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A MCX issue

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kmahon99

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Hi,

I'm getting a problem with my model in MCX, in the render window, I noticed all textures with alphas are a black and white checker. Also, the rest of my textures are distorted, one the polys containing my runway arrows is extremely compacted. Anything without an alpha is fine though.

Also, I would just like to ask if theres a way to layer textures in SU, because my arrows on the runway, which have an alpha surrounding them to give them a 'softer' appearance on the tarmac under it, apply the alpha on the tarmac aswell. In other words, is there any way to prevent alphas from affecting the textures under them?

If anyone is confused about what I'm trying to say (it's understandable!) just ask, I can provide images and extra info,

Thanks.
 
Hi,

The checkerboard means MCX can not find the texture.

There is no way to layer in SketchUp. You could try to increase the zbias in the MCX material editor for that material.
 
Thanks Arno for the reply, where must I place the textures in order for MCX to recognise them?

Thanks.
 
Hi,

By default SketchUp will place them in a folder with the same name as your object (if you export to COLLADA). That should work fine. So if they are missing when you did that, something else might be the case. Maybe you can show me the object?
 
I exported to dae into a folder which also contains all textures used on the object, which are held in a subfolder of the same name. The first pic is of the model in sketchup, the second is tit in MCX:
 

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Hi,

Does the event log contain any messages about failing to load certain textures? If so, can you show the messages?
 
Hi,

It is weird that the JPG textures fail to load, but ModelConverterX can not read PSD files. So that these can't be displayed is normal.

Did you modify the texture search path in MCX? Else the JPG files made by SketchUp should always load.
 
Yes it appears the images that failed to load were psd images, but after changing them to jpegs the alphas are removed, I don't think jpegs support alphas. I've tried layering the textures by having one slightly above the other but that's only going to lead to more problems. Does MCX support any other file types like tga?

Also I did change the texture load path, can you provide me with the default one please?

I'm not sure if I can't really make a quality scenery with sketchup if I can't layer the textures, but this is my last resort as I can't get the hang of gmax, so I really need to figure this out somehow.
 
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Hi,

SketchUp often uses PNG files for transparency, those are supported. And I think TGA should also work. Another option is 32 bit BMP.

This is the default texture path:

Code: 
[MCXTEMP];[FILENAME];texture;..\texture;..\..\texture;[FSXPATH]\texture;[FSXPATH]\scenery\global\texture

If the part [FILENAME] is missing SketchUp textures could be missed.
 
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