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FSXA Export to .X missing in gmax

brodhaq

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Hello,
I am looking for help with my issue. This is my first time I am using gmax for developing aircraft (before I used to use FSDS) and also first time with FSX SDK. I installed FSX SDK according to howto on FSDeveloper wiki (first from FSX Deluxe DVD1 -> after it two instalations from Acceleration DVD) but when I start GMAX by "FSX_GMax" from my desktop and I load my .gmax model I cant see the exporting to .x file in Export menu. I can export it directly to .MDL file but when I do it my gmax freezes. In SDK i read that I shall not use direct export to MDL but only to .X instead.

Does someone know what I am doing wrong?

Thank you for your patience,

Pavel

Edit: some screenshots from this Skyleader 600 project at www.brodhaq.eu ;-)
 
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Did you make ready that you us dot instead of Kommata.

. this is dot
, this is Kommata

Maybe you will Change them like me.

The exporter will not run with Kommata.
 
There is no export to .x in GMax. Your only option is to export/save directly to .mdl format.

As Sandra pointed out, be sure you have your computer's Language Options set to use a decimal point instead of a comma.
 
Ok, I changed the decimal in my regional settings in windows from , to . and tried again export to MDL.

Result: a window appeared with "WARNING: Index buffer exceeds maximum size." but the MDL file appeared and seems to be working.

Thank you!

Pavel
 
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brodhaq said:
But where can I type it? I just click File -> Export and I cant see the X file possibility...

Look at the screenshot:
Click to expand...

I just said that there is NO "X file possibility" in GMax. The FSX SDK is describing Max procedures...

If you have the FSX SDK installed correctly in GMax, simply use the .mdl export option.
 
No, that warning means that you have at least one FSX Material with more than 64,000 vertices assigned.

You may need to make a "Copy" of the FSX Material, make a very minor change to something such as Specular Level, then assign the new FSX Material to some of that group of polygons to eliminate the error/warning message.
 
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