These paths... The SDK installation assumes that you will take the default side-by-side installation path. If you tell the SDK to install in a non-default folder (mine is D:\FSX SDK and FSX is in D:\FSX Flight Simulator), the installer will still give you the side-by-side relative paths. Changing them to the hard-coded real path solves this problem.
[Edit] Clarification: Even though the installer was told to use D:\FSX SDK, when I opened up the dll.xml file the SDK installer had still written the default path of (e.g.)
..\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll
instead of the expected
D:\FSX SDK\Mission Creation Kit\object_placement.dll
Poor installer coding.
Thanks for the replies
My SDK and FSX root folders are installed in the same place, so I don't think that would be an issue, but I have updated the paths to the direct location (no ".."):
f<?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>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Object Placement Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Mission Creation Kit\Object_Placement.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Traffic Toolbox</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Traffic Toolbox SDK\traffictoolbox.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
<Launch.Addon>
<Name>Visual Effects Tool</Name>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Path>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Special Effects SDK\visualfxtool.dll</Path>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>
Still no tools menu. I am reinstalling the SDK from the CD now and will let you know how that goes.
Thanks