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Error when using Ground Poly Wizard. [SOLVED]

Bownsy105

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So I'm hitting my head against the wall trying to work out what this problem is. When ever I attempt to export a model via the ground poly wizard I get this in the event log and no bgl file.

Code: 
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : ----------------------------------------------------------------
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : XToMdl.exe Unhandled Application Exception
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : System.Xml.XmlException
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 23212, position 121.
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : ----------------------------------------------------------------
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error : Stack Trace:
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEntityName()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributeValueSlow(Int32 curPos, Char quoteChar, NodeData attr)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseAttributes()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElement()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.XmlToMdlLib.MDLProcessor.LoadFile(Stream InputStream, XPartDict PartDictionary)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.XmlToMdlLib.XmlToMdlLib.Process(Guid& ModelGuid, Stream AnimationData)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.XToMDL.XToMDL.ProcessInputs()
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.XToMDL.XToMDL.RealMain(String[] args)
16:39    XtoMDL    Error        (0): error :    at Microsoft.FlightSimulator.XToMDL.XToMDL.Main(String[] args)

I am creating the model in blender and exporting them as a Colladda file.

Things I've tried:
- Moving the location my p3D V3 SDK.
- Removing the materials from the model.
- Exporting as a MDL file then re-importing via the ground poly wizard.
- updating to the latest version of MCX (This kept happening in the previouse version to)
- Exporting only a single mesh from blender (As oppose to all the ground polys)
- Updating to .Net 4.7 (The latest version).

I am assuming that the problem lies either with the model it's self or XtoMDL, unfortunatly I don't really understand the error it keeps giving me, so I'm hopeing someone better informed than myself can shed some light on this.

windows 7 64-bit

Thanks.
 
Hi,

Is your decimal separator in your Windows Regional Settings a comma (,)? It may need it to be a period (.). I think it's also known as a full stop.
 
I've checked the setting and all seems to be correct. I also tried changing the "Digit grouping Symbol" to "." just to check but the problem still persists.
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What's the filename you export to? Any weird characters in it?
 
On line 23,212 at the 121st character from the beginning XtoMdl is encountering a character that it is not expecting. Whatever represents an entity name in your model has some character that XtoMdl doesn't consider valid. As Arno says check your filename.
 
Thanks for the help. You were right.
I checked the the save name to make sure no weird characters were anywhere to be found but completely overlooked a folder in the output directory I was exportng to which had "&" in the name. I guess I just did not consider it a wierd character. my bad, thank you again.
 
Yes, xtomdl is very picky when it comes to characters in the object name or file path. So even something as a & can give trouble.
 
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