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Norvin said:
As Arno said in the post below yours, you may have a bgl library - that means every object/model in this library is separate.

You can only apply effects on a model separate, not on libraries.

So a solution for your problem would be to place all the objects in one mdl file. Then you apply your effects and place it by using the placement tool in MCX.
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I will certainly give this a try!
 
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Norvin said:
Hi there!

I luckily found out by myself how to create dynamic lights for aprons for example, so I made a video to make it a bit more simple. IDK if I can share my YouTube link in this forum.

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Really thanks for the video! It is very helpful!
I have two issues / questions:

Unfortunately from MCX the spotlight FX is not generated. It should be generated next to the mdl file, correct?

Why is it necessary to have the video_text.fx anyway? The spotlight alone would not be enough? What is the function of that effect?

Thanks a lot!
 
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The spotlight effect is only generated when you make a P3Dv4 mdl file, is that what you did?
 
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Let me check, it might have made a mistake that it only does for v4 and not for v4.4.
 
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arno said:
Let me check, it might have made a mistake that it only does for v4 and not for v4.4.
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I have made a try with v4.2 and it is the same, the fx is not getting generated. I'm attaching the mdl.

Thank you!
 

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4.2? MCX only had v4 MDL and v4.4 MDL as output options. So which one you used?

But I'll check tonight.
 
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arno said:
4.2? MCX only had v4 MDL and v4.4 MDL as output options. So which one you used?

But I'll check tonight.
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To be precise:
Prepar3D v4 SDK 4.2.21.24048
Prepar3D v4 SDK 4.4.16.27106

4.2 I used in MCX v4 BglComp and xtomdl slot.
 
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tsgucci said:
Really thanks for the video! It is very helpful!
I have two issues / questions:

Unfortunately from MCX the spotlight FX is not generated. It should be generated next to the mdl file, correct?

Why is it necessary to have the video_text.fx anyway? The spotlight alone would not be enough? What is the function of that effect?

Thanks a lot!
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Hi!

The effect file from Visual FX alone won't work ( and same for the inverted way, so MCX spotlight only won't work either ).

Hope that will help you,

Norvin.
 
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As I thought there was indeed a bug that the effect was not written for the P3D v4.4 output. That will be fixed in the next development release.

Not sure why the v4 output did not work in your case, that should write the FX file.
 
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I have to confirm that V4.4 does not have SpotLight generated after I save the model by MCX.
What can we do the work around before the next development release?
 
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If you use the latest development release now it should work, I have fixed that bug by now.
 
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Still the same, Arno. I just download the latest development release. I attached the new effect to the light pole then I ->new-> SpotLight attached to the light pole model in MCX. After that I exported and I get MDL together with the new fx file. I compiled the mdl to get bgl and put bgl to the scenery and put the new fx file to Effect folder. No dynamic light there. I also attached the MDL file for you to check.

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Maybe you have a corrupted XtoMDL or BGL compiler try redownload the SDK


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Hi,

In the MDL file I see nothing weird. But I'm currently traveling for work, so I can't test things in P3D at the moment.
 
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I've got the dynamic light. I was looking on the wrong pole. The airport is so big and there are 3 types of light pole.
The method is simple. Just put spot light to the model in MCX, then adjust the angle and position to fit the model. Export it and get mdl together with the fx file. Put fx to effect folder and compile mdl to ge bgl and put to scenery folder. You are done!
 
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Hi, is it already possible to make the taxiway lights as dynamic lights? So normally they should be reflected on PBR textures (like on the PMDG 747) while you taxi above it?

Thx for the answer :)
 
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