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MSFS Question about custom material on ADE 2020

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OK I renamed the file and opened the ADE Project and I get the following:
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But they are the stuff associated with the MODELS created (Cone/Gabel etc)
So therefore, no MATERIAL file was created
 
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OK it's me.... I needed to open ADE and build there as well - It was not enough to build ONLY in DEV
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Please check the materials folder in your package sources. Does it contain the .material(s) entries as well as the Textures folder?

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If not then it should.

If it does then please make a zipped copy of the materials folder and post it.

This is the file that ADE is looking for to generate the custom materials data file

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As you know ADE is very rigid with paths so perhaps you have a different path to mymaterials?
 

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We cross posted and you are right of course that its the tools and the programmer ;) ADE kicks the update of custom materials off the back of its build function which is why its not done when you just build with Dev Mode.
 
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