Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Big Ladder has agreed to become the new maintainer of the Legacy OpenStudio plugin. We plan to put out our first release in late August to September. This release will update the plugin for EnergyPlus 8.5 and address at least one critical bug (the double-creation of surfaces issue). The updated plugin will be coming out under a new name so keep on eye on the mailing lists for an announcement.
As for question number two, there are no significant disadvantages that I know of using version 1.0.14 of the Legacy plugin with EnergyPlus 8.5. The plugin will put up a warning message complaining that the plugin is for version 8.4 and might not be compatible. This warning is displayed when you first open an input file that is set to version 8.5, when you set the EnergyPlus engine in the Preferences window, and when you try to run a simulation (and possibly other times). As long as you persevere and don't let it discourage you, it will work. There are no changes in geometry objects between version 8.4 and 8.5 that would affect the way the plugin works.
