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OK, I've finished a hanger and was ready to place it in FSX. I used the FSTOOL utility to create a GUID. Opened properties and copied the GUID. Then I exported the MDL file to the appropriate directory. I then copied an otherwise functional XML file to another directory, renamed it and moved it back. Now I changed the Lat Lon numbers, renamed the mdl file and pasted the GUID.

When I compile I get three error messages that flash on the screen so fast I have no chance to copy.

Any suggestions on how to slow process so as to copy error messages or is something wrong with the process I detailed above? Haven't had these problems before and since a casual developer, somewhat frustrating. Thanks in advance for suggestions.

Mike
 
Hey Mike,

try using arno's Model Converter X which is available in the download section.
With that tool, you can open your mdl file, enter the coordinates and compile it as a bgl. No need of playing around with xml codes.
Hope this helps!
 
You can write a batch file that will keep the compiler window open so you can read the errors. Paste the lines below to a new text document and save it in the folder alongside the .xml you're trying to compile as "baseball.bat" or something.bat. Now double click it and you should be able to read and figure out why bglcomp is having a fit. Make sure the path to bglcomp is correct for your installation.

Code: 
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\BGL Compiler SDK\BglComp.exe" myfile.xml
pause

Jim
 
Or compile your XML from the command prompt, so that you can see the error messages. I have also made a tool called CompileHelper to capture the output and display it to you.

But as said, lately I tend to use ModelConverterX myself as well, if I want to position an object at a given location.
 
Ok, I did the compile from the command prompt and see that it is a parsing problem. Error is:

"Parsing document: Lear_H1.xml

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2034: XML Parse Fatal Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 4, 80, Whitespace expected.
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2430: Unrecoverable error parsing XML!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2006: Parse failed (0x80004005)
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2003: Failed to process file: Lear_H1.xml"

Been a while since I've had this. Seems for some reason, on this object maybe I need to start over. Any other ideas? Thanks

Mike
 
My guess would be that the problem is in the xml file. Any chance of uploading it so that I can have a look at it?
 
Here it is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">

<SceneryObject lat="37 39.9" lon="-97 26.2" alt="0" pitch="0" bank="0"heading="020" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" imageComplexity="NORMAL">
<LibraryObject name="{495614c3-ea9d-43e3-bc2a-193af1b84d11}" scale="1.0" />
</SceneryObject>

<ModelData sourceFile="Lear_H1.MDL" />
</FSData>
 
eppright said:
Here it is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<FSData version="9.0" xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd">

<SceneryObject lat="37 39.9" lon="-97 26.2" alt="0" pitch="0" bank="0"heading="020" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" imageComplexity="NORMAL">
<LibraryObject name="{495614c3-ea9d-43e3-bc2a-193af1b84d11}" scale="1.0" />
</SceneryObject>

<ModelData sourceFile="Lear_H1.MDL" />
</FSData>
Click to expand...

The problem is with the part that I put in bold which should be bank="0" heading="020" Notice the space before the word "heading"
 
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