Hello,
I am developing a free external Windows x64 application for Microsoft Flight
Simulator 2024. The application uses the native SimConnect API and is built
using the official MSFS 2024 SDK.
The SDK contains:
- SimConnect SDK\lib\SimConnect.dll
- SimConnect SDK\installer\SimConnect.msi
- SimConnect SDK\VS\SimConnectClient-dynamic.props
The supplied dynamic Visual Studio property sheet copies SimConnect.dll into
the application’s output directory.
The application is distributed as a self-contained single-file executable.
SimConnect.dll is embedded unchanged inside that executable and is extracted
at runtime. The DLL is not modified and the complete MSFS SDK is not
distributed.
The SDK EULA permits distribution of “distributable code”, but I could not
find a document that explicitly identifies the native MSFS 2024
SimConnect.dll or SimConnect.msi as distributable code.
Could you please confirm:
-
May the unmodified native MSFS 2024 SimConnect.dll be redistributed with
an external SimConnect client application? -
May it be embedded unchanged inside a self-contained application bundle?
-
Is SimConnect.msi the preferred redistribution method instead?
-
Are any Microsoft license text, copyright notice, or attribution files
required to be distributed with the application?
Thank you.