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Can someone help convert a kmz model for me

Hi,

Sometimes the export screen closes at a number like 42%. That does not mean it did not export. You should test to see if if exported.

Tyler
 
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Hi,

I would prefer to help you fix your problem.

I had no problem here converting the KMZ file with ModelConverterX. This is what I did:

  1. Load the KMZ, this took quite long due to the complexity of the model
  2. Run the drawcall minimizer, the orginal model had over 750 drawcalls (very very bad for a scenery object). It was reduced to 20
  3. Run the Mass texture editor to convert the remaining JPG files to DDS
  4. Export to FSX BGL to have it placed at the location specified in the KMZ file

Can you tell us what you tried and where it failed?

You can download the object I made here:

http://www.scenerydesign.org/tmp/Vegas.zip
 
I think Arno has pretty much offered a solution. However....

Is this a new KMZ file? Google Changed their format for KML/KMZ, and since a KMZ is a 'ZIP' file, or archive, of KMLs, you may need to convert the new Google Format to the older FSX compatible version( maybe :confused: ). I believe it has to with the way they do their LatLon...

Check out the FSX_KML Converter in the Tools section, for your next KML/KMZ project...

Hope that helps! ;)
 
Hi,

When did they change the format, recently? I have not seen problems with this year. More than half a year ago I made some changes to the KMZ reader, it does support two versions of KML now.
 
arno said:
Hi,

When did they change the format, recently? I have not seen problems with this year. More than half a year ago I made some changes to the KMZ reader, it does support two versions of KML now.
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Arno, sorry for the confusion, I am referring to the time frame when they switched their co-ordinates in the KML file. Not sure how long ago that was, but may have been around a year and a half ago. Your ModelConverterX is a GREAT program, but without it, the KML/KMZ files need to be converted another way.

It was just a thought to the possible KMZ conversion problem... :p
 
Thanks guys I have been away our of town on business I am going to give it a shot I have converted 40 models for Las Vegas so far in the past year this one was giving me issues. I will keep you posted up next I need to figure how to add night lighting to these models :)

Thanks
Sean
 
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