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No textures after import

Harti2000

Harti2000

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Hi guys,

i am helpless. After i have exported my model to MDL via gmax, there are no textures or other generated texture files. My FSX shows a black model. What to do with my model textures finally?
I am following these steps:

1. Texture creation with Photoshop
2. Save it as *.psd
3. Using that *.psd as material in gmax
4. Texturing my model, make GUID
5. Exporting the model with standart settings
6. ....and next? Whats going on with my textures?

The export runs error free with a generated MDL File - but there are no other results from my texture work. I don´t know what do to next. Thank for help & sorry for my english :-)

Chris
 
Hi,

You need to convert your textures to DDS files and add mipmaps. You can do this with the ImageTool utility that comes with the SDK.

Just load your PSD files into ImageTool, select the format you want (DXT1 or DXT5 if you have different levels of transparancy) and add mipmaps. After that save as a DDS file in the texture folder that belongs to the scenery folder where your BGL file is.
 
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