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Newbie issues. FSX to FS9 aircraft conversions

Im trying to convert the A321NEO project airbus model from simviation, and im getting asm tweak failure too.
 
Which version of ModelConverterX are you using? I assume you have the unlimited export (ULE) option enabled when exporting to FS2004 MDL?
 
OK, I did fix a similar bug about 3 weeks ago, so please check that your development release version is at least from the begin of July.

If you have the latest version, can you let me know which model you try to convert, maybe I can reproduce the problem here.
 
This too i get a "failed to apply asm tweaks to model" error

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Hi,

Thanks, I have downloaded the model.s with the Nimrod I indeed get the failed to apply ASM tweaks. I need to check what causes that.

For the Mig-25 I do see the wheel animations present in the MDL file after export to FS2004. But I haven't been able to test it in the simulator yet.
 
All good arno. Ive been able to get the mig25 working. but still lots of models like the nimrod that get asm error.

also, im running into an issue. ive converted a few planes successfully, but then i re-do it as a test and i get the asm failure. i dont know how i get 2 different results without changing anything:banghead:
 
Arno, when im export this global, parts are missing. But when i import its all there and no errors on export.

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But to not show its not all doom and gloom, ive had a few good successes. Thank you for an amazinf program :D

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I have found that certain exports to FS9 format will not display animated parts in the sim (or they will be displaced). Sometimes if you import the bad model and export it again that will fix those animations. Not always, but it’s worth a try.
 
I will check where those ASM errors come from. It can also depend on the folder you export to or the filename, special characters often give issues.
 
I was able to get another global express exported. Everything is fine for the most part, except the engines dont spin. Im not sure why. But at least i got it converted, was having dramas with asm error. Im still trying to get the iris express converted but this will do until i can :)

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I can reproduce the ASM error with the Nimrod and I am working on fixing it. It seems to be a two-fold problem. On the one hand the model seems to throw some degenerated triangle errors and on the other hand the MakeMDL.parts.xml file that ModelConverterX makes seems invalid. So need to find a fix for both.

The fact that in every post you seem to mention a different model you try to convert with slightly different issues does distract the discussion for me a bit. I think it would be easier to fix on one issue at a time and try to go into the details of that issue.
 
Hi,

I have found a fix for both issues. I will push a new development release with these fixes soon (probably tomorrow morning).

I had to change the following two things:
  1. The Nimrod model threw degenerated triangle warnings, this stopped the compilation. I now enable the ignore warnings flag of MakeMDL by default so that this not stop the export anymore.
  2. The N1 animations used in the jet engines caused MakeMDL to not load when these were present in the makemdl.parts.xml file. I noticed that FS2004 models use the prop animations for jet engines as well, so in the animaton_mapping.ini file I have added a mapping from the N1 animations to the prop animations now.
 
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