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FS2020 scenery compatibility with FS2024

jgarnold

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It's been some time since I last posted here and were in touch with people like GaryGB, Arno etc as I haven't even looked at FS for months but now I do for the following reason.

I created a few sceneries for FS2020 and uploaded them to flightsim.to a couple of years ago.

For unknown reasons I visited that website and noticed that my sceneries have been marked NOT compatible withy FS2024.
I cannot prove that one way or another as I have not upgraded to FS2024 and so not sure if that means that it won't even load or something else. I think that I saw somewhere that Asobo scenery objects used in 2020 won't work in 2024. Are there any other reasons?

Do I assume correctly that I need to have FS2024 installed to convert my scenery?
Can it be converted having just FS2024 SDK installed (that is if it is downloadable)?

Thanks
 
so....if your scenery works fine in 2020, it is probably already 90% compatible for 2024. So the non-compatible statement is probably too harsh. The only way to publish it as 2024 is if you state it was made for 2024 (using the 2024 SDK and making all the required updates). So yes, you would need MSFS2024 and the SDK. The SDK to process, and the sim to test it.

When you run the 2024 SDK on a 2020 project the first thing you will notice is that it wants to update a whole bunch of GUID numbers. This is a must as it includes standard visible and non-visible objects (such as animations). You will need to tweak ground textures for coloring/intensity, all light objects, any animations, LODs........

Its not hard, but it may not be necessary either. Has anyone tested your scenery on 2020?

David
 
Thanks David. Excellent advice.
Oh yes many people have tested it on 2020 and it works fine EXCEPT recently I was advised that one of my Blender created buildings did not display anymore. The problem I found was that a recent 2020 upgrade it seems includes a new auto generated building which covers my building and I have to enlarge the polygon which excludes auto generated buildings much larger than my building. That is annoying as I was taught that the polygon only needs to cover existing scenery, now it seems it needs to cover an larger area just in case Asobo releases a larger auto generated building.
 
Hi John:

Good to see you online here again. :)

I would be interested in knowing what the coordinates and GUID are of your cited custom building covered by a MSFS default object.

MSFS 2024 is a must-have for updating run time rendering issues with 3D models, and its many default scenery enhancements.

GaryGB
 
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