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  1. Paul Domingue

    MSFS20 Exporting Lookat Constraint

    Is it necessary to collapse lookat constraints before exporting to gltf?
  2. Paul Domingue

    3DS Max (SOLVED) PNG Textures Not displaying properly in Viewport

    When I use PNG texture files for my model they will not display properly in 3ds Max 2019 viewports. They are mostly black then may change to a dull look with a red overlay that changes in intensity as I rotate around the mesh then maybe back to black again as I work. If I use the scanline...
  3. Paul Domingue

    MSFS20 Missing FlightSim Menus in 3ds Max [Fix]

    Using 3ds Max 2019 the first MSFS SDK v0.5.1.0 provided the full complement of menu selections. I did read where people with other versions of 3ds Max did not get the full selection. Upon updating to the MSFS SDK v0.6.0.0 I found that Max no longer displayed all the menu selections in my version...
  4. Paul Domingue

    MSFS20 Max Script Error when selecting FlightSim Texture

    To my Max user friends, When I select the FlightSim texture in the Material Editor I get a max script error that I would like to correct but I haven't a clue how to do it. After the error warnings the material type is in the slot but the error continues to pop up every time I select the texture...
  5. Paul Domingue

    MSFS20 New Aircraft Project

    Reading the SDK, trying the tutorial (menues do not open that should per SDK) and searching the web but to no avail. I would like to start a new project but I'm at a loss as to what needs to be done. Thanks to @Lagaffe I've been able to port over some of my aircraft but cant repair any with...
  6. Paul Domingue

    DirextX Importer for 3ds Max?

    Does anyone know if there is a plugin for Max that will let me import an X file? I have searched the usual script sites batting zero.
  7. Paul Domingue

    Bad Day at Black Rock

    Where I'm Spencer Tracy and the town of Black Rock is my computer. Condensed version, OS continually vomits out BSOD. The hero (that would be me) tries to repair OS, failure. Replace OS, success! Data drive with all the hero's model work corrupt, the hero goes into depression. Wait! There...
  8. Paul Domingue

    Export Problem SSDD

    Hello all, I was out of the game for a while because I didn't have a working copy of Max. My Max 2015 Academic expired. I was able reactivate my academic license with Max 2018, happy days are here again or so I thought. Before 2015 expired I posted a problem about animations no working in the...
  9. Paul Domingue

    P3D v4 No working animations on compiled model

    I recently purchased P3D v4 and installed it as well as the most recent SDK 4.2.21.24084. Now when I export a model none of the animations work in the sim. Before I installed v4 of the sim I was using SDK 4.1.7.22841 to link 3ds Max and export. There were no problems with the models in the sim...
  10. Paul Domingue

    SPS Palettes???

    After "Simmers Paint Shop" shut down the paint palettes were hosted by Logtnest Photography. I just checked and there is no longer a link to the palettes on the site. Does anyone have a link to the palettes or does anyone have a copy of the RAF palette? The only one I saved is the USAF-USN color...
  11. Paul Domingue

    My Father's Flight Simulator

    My love of aviation came from my father. He developed his passion for aviation while watching the awesome displays of aerial combat in the skies over England, North Africa, Sicily and Italy. When the war in Europe ended and his regiment was scheduled to go home he transferred to the RCAF in the...
  12. Paul Domingue

    Contrails

    An interesting article on contrails and wing tip vortices in this morning's WP. I was wrong on how I thought they were formed. The article also debunks some misconceptions. Hope you enjoy...
  13. Paul Domingue

    Streamlining XtoMDL Across Multiple Platforms

    Streamlining XtoMDL Across Multiple Platforms This is an update on my simple compiling system across multiple SDKs for 3ds Max users*. I should also point out that I have never attempted to produce anything for FSXSE so I will leave that for other people to figure out. What follows is a very...
  14. Paul Domingue

    Trivia gauge question

    I'm building and programming the gauges for my model and don't know if WWII RAF fighter aircraft "Rate of Climb" indicator should read in f/m or m/m. I have seen three different scales used. 0, 1, 2.... 0, 2, 4 and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 in the same aircraft. Which scale was most common? I cannot find a...
  15. Paul Domingue

    Nighthawk 117 Build

    Ok, you thought this is about a stealth aircraft, it's not and sorry to disappoint you. This is about building a new computer system from the ground up, well almost. A couple of months back my motherboard went into meltdown. I had to start from scratch on a new build. I wasn't concerned about...
  16. Paul Domingue

    Seasons Greetings

    Wishing all the very best for the holidays and a happy new year. Paul Here is my holