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MSFS20 developer mode no longer working

CBris

CBris

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For a over a week now, I have been unable to access the developer mode and thus use the SDK functions for creating packages for textures etc. What happens is this:

I select developer mode through the "General" option and I see the dev mode toolvar appear on screen. So far so good. Now if I want to use tool options I click on one fo the toolbar drop down lists and click a choice. The game instantly freezes up and changes visibility to slightly opaque. The requested window does not open and no further action is possible in msfs - nothing is selectable. The game is dead and even an "esc" to select shut down fails. This was in full screen mode and the first time I noticed this "bug"(?), the only way out was to alt + tab except that I didn't have any other windows open in the background, so there was nothing for windows to re-focus on. Stuck in game.

I used the old "three fingered salute" to crash my PC and tried again leaving one or two apps or explorer windows open. still in developer mode I tried to make different selections from the dev-mode toolbar and every time I try something different I get a game freeze and slightly opaque msfs. windowed mode, full screen, whatever... I uninstalled the SDK and reloaded the lates version - that, surprisingly, has been the only function msfs deve mode allows me to do.

What I did discover, however, was that the selected dev mode function opens the required window as a separate one outside of msfs. Once I managed to alt + tab back to the windows desk top, I noticed a second msfs window minimised on the task bar but I could not "restore" that to open up. It just sits there on the task bar, doing nothing. So the dev mode is opening a window as per my input in game, but that window does not open where it should.

I have submitted this to msfs zendesk, but they merely acknowledge receipt of the request. So far I have had no other response, nor can I find the issue in the msfs list of issues.

So, my questions to you here, folks, are:

1. has anyone else noticed this issue?
2. does anyone have a suggestion how I might fix the SDK functions to work in dev mode?

Thanks for any knowledge you might be able to share...
 
Taking a punt here... try moving %APPDATA%/Microsoft Flight Simulator/imgui.ini sideways and see if that helps at all?
 
Also, we're getting instances of addons in the Community folder causing problems in the sim. I'd rename the Community folder, then create a new empty Community folder, and see if that resolves the issue.
 
erm... sideways? Sorry, I'm a lost cause there. I have found the imgui.ini file - do you mean the one at this address? C:\Users\nnnnn\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState

I do recognise all my saved flights in that location too and I take it the items further down the tree are the "premium content" items - 11 aircraft and 11 airports...

The imgui.ini is readable and not too long, but I do notice this section at the end:


<Tools>
<Tool name="Project Editor">
<Window name="Inspector" visible="0"/>
<Window name="Undo History - Project Editor" visible="0"/>
</Tool>
<Tool name="Virtual File System"/>
<Tool name="Aircraft Editor">
<Window name="Gizmo" visible="0"/>
<Window name="Undo History - Aircraft Editor" visible="0"/>
</Tool>
</Tools>


...could there be something wrong here? I notice that four of the items with "visible" are set at "0" - does this mean they can't be seen in game?

All very interesting, but what exactly are you suggesting by sideways? Move to another folder I guess?

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As an Aside - take a look at the image - WTF do I see? Links to fsx - now why are Asobo doing that? Or should I be hearing alarm bells?

msfs_links_to_fsx.jpg
 
rhumbaflappy said:
Also, we're getting instances of addons in the Community folder causing problems in the sim. I'd rename the Community folder, then create a new empty Community folder, and see if that resolves the issue.
Click to expand...

Done - no difference. I selected an item from the dev mode tools (new project) - here's a screensot where you can see the dev mode toolbar top left and two separate iterations of msfs on the widows desktop taskbar at the bottom.

open the thumbnail

deletecommunity.jpg
 
Re: imgui.ini - yes, that's the one (differences between MS Store & Steam installs strike again...!)

Rename it to imgui.old and see if that helps you. It's a punt but given that seems to control window positioning for a bunch of stuff it seems like a good one...
 
Szpike said:
Re: imgui.ini - yes, that's the one (differences between MS Store & Steam installs strike again...!)

Rename it to imgui.old and see if that helps you. It's a punt but given that seems to control window positioning for a bunch of stuff it seems like a good one...
Click to expand...


Well I'll be! That works! I wonder if that breaks anything though... we shall see, no?
 
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