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I have 14 placements, all exactly the same (apart from the positions). They all display correctly in P3D V4.

However, SODE gives the following errors for 12 of them:

[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #1
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #2
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #3
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #4
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #5
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #6
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #7
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #10
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #11
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #12
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #13
[09:28:51.304] DEBUG SODE.FSLOOP : Legacy Offset altitude bug code section...not active anymore! pAlt=0.000000 ; pSO->getAlt=0.000000 ; Name=EDWF:XXX #14
 
In the placement, what are the alts?

XML: 
<Placement Lat="47.1821" Lon="7.4188" Alt="1415" Hdg="0.0"/>

Should be in one of these formats:
  • Alt=”XX.XX”: Altitude in feet
  • Alt=”X.X#AGL”: Altitude in feet above Ground Level
 
The alts are all the same:

<Placement Lat="53.2647687569261" Lon="7.42467328906059" Alt="0#AGL" Hdg="0.0"/>
 
That's a debug message for the situation where the real altitude is at sea-level.

Some background info:
FSX SimConnect does not have a function to get the altitude at a given lat/lon. So doing object injections at a relative altitude (like AGL) is a two step process.
1) the object gets injected with a "on ground" flag and then the resulting altitude is retrieved from the object's properties.
2) the AGL offset from the SODE xml is then added to the retrieved ground level value and the object is then updated to the new value.

The problem was that SODE injected the object too early in the past, where the mesh was not finished with loading. So incorrect values (too high due to the coarse mesh LOD) or even zero values were returned from FS. That's what I call "Legacy Offset altitude bug" in the log. (The underlying problem here is also that there is no SimConnect call that informs about status of mesh loading).
The newer SODE versions do inject the objects now at a late stage, assuming the mesh is fully loaded. So this behaviour should be fixed.

I left the debug message in the log, should there be still zero value returns for object that should be placed effectively at a higher ground level.
I see that EDWF is nearly or at sea-level, so you can ignore the messages. Better yet, you could set your SimObjects at absolute altitudes (without #AGL). This is also faster concerning internal processing and gives you always correct results (and also gets rid of the debug message)
 
Thank you Jeffrey,

As I said, thr objects appear cortectly. The odd metre in height is not noticible.
 
hello @12bPilot
i've used your SODE and it's awsome :D
i've seen that you are using the same EXE programme for both FSX and P3D but not for the DLLs
so i have a small question about my next project : can we use the same script of FSX for an EXE programme for both FSX and P3D
i mean the simconnect , is it the same scrpit and libraries
i'm using C#

thnx in advance :)
 
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