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FSXA grass using fs2k2 export

dgpilot1

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Hey gents,

For various reasons, I need to export volumetric grass using the fs2k2 method, which works fine, except there doesn't seem to be an option anywhere to disable shading.

In the FSX SDK it's "Assume vertical normal"... how can I do this using the fs2k2 export method?

Really appreciate it in advance
 
Why would you be using FS2002 methods/tools to create FSX object?

I dont think I fully understand
 
It's for a ground polygon, which must use the FS2002 format to avoid flashing.
 
Hi,

The assume vertical normal option can be replicated by making the normals vertical yourself. That's is how MDL Tweaker does it for FS2004 MDL files. For FS2002 files however I think you would manually have to tweak the normals in the ASM code.

To get rid of the shadow you would have to tweak the ASM code as well, you need to remove the SHADOWCALL command in it.
 
Thanks Arno..
That's of course always the only option with Fs2k2 ASM files. However, I've already searched the forums up and down and can't seem to find any reference to tweaking the ASM file for this. And leads on how to tweak them?
 
Well, the two things I mentioned above are quite simple.

For the shadow remove the SHADOW_CALL command.

For the normals, update all normals in the vertex list to be 0 1 0
 
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