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.mdl Compiling Errors

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DGBarton

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Hi,

Please can someone help me.

I have tried to make a simple FSX object with SketchUp.

And MCX.

I did as follows.

Made simple shed in SketchUp

Exported as .dae file

Imported .dae file into MCX

Changed the textures to.dds

Tried to export as FSX .mdl file but numerous error messages appear.

I enclose the .dae file and the compiling errors log from MCX.

Regards

DEEGE
 

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Hello,...

Where are the FSX SDK files located on your HD? and do you have admin privileges for the SDK set properly? It would seem,.. that MCX doesn't have admin privileges set properly.
 
Hello Doug…..

Thanks for the reply.

I am not really sure how to tell if MCX is set up admin privileges wise.

But I am shown as “computer administrator” in my user account

Any help with that welcome

The SDK tools are located in the install default C: drive folders.

I note they all show the same locations as my ADE FSX and that works fine.

With the same tools I think.

The only difference being my main FSX folder is located on a partition of the same hard derives called drive D:

The MCX options tab shows it knows where the FSX main folder and SDK tools are located and FSX is the preferred version.

Any more ideas on what could be wrong and how to sort this out welcome,

Regards,

DEEGE
 
Hello...

Find and locate where you have placed MCX, and right-click on the executable file. Click on "Properties". On the the first screen, "General" tab, make sure at the attributes section that nothing appears as Blocked. Next, goto the "Compatibility" tab, make sure the "Run this problem as an administrator" is checked. Click on the"Apply", then "OK".

Run MCX and try to compile.



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What maybe the difference between ADE working and MCX not, Is that ADE goes through the registry (by how its installed on a computer) . With MCX, its not installed, by the registry,... therefore not going through the UAC for permissions to be set,... So the above will manually do so,...

I hope that helps / works.
 
Doug….

Here are the screenshots of my MCX executable tabs.

The one you mentioned in compatibility “Run this problem as an administrator"is not there.

My windows are XP version so that must be different to yours.

Is there a problem with MCX and Windows XP in any other way?

Could that be my problem?

Regards

DEEGE
 

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Hello,...

To answer your question concerning problem with MCX and Windows XP is "No"... I have ran MCX, as many others, under XP before.

OK,... try this: With Windows XP: Right-click on the MCX executable and it should give you the option to run the program as an admin... If your model compiles after doing this,... Then what you can do is create a shortcut that will run as admin by right-clicking on the shortcut as mentioned before. I hope that makes sense.

If you have already created a shortcut for MCX,... you can right-click on it and edit so that it runs as admin accordingly
 
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It works fine here on XP.

BTW. You seem to be missing DirectX.dll which should be in C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\DirectX for Managed Code\1.0.2902.0\
 
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The proper checkbox is named "Run this program as an Administrator".
 
The right click brings up dialog box with option to log on as administrator with a password.

Clicking Administrator option returns “password cannot be blank”

All password options on my machine were left blank on installation so I don’t have a password to logon with.

I don’t want to start altering my machine settings so is there any way around this?

I am logged on every time as administrator as I am the only person who uses this machine.

Regards

DEEGE
 
DGBarton said:
The right click brings up dialog box with option to log on as administrator with a password.

Clicking Administrator option returns “password cannot be blank”

All password options on my machine were left blank on installation so I don’t have a password to logon with.

I don’t want to start altering my machine settings so is there any way around this?

I am logged on every time as administrator as I am the only person who uses this machine.

Regards

DEEGE
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Logging on as Administrator gives admin privileges to you, not necessarily the software you run.

It sounds like you need to set a password for your user account (Control Panel > Users) to be able to run software as an admin.

This is a pretty basic setting and one that I use on many different computers. The only impact it will have on you is requiring you to log in to your computer with a password.

Whether assigning a password fixes your compile problems or not, it is easily reversible if you would rather not have to log on with a password.

cheers,
Lane
 
Hello...

Just to follow-up:

All of Arno's Tools require .NET Framework version 4.0 as of January 13, 2015... That's according to a post by Arno on that date. The manual doesn't state that version though.

Also... Windows XP doesn't come with that version... it does need to be installed by user.





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