024

Location Manager 2 For MSFS 2024

Tired of being grounded? Save and teleport to your favorite spots with ease!

Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024: Turbocharge Your User Experience

Location Manager 2 For MSFS 2024

Are you frustrated you can’t save locations and teleport to them?
Would you like to conduct skill training anywhere?

Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024: Elevate your flight experience to new heights!

Location Manager 2 For MSFS 2024

Say goodbye to limitations and hello to endless possibilities with Location Manager 2!
Ready to explore the world like never before? Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024 is your ticket!”

Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024: Turbocharge Your User Experience

Turbocharge MSFS 2024

Unlock the skies with Location Manager 2 for MSFS 2024!
Effortlessly manage your favorite locations, teleport instantly, and master circuit takeoffs, approaches, and landings.
Your ultimate flight companion awaits to unlock a world of virtual exploration!

If you just want the basics, get LM2 Lite. Check the comparison matrix below for details.

Location Manager 2 Benefits & Features

LM2 v1.0.3

LM2 Lite

Price

US$19.99

US$9.99

Save locations of all types: MSFS airports, runways, gates, or custom locations. Click a saved location to instantly auto locate on the map. Quick delete them.

1000

500

Training Aid: Train for takeoffs and landings by setting specific positions, heights, and speeds for practice sessions. Visualize the chosen pattern & start position on the map. See the tips section for full teleport options.

Y

N

Teleport Anywhere: Teleport instantly anywhere within Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Great for practicing takeoffs, approaches, landings, exploration, & discovery. See the tips section for full teleport options.

Takeoff
Ground
Random Fly
RandomTo
RandomFrom

Takeoff
Ground
Random Fly

ICAO Search: Search directly for known ICAO’s with progressive selection after typing 2 characters. You can also search by DD (Decimal Degrees), DMS (Degrees Minutes Seconds).
eg:  DD format: 61.058, -142.678 or DM format: 61°3’28.8″N, 142°40’40.8″W

Y

N

Map Customization: Resize the integrated map and toolbar to your preference. Map includes a set of high-quality base layers of different styles from graphical to satellite. Airport runways have have visual extensions for ease of use when zoomed out.

OSM
OpenTopo
ArcgisEarth

OSM
Open Topo

API Integration: Enter your OpenAIP and Bing Maps API keys to access additional map data, enhancing the overall functionality of the tool.

Y

N

Data Management: Export and import location data, making it easy to share favorite spots with friends or backup different sets of locations.

Y

N

Map/Grid Flexible Design: Hide the grid to maximize map view (default) & show with one click. Resize map or grid by dragging the resize divider up or down.

Y

N

Settings Customization: Customize the airport scanning parameters with up to 100 airports, 500nm range, 200 gates (Lite: 20/100/5). +Refresh rate.

Y

N

Tags saved locations with your own custom tag system.

Y

Y

Notes: Save key information you’d like to remember about the location.

Y

Y

Search, Sort, & Filter saved locations by multiple fields.

Y

Y

Quick Reset: Button to reset all combinations of filters & sorting.

Y

Y

VR: It works as a standard MSFS 2D toolbar app. Tested in SU1.
However, as there is no native UI scale control in MSFS2024 (unlike in MSFS2020) LM2 is optimised for flatscreen use atm, and you may have size issues with some UI elements in VR.
The work to make LM2 UI more responsive and scaleable for both flatscreen and VR is ongoing. Stay tuned.  

Standard TB

Standard TB

Tips

To best use Location Manager 2, follow these steps:

Getting Started

  1. Introduction: Location Manager 2 is now a full map application available only from the toolbar in flightmode. This is because MicroSobo disabled the ability to modify the MSFS UI in MSFS 2024.
    Open it by clicking on the Map icon you will find on the toolbar, once installed. To intstall, see Installation section down below on this page if you need guidance on that.
    Familiarize yourself with the program by reading the introduction and overview of the tabs in the left panel. Extensive help on major functions is available on the right panel. 
  2. Map Features: Learn how to resize the map and toolbar by dragging the edges or corners. At the moment there is no UI scaling control in MSFS 2024 like MSFS 2020, so toolbar panels look a larger.
    Experiment to discover how you like to use it. See the screenshots above for different examples.
    Let me know how you use it, I’d love to see how different people discover uses for it.
    The four main panel sizes you want to expose are as follows (reference the screenshots above):
    1. Panel Completely Minimized: This is when you use the top right minimize button of the toolbar panel to “roll up” the panel and hide it completely, with just the header bar showing. Useful if you don’t want to completely close the panel and quickly reopen it. 
    2. Minimum Map Size: This is when you drag the bottom of the location manager panel up as far as it can go. There is minimum size with a small map and a header controls bar and a footer controls bar with the wind direction. Useful for when you want to navigate with it, using different map layers.
    3. Minimum Map Plus: This is only slightly bigger than #2, but if you pull the bottom of the panel down a little more you will get the real time aircraft data. Useful in some situations like teleporting to quickly see the altitude, pressure, and temperature.
    4. Panel Completely Maximized: This is when pull the bottom of the panel down all the way towards the bottom of the screen to expose the location data grid. When you see the pagination control with number of locations then you’ve gone far enough. if you see a little white space between the map and the grid, you can drag the bottom up a little more. It’s not fully responsive yet, but I hope to work on that more if the sim expands on the UI controls for scaling. 

Saving and Managing Locations

  1. Save Locations: Click on the map to select a location. If you select a scanned airport, runway label, or gate, the teleport panel will open with the selected details. The map will open the teleport panel on the left, click on the save button and the location will be added to the bottom of the grid. You can then edit the name, tags, or notes as needed.
    You can save locations while doing activities like following a flightplan and you see somewhere interesting you want to check later, or do it as a dedicated map exploration activity while on the ground as a form of pre-flight flight prep.
  2. Manage Locations: Use the grid to view, filter, and sort your saved locations. You can edit or delete locations directly from the grid. Note: The grid size is limited to 3 or 4 lines at the moment (depending on your monitor). Please see the FAQ for a more detailed explanation for this design decision. All feedback is welcome though, please let me know how you use Location Manager 2 and what you would like to see. I can’t promise I can make it happen (yet) but it all goes into the mix. 
  3. Export/Import Data: Use the export button to save your location data to a text file. Import data by pasting it into the provided text area and clicking the import button. Swap with friends!
  4. Important!! Import Data Overwrites: Import is currently set to clean all existing data and replace it with the import data. Please use the export function first to save your current data before import. There is no data merge capability at this time, for various reasons, so approach it with a backup/restore mindset, and save your location data into well named files for certain situations so you can export/import anytime depending on your needs. 

