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SOLVED!!! Model won't show in sim

Ronald | PAPA HOTEL

Ronald | PAPA HOTEL

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Hello and good morning to all,

I've been playing around with some modelling in Blender and I'm still trying to get a grip on things. I have been able create some basic buildings and other 3D objects, but I wanted to try and create some new taxiway signs from scratch with some LOD's. The modelling went well and I'm happy with the result. I've done the following steps:

  1. Export 4 models (LOD 400, 100, 50 and 5) as a Collada from Blender
  2. Import each of those in ModelconverterX and applied the PBR materials (as I've done successfully with other models) and export those as separate LOD MDL's.
  3. Re-import the LOD 100, imported the other LOD MDL's with the LOD create and export as a 'master' MDL.
  4. Finally I've imported the 'master' MDL with the Convert and place object wizard in the right location.
I've places the models I made in Blender on a reference image, which also is the base for my ground polygons. My GP's are showing correct in the right location, so my taxiway signs should show in the sim at the right location as well as I have set the position as a preset in ModelconverterX and other models showed correct in sim via the same methode.

On opening the sim however the models are not showing. All normals are correct in Blender and the models show as expected with the applied materials in MCX. I have no error's on applying the materials nor on exporting the models in the different steps I took. Also the export with the Convert and place object wizard shows no sign (pardon the pon) of error. Only an empty space next to the taxiway where the models should be placed. I've flown around with Chase Plane in order to see if the placement was incorrect, but no luck anywhere in the vicinity of the airfield. I've even gone so far as reinstalling the latest version (just 30 minutes ago, 2 April 2019) of MCX and placing the LOD 400 model, no real LOD's in the BGL, on it's own, but nothing shows up in either cases.

Any ideas and/or suggestions?
 

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Hello...

The only suggestion I can give is: maybe the textures for the models haven't been placed in the texture folder accompanying the ".bgl" file. Maybe an over-kill on the number of LOD for taxiway signs, but that wouldn't cause a problem such as this (I don't think).
 
Thanks for the suggestion Doug. The image files are in the texture folder. I even made sure the names didn't change from the export. You're maybe right on the overkill, but I wanted to try. Like I said, I've also tried just one of the models without LOD's. Didn't work...
 
Have you tried placing the mdl as a test (by using ADE or similar)?
 
No... I've tried it in the meantime, didn't work. The only thing I can think of is that there must be something wrong in the model I don't know about which can't be exported to the sim.
 
Yes, thank! I missed the AGL checkbox in the position. It's not there in the ground polygon wizard, hence why the confusion. Thanks again guys!
 
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