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FSX:SE How to use the SDK

Flyer50

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hi, I'm new and I can't get the SDK to work. The first thing I notice is there is no option for tools on Free Flight.
Can anyone take the time to help me get started, :) please?
 
What SDK are you referring to? If it is the SDK that is included with FSX: SE then you will need to download and install:

www.fsdeveloper.com

Prepar3D v1 SDK

Prepar3D v1 SDK. Lockheed Martin removed the SDK from their website, so the download link takes it from the web.archive.org archive.
www.fsdeveloper.com www.fsdeveloper.com
 
FSX deluxe. I have it installed and doing the tutorial one. So far I have three files two image and one HTML but the tools tab isn’t in free flight. And I dont know how to do screenshot to show you. Cause windows won’t allow me to use snipping tool in game.
 
Your title post states "FSX SE". I don't know if it is possible to use the "tools" in the Deluxe version of the SDK.
 
I'm an idiot I started the wrong one.

Now that I have deluxe open I still don't see the tools on Free flight.
 
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You need to be clear. Is the version you have FSX-SE (FSX Steam Edition) of FSX Deluxe? Also to take a screen shot you can make the sim run in a window and then take a screenshot. Use ALT+Enter to toggle fullscreen/window.

After you install the SDK (for either FSX-SE or Deluxe) then depending on where you installed it:
1. Navigate to that folder (in my case I installed it in the c:\fsx-se\sdk folder) and you should find a file ConfigSDK.exe Run that and a command prompt will appear
"Are you sure you want to update the SDK tool configuration files to refer to the current Microsoft Flight Simulator X installation path? (Yes/No):" Type Y {Enter} and the program will make the correct path statements where needed.
2.Explore the SDK folders and files and find the following files (note these are as per my path which may differ from yours)
C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll
C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll
C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll
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Read up on what these do.

Now to add the "Tools" menu into FSX do this:
Navigate to c:\users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX
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There you will find a file called DLL.XML. If it is NOT there then copy/paste it from the SDK -> C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\config
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Open it in notepad and it should look like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>DLL.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>True</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Disabled>True</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>Addon DLL</Name>
<Path>C:\MyPath\Addon.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
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In place of the following:
<Launch.Addon>
<Disabled>True</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>Addon DLL</Name>
<Path>C:\MyPath\Addon.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
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Replace with:
(Make note that you change the path to reflect the path where these files are located on YOUR COMPUTER)
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
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Save the DLL.XML and start FSX and you will find the Tools menu with additional items.

Good luck.
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<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Mission Creation Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Disabled>True</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>Addon DLL</Name>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>



This is what i did. :rolleyes:
 
As far as I know the Core Utilities Kit was never designed to be used from within the sim.
 
www.fsdeveloper.com

Prepar3D v1 SDK

Prepar3D v1 SDK. Lockheed Martin removed the SDK from their website, so the download link takes it from the web.archive.org archive.
www.fsdeveloper.com www.fsdeveloper.com

I install the Prepar 3d also

don't know how to use it either feeling hopeless o_O
 
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Flyer50 said:
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>dll.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Mission Creation Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Disabled>True</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>Addon DLL</Name>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>



This is what i did. :rolleyes:
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That file is called DLL.XML for a reason. In it you make entries to the DLL's you want to load at runtime. You don't enter the PATH to the DLL's only but the PATH+the name of the dll as I showed you. There is also a file called EXE.XML where you do the same thing but for EXE files.

<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
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should be
<Path>C:\FSX-SE\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll"</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
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etc. for the other dll's. I thought I had made that clear by giving you examples above.
 
Flyer50 said:
what bout the core utilities kit
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This is for the Simconnect.DLL
Navigate to D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\lib\ (1st choice)
or if not there to D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\LegacyInterfaces\ (2nd choice)
There you will find a file called SimConnect.msi. Run that and simconnect will be installed.
Note that this is a .net interface to FSX and there are a number of versions that can all be installed "side-by-side" A large number of add-ons use this file.

By the way P3D also uses simconnect but a different one from FSX with different calls and functions butcan also be installed side-by-side.
 
bernb said:
This is for the Simconnect.DLL
Navigate to D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\SimConnect SDK\lib\ (1st choice)
or if not there to D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Core Utilities Kit\LegacyInterfaces\ (2nd choice)
There you will find a file called SimConnect.msi. Run that and simconnect will be installed.
Note that this is a .net interface to FSX and there are a number of versions that can all be installed "side-by-side" A large number of add-ons use this file.

By the way P3D also uses simconnect but a different one from FSX with different calls and functions butcan also be installed side-by-side.
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Think I’m just going to install FSX deluxe to c drive. If I have room. Because at this point I’m lost.
 
C'mon mate. It's not that difficult. You are almost there. All you need to do is edit your dll.xml and ADD the name of the DLL to the path already there like I showed you

So since you left out the dll name in your file:
Your line:
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit"</Path>
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Correct to
<Path>"D:\Jamie's Files\New folder\steamapps\common\FSX\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll"</Path>
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all that has changed is that now FSX KNOWS which dll you want to add and where it is located.

Now you really don't need to install FSX on the C drive. I installed there because my C drive is an SSD. On my laptop FSX is installed in d:\fsx-se\ Thats it!!!

One tip when you install the Deluxe version - DO NOT INSTALL IT IN Program Files\microsoft games\ etc.etc
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Simply pick your fastest drive (Lets say that your D: drive is an SSD) and INSTALL IT IN D:\FSX or c:\fsx period. No long path with spaces and all the problems of writing to the Program Files folder.

SIMCONNECT - if you plan on writing your own .NET apps for fsx then this is used together with the samples in the SDK. Otherwise simply find the SimConnect.msi in the SDK and dbl click it to run it and install simconnect. Thats all it is. Easy Peasy.
 
Ok but I have some many sdk files at this point. You have to understand. I’m 51 and a freecode camp drop out cause I still have problems writing email.

I’m going to try to fix it in the dll. But I don’t even know it I have the right file.
 
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