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Best blender version for MSFS2020

Lagaffe

MSFS20 Post in thread 'MSFS Asobo Official Blender exporter'

To resume, IMO (and following the advice of people who have already posted on this topic) the best solution is to take
- Blender 3.6.18 (or the last 3.6.21) in conjonction with
- Asobo v1.3.3 plugin (you have the links below).
This solution is 2020 & 2024 compliant.

1) Blender:
The old release of Blender are here: https://download.blender.org/release

2) Export plugin:
a) The last official version of Asobo plugin is the v1.3.3 : https://github.com/AsoboStudio/glTF-Blender-IO-MSFS and it can be use...
 
FreightDog gives the correct answer

though i would say to use what Asobo tells you here (this will be more 'future proof')

The Blender Plugin

docs.flightsimulator.com docs.flightsimulator.com

so they only 'officially' support blender 3.3.x or 3.6.x LTS (LongTermSupport) found here (the docs lag behind- its been stated 3.6 is supported in the Dev Forums by Asobo developers)
www.blender.org

LTS — Blender

The Blender LTS program is aimed at ensuring that long-lasting projects can be executed using a stable Blender version with official support for 2 years.
www.blender.org www.blender.org
These may have edits or fixes they wont bother to add to a 'previous blender version' not under LTS support

and the current official plugin that can be found inside the SDK installation or on the github page
the one on the git is great, but it may change more often- it might be considered a beta considering it seems to always be 'ahead' of the officially distributed one in the SDK install
 
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According to the official github repo for the 2020 addon, it supports 4.5LTS now but "take it with a grain of salt". I still use 3.6LTS and I have seen some devs use 4.2 as well



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I use the plug in found in my SDK and portable blender v 3.6.18. Next question is folder structure. I see some scenery I bought on marketplace is not in the community folder but in the main msfs folder(official). ORBX has a simple format with the bulk of files in a texture folder.
 
V-Pilot said:
According to the official github repo for the 2020 addon, it supports 4.5LTS now but "take it with a grain of salt". I still use 3.6LTS and I have seen some devs use 4.2 as well



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yes im aware

ive seen that but ...
for me ... im just not one that needs the 'latest version', i would rather use tried and true software if i can
unless of course there is something specific, like a new feature, i absolutely need

im also in a team, so its all or none to upgrade things like this-
not everyone there wants to chance the project having an issue with a "development environment update" in the middle of a working project (particularly if its commercial)
i know i dont want to be the one that said 'sure lets upgrade' if it breaks things, i'll happily wait for the sdk pages to be updated myself
we are working in 2024 atm so no github, but the same thing applies, they (asobo devs) have stated in the forum that 4.2 works and even 4.5 is alpha but we still use 3.6 just because ...
why chance it, let the anxious people in a hurry be the guinea pigs
 
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FreightDog said:
Whats LTS?
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it means Long Term Support
basically so long as its in that category they will update it for stability (not features)

the idea being you have a more 'stable environment' until a long term project can be finished
 
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EzRyder said:
yes im aware

ive seen that but ...
for me ... im just not one that needs the 'latest version', i would rather use tried and true software if i can
unless of course there is something specific, like a new feature, i absolutely need

im also in a team, so its all or none to upgrade things like this-
not everyone there wants to chance the project having an issue with a "development environment update" in the middle of a working project (particularly if its commercial)
i know i dont want to be the one that said 'sure lets upgrade' if it breaks things, i'll happily wait for the sdk pages to be updated myself
we are working in 2024 atm so no github, but the same thing applies, they (asobo devs) have stated in the forum that 4.2 works and even 4.5 is alpha but we still use 3.6 just because ...
why chance it, let the anxious people in a hurry be the guinea pigs
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Agree, Same reason why me and my team have stayed in 3.6.

There are a couple blender addons we like, but are only made for 4.5+. We can still wait for "official" support and to hear from other's experiences.
 
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