Finally got East West Gold to work in X3...

Don't you just simply mean that SONAR X3 needs to scan the location where you installed Play?
 
I have Play 4 installed in C:\Progrm Files\vstplugins not C:\Program File\Cakewalk\vstplugins and X3 finds Play 4 just fine. FWIW, I installed Play 4 during my X2 days (IOW before X3 was even installed).
 

Just curious... did run the Play installer as Administrator when you installed it "elsewhere".
 
I have conditioned myself to run any installer as Administrator.
 

Hopefully it keeps working perfectly for you. I am fed up with Play :/. It installed and runs fine, but it has issues with sound. It was bugging out badly when I had my ASIO buffer set to 50ms, even on fast bounces (why soundcard buffer should matter to a fast bounce is a total mystery). With a lower buffer it works better, but sometimes it'll go crazy during a bounce, need to be unfrozen and refrozen again. It is just a pain in the butt, and lead me to buy Komplete in search of a synth that doesn't have so many problems.
 
Just keep your ears perked for sound issues when using Play. I've been having them for years (Play 3 had issues with scratches and pops).

I have Play 4 and Komplete. When I had 3 instances of play opened and inserted Novation V-Station soft synth- it went bananas- everything started freezing and Sonar crashing. I could not delete V-Station as attempt would freeze the project and so on. I had to start Sonar in Safe mode and test plug ins one by one. So the problem was with V-station but related to Play. So- yeah- it should work from any folder- Sonar would scan for it in specified location. I am glad to meet more Play users- we should talk!

djwayne
As you know I've been having problems with the East West Symphonic orchestra program working in X3....well I figured it out. On installation, you must browse your computer and find the Program File> Cakewalk>VST files and install it directly there, or else X3 won't find it properly and you'll get errors. Once I did that, EWSO Gold Play 4 browser worked perfectly in X3b. Yay !!  \o/
 
I received my Gold Play Edition program in the mail today, and installed all the ewi files, that was another problem I was having last week as the Play browser won't play the old nki files.....so anyhow, I've got it all working now, but boy was it a challenge.

I use a ton of EastWest instruments, and I'm still on Play 3 because it works perfectly. Do you notice any improvements with Play 4? Great to hear it works in X3!

Glad you got it working Wayne.
 
I'm with js on this one - staying with Play 3 as it's completely stable on my system

jscomposer
 
 
I use a ton of EastWest instruments, and I'm still on Play 3 because it works perfectly. Do you notice any improvements with Play 4? Great to hear it works in X3!

I probably wouldn't get 4 then most likely. EastWest is not great at the programming. For me, it does work better since Play 3 had pops and clicks in bounces, which I couldn't get rid of. Play 4 has other problems, as I noted, but they can be worked around. However if Play 3 works, stick with it.
 
The improvements in Play 4 in general are it has a nice mixer interface, if you use multiple instruments in one instance of Play, the mixer is a good one. Also it has support for the SSL plugins, if you pay EW for them. Of course Sonar emulates most of the SSL stuff, like the compressor, very well so how useful it is in Play is questionable. Also they jettisoned QT and did native graphics which should have less compatibility problems with VE Pro.
 
I would say "Ya upgrade" if EW wasn't so problematic. Since it is, if you are 100% happy then stick with it for now.