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ASM Tweak problem with fs2004 gamepack

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Omar

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Hello all,

Ive been trying to create custom ground polys using Bill Womack's nice tutorial but ive come to a problem. Im using the FS2004 gmaxgamepack instead of the FS2002 gamepack and im using MDLCommander to get the .asm files. This is the problem: in the name.asm file I can't find the entries which are in Bill's tutorial. I can, however, find the entries which are supposed to be in the name_0.asm file. Can anyone please help me?? I need to have those entries in the name.asm file to change the texture layer and remove shadows.

All help will be appreciated
 
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Hi,

You really need to use the FS2002 MakeMDL, as you can not make those tweaks in the FS2004 style ASM files.

If you do not have the FS2002 gamepack, you could use MDLCommander to capture the X file when exporting with the FS2004 gamepack. This X file should then be processed with the FS2002 MakeMDL to get the proper ASM files for tweaking.
 
Hi Arno,

Thanks for your reply. I followed your method and got the X files from MDLCommander with the Fs2004 gamepack. Then I deleted all the files except name.asm and name_0.asm . I dragged the name.asm file upon the FS2002 MakeMDL and it started. I selected the options and entered the coordinates and pressed Start but it gave me this error message:

Running model

Start! (C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Runway\OPKC_Runway.asm)
Loading X C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Runway\OPKC_Runway.asm...
ERROR: Invalid X file: C:\Users\Omar\Desktop\Runway\OPKC_Runway.asm.
Error!
Error!


Am I doing something wrong??
 
You need to save the "whatever.x" file... not the ASM files. Then you can run that X file through the FS2002 MakeMDL to get the FS2002 ASM files. Then those ASM files can be tweaked.

There are still a few copies of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Professional around, you might consider cruising the internet and buying a copy while hey are available... or wait until Arno gets mad enough and makes some kind of FSX groundpoly generator.

:)

Dick
 
Hi rhumbaflappy

Much thanks for your reply. I would've bought FS2002 but it's not available where I live and online shopping services such as eBay and Amazon.com are not available in my country.

Can you please tell me how to save an X file?

And I really hope Arno comes up with some sick tool to conquer these problems.

Omar
 
rhumbaflappy said:
... or wait until Arno gets mad enough and makes some kind of FSX groundpoly generator.

:)
Click to expand...

It's on the wishlist already for ModelConverterX. With all the functions in there already it should not be too hard to make something like that. Now I only need to find some time... :D.
 
Groundpoly problem

Hello folks,

I'm working on a custom scenery for my home airport OPKC and have stumbles upon a problem. I'm using Bill Womack's tutorial to make custom ground polygons for a runway. I follow all the steps: create polygon, texture it, export it, tweak the ASM files, compile using BGLC_9 and converting the textures with ImageTool. I place the texture.DDS file in my Addon Scenery\texture folder and place the runway.BGL file in my Addon Scenery\scenery folder. Then I start FSX and go to the airport but I can't see my runway.

I've done the procedure correctly two times but it just doesn't appear. I've also entered the coordinates and and set the layer to 8. I'm using the FS2004 SDK with the X file saving method with MDLCommander.

Can anyone please help me?
 
Hi Omar.

You could zip the BGL and the ASM code for the groundpoly and attach it to this thread. Then we could look at the code and try to find the error.

Dick
 
Hi,

As Dick asks, seeing the code would be useful indeed.

Also did you double check your coordinates? You would not be the first to forget a minus sign or confuse W and E, so that your runway is at the other end of the world :).
 
Hi,

Thanks for your replies. I've attched the BGL and ASM files. In ADE the coordinates of the runway are:
Latitude: 24.904685021
Longitude: 67.158860492

In the FS2002 MakeMDL I entered them as: N24.904685021* W67.158860492*
Degrees: 74.4

Are they right?
 

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Hi,

When I lookup the airport at Google Earth it is at E67, not W67. So I would first try to change that. Positive values are N and E.
 
Hi Arno,

Yep the problem was the coordinates. I used E instead of W and it appeared at the right place. Guess I'm not so good at geography:).

Thanks a million

Omar
 
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