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I lost one of my Abacus FSDS models from the program when somehow my folder on the model and some 700 part files were lost from my hard disc. The compiled model is still in FS9 but can I use ModelConverterX to decompile back to FSDS format?

Abacus Tech have suggested it but are not sure it will work. I am 85 and the prospect seems difficult, so I would like to know that it can work before I try it.

Charles Kirk
 
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If I can export my aircraft model back into FS Design Studio, I will continue to build the model. It already has over a months work done on it; I am retired.
 
THe current developmental release (posted tnight) does have an FSDS (fsc) format exporter.

Caveat:

I just tried it with an FSX model of mine. I do not believe that MCX can import FS9 models - it didn't work with an aircraft FS9 mdl file of mine.

FIrst impression:

The model does convert into (as expected) generic part names. (part0.fsp; part01, etc....)

Texture assignments do come across...!

Some parts are "grouped" - I believe this has to do with materials, but in general, this can be easily split apart.

Animations do NOT come across (maybe later).

ANIMATED parts come across rotated ... I found I had to rotate the prop parts by 90-degrees in both X and Z directions to get them facing correctly.

IF you have a 700 part model to convert.... good luck.

I think that the main use I'll give it is to convert a few parts at a time to a modelling program, abuse it in, say, AC3D, gmax, etc., then convert the modified part back into FSDS for finishing.

THanks to Arno for doing this.... of course, bribing him with soda, salsa and chips did help a bit.
 
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