MSFS Converted FSX Model displays in night mode in MCX/MSFS

[Stiletto2]

Using the wondeful MCX, I have converted a number of fsx models to glTF files and png textures and all went fine and they look great in MSFS. However, I have one set of converted FSX models that display in night texture in MCX and, as one would expect, in MSFS as well. The converted models think that night is permanent in MSFS. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Stiletto2

 

[arno]

Hi,

Is the day/night material attribute set in the MSFS material attributes?

 

[Stiletto2]

Hi Arno,

The day/night switch is set to False for all of the textures.

 

[arno]

I believe you need to set it to true to have the emissive texture only at night.

 

[Stiletto2]

Thanks. Unfortunately, the night texture display does not change in MCX whether day/night for each texture is set to true or false. I also tried changing the exporter setting for "Emissive texture white color" to False when exporting from FSX model and texture to gltf model and textures but did not make a difference.

Any other ideas?

Rod

 

[arno]

In MCX the day night option does not influence the preview, but I thought om MSFS you saw the night texture the entire day.

 

[Stiletto2]

Sorry, I meant to say that even with Day/Night set to true, the model still only showed Night when in MSFS at all times of the day and night. But, good news! After reading all the posts I could find on this type of problem I took a close look at the orignal model and noticed that though most of my models have the Albedo color as white for the texutres that also have _lm textures, this model had all the Albedos set to black for those type of textures. Of course, that didn't change when I converted it. So, after conversion, I changed the Albedo color to white for those particular textures and voila the model works perfectly in MSFS showing the correct daytime look and the correct nightime look.

Thanks!

 

[arno]

Glad to read you got it working. So actually it was not the might texture showing, but the dark albedo color just causing the model to go dark.

 

[Stiletto2]

Glad to read you got it working. So actually it was not the might texture showing, but the dark albedo color just causing the model to go dark.

Yes, after conversion to glTF, the original, black abeldo color caused the daytime textures to look like the night textures. In the native fsx model the black albedo produced the right daytime texture look but once the materials setting "Is PBR Material" beccame true, after conversion, the textures took on a night look in MSFS daytime until I changed the Albedo to white

Rod.