Teleporting to Locations

  1. Select a Location
    1. From the grid: Click on a saved location in the grid (click the Alt column cell) to show that location on the map and open the teleport panel with the location details.
    2. Click on the map: Click on the map in two ways. You can turn on the scanner with the Scan button above the map, wait a second to see MSFS airports populate (zoom out and scroll if needed), then click on any airport, runway label, or gate marker to select that marker highlighted with a yellow circle. Alternatively, click anywhere to mark the map with a red dot. In both cases, the map will open the teleport panel on the left with the location details. You can turn of the scanner to save resources if you’ve finished panning/zooming the map. 
  2. Configure Settings: Adjust the position, distance, height, and speed settings in the teleport panel.
  3. Teleport: Click the teleport button to move your aircraft to the selected location.
  4. IMPORTANT #1: Pay attention to the teleport progress message at the top of the teleport panel. Do not interrupt the process. You can teleport any distance but long teleports take longer as the further away the target is the more work the sim needs to do to stream in the new location before releasing you back into the sim. 
  5. IMPORTANT #2: Turn off damage and realism in the settings if you are using teleporting. Also disable G-Forces. 

Training for Takeoffs and Landings

  1. Select a Runway Label: Scan for MSFS airports and click on a runway label marker to open the teleport panel.
  2. Configure Training Settings: Set the desired position, height, and speed for takeoff or landing.
  3. Start Training: Click the teleport button to move your aircraft to the selected position and begin your training session.
  4. Read my blog post on The Power of Repetition and Interleaved Learning in MSFS
  5. EFB: The new EFB for MSFS 2024 is a great companion tool for Location Manager 2, or perhaps vice versa! You should take the time to explore it when using it for training as it offers an additional level of customization that can expand your training options:  
    • Checklists: Comprehensive checklists for each flight phase you can use to guide yourself and learn in depth.
    • Flight Performance
      • Mass and Balance: Change the aircraft configuration to change the handling.
      • Environment: Useful tools for the different flight phase calculations Takeoff & Landing

Customization and Settings

  1. Grid Settings: Adjust the grid font size and layout to your preference.
  2. Map API Keys: Enter your OpenAIP and Bing Maps keys in the settings tab to access additional map data.
    1. OpenAIP API Key: Sign up at https://www.openaip.net/ to get an API key, paste it into the settings and save.
    2. Bing Maps API Key: Sign up at https://www.bingmapsportal.com/ to an API key, paste it into the settings and save.
  3. Nearest Airports Search: Configure the refresh interval, number of airports, and search range for the airport scanner. Configure the number of gates shown to control performance. Stop and start the scanner anytime, especially useful for sustained flying in one location once you scanned the needed airports. Combine with OpenAIP data to uncover hidden airstrips. 

Support and Help

  1. Support Tab: Refer to the support tab for detailed information and help.
  2. Submit Requests: Use the support form at the bottom of the page here to contact me. Please read the requirements for submitting a support request, and please also read the tips, help, and known issues beforehand in case something there solves the issue or gives you some extra insight I can make use of. 

By following these steps, you can efficiently use Location Manager 2 to manage locations, teleport to different places, and train for takeoffs and landings within the MSFS simulator. Unlock a world of virtual exploration!

Location Teleporting – Detailed Notes

Teleporting Options

  • WARNING: Sometimes you may get a bad teleport to ground, and the plane will be in an unusual position or you may even appear to be trapped under the ground. No problem, just hit Teleport again to regenerate the teleport and reposition. Teleporting is dynamically adjusted based on distance, so it will be super quick and in cases like this it just takes 1 or 2 (at most) extra teleports to set the plane correctly. If you really need to reset the planes attitude before teleporting use a quick slew mode on and off again, usually bound to the Y (Shift Z in 2024) key, and the plane will be reset in the best position attitude for teleporting.
  • Please turn all your Assistance Options/Failure and Damage options to OFF in order to avoid issues that may happen with teleporting collisions (ie: ground/aircraft while the new location loads in). Also be aware there may be some issues with Aircraft using custom damage modelling that may override these settings. I suggest testing first with a base aircraft that does not have these issues.

Starting on Ground or in the Air configures the plane differently.

  • Ground
    • Teleport will teleport you to the lat/long of the location if no parking spots are available, or to the selected parking spot.
    • Plane state will be:
      • Flaps up
      • Gear down
      • Engine off
      • Trims are untouched
    • Plane direction
      • ICAO locations: Plane direction will be parallel to the first runway
      • Non ICAO locations: Plane will be assigned a random direction. Adjust it with the heading slider at the top as needed.
  • Air 
    • Before using the Fly options make sure your flight systems are all up and running, either by hot starting on the runway, or cold starting and doing a full startup procedure (or Ctrl-E if supported). Fly only turns the engine on, not the associated flight systems.
    • You can teleport to a selected runway for take off or to the air for landing practice (ICAO locations only). Random position locations in the air are also available for non-ICAO locations.
    • If nothing happens when you click Fly please check the message in the top left
    • Position has the following selections
      • Take Off (ICAO location only)
      • Final (ICAO location only)
      • Base L / Base R (ICAO location only)
      • Cross L / Cross R (ICAO location only)
      • Downwind L / Downwind R (ICAO location only)
      • Random – assigns a random position and bearing at the specified distance from the location lat/long
      • RandomTo – assigns a random position at the specified distance from the location lat/long, pointing at the location
      • RandomFrom – assigns a random position at the specified distance from the location lat/long, pointing away from the location
    • Set options for Distance, Height, or Speed lets you choose from the following ranges at stepped intervals:
      • Distance: 0.25 to 25km
      • Height: 125 ft to 30000 ft
      • Speed: 50kts to 400kts
    • Random options for Distance, Height, or Speed will select a value from the following subset of number options:
      • Distance: 0.25 to 6km
      • Height: 125 ft to 5000 ft
      • Speed: 55kts to 125kts
    • Take off practice.
      • This only needs you to select Position: Take Off & the runway you want to take off from, then click Teleport to teleport there
      • Plane will be aligned to the runway magnetic bearing
      • Plane state will be:
        • Flaps up
        • Gear down
        • Engine on
        • Trims are untouched, so check as per normal take off checklist before take off.
      • Take off practice is totally doable in non-ICAO locations, but as they are point lat/long locations without “real” runways your start direction will be random. Use the heading slider up top to adjust your heading before take off. Some GPS’s will not immediately align to this new heading and you may need to taxi the plane a little to get them to re-register the new heading.
    • Landing Practice
      • The following positions are for landing practice: Final, Base L/R, Cross L/R, Downwind L/R, Random, RandomTo, RandomFrom.  You need to select all the dropdowns to teleport to the air ie: Position, Distance, Height, and Speed.
      • Pause checkbox controls whether you will be paused after teleport. This is useful so you can double check things before unpausing to continue the exercise. Best to bind active pause to a button for easy access.
      • Plane state will be set to:
        • Engine on
        • Gear up
        • Flaps up
        • Trims untouched, so reset them if needed before hitting fly.
      • Landing practice is totally doable in non-ICAO locations, but as they are point lat/long locations without “real” runways your start direction will be random depending on which random direction option you select. It’s fun though, try it. Use the heading slider up top to adjust your heading if you wish.
    • ILS Landing Practice
      • If a runway has an associated ILS frequency it will be loaded into the ILS field next to the runway dropdown when the runway is selected.
      • Tune & activate the frequency, align yourself to the runway, and at the ILS detection distance you will see it on the PFD
      • Make sure you activate the ILS frequency when unpaused, as if you do it in pause mode it sometimes doesn’t trigger properly

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why is this a new version?

