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SbuilderX and Prepar3dv2

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Hi guys,
I have moved over to Prepar3d V2.
My original FSX disks are not so good anymore...a couple of years ago I managed to create a virtual ISO of disk 1 because I was having problems getting the SDK files off it.

I have only just recently moved over to a brand new Samsung SSD and am re-installing everything from scratch. I wasn't worried about the bad FSX disk 1 (because I had the virtual ISO copy), however, I now find disk 2 has died as well (and I don't have an ISO of that unfortunately).

Now since I cannot get FSX SDK up and running properly...how can I configure SbuilderX to work with Prepar3d V2?

Do I simply install only the FSX SDK from Disk 1?
Will SbuilderX work for Prepar3d V2?
 
Hi.

look at this link:

http://www.ptsim.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=2311

I also believe the ESP SDK tools would work with FSX... not completely sure, but I seem to recall FSX will accept all those BGLs. And if FSX accepts it, then P3D will accept it.

P3D v2 still uses the same formats for terrain and scenery placement. It appears the headers of the BGLs have changed, but terrain and placement are still backwardly compatible. As the above link describes, P3D compiled models will not be recognized correctly by 314. This may be changed by a future update, if Luis still has interest in this. ( His main love is sailing, and he has semi-retired from scenery development ).

Also, Luis' 314 update depends on having the 313 version already installed. 314 was developed primarily to keep compatibility with Windows Vista, 7 and 8, as well as take advantage of x64 systems memory advantages. It was not a P3D update. 313 developed scenery will also work with P3D v2.

P3D v3, currently being developed, might not allow older ASM-tweaked models to be used. This might require all our old FSX programs to be updated to recognise the new model headers. I believe scruffyduck has already updated ADE to use the new model format, so these models can be placed.

Dick
 
I have also moved away from FSX and now only have P3D_V1.4 and V_2.2 Installed. I have the latest 64bit update for SBX installed and decided yesterday to try to capture an airport ground texture. That function appears to be grayed out now. Has anyone else had the same experience or can someone suggest a fix, if there is one? I don't use SBX for object placement, only for ground textures, landclass, water, etc.

I've decided to simply reinstall FSX. It's not worth the hassle of trying to force two programs to work together when they don't like each other, lol.
 
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