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P3D v4 SODE Flags Not Visible

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I spent the day creating three flags for both FSX and also P3D V4.5 KPLN Airport from Google Earth. I finally got them both Still and Waving Animation by carefully checking both the sim.cfg's there are actually six mdl's. I thought that I finally had it correct but when checking them in Prepar3D V4.5, only the US Flag is animated waving the other two disappear. I double checked all the code in the xml. When I calm the wind for the still flags which are a different mdl, all three flag poles with limp flags are there. In FSX all three flags are visible both still and waving. To test it further though that it is a P3D/Dell thing, which still maybe the case, I opened up my KMGW airport which has three flags that I designed FOR P3D not FSX so it's not a "port-over" airport like KDTO is. All three flags are in front of the firehouse where they should be BUT no matter what I do, the Morgantown Flag texture is distorted. It is perfect in Model Converter X and I even redid the textures for 256 8 pit to be sure and in Prepar3D they are still distorted like psychedelic. The US and West Virginia flag textures are perfect. Like I said, go figure. Simulators are only fun when they work and not frustrate.
 
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Don't know if anyone has read this and doesn't have an answer, but I did a little research of my own this morning and here is my determination: I created the Denton Executive Airport for FSX back in 2021 and imho it is pretty well done including one of my earlier SODE flags: the US and Texas State flags on one pole both still and animated as above flags. I had some help here back then being a real SODE novice. Here is a screenshot of it:
US Texas at KDTO.jpg


This is in FSX Acceleration on a Dell Inspiron Windows 10 64bit. There IS NO flag like above in Prepar3D V4.5 in which I have uploaded the FSX airport which works fine otherwise.
 
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