A: The MSFS 2024 UI has been secured by Microsoft/Asobo, rendering it unmodifiable. Unable to alter the Aircraft manager, I opted to revamp the Location Manager with a proprietary map interface since using the main map for location selection in MSFS is no longer possible. This overhaul was not trivial, especially with a persistent rendering bug in MSFS 2024 that causes severe map flickering.

Faced with no imminent fix, the choice was to abandon the project or forge a new path; I chose the latter. It required considerable effort, but it paid off with a superior map quality. Location Manager 2 now boasts numerous new features, and I eagerly anticipate your engagement with them to enhance your exploration and skill mastery in MSFS 2024.

Q: Is the upgrade from Location Manager for MSFS 2020 to MSFS 2024 free?

A: Given the substantial work required to develop this version and the introduction of new benefits and features, it is not feasible to provide this as a free upgrade. However, I have exciting plans for it and will explore them further as MSFS 2024 becomes more stable.

Q: Why is the grid size only 3 or 4 lines?

A: Unfortunately, there’s some limitations on the UI side with MSFS 2024, lack of a scaling control being a big one. It’s also difficult to manage two applications such as the map and the grid together in the one panel.  The grid is scrollable, and all the column headers are sortable and filterable so you can search and narrow down what you need. So, I made a design decision for V1 to limit the grid size and allow the map to be more resizable. However, I will continue to work on it to hopefully allow a bigger grid window, depending on what may be possible keeping in mind the different use cases and performance.

Q: Does it work in VR?

A: Unfortunately I can’t verify VR compatibility. It works as a standard MSFS 2D toolbar app, so if the toolbar apps are working in VR as per a normal 2D VR toolbar panel app it *should* work. It’s implemented the same way Location Manager for MSFS 2020 is.

 

 Known Issues

2025-01-13 Location Manager 2 is no longer officially compatible with MSFS 2020 due to a recent MSFS 2020 update breaking compatibility. As it’s no possible to currently fix this, Location Manager 2 is now officially only 2024 compatible. 

Note: MSFS 2024 had quite a rocky launch (to say the least!) and it’s quickly getting some patches to fix some of the more glaring issues. I categorize the experience as moments of beauty and brilliance interrupted by an occasional pie in the face.

MSFS 2024 may crash on you for various reasons while using Location Manager 2, which may not be at fault. In my testing I’ve had many crashes, including PC freezes and CTD’s due to multiple reasons not involving Locman2, typical causes being sim issues, plane issues, or maybe even liveries. These will no doubt increase as we get more addons, through no fault of the developers. It’s the price we pay for engaging with a moving target still under development.

Please let me know if you have any Location Manager 2 issues, what happened and how, and I will list them here with any workarounds or fixes I find.

  • Addon Conflicts. There are no known addon conflicts at this time, but it doesn’t mean there are not any. If you do experience issues try running using addons linker to run it with only LM2 in community folder to confirm it works ok like that. Then add the addons back in progressively in small amounts until the issue reappears. This way you can narrow down the conflict add on fairly quickly.
  • Time Slider: Time is currently broken in the MSFS SDK and is still broken in release V1.2.7.0 10th Dec 2024.
    My bug report on the dev forum is still not acknowledged, but I’ve raised the issue again. Note: Issue now acknowledge by Asobo, they are looking into it.
    The time slider has been left operational in anticipation of this working again after the next update. We’ll monitor it and see.
  • FPS Slowdowns: You may encounter some FPS slowdowns occasionally when the panel has been open some time, especially the first time. I’m unsure if this is a general panel issue, but in any event the solution I’ve found for now is just close the LocMan2 panel and reopen it, and your FPS issue should be clear. I continue to track this.
  • Airports with parallel runways: Some airports, not all, with parallel runways are not marked correctly as L(eft), R(ight) or C(entre) so pattern visualization on a runway marker with some of these may select a different runway named the same. I’m still working on a solution for this. You can still do the circuit, though, just be aware that the pattern visualization may be displayed over another parallel runway for cases with this issue.
  • Heliport Altitudes: When saving heliports it seems a lot of them are set with altitude of 0 in the db. That won’t affect how you use them as Location Manager 2 has dynamic height adjustment, but it means saved heliports in the grid may have incorrect altitude, so sorting or filtering on them will not be correct. Workaround for this is to use the notes field to store the correct altitude once you start at one, either from your instruments or the readout in LocMan2.
  • Side Panels not opening. This has only been reported by one user in MSFS 2020, and I can’t replicate it. It could possibly be an addon conflict. Some things to try if this occurs, to see if you can pinpoint the issue:
    • Use addons linker to just run it with LM2 in community. My 2020 version is pretty slimmed down atm. If you are exporting then try with minimal addons while using it.
    • Try and trigger the side panels by clicking on the map to auto open.
    •  Try closing LM2 and reopening it.
    • Try a different aircraft and location. Possibly a conflict there, though I didn’t experience any in 2020 (2024 has some planes which can cause CTD’s atm though).

 

 

Installation

The product is delivered as an MSFS package to be installed in the MSFS Community folder.

Install

  • Unzip the downloaded zip file to a location (and keep it for the included documentation)
  • Move the included package folder(s) in “Location Manager 2” folder into your community folder.

Update

  • Delete the old package folder(s) from your community folder
  • Replace with the new package folder as in the install process above.

All data is stored using the MSFS SDK data storage routines and is part of your cloud save, so is independent of the add on (unless something changes and the data needs to be migrated, which has happened in the past due to SDK changes). Cloud saves can be corrupted or lost by CTD’s however, but if that happens you have bigger issues. Never close MSFS by the top right window, as that does not trigger data saving to the cloud, always close via the bottom left menu. This is direct advice from Asobo developers.

Uninstall

Remove Location Manager from your MSFS community folder.
If it’s the MSFS Marketplace version (TBA) uninstall/delete the package from the marketplace in game.

