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  1. Jetman

    3DS Max trouble with SDK

    Hello everyone, yesterday all of a sudden between closing a completely functional MAX and a starting it again 15 minutes later something must have gone wrong here. I get the following message but have changed nothing on the entire system (just did a quick check of the last export in P3D): Of...
  2. Jetman

    3dsMax 2022 Render to texture

    Hi all, after switching from Max2017 to Max2022 I have a question concering the render to texture (ambient occlusion baking): With Mental Ray in 2017 it was easy and -above all- quick to render the ambient occlusion for an object. In 2022, Mental Ray is not existing any more and instead of a...
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    • Forum: GMax and 3DS Max
  3. Jetman

    Airport fire trucks *DONE*

    Hi folks, for my recent Sylt scenery I am missing models for the fire service trucks which are parked at the apron all the time. The airport has the following vehicles: a Sides S2000 Mark 3 crash tender a Rosenbauer Titan a Mercedes based fire truck If anyone has one of the above...
  4. Jetman

    Westerland/Sylt | EDXW | GWT

    Hi folks, I am happy to announce the next project which is progressing pretty well at the moment. I decided to focus on a nice place for all those flying VFR, business jets as well as airliners and helicopters... Next destination: Sylt/ Westerland! The island is located far north in Germany...
  5. Jetman

    missing animation selection

    I have a problem with the selection of animations after working with some SODE stuff: In MCX I cannot select any animations except those for SODE. The same problem occured in 3dsMax but I was able to solve it there by reinstalling the SDK. After extporting the model and opening it in MCX it has...
  6. Jetman

    PBR glass texture (semitransparent/tinted)

    Hi all, I am struggling with PBR textures for a terminal window front. I want to have the windows to appear blue tinted, semitransparent with dirt stains and PBR reflections. Unfortunately I was not able to find any solution for an appealing look so far. Can probably anyone help me with some...
  7. Jetman

    Creating Ambient Occlusion in 3DSmax 2019

    Hi guys, I recently upgraded my 3dsMax from 2017 to 2019 just to learn that the function of easy ambient occlusion for the texture baking is gone. I have no idea how to achieve the same output (the good old greyscale image file to add and blend in Photoshop) with the new settings. Every try...
  8. Jetman

    Animation placement offset

    After I solved the other animation problem (just reassigned all animation path constraintss and triggers, exported over and over again it was all of sudden ok) anew issue is now there: When exporting the animation from MCX to P3Dv4.4 the animated vehicles are offset by a certain degree so that...
  9. Jetman

    Animation problem

    Hi, my animated vehicles are not moving and appear completely out of scale... In MCX everthing looks fine, animations are taged as "Ambient" and in P3D nothing moves, objects are totally out of scale. What may I do to solve this problem? Best regards! Sascha
  10. Jetman

    SOLVED: X-Files changed during export?

    Good morning, I recently struggle with the export of x-Files: - I export the model from 3dsMax 2017 as x-file - I import this X-file in MCX to add PBR features - I export it again from MCX as "P3D v4.4 object x file" with all material settings just as I want them (negative z-bias...
  11. Jetman

    Creation of low poly simple hotels

    Hello alltogether, to populate the surrounding area of my Hurghada project I am looking for assistance to create the major hotels along the Red Sea coast. It should represent the actual hotels but they do not have to be high detail. Maybe someone is interested in helping me with these hotel...
  12. Jetman

    SOLVED: Creating multiple tents with smooth transitions

    Hi all together, I have to create the entrance tents for my Hurghada project and struggle with the right technique. Maybe someone has a good idea how I can get the tents as shown here: What I did so far was creating a plane and extruding the "tops" on poly basis, applying turbosmooth but I...
  13. Jetman

    UVW-Mapping, 3dsMax 2017

    Hi, the following element is driving me crazy at the moment: I need to map the sides of the ramp so they are completely flat, but I have not found the right way to get a planar mapping for the sides...which does not result in a distorted map :-( Maybe someone of you can help me? If required I...
  14. Jetman

    Modelling and texturing help

    Hello everyone, In order to make my next project "Hurghada" as realistic as it can get I am looking for some assistance to create the surrounding resorts, hotels and buildings along the Red Sea coast (as agn?). If you are interested in this, please send me a message and we can discuss all...
  15. Jetman

    Solved: changing the pivot point and object rescaling

    Hi, I urgently need help: I have a lot of taxiway centerlights (built with crossed planes) which appear to small in P3D. Unfortunately their pivot point is also off center in vertical direction for some unknown reason. I know that I already rescaled multiple lights in 3dsMax in one operation...
  16. Jetman

    Hurghada Airport | HRG | HEGN

    Hello all together, after Bremen has been released about 4 weeks ago, work on the next project "Hurghada" is already progressing well. The groundpoly is mostly completed. Here are some early images from P3Dv4.3: more to follow soon as work on the 3D objects just stared today! Best...
  17. Jetman

    How to move an Objects RefPoint

    Hi guys, in order to optimize a refpoint for a better LOD switching I had to move an object (or a group of objects) 535 meters along the y-axis. Now the RefPoint is within the group instead of being outside of the group before. Is there any possibility (if yes HOW?) to shift the coordinates in...
  18. Jetman

    BGL not showing in P3Dv4

    Hi, with my current project I am struggling with a part of the scenery (static cars for the parking areas): I compiled them with MCX (applied Earth correction and placement) and exported them as I did with all other files as well. But unfortunately they do not appear in P3Dv4. I use the exact...
  19. Jetman

    Urgent modelling help needed! 3dsMax *SOLVED*

    Hi guys, for my current project I urgendtly need help (or a push into the right direction): I have to model a earth wall /bank which is going around the corner and slightly blends with the surrounding ground. A loft along a spline gives me a nice wall, but straight ends which also have to blend...
  20. Jetman

    3 car models needed

    Hello at all, for my recent Bremen airport project I urgently need good looking but low poly models of a VW up!, a VW Transporter and a VW Caddy (or similar). I am really not good in creating cars... If you can help me with that please contact me for further details!
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