# Loading order of packages

**URL:** <https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637>\
**Category:** General MSFS Data\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637 "2025-02-11T08:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![S1a3ti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@S1a3ti](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/S1a3ti)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/1 "2025-02-11T08:01:55Z")

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Hi there, just wanted to share my findings about the loading order of packages.

I read the tips on several topics like this one:

> [@G1000 Flight Plan importing stuck](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/g1000-flight-plan-importing-stuck/18171/18):
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> As a temporary workaround, you can open our navigation data packages and edit the manifest.json file! You need to modify/add a key like this: "package\_order\_hint": "CUSTOM\_NAVDATA", Let me know if that helps the situation! Make sure to restart the simulator.

And still had some problems (after deleting the cache, editing the manifest.json files etc)…

Then I played with the scenery package order tool in dev mode. Set the order of the navigraph packages and that created a modified content.xml:

```auto
	<Package name="communityfs24-!!!navigraph-nav-base" active="Activated" priority="-9999"/>
[...]
	<Package name="communityfs24-}}}navigraph-nav-jepp" active="Activated" priority="9999"/>

```

I edited the priority values. The priority has an ascending order, so the values should ensure loading the first package first and the second one last…

So far it looks primissing. Will have to test after a PC reboot, but it still worked after several sim restarts…

Hope this helps anyone.

Edit: I’m in the SU1 beta

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**Author:** ![S1a3ti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@S1a3ti](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/S1a3ti)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/2 "2025-02-11T08:28:58Z")

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Update: After PC reboot it did not work again… Could load the flight plans again only after a sim restart… Very strange.

I guess it has something todo with the locked packages, for which the priority cannot be changed. I have no idea why the results are random though…

 ![Screenshot (976)](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/3X/2/1/2155d66e8b737faed10146052612021d48534364.png)

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**Author:** ![skysail](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/skysail/32/304_2.png) [@skysail](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/skysail)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/3 "2025-02-11T11:20:13Z")

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Hello!

Your findings align with our expectations, as Asobo has stated that the priority tag is no longer the preferred way of defining the order. We brought this up in our support ticket here:

- [Define the loading order of installed packages - [MSFS 2024] Bug Reports - MSFS DevSupport](https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/t/define-the-loading-order-of-installed-packages/12456)

We are working on a new release based on the new correspondence a couple of days ago, and we hope that this will work better!

Kind Regards,  
Malte

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**Author:** ![S1a3ti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@S1a3ti](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/S1a3ti)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/4 "2025-02-11T11:28:05Z")

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Thank you! Hope you find or found a stable solution with predictable loading order.

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/navigraph1/original/1X/4cc83e90d70ab312b1bd2d7527bddad309607265.png) [@system](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/5 "2025-02-18T11:28:15Z")

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**Author:** ![S1a3ti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@S1a3ti](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/S1a3ti)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/6 "2025-05-15T20:37:25Z")

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With the release of SU2 today I can still confirm that the navigraph navdata not always replaces the in-sim-navdata when installed.

For me it only works reliable when I add the deprecated priority attributes.

See also this:

> [@Loading order of packages](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637):
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> Hi there, just wanted to share my findings about the loading order of packages. I read the tips on several topics like this one: And still had some problems (after deleting the cache, editing the manifest.json files etc)… Then I played with the scenery package order tool in dev mode. Set the order of the navigraph packages and that created a modified content.xml: \<Package name="communityfs24-!!!navigraph-nav-base" active="Activated" priority="-9999"/\> [...] \<Package name="communityfs24-}…

Edit: as I cannot reply to this topic I would like to add the following here:

The order hint does not work reliable. Only by adding the priority attributes I am able to use navigraph navdata every sim start. Otherwise I end up with the in-sim-navdata sometimes…

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**Author:** ![Ian](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/ian/32/154_2.png) [@Ian](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/Ian)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/7 "2025-05-16T03:43:04Z")

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**Author:** ![NAVData](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.navigraph.com/navdata/32/30549_2.png) [@NAVData](https://forum.navigraph.com/u/NAVData)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.navigraph.com/t/loading-order-of-packages/18637/9 "2025-05-16T04:11:43Z")

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Thanks for sharing your solution.

The loading order with SU2 and the new `package order hint` tag is working correctly, and as ASOBO wrote in his [answer](https://devsupport.flightsimulator.com/t/define-the-loading-order-of-installed-packages/12456/5), you can use the priority attribute as a fallback.

Thanks for this confirmation  
Richard