Release Notes

Location Manager 2 Release Notes 1.0.3
Date: 06/03/2025

  • Added DD/DMS location formats to Search. eg: DD: 61.058, -142.678 or DMS: 61°3’28.8″N, 142°40’40.8″W
  • Added runway extensions for easier navigation when zoomed out doing location circuit exploring
  • Added grid/map UX improvements with grid show/hide button (hidden by default) and resize slider for map/grid display.

Location Manager 2 Release Notes 1.0.2
Date: 25/01/2025

  • Reset UI now resets highlighted row to current location if saved
  • Location Manager 2 Lite version 1.0.2 released. See comparison matrix at the top of the page for version differences.

Location Manager 2 Release Notes 1.0.1
Date: 13/01/2025

  • Added ICAO Search
  • Fixed issues with grid name/tags/notes input and keyboard bindings [except for backspace, which is an MSFS bug. Unbind it]

Location Manager 2 Release Notes 1.0.0
Date: 10/12/2024

  • Initial Release for MSFS 2024/2020

Refund Policy

Due to the nature of this product being digitally available, purchases of this product are non-refundable.

Support

Please contact us via this form if you have any issues to report.
If you have email issues or no reply you can try contact via the social channel links up top right of the page or ping me on the MSFS forums.

To resolve issues it’s important to be able to replicate them, so we need to have as much information as possible in order to reproduce the problem and hopefully resolve it. Please also make sure you have read the Known Issues and Tips sections above.

Please include as much of the following information as you can:

  • Your receipt information for proof of purchase, and where you bought it from
  • Your version of MSFS (Steam or Microsoft store)
  • Whether you are on the live version or the Beta version
  • Describe what you were doing prior to the issue occurring
  • Describe what happened to trigger the issue
  • Does it happen all the time or only in certain situations?
  • What addons you have installed
  • Specs: Windows Settings/System/About (screenshot Device/Windows sections) + GPU + a list of all the controllers you have attached.
  • Describe anything else you think is relevant.

Thanks!

 

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  4. Customizable Alerts: Set up personalized ingredient watchlists to easily avoid allergens or other ingredients you’re trying to cut back on. Additionally, you can also scan for healthy ingredients you want to focus on. 
  5. Save and Compare: Build a database of your scanned products, allowing you to easily track and compare different options over time.

LabelLens is built using Quaser and Appwrite frameworks, and is a practical demonstration of a new micro-SaaS framework utilising these platforms. More news on that coming soon!

Location Manager for MSFS 2020

Location Manager For MSFS 2020

Are you frustrated you can’t save locations and teleport to them?
Would you like to start anywhere on land or water?

Location Manager for MSFS: Turbocharge Your User Experience

Location Manager For MSFS 2020

Are you frustrated you can’t save locations and teleport to them?
Would you like to start anywhere on land or water?

Location Manager for MSFS: Turbocharge Your User Experience

Location Manager For MSFS 2020

Are you frustrated you can’t save locations and teleport to them?
Would you like to start anywhere on land or water?

Location Manager for MSFS: Turbocharge Your User Experience

MSFS 2024 Development News

Location Manager 2 is now available for purchase @ https://sonicviz.com/project/location-manager2-for-msfs/ 

Aircraft Manager 2024: On hold as MS/AS have now locked down the UI from modification.
MS/AS say they intend to make it modifiable “sometime”.
Stay tuned for more info.

Turbocharge MSFS

Also available from Orbx and MSFS Marketplace (PC & Xbox)

Note: for MSFS 2020 only. New products for MSFS 2024 in development, stay tuned. 

IMPORTANT: Keyboard and Mouse are required to use Location Manager properly.

Location Manager Benefits & Features – Version Comparison

Free 

Pro

SAVE locations of all types. Click saved location to auto zoom to it. Quick delete them.
Limited to 10
(plenty for casuals)
Limited to 200
(for sim stability)
TRAINING BAR: Repetitive Practice & Interleaved Learning toolbar for fast focused Take Off & Landing Airport practice sessions. Teleport to parking, runway, or Final/Base/Crosswind/Downwind/Random positions at any custom distance, height, speed. Change time/weather. ILS freq’s included. See Video below.
N/A
Y
START ANYWHERE ON GROUND/WATER: Toolbar widget to teleport & start engine off from a saved location on land or water. Save new location.
N/A
Y
START ANYWHERE IN THE AIR: Toolbar widget to teleport to saved locations in fly mode in air custom distance/height/speed. Save new location.
Y (feature limited)
Y
SORT by any info column to get insight into your locations.
3 (Name,Type,Country)
9
FILTER by any single or combined text/number value to compare/contrast.
1
9
FAVORITES: Quick tagging/untagging of favorites + fast filter favorites.
Y
Y
TAGS: Save, sort, and/or filter by your own custom tag system.
N/A
30 characters + sort/filter
NOTES: Save key information you’d like to remember about the location.
N/A
200 Character Limit
(for sim stability)
Quick Reset: Button to quick reset all combinations of filters & sorting.
Y
Y
INTEGRATED into the standard MSFS world map system
Y
Y
Columns: Adjust column size by dragging column dividers
Y
Y
User Experience: Improved visual feedback & other cues
Y
Y

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Video Guide

Quick Help Guides

Tips

Want to get the best out of Location Manager? Use the included help tools.

There is a small learning curve with the Location Manager user interface, and the most efficient way to learn it is via a simple process.

  • Use the tool tips that show up when you mouse over the column header
  • Read the annotated quick help guide image that is included with the download, and shown above here. Click where shown, understand what happens as a result.
  • Watch the videos linked above here for deeper insights, while referencing “How to best use Location Manager” section directly below.
  • Ask support via the form at the bottom of this page if you don’t understand something, or have found a bug/issue to report.

You will then have a more complete understanding of how it works, and then you can decide how you want to use it, the way that suits you best. It’s quite flexible in that regard.

How to best use Location Manager

How It Works

From the main map, it’s not possible to start on the ground from any custom saved location via the Fly button due to sim limitations. The functionality to do that simply isn’t exposed to use, so the method to “Start Anywhere” in Fly Mode is the following:

    • Explore the map in Map Mode and save interesting locations as starting points as per the video guide
    • You can only initially start from the main map at an existing airport, in either hot or cold start mode, so pick a starting airport close to your target location and enter Fly Mode in either cold or hot start mode as per normal, or start in the air via a custom location (height will vary depending on the type of aircraft chosen).
    • Once in Fly mode open the Location Manager toolbar, choose where you want to go from the saved locations, and teleport there from the saved location to start your new flight anywhere on the ground or in the air, depending on the settings you choose, which are explained in detail below.

