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FSXA Fixing an existing mdl with MCX

The investigation goes on (and on, and on...) :
I successfully compiled the unaltered files with XtoMDLUI (Thank you Essex). Tests in FSX show the same glitches as with the MCX MDL : wrong tooltips and missing mouserects.

In order to test the tools, I compiled the files from the default Beaver. Everything runs then fine in FSX, the only weird thing i s that the prop pitch lever reads "antidetonation %".
I still have to test if the default MDL features the same labelling.

So I'm getting confident that the modeldef.xml from the Seabee MDL needs more attention. Corrected a few typos already, so others must explain the missing mouserects and mixed-up tooltips...
 
Hello Essex,

I didn't know which version I was using, so I have updated to the latest dev version available without any change in the result.

Back to basics, so now I am focusing on achieving with the default DHC-2 what I want to fix on the Seabee.
- The default Beaver displays the correct prop pitch tooltip, the X then MDL exports replace this with "antidetonation %".
- Inverting the mixture lever animation frames in the xanim WORKS : cut-off when full forward, full rich when full backward. The mouse drag movement is still the default one, what makes sense

Everything is not lost. So I keep digging!


PS : When reassigning the lever_prop_pitch mouserect to... well the prop pitch lever, the tooltip is back to normal! Hurrah!

Now I know how to fix pretty much everything (until the next issue :D). Seabee here I come!
Thank you Essex and Heretic for your help.
 
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Oh boy! A brand new world of opportunities has come out ! So many mods, only limited by my own imagination!
Hmm, well, I may be have got a little bit carried away, but my last endeavours are really making me happy: not only I have been able to fix 95% of the Seabee model, but I have modded a few other things without much trouble (hiding the whole control column, changing the com1/standby freq knob control).

So a huge thank you to Arno for the MCX tool, the forum and to the contributors!
 
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