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SimObject Library without ADE?

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I have been granted permission to use somebody else's models in my Bitburg Scenery project, but the owner does not want his models to be objects which another person could pick out and use in their projects, possibly without his consent.

I think I know that this would work as SimObjects, but I do not know how to create SimObjects in MSFS2020 SDK. Someone did mention using ADE but that appears to be dependent on me having FS9 installed.

I hope that explains the question ok: does anybody have any suggestions for how to use 3rd Party models but without them being available to anybody who has my scenery installed.

To be clear, I am not talking about my custom buildings created by me for the Bitburg project - I will probably also put those in a separate Library to go onto flightsim.to in due course.

Thanks.
 
SPerx said:
but the owner does not want his models to be objects which another person could pick out and use in their projects



Thanks.
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Not possible. In MSFS 2020, any model can be referenced by another project, if the model is in Official or Community. That's kind of the basis of MSFS. You can place anybody's active model in any project. A simobject is no different.
 
If they're determined for them not to show up anywhere else, then you could join them to other models such as buildings to make a single mesh so they're effectively useless elsewhere.

There's no difference between a scenery object or simobject in its availability. You can add extra conditions such as visibility dependent on time, temperature etc with a simobject but they'll still be selectable.
 
OK, thank you both for that. I could build the models with, for example GSE around it or placed in a TAB-Vee. I will see what he thinks.
 
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