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ADE 0.45 won't initialise

OK I understand. The runway lights should be accessible very soon
 
Hi Jon,

Sorry to be so long replying to your question. I still haven't got ADE to initialise, but I have a better idea (hopefully) of what the issue might be.

I now have 0.47 unzipped in a new, virgin folder and the problem reoccurs.

It turns out my error is slightly different to the one that started this thread. Mine broadly says that it cannot start SimConnect. This rings a bell from me trying to install FSX's own Object Placement Tool. I don't have FSX (with SP) installed in its default location, but instead on a second hard drive. However, the SDK (with SP) IS installed in the default location on the primary hard drive. For the object placement tool I had to use the absolute location rather than the relative location in my dll.xml. I was wondering if something similar is happening with my ADE? Does ADE assume FSX is in the default location... or am I off the scent??!!

cheers

Andy
 
Check the paths in the ADE settings.ini, there should be paths to BGLComp and FSX. As far as I know, ADE uses no settings in dll.xml.

George
 
That's correct George but it does look for simconnect.dll and I do not control how that search is done. It is part of the way that the simconnect.dlls work. Also ADE needs the version of simconnect from January 2007. You should have two simconnect.dll files present - I cover where in another post here

There is another point. ADE 0.47 does not ship with a dll called Microsoft.Simconnect.dll. It seems that most installs don't need it but recently someone needed it in the ADE Folder. It is now in the latest download of 0.47 so it might be worth checking that it is in your ADE 0.47 folder. If not then download 0.47 again and see if that helps.
 
Problem solved

Dear Jon,

Sorry for the slow response. I got ADE working just fine by copying the Microsoft.Simconnect.dll from my download of SDE and placing it inside my new ADE folder. This may help others who are posting on different threads.

cheers

Andy
 
Airtrooper said:
Dear Jon,

Sorry for the slow response. I got ADE working just fine by copying the Microsoft.Simconnect.dll from my download of SDE and placing it inside my new ADE folder. This may help others who are posting on different threads.

cheers

Andy
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OK good that it is now working. It is a mystery why some installs seem to need that dll file and others don't :confused:
 
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