Installation Support - MSFS2020

WELCOME

This guide will help you to install our products and help solve any issues along the way. We hope that this helps you enjoy Seafront Simulations sceneries the way they are meant to be.

KEY TIP #1: Set Ground Wind Speed to 3 m/s (7 knots) or above for the best wake effects.

KEY TIP #2: Change the time slightly when you load into the flight - This will force the full loading of all ships (needed due to a longstanding core sim bug).

A NOTE ON MSFS2024

Please don't try to use MSFS2020 packages in MSFS2024 unless we have noted them as being MSFS2024 compatible. You can find MSFS2024 Compatible Sceneries here.

We are working on porting the rest of our regional sceneries to MSFS2024.

For MSF2024 scenery support please see here.

DEPENDENCIES

All of our products require the installation of the free Vessels Core Library.

The Vessels Core Library is a large model library that provides a common set of models to our coastal sceneries. It won't provide any scenery by itself. We have done this to stop people needing to download and store several gigabytes of models many times over and also to streamline our update process. The Library has always been free but is still subject to our End-User Licence Agreement.

INSTALLATION

Installation is different depending on whether you purchased via the Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) Marketplace, directly from this site or via one of our partners,. In all situations we recommend you install the Vessels Core Library and restart the sim before using the scenery.

INSTALLATION - SeafrontSims.com and JustFlight

When you download the addon via the website the download will include a folder with a package name like 'seafront-sightseeing-vessels-madeira'. You may have to look inside the 'PackageContent' folder to find it. Please copy this to your MSFS Flight Simulator 'Community' folder to install the scenery before starting the game.

INSTALLATION - Orbx and Contrail

You can download our products via Orbx Central or Contrail's App. When installing via Orbx Central, please select the 'Simulator Folder' when asked as this seems to cause less issues than saving to the 'Orbx Library'.

INSTALLATION - MSFS Marketplace

You can install products from the MSFS Marketplace in the same way as any other product.

TRAFFIC SETTINGS

MSFS2020 Only (Legacy) Products - Traffic Settings / Sliders

In order to get the best results from our sceneries you should set the 'leisure boat' and 'ship and ferry' traffic settings/sliders based on the following:

Leisure Boats = 100% (Not available on Xbox)

PC Ship and Ferry = Minimum 10% / Xbox 100%

In the unlikely event this has too much of an impact on your experience, you can adjust the settings downwards.

Further Detail

Shipping in our regional sceneries appears at 10% or above.

Since version 2.0.0 Global Shipping will give you the following volume of traffic at each setting:

Setting of 5% = 50% of traffic will appear

Setting of 10% or above = 100% of traffic will appear (NOTE: Xbox users may need to increase the setting to 100%)

This is for greater compatibility with Xbox and other addons.

MSFS2024 Compatible Traffic Settings

A key improvement in our MSFS2024 Compatible sceneries is that you no longer need to adjust or worry about traffic sliders. You will now always see the maximum traffic in the scenery. The new approach we have used in the MSFS2024 updates also paves the way for future functionality and immersion enhancements.

TROUBLESHOOTING

I don't see many moving boats

The simulator has a longstanding bug that sometimes stops the boats from completely loading in. Try changing the time slightly and wait for 10-20 seconds. This usually forces the simulator to refresh and fully load the moving boats.

I have bought and installed a regional scenery but can't see any boats

Please follow the below steps:

Make sure that you have installed the Vessels Core Library
Set the Ships and Ferries sliders as needed (see above).
Restart the simulator

I have bought and installed Global Shipping but can't see any ships

Please follow the below steps:

Make sure that you have installed the Vessels Core Library
Set the traffic sliders as needed (see above).
Try a flight from Gibraltar (LXGB). You should see lots of ships passing through the Gibraltar Strait.

NOTE: Vessels: Global Shipping routes use real-world Autonomous Identification System (AIS) data. This means that you are more likely to find ships in real-world shipping lanes like the Singapore Strait (WSSS), River Elbe (ETMN), English Channel, Istanbul, Çanakkale or Skagerrak Straits and busy destinations like Hong Kong (VHHH) and Bangkok (VTBT).

I have installed all of the required products, restarted the simulator and set the correct sliders but still don't see ships

The downloads have been known to get corrupted for some of our customers. Please uninstall our packs completely (not 'Verify') and then reinstall the scenery.

If you are using Orbx Central we DO NOT RECOMMEND using 'Verify Files' as this sometimes verifies against a previously corrupt download. Instead try uninstalling and reinstalling completely.

I restarted the flight and all of the ships have disappeared

This is a known issue with the sim itself. Restarting a flight seems to skip loading the ground/water traffic. We have reported this to Asobo and Microsoft.

Need More Help?

If you have followed this guide and the product is still not working please email contactus@seafrontsims.com