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Developing for FSX and P3D , which SDK?

scotth6

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Hi. A question was asked earlier at OzX, and I was unable to answer, so I thought I would check here and see if anyone knew.

If you are developing a new airport scenery and you want it to work in FSX and Prepar3D (V2.4), then would you use the FSX SDK or the P3D SDK or both?

There are a couple of notes regarding this on the P3D website, but I found one to be as clear as mud and the other to be incorrect. They stated that all FSX SP2 add ons would work in P3D, which can not be the case if every developer out there now is making new installers and adjustments for their products. I know from personal experience that most FSX SP2 add ons will work in P3D, but I have also experienced and read about many exceptions to this. The two P3D sources I'm referring to are :

http://www.prepar3d.com/support/sdk/ and

http://www.prepar3d.com/add-ons/

So is there a simple answer to the "Which SDK" question?

Cheers,

Scott
 
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I would use the FSX SDK in that case. Only if you want P3D v2 specific features in your scenery I would use the P3D SDK for those. And in that case you would need another version of the object for FSX of course.
 
scotth6

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Thanks a lot Arno. I have also got so much more information from you indirectly in the past, so thanks for all of your help and for maintaining a fantastic website.

Cheers,

Scott
 
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It also depends which tools you're building models with. This might help:–

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Hope this helps.
 
n4gix

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In short, the real determinent is which "compiler" you use to create the actual .mdl files.

Prepar3Dv1.4 compiler for both FSX and P3Dv1 products
Prepar3Dv2.4 compiler for P3Dv2 products
 
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