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I want to put a few sea-van cargo containers on a map in FSX. It will be my first time modding FSX and I have to learn gmax. This is about as simple as it gets, just a box with plane texture.

I know nobody can say how long it will take me. I am interested in knowing how long this took someone else. Is this a 20+ hour kind of project or almost trivial with 3-10 hours of studying?

Thanks (and appologies if this is the wrong forum)
 
It's a pretty simple procedure. You can create a box in Gmax with just a couple of mouse clicks.

Creating and applying the texture is the only thing that will require any real thought. There are dozens of tutorials on the net (and in the file section here) on doing something this simple.

If you haven't already done so, it will be a LOT more complicated just to install the SDK, install the upadate(s) (SP1 and maybe SP2), find and copy the Gmax Gamepack to the correct place, figure out how to assign a GUID, then export and place your objects with an XML file or an object placement tool.

In this case, creating your actual objects in GMax will take no time and seem trivial in comparison. :)

-Michael.
 
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A sea freight container was one of the first things I created. Learnign the process took longer than actually creating the object. UVW mapping the textures was probably the biggest stumbling block.

But are you sure you actually need to create them? Install the SDK, activate the object placement tool, and scroll through all the default included objects. You might find what you're looking for already exists.

Si
 
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