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FSX Visual Model can not be displayed!!
- Thread starter sfh294
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not enough info...have you done this successfully before......
usually at least in my case if the textures are a problem it shows as all black..
have you your folders set up correctly....has the mdl you exported shown up in the mdl folder.....
i dont know how far along this rocky road you are.......so the first time i did this....this is what i did....in fsx.sim objects...airplanes...iadded a folder...with my aircrafts name....ie.....fmk6.....inside that folder... i copied.... not moved...
copied.....from a very similar aircraft.....very similar.....the mdl folder...the sound folder...the air file..the aircraft cfg file...panel folder...and one texture folder......
next you need to fix the folders and files..to suit your aircraft...
make sure the tex folder is named texture..and empty its contents.this is where your textures that you make will go...you can ignore the panel folder.for now.....the sound cfg can be aliased with an aircraft.until you build your own....you need to change the aircraft cfg to suit...the airfile will need atool like airwrench. or aam.....but if you pick one that matches your aircraft type...you can leave it for now......
you export from gmax....make sure your aircraft is unselected in gmax...unless you want to export bits of it.....leave the colors at default..or change them to suit......you dont need texture files for the default gmax colors....use the fs tools tab.....lod....give it a guid..it will do that for you...give it a friendly name...close tab...go file export...select fs mdl...navigate to your fsx.sim objects..airplanes..your folder mdl and export overwriting mdl....ignore mdl interior,unless you have built a vc...after all that it should show up....but until you alter the necessary files to match your aircraft...it will behave like its alias....the aircraft cfg file needs to be slightly altered to start with.....see images of my alias with an f18...note the changes ive made.....i dont know far far along you are...so apologies if this is unhelpfull.....in which case it will be a texturing problem?...or not....jim
usually at least in my case if the textures are a problem it shows as all black..
have you your folders set up correctly....has the mdl you exported shown up in the mdl folder.....
i dont know how far along this rocky road you are.......so the first time i did this....this is what i did....in fsx.sim objects...airplanes...iadded a folder...with my aircrafts name....ie.....fmk6.....inside that folder... i copied.... not moved...
copied.....from a very similar aircraft.....very similar.....the mdl folder...the sound folder...the air file..the aircraft cfg file...panel folder...and one texture folder......
next you need to fix the folders and files..to suit your aircraft...
make sure the tex folder is named texture..and empty its contents.this is where your textures that you make will go...you can ignore the panel folder.for now.....the sound cfg can be aliased with an aircraft.until you build your own....you need to change the aircraft cfg to suit...the airfile will need atool like airwrench. or aam.....but if you pick one that matches your aircraft type...you can leave it for now......
you export from gmax....make sure your aircraft is unselected in gmax...unless you want to export bits of it.....leave the colors at default..or change them to suit......you dont need texture files for the default gmax colors....use the fs tools tab.....lod....give it a guid..it will do that for you...give it a friendly name...close tab...go file export...select fs mdl...navigate to your fsx.sim objects..airplanes..your folder mdl and export overwriting mdl....ignore mdl interior,unless you have built a vc...after all that it should show up....but until you alter the necessary files to match your aircraft...it will behave like its alias....the aircraft cfg file needs to be slightly altered to start with.....see images of my alias with an f18...note the changes ive made.....i dont know far far along you are...so apologies if this is unhelpfull.....in which case it will be a texturing problem?...or not....jim
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