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Problems Installing FSX and SDK

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I'm returning to FSX mission development after a long absence but first must do a complete reinstall owing to a computer crash.

After a lot of trouble and many attempts, I had somehow managed to get to the point of installing FSX and SDK on my previous computer and was able to get the OPT loaded OK. I now have to retrace the steps I would have taken to get that far but have long since forgotten them. I seem to remember there is a correct order in which to download and install the various components including the relative service packs for FSX otherwise the OPT just won't load.

Could someone please help me with the appropriate proceedure (prefererably in step by step form couched in simple terms as I am not very experienced in the technical aspects of this task)?

Even references to other websites where I could find what i"m looking for would be helpful.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
 
Thanks Scruffyduck for your response.

I tried the website you suggested but found evertything in there far too complicated and technical for my limited understanding of these issues.

For what its worth, however, I've managed to get the OPT working (I think by accident as much as by anything else). I had previously been following the instructions on pages 166 to 168 in Adam Howe and Lindsay Slaughter's book "Tips Tricks and Trips" about how to modify the DLL.XML file referred to therein but to no avail. The file already showed the line that tells FSX whether the new addon is disabled or not as "<Disabled>False</Disabled>" instead of "Disabled>True</Disabled>" as the book seems to suggest.

Then it occurred to me to try reversing the editing procedure and to change the line "<Disabled>/False</Disabled> to "Disabled>True</Disabled>" instead. To my surprise, it worked.

What I'm not sure about is whether I've discovered a misprint in the book or whether I was somehow misreading the book.
 
A couple of things -

Adam's book - indicates that .." an entry of "true" means that the addon is disabled." .... so that if you've changed it back to "rue" your object placement tool should now be disabled.

Also, I note that you indicate: <Disabled>/False</Disabled> The book (I have) does not show the slash in front of the False statement. ??

Is the OPT now active?



jeb said:
For what its worth, however, I've managed to get the OPT working (I think by accident as much as by anything else). I had previously been following the instructions on pages 166 to 168 in Adam Howe and Lindsay Slaughter's book "Tips Tricks and Trips" about how to modify the DLL.XML file referred to therein but to no avail. The file already showed the line that tells FSX whether the new addon is disabled or not as "<Disabled>False</Disabled>" instead of "Disabled>True</Disabled>" as the book seems to suggest.

Then it occurred to me to try reversing the editing procedure and to change the line "<Disabled>/False</Disabled> to "Disabled>True</Disabled>" instead. To my surprise, it worked.

What I'm not sure about is whether I've discovered a misprint in the book or whether I was somehow misreading the book.
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