Hi,

As soon as I launch Multi Crew Experience with the NGX, a Readme_PMDG file appears with a window asking me to read the EULA and then click OK.
The problem is that it blocks P3Dv4.5hf2. I can click on the window, but nothing answers anymore (I have to leave with the Windows Task Manager)!

PMDG replied to me: " That sounds something that is triggered from the MCE program. Our EULA will only open during the plane installation. I would suggest to contact them."

Thank you and Regards,

Richard

1 hour ago, DrumsArt said:

Hi,

As soon as I launch Multi Crew Experience with the NGX, a Readme_PMDG file appears with a window asking me to read the EULA and then click OK.
The problem is that it blocks P3Dv4.5hf2. I can click on the window, but nothing answers anymore (I have to leave with the Windows Task Manager)!

PMDG replied to me: " That sounds something that is triggered from the MCE program. Our EULA will only open during the plane installation. I would suggest to contact them."

Thank you and Regards,

Richard

It's actually one of the requirements on their SDK.

Extract from their own "PMDG_737NGX_SDK.pdf" document

<Quote>

<Display of EULA to users of your PMDG 737NGX SDK created application:

You must create an installation and/or authorization method for your creation that displays the PMDG 737NGX SDK EULA, and requires the user to accept the terms of the EULA during installation OR at first run-time of the software. The display and acceptance must meet current industry standards and must require the user to manually opt-in to accept the limitations and terms of the PMDG 737NGX EULA

</Quote>.

Does Fs2crew comply with above? 

Since we support all PMDG aircraft, we thought the best place to put it is when one of those dlls in \Prepar3D v4\MCE dlls\ gets loaded (first time). Will now remove that and put it somewhere else.

I realize now that this could have led people running the Demo to wrongly assume MCE doesn't handle the popular heavies, as you would need to reload aircraft and restart MCE. What a shambles...

Maybe our mistake was to take the EULA too seriously.

We have the tech to handle ANY aircraft without any help from aircraft developer. The SDK just makes it much easier.

You get it interfaced in a month as opposed to the 3 months required for something like QW 787.

To give you some perspective, six months research (advanced Windows programming) and tweaking were necessary just to give FO ability to dial SPD, HDG and ALT on FsLabs A320 (without SDK). 

 

Edited December 8, 20196 yr by FS++

1 hour ago, FS++ said:

It's actually one of the requirements on their SDK.

Extract from their own "PMDG_737NGX_SDK.pdf" document

<Quote>

<Display of EULA to users of your PMDG 737NGX SDK created application:

You must create an installation and/or authorization method for your creation that displays the PMDG 737NGX SDK EULA, and requires the user to accept the terms of the EULA during installation OR at first run-time of the software. The display and acceptance must meet current industry standards and must require the user to manually opt-in to accept the limitations and terms of the PMDG 737NGX EULA

</Quote>.

Does Fs2crew comply with above? 

Since we support all PMDG aircraft, we thought the best place to put it is when one of those dlls in \Prepar3D v4\MCE dlls\ gets loaded (first time). Will now remove that and put it somewhere else.

I realize now that this could have led people running the Demo to wrongly assume MCE doesn't handle the popular heavies, as you would need to reload aircraft and restart MCE. What a shambles...

Maybe our mistake was to take the EULA too seriously.

We have the tech to handle ANY aircraft without any help from aircraft developer. The SDK just makes it much easier.

You get it interfaced in a month as opposed to the 3 months required for something like QW 787.

To give you some perspective, six months research (advanced Windows programming) and tweaking were necessary just to give FO ability to dial SPD, HDG and ALT on FsLabs A320 (without SDK). 

 

Thank you Gerald for the explanation, understood...

"Will now remove that and put it somewhere else." Great! Thank you again for the hard work you do, I look forward to having my co-pilot back again.😎

Richard.

 

Edited December 8, 20196 yr by DrumsArt

@FS++

Hi Gerald,

I saw that there is a new MCE version ( V2.8.2.0 ).

Is the "PMDG EULA" issue resolved?

Thank you,

Richard

1 hour ago, DrumsArt said:

@FS++

Hi Gerald,

I saw that there is a new MCE version ( V2.8.2.0 ).

Is the "PMDG EULA" issue resolved?

Thank you,

Richard

There was no such thing as "PMDG EULA issue".in the first place.

We were apparently the only ones taking it to the letter and bothering with displaying EULA when nobody else did.

Now, no longer happening when dll loads. Just update to get fixes for TFDi 717 and QW 787 as well as PMDG 747-8 series.