 Map Mode

    • Map mode in the main MSFS user interface is where you do most of the saving and managing of locations.
    • In flight planning, save all ICAO or POI/City/LM/Custom Waypoints you like.
      • Choose where you want to go from your saved favorites
      • Save airport ICAO’s to do some take off and landing practice at unique locations at different times and in different weather.
      • Save interesting POI’s, cities, animal locations that of are special interest
      • Save custom waypoints so you can start anywhere on land or water, your own private bush strip. Note that Custom Waypoints saved in map mode will always have a height (ground elevation) of 500m/1640ft. This is by design, confirmed by Asobo devs, and will not change. In Fly mode Custom Waypoints will be saved with correct ground elevation as it doesn’t have this limitation. In either case you will still end up at the correct teleport position as I compensate for the incorrect height.
      • Find your own use for it.
    • Make sure ICAO’s have been saved with the runways/parking spots. Check the message, and you can also confirm by seeing the auto tag added eg: r2, p4 type tags.
    • Some ICAO’s, mainly user, don’t have any runways or parking spots and a message will show stating that.
    • Heliports are currently not returned by the Javascript SDK, nothing I can do about that.

Fly Mode

    • UI Scaling
      • Make sure your MSFS UI scaling is sized so you can see the training bar drop down selections properly (see image below).
      • You may also want to adjust your screen resolution.
      • You can adjust the width  and height of the Location Manager toolbar by dragging a corner, then hit “Resize Grid”.
    • Selecting a location
      • Click on a location name in a row to select it. It will highlight as a green row, and load into the training bar at the top of the Location Manager toolbar window (see image above). The training bar above the grid includes:
        • Font size slider
        • Reset Grid Button to reset the grid to default state and resize it to fill the window
        • Heading slider to adjust the heading of the plane
        • Time slider to quickly adjust time of day. Great to test yourself in different lighting conditions.
        • Wind direction indicator relative to the planes heading. Real time, changes depending on wind strength/direction at height AGL.
        • Weather dropdown to conveniently change the weather for different scenario training
        • Save location. Saves the current location of the plane as a custom waypoint with the ground elevation it is at.
        • Help & Support button to open a browser window that goes to the website
        • Training bar activity fields that differ depending on the type of location selected. See below for more info.
      • ICAO Locations
        • If the location has an ICAO, you can quick filter to just that ICAO by clicking on the ICAO column in the grid for that selected row
        • Selected ICAO’s have dropdown options populated as shown in the training day video above
      • Non-ICAO locations – POI, Cities, Animals, Custom Waypoints
        • Selecting these locations loads them into the training bar but with only three random options in the position drop down
        • As these are point locations with no airstrip direction reference, planes will be assigned a random direction when Fly or Park is used. You can easily adjust the planes heading with the heading slider just above the training bar
      • Note: When you initially load into Fly mode and open the Location Manager toolbar you should (generally) see a location already highlighted in green. This is because LM auto highlights your closest location as a convenience. You still need to click the name to select it and load the location into the training bar. Sometimes you may see multiple rows highlighted in green. Don’t panic, this is just LM telling you that it’s found more than one location within the distance threshold (~500m) from the planes location. Just select one of them to load it into the training bar and the rest will be cleared.
    • Location Teleporting
      • Teleporting Options
        • Please read the Known Issues/Teleporting Issues for important info.
        • Sometimes you may get a bad teleport to ground and the plane will be in an unusual attitude. No problem, just hit Fly again to regenerate the teleport and reposition. Teleporting is dynamically adjusted based on distance, so it will be super quick and in cases like this it just takes 1 or 2 (at most) extra teleports to set the plane correctly. If you really need to reset the planes attitude before teleporting use a quick slew mode on and off again, usually bound to the Y key, and the plane will be reset in the best position attitude for teleporting.
        • Please turn all your Assistance Options/Failure and Damage options to OFF in order to avoid issues that may happen with teleporting collisions (ie: ground/aircraft while the new location loads in). Also be aware there may be some issues with Aircraft using custom damage modelling that may override these settings. I suggest testing first with a base aircraft that does not have these issues.

Fly or Park in each row are active buttons with the following teleport functionality

      • Park
        • Park will teleport you to the lat/long of the location if no parking spots are available (ie: Start anywhere on ground or water), or to the selected parking spot.
        • Note: Be careful, this currently works on selected locations (row is green) and unselected locations.
        • Plane state will be:
          • Flaps up
          • Gear down
          • Engine off
          • Trims are untouched
        • Plane direction
          • ICAO locations: Plane direction will be parallel to the first runway
          • Non ICAO locations: Plane will be assigned a random direction. Adjust it with the heading slider at the top as needed.
      • Fly
        • Before using the Fly options make sure your flight systems are all up and running, either by hot starting on the runway, or cold starting and doing a full startup procedure (or Ctrl-E if supported). Fly only turns the engine on, not the associated flight systems.
        • You can teleport to a selected runway for take off or to the air for landing practice (ICAO locations only).
        • If nothing happens when you click Fly please check the message in the top left
        • Position in the training bar has the following selections when a location is loaded
          • Take Off (ICAO location only)
          • Final (ICAO location only)
          • Base L / Base R (ICAO location only)
          • Cross L / Cross R (ICAO location only)
          • Downwind L / Downwind R (ICAO location only)
          • Random – assigns a random position and bearing at the specified distance from the location lat/long
          • RandomTo – assigns a random position at the specified distance from the location lat/long, pointing at the location
          • RandomFrom – assigns a random position at the specified distance from the location lat/long, pointing away from the location
        • Set options for Distance, Height, or Speed lets you choose from the following ranges at stepped intervals:
          • Distance: 0.25 to 25km
          • Height: 125 ft to 30000 ft
          • Speed: 50kts to 400kts
        • Random options for Distance, Height, or Speed will select a value from the following subset of number options:
          • Distance: 0.25 to 6km
          • Height: 125 ft to 5000 ft
          • Speed: 55kts to 125kts
        • Take off practice.
          • This only needs you to select Position: Take Off & the runway you want to take off from, then click Fly to teleport there
          • Plane will be aligned to the runway magnetic bearing
          • Plane state will be:
            • Flaps up
            • Gear down
            • Engine on
            • Trims are untouched, so check as per normal take off checklist before take off.
          • Take off practice is totally doable in non-ICAO locations, but as they are point lat/long locations without “real” runways your start direction will be random. Use the heading slider up top to adjust your heading before take off.
        • Landing Practice
          • The following positions are for landing practice: Final, Base L/R, Cross L/R, Downwind L/R, Random, RandomTo, RandomFrom.  You need to select all the dropdowns marked * to be able to click Fly. Check the warning message.
          • Pause checkbox at far right controls whether you will be paused after teleport. This is useful so you can double check things before unpausing to continue the exercise. Best to bind active pause to a button for easy access.
          • Plane state will be set to:
            • Engine on
            • Gear up
            • Flaps up
            • Trims untouched, so reset them if needed before hitting fly.
          • Landing practice is totally doable in non-ICAO locations, but as they are point lat/long locations without “real” runways your start direction will be random depending on which random direction option you select (see Position in the training bar above for descriptions). It’s fun though, try it. Use the heading slider up top to adjust your heading if you wish.
        • ILS Landing Practice
          • If a runway has an associated ILS frequency it will be loaded into the ILS field next to the runway dropdown when the runway is selected.
          • Tune & activate the frequency, align yourself to the runway, and at the ILS detection distance you will see it on the PFD
          • Make sure you activate the ILS frequency when unpaused, as if you do it in pause mode it sometimes doesn’t trigger properly
        • Saving custom locations in Fly mode
          • Fly mode save location only saves as a Custom Waypoint at the current lat/long of the aircraft, with altitude set to the height of the ground at that position.
          • You can use these saved custom waypoint locations to start anywhere on ground or water where there isn’t an airport with an ICAO by using Park to teleport to that location. Use Fly and the training bar settings to start in the air as an alternative.
          • This area may be developed further, but performance and reliability are always the key criteria for implementing new features.

