Prepar3D v4 and v5 at the same time

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    liderpz
    Participant

    Hi,

    I have installed v5, now in the way to HF1, but as my aircraft are not updated to v5, I keep flying with v4.5 HF3. I have installed some airports in v4.5, lets say, for example, LEMD and LEAS, but in v5 only LEMD. Result: LEAS v5 airport is empty with SODE jetways visible.

    Has anyone faced this problem? Is there a solution or workaround to solve it?

    Thanks in advance 😉

    #4369
    12bPilot
    Keymaster

    Hello,

    Yes this is expected. The SimObjects (e.g. jetways) are placed in a common, shared folder which can be accessed by many different sims (to save resources and to make it easier for the developer).

    A special xml file is used for placement and configuration of those objects. So if the developer just creates a “simple” xml without specifying the simulator the objects should appear in, they will then appear in every sim.

    However, there is a mechanism built into SODE’s xml structure to define specific called “TargetSim”. So the developer can create a xml for each sim, or group of sims. For example xml file 1 for TargetSim ID=”FSX;FSX-SE;P3Dv3;P3Dv4″ and xml file 2 for TargetSim ID=”P3Dv5″. See the doc here: https://sode.12bpilot.ch/?document=the-xml-definition-file/targetsim

    So, for you to workaround you can add such a TargetSim node in the xml file for LEAS

    <SODE>

    <TargetSim ID=”FSX;FSX-SE;P3Dv2;P3Dv3;P3Dv4″/>

    </SODE>

    This will prevent the objects to load in P3D v5. But you can also inform the developer about this possibility.

    Cheers

     

    #4476
    liderpz
    Participant

    Wonderful… yours (SODE) is a great work for all simmers 😉

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