Download SDK outside of simulator?

[RandyWA]

Can you download the SDK outside of the simulator?

[jack]

Yes. You can look at the SDK manifest JSON here for 2024, or here for 2020. Look for the latest entry in game_versions, and locate the SDK Installer (Core) key in the downloads_menu field on that entry. The value on that is what you should change the URL to - so replace sdk.json with that entry.

e.g. for the following entry from https://sdk.flightsimulator.com/files/sdk.json, you would go to https://sdk.flightsimulator.com/files/installers/0.24.5/MSFS_SDK_Core_Installer_0.24.5.msi

{
	"version": "1.37.18.0",
	"online_doc": "https://docs.flightsimulator.com/html/Introduction/Release_Notes.htm",
	"alert": "",
	"downloads_menu":
	{
	  "Downloads":
	  {
	  	"type": "Title"
	  },
	  "SDK Installer (Core)":
	  {
	    "type": "DownloadURL",
	    "value": "installers/0.24.5/MSFS_SDK_Core_Installer_0.24.5.msi"
	  },
	  "SDK Installer (Documentation)":
	  {
	    "type": "DownloadURL",
	    "value": "installers/0.24.5/MSFS_SDK_Documentation_Installer_0.24.5.msi"
	  }
	}
},

[RandyWA]

Thanks for the information

[RandyWA]

Interesting that this is the sdk I downloaded from dev mode the other day
MSFS2024_SDK_Core_Installer_1.3.4.zip

Version 1.3.4 ?

[Boris]

@jack posted the links for MSFS 2020.

For the 2024 version the list is here :

https://sdk.flightsimulator.com/msfs2024/files/sdk.json

Regards,
Boris