V1.2 Save Location changes for airports with ICAO 

You can update your currently saved airport locations by quickly going to them from the grid, and then save them again. They will be updated with the new runway and parking data, if available, but your tags will be overwritten with auto-generated tags to show runways, parking, and ils. You will lose any existing tag data. Apololgies for that, but I not could come up with a good solution in the case where someone did multiple saves, so just went with overwriting tags for now.

I want to start a flight cold at the last location I stopped at in the sim. How do I do that?

You can do that with location manager pro. Whenever you stop, engines off, save that as a new location in Location Manager via the toolbar. That location will then be automatically added as the last saved location in default mode (unsorted & unfiltered).

Next time you start the sim, you can choose that saved location to start with (which will place you in the air if it’s a custom waypoint) or somewhere close to it. Then when you are in fly mode, select that saved location in the Location Manager toolbar & use the teleport to ground feature for that saved location (pro version) and it will place you there engines off. Now start the flight as per normal.

I don’t implement automatic saving of the last location you are at, as there are so many possible use cases that can happen here that it’s too much to cater for. There are also storage implications if you constantly auto-save locations and don’t manage them, so a simple manual process is best here if you wish to do this. Delete older locations as you go if you don’t wish to keep them permanently in order to save location slots.

So, if you wish to pick up a flight at the exact spot you stopped at last time, follow the above process and you’ll be able to do it. We use the tools we have, not the ones we’d like to have, or that may not be possible to currently implement.

First time user and you clicked on the grid and all your locations disappeared, leaving a blank grid?

This is likely because you clicked on the favorites quick filter/unfilter trigger, which is accessed by clicking on any plane name in the grid. If you haven’t yet set any favorites (yellow F in far left column in image above) then nothing will show. Use the Reset Filters button (pro) or manually reset the Favorites Filter on the top of the far left column. To open the Favorites Filter on the top far left, make sure you click on the hamburger menu icon, the three little horizontal lines, and not the filter icon. Once open, press the reset button to clear the filter and all your planes will appear. It’s a narrow column to save space, so if you click on the filter icon just to the left of the hamburger menu (3 horizontal lines) you will actually trigger a sort of that column. You can see the sort icon by clicking on the column header when the filter is cleared, and you will see an up or down arrow on successive clicks, changing the sort order, and no arrow when the sort is cycled back to off.

Please check the quick help guide included in your download, as well as watch the videos for insights into how things work, then devise your own system using it that suits you.

Issues with 3rd party add-ons in MSFS?
MSFS Safe Mode
 is a new feature that will allow players to launch the sim in a basic state to ensure stability.

  • MSFS Safe Mode FAQ
  • To force start MSFS in safe mode, crash or force quit the app with alt+F4 or end the process from Task Manager. You will then get the prompt to boot normally or in safe mode on restart.
  • It’s also possible to trigger safe mode on startup by dropping an empty file called running.lock into your local MSFS directory. This appears to be a lock file that MSFS uses to detect if MSFS exited correctly the last time it was used, and is deleted if MSFS successfully exits. If it exists, it triggers the safe mode selection screen. See this thread Command line parameter to start the sim in SAFE MODE for more info.

Installation

The product is delivered as an MSFS package to be installed in the MSFS Community folder.

Install

  • Unzip the downloaded zip file to a location (and keep it for the included documentation)
  • Move the included package folder(s) in “Location Manager Release Pro” folder into your community folder.

Note: For V1.2 there’s a difference between the Orbx and direct bought versions in the package folders. Orbx version has only one package folder in the download, direct bought version has two seperate package folders you need to install into the community folder. This will be harmonized in a coming update so both Orbx and direct bought versions only have one package folder in the download for easier management. Stay tuned on that update, coming soon with some other fixes.
V1.2.5 (current version) is now a single package to make this process simpler.

Update

  • Delete the old package folder(s) from your community folder
    • If you have more than one package folder with the old install make sure to delete both.
    • Check your original download zip file if you need to confirm the package folder names to delete.
  • Replace with the new package folder as in the install process above.

All data is stored using the MSFS SDK data storage routines and is part of your cloud save, so is independent of the add on (unless something changes and the data needs to be migrated, which has happened in the past due to SDK changes). Cloud saves can be corrupted or lost by CTD’s however, but if that happens you have bigger issues. Never close MSFS by the top right window, as that does not trigger data saving to the cloud, always close via the bottom left menu. This is direct advice from Asobo developers.

if you don’t know the path of your community folder or the package doesn’t show up in sim, please do the following while running the sim:

  • Go to Options / General screen in the User Interface
  • Click on “Developers” tab at the bottom of the list on the left
  • Switch the Developers Mode to ON
  • On the Developer Mode Menu which you will now see on the upper left of your screen, select Tools / Virtual File System
  • The community folder location can be found under “Packages Folders”.
  • Open it and move the package folders as described above into there.

See also: https://www.google.com/search?q=msfs+location+of+community+folder

Uninstall

Remove Location Manager from your MSFS community folder.
If it’s the MSFS Marketplace version (TBA) uninstall/delete the package from the marketplace in game.

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do Aircraft Manager/Location Manager work, and are there any sim breaking risks?

Aircraft Manager and Location Manager are unique addons designed to improve the UX (User Experience) that are enabled by integrating custom code into the core files that make up the MSFS UI system. The MSFS UI system has not been designed as an extendable system to incorporate 3rd party additions such as AM and LM, so the only way to extend it to provide these UX improvements is to override the core MSFS UI files with the custom code. The benefits are obvious, with a vastly improved UX to solve many pain points that the user community has recognised, but there are also a couple of risks you should be aware of, and how to mitigate them if you have issues.

