SDK Install Help

[idahosurge]

The title says it all.  I have FSX Acceleration.  I installed FSX SDK, then installed SDK SP1a and then SDK Acceleration.  In FSX there is not a tool menu tab and I have tried everything that I can find on the subject and nothing works.  When you go to the Start Menu, FSX SDK shows up, but the only thing there is the manual, there is nothing else, I can not get into any of the tool kits from the start menu.

I ran the SDK ConfigSDK.exe tool.

FSX is on G:, FSX SDK is on C:.  I have modified my dll.xml per the suggestions that I can find and this file is:



Launch
dll.xml
False
False


Object Placement Tool
False
False
..C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\Object_Placement.dll



Traffic Toolbox
False
False
..C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll



Visual Effects Tool
False
False
..C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll





I have removed my addons (FSUIPC4, AICarreirs & Autothumbnail) and my Addon Menu tab no longer appears and that is as it should be.

When I start FSX it never asked me if I should trust this software and from what I can find it should have asked me three times for the three different tool kits that should show up in the tool tab.  In my fsx.cfg file under "Trusted" there is no mention of the three tool kits that should show up.

I do have MyTraffic X and I have not removed that.

Any ideas anyone?

Rod

[Felix/FFDS]

Did you first install the SDK from the FS-X Deluxe RTM  DVD?

[ShaneG_old]

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/wiki/index.p ... ation_(FSX)#Installation

[idahosurge]

[quote]Did you first install the SDK from the FS-X Deluxe RTM

[basys]

Hi Folks

Rod -
They won't have shown up yet in your fsx.CFG or onscreen menu
because you have a fault in all your PATH entries-
..C:\Program Files\

Remove the ..

HTH
ATB
Paul

[idahosurge]

Hi Folks

Rod -
They won't have shown up yet in your fsx.CFG or onscreen menu
because you have a fault in all your PATH entries-
..C:\Program Files\

Remove the ..

HTH
ATB
Paul

Paul, I modified my path as suggested, see below.  It still does not work.  Does FSX and SDK have to be on the same drive?  I have FSX on G: and SDX on C:.



Launch
dll.xml
False
False


Object Placement Tool
False
False
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\Object_Placement.dll



Traffic Toolbox
False
False
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll



Visual Effects Tool
False
False
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll




Regards,

Rod

[basys]

Hi Folks

Rod -
At least it's a step forward.

[Fr. Bill]

This loading process will not tolerate "spaces" in a pathname. Either rename all the paths, or place the entire path declaration in quotes:

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<Path>"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll"</Path>

If you ever decide to reinstall, for goodness' sake don't use the bloody default paths! Use something more sane, such as C:\FSX_SDK and you'll save a lot of headaches...  ;D

[basys]

Hi Folks

Bill -
xml fully supports spaces in paths,
and quotes are unnescessary.

HTH
ATB
Paul

[Fr. Bill]

Hi Folks

Bill -
xml fully supports spaces in paths,
with or without quotes.

HTH
ATB
Paul

Riddle me this, then. It only worked for me after adding quote marks the first time around...  The problem isn't XML related, it's the command line argument that FSX passes to the OS to load the .dll that's whitespace intolerant...

When I got smarter, I reinstalled using a short path with no white space at all, and never had a problem since...  :o

[basys]

Hi Folks

Bill -
Here's my working version -
[code]

[Fr. Bill]

I don't doubt for a moment that it works... for many people's system. It does not however mean that it will work for everyone's system.

Obviously, it didn't work for mine, else I wouldn't have mentioned it at all. Several of the ACES devs had suggested wrapping the complete path in quote marks back during beta testing, and it worked...  ;)

Even my dev computer running Vista cannot recognize whitespace in pathnames, hence the Desktop Icon's path for Visual Studio is wrapped in quotes:

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"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"

[basys]

Hi

[idahosurge]

[quote]Hi Folks

Rod -
At least it's a step forward.

[basys]

Hi Folks

This modification did the trick Paul, thanks for the help!

No worries.

Now your real nightmares begin.    ;D

ATB
Paul