  • There is limited abiliy to interoperate with other addons that might try to extend the main MSFS UI, so you will have to make a choice between products that wish to do this. See Known Issues for more specific info on known conflicts.
  • The MSFS Core UI files are checked with every release to ensure they are up to date with any changes Asobo may have introduced. AM and LM are also tested prior to any SU beta releases to ensure they work ok, and the main UI is still consistent. If issues do occur they will be rectified asap and updates to AM/LM released if needed.
  • If you have any problems, you can always deactivate AM/LM at any time to return to the current MSFS base UI system with no impact.
  • Please contact support via the form at the bottom of this page if you require further clarification or have an issue to report.
Q: Will Aircraft Manager and Location Manager work with MSFS 2024?

On June 11, 2023 Microsoft dropped notifcation that MSFS 2024 is coming.
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2024: THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE LEGENDARY FRANCHISE

Given the lack of detail about content transfer and other obvious questions, they quickly followed up with some clarifying statements:
MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2024 FAQ

  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is a new standalone simulator distinct from MSFS 2020.
  • They will continue to support Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) post the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launch.
  • With very few exceptions, virtually all add-ons that work in Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) today will function in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

I also pay close attention to the development roadmap and updates, the latest one of this post being “JUNE 8TH, 2023 DEVELOPMENT UPDATE“.

Two features listed on this update are relevant to AM: Aircraft Specific Control Profiles (Planned) and Aircraft Favorites (Under Investigation).
I note also that Asobo has 20+ open job postings for MSFS, some of them being UI specific, such as: 
“We are opening a Lead UI Programmer position as part of the implementation of a new UI tech on the Microsoft Flight Simulator project.” Asobo Studio – Lead UI Programmer H/F (Flight Sim)

So it seems MSFS 2024 User Interface system is undergoing a complete rewrite for MSFS 2024, and as such AM & LM in their current form will remain as MSFS 2020 addons only due to the changes in the underlying UI framework that will come as part of that. I suspect that the Control Profiles and Favorites noted above are unlikely to be done for MSFS 2020, and they will instead implement it properly as part of MSFS 2024.

Pending more information in the future:

  • MSFS 2020: Aircraft Manager Pro and Location Manager Pro will remain essential addons to improve your UX, as they will keep MSFS 2020 running post MSFS 2024 release. There is nothing announced about back porting this new UI framework to MSFS 2020, which isn’t likely to happen given they are releasing MSFS 2024 with it as a key feature and selling point.
  • MSFS 2024: The MSFS 2020 versions of AM & LM will likely not work on MSFS 2024 (TBC) as it seems as they are developing a completely new UI framework based on lessons learned. I will keep pace with MSFS 2024 developments, and see what value I can bring to it then with a MSFS 2024 specific version of AM and LM.
    Q: Can I save specific airport gates or ground points as cold & dark start locations?

    A: Short answer: not currently. Long answer: Location Manager is intended to be a generalised location manager for storage and retrieval of locations, to act as a starting point for your next flight. The intent is to zoom back to the saved location, THEN you manually select what you want to do for the flight by another click as per normal map use: start in the air in the general area, select a specific parking spot for a cold and dark, select a runway, select a water runway (in the case of a location with both land & water runways), or select the airport and let the sim decide the runway. In fly mode, you can teleport to saved locations at 1000′ AGL, then decide what to do.

    Update 07/03/2023: Work in progress is showing this it’s possible to teleport to ground/water locations successfully in fly mode. It won’t be possible to start from map mode like that due to limitations, but with a little bit of a process we should be able to implement a system where you can arrive at a point to start your flight anywhere in world (obviously contrained by the realities of the geography). Stay tuned.

    Update 09/03/2023:Start anywhere teleport functionality is released in V1.0.3
    As mentioned, it won’t be possible to start from map mode like that due to limitations, but all you need to do is:

    • Explore the map and save interesting locations as starting points as per the video guide
    • Pick a starting airport and enter Fly mode in either cold or hot start mode.
    • Once in Fly mode open Location Manager, choose where you want to go, and teleport there to start your flight.
    Q: Can I uninstall the LM Toolbar widget and just use the main LM app?

    A: No. Currently Location Manager requires both addons installed in order to be able to work properly.

    Q: Why is there a size limit on the notes/tags you can save (and other things)?

    A: There are currently unknown and undocumented aspects to the MSFS SDK, and storage limits are one of these fuzzy areas.
    After doing my own testing to get some clarity, Asobo developers indicated there should be no issues based on some reasonable size tests they have done, and to let them know if any issues are encountered. Based on this, I’m taking a measured risk reduction approach for now with storage limits.

    I’ve decided to initally release with smaller storage limits, see what people do with it, get feedback, and increase the limits as needed in measured steps based on real world usage.

    There are also performance implications with loading/unloading huge blobs of text in the UI, and I’d like to strike a good balance between utility, value, and performance. There’s always trade offs with this kind of thing.

     

     Known Issues

    • Addon Conflicts:
      • Due to current limitations, be aware that other apps that integrate into the MSFS UI may conflict with AM and LM, so you may have to make a choice between them. Apps known to integrate into the main MSFS UI are:
      • Issue: Aircraft Manager does not show any aircraft.
        • Cause: Add on conflict with Modern UI  (Confirmed incompatible)
        • Solution: Do not use Modern UI add on.
        • Be aware that the Modern UI addon is no longer officially supported either (see the file download message at the referenced link above), so use at your own risk.
      • Issue: MSFS Activities do not show description & Fly button.
        • This is an intermittent issue that seems to affect a small number of users, based on reports received so far. The issue seems to be a triggered by a heavy load imposed at some points in the MSFS UI that can cause Location Manager dependencies used by the Activities view not to be loaded. These dependencies are used by Location Manager to retrieve the airport information, and are very dependent on load order timing. On most PC’s it seems ok, others are subject to loading hitches for various reasons outlined below. This is under active investigation to find mitigation measures. I personally don’t experience this with 930+ addons installed despite multiple attempts to trigger it.
        • Update: Currently beta testing a performance update that should solve this issue. Unfortunately to do this it has some other impacts in terms of memory consumption etc in order to resolve the intermittancy of the issue. Trade offs! Stay tuned.
        • Possible Causes and Solutions
          • Cause 1: Addon conflicts with apps that modify the MSFS UI, like P42 Stripr (confirmed), causing UI loading slowdowns.
            • Solution 1: Choose which one you want to use, Location Manager or P42 Stripr. Conflict reported to P42. TBD.
            • Note: User who originally reported this issue says all is ok now after WU XIV w/ Stripr, LM, & Activities.
            • Your mileage may vary, so if you do experience this issue with Stripr, try disabling that as a test.
          • Cause 2:  MSFS UI slowdowns caused by GPU working at max capacity (confirmed)
            • Solution 2: None atm. Under investigation.
            • Note: Other user who initially reported this didn’t use Stripr, but cleared the issue by adjusting performance settings.
            • Things to try: Lower the graphics settings to lessen the GPU load when in the main UI. If your GPU is 100% utilized in the main UI, back off the settings. Set Experimental/Low Power Mode to On.
          • Cause 3: It wouldn’t surprise me to find more. TBD.
      • Pro and Free don’t mix: Pro and Free versions will cause issues if used together. ie: AM Pro + LM Free or AM Free + LM Pro are not supported. This is due to underlying requirements.
    • Teleporting Issues: 
      • Please turn all your Assistance Options/Failure and Damage options to OFF in order to avoid issues with loading conflicts that may happen with changing locations (ie: ground/aircraft while the new location loads in). Also be aware there may be some issues with Aircraft using custom damage modelling that may override these settings. I suggest testing first with a base aircraft that does not have these issues.
      • One user has reported an issue with planes being thrown into the air when it finishes teleporting. I’m unable to replicate this fully, and still working to determine the cause & a solution. It seems to be a timing issue with the physics engine and aircraft collision system that is system dependant somehow. If you experience it at all please let me know via the support form at the bottom of the page. 
        Manual Workaround: Enable slew mode (Y key bind by default) before teleport to ground, teleport, disable Slew mode by pressing same key to enable it (Y key bind by default).  
    • Location Height: The altitude of saved locations should be correct, but it may be off if you saved the location zoomed way out on the map. Please zoom into the map to a close distance when saving to ensure the point saved is the most accurate resolution and is placed where you want it.
    • Scaling to different screen resolutions. Due to issues encountered integrating into the MSFS UI it hasn’t been possible to implement a fully responsive UI that scales up and down like the MSFS UI does. The workaround for the moment is a manual font size change feature, so the user can adjust the font size of the data grid to their own preference. There are also some adjustments to column widths depending on the font size chosen. I would call it partially responsive. Free demo now includes this functionality.
    • Font Character Accents: Due to limitations with the integration method, font character accents are currently not supported. They have been filtered out in names, tags, and notes to be replaced by the english equivalents so you shouldn’t see strange characters anymore. Let me know if you do (via the support form below at the bottom of the page) and I’ll look into it.
    • Scrolling/Pagination: Due to memory issues with integrating into the MSFS UI a hybrid pagination/scroll system has been implemented to avoid any issues. Page size is currently set at 80 rows to stike a balance between utility, performance, and bug free use.

     

    Release Notes

    Pro Version

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.2.5
    Date: 25/08/2023

    * Adjusted ground teleporting
    * Added country quick filter to Location Manager toolbar widget
    * Moved type column to be next to favorites
    * Tuned Teleport dynamics
    * Install package consolidated to one folder
    * Performance improvements

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.2.0
    Date: 29/06/2023

    * New! ICAO Airport runways auto saved for configurable landing/take off practice. Teleport to base/crosswind/downwind/final/random legs, land, repeat.
    * New! ICAO Airport parking spots auto saved. Just save the airport, & use them in fly mode as teleport locations to cold start.
    * Fixed saved font size to load properly on opening
    * Font accents replaced by standard letters in name/tags/notes.
    * Bug Fixes
    * Performance Improvements

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.1.0
    https://sonicviz.com/project/location-manager/
    Date: 26/05/2023

    * Complete rewrite of the scaling for a much improved User Experience (UX)
    * Other small UX adjustments
    * Bug Fixes
    * Performance Improvements

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.0.4
    Date: 28/04/2023

    • Re-enabled sort on Notes
    • Performance optimisations
    • Library update

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.0.3a
    Date: 10/03/2023

    • Teleport implemented correctly for multiengine aircraft + gear/flaps configured properly
    • Teleport time dynamically adjusted based on distance from current location to teleport location. Quicker restarts!

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.0.3
    Date: 09/03/2023

    • New: Start Anywhere – Teleport to saved locations on ground/water/air (geography permitting)
    • Improved Teleport user experience
    • Fixed correct row selection when sorted
    • Performance Improvements

    Location Manager Release Notes 1.0.2
    Date: 23/02/2023

    • Performance Improvements
    • Fixed issue with missing country
    • Fixed missing icons in filter popups
    • Fixed horizontal scrollbar

    Free Version

    Location Manager Free Release Notes V 1.1.0
    https://sonicviz.com/project/location-manager/
    Date: 26/05/2023

    * Complete rewrite of the scaling for a much improved User Experience (UX)
    * Other small UX adjustments
    * Bug Fixes
    * Performance Improvements

    Location Manager Free Release Notes V 1.0.3
    Released 2023-05-20

    • Added favorites for free

    Free V 1.0.2 Released 2023-03-16

    • Improved Teleport user experience

    Free V 1.0.1 released 2023-02-16

    • Bug fix with selected aircraft/location when sorting to maintain position
    • Sorting in free versions of both synchronised to 3 (check version comparison help file for details)
    • Performance tweaks

    V 1.0.0 released 2023-02-14

    Update 13/2/2023

    • New free version release, no version number change.
    • Many fixes and improvements.
    • LM toolbar allows teleporting and saving locations

    Update 2/2/2023

    • New free version release, no version number change.
    • Fixed saved height unit measurments
    • Includes alpha test release of Location Manager toolbar widget to test teleporting to saved locations.
      Teleports to the saved location at speed 100kts, Heading 360, pitch/roll level, @ 1500ft agl.

    29/01/2023 Released

    Refund Policy

    Please try the free lite version/demo first before buying, to ensure the addon works ok on your system before buying.

    Due to the nature of this product being digitally available, purchases of this product are non-refundable.

    Support

    Please contact us via this form if you have any issues to report.
    If you have email issues or no reply you can try contact via the social channel links up top right of the page or ping me on the MSFS forums.
    Note: Free version support is limited compared to the payware version.

    To resolve issues it’s important to be able to replicate them, so we need to have as much information as possible in order to reproduce the problem and hopefully resolve it. Please also make sure you have read the Known Issues and Tips sections above.

    Please include as much of the following information as you can:

    • Your receipt information for proof of purchase, and where you bought it from
    • Your version of MSFS (Steam or Microsoft store)
    • Whether you are on the live version or the Beta version
    • Describe what you were doing prior to the issue occurring
    • Describe what happened to trigger the issue
    • Does it happen all the time or only in certain situations?
    • What addons you have installed
    • Specs: Windows Settings/System/About (screenshot Device/Windows sections) + GPU + a list of all the controllers you have attached.
    • Describe anything else you think is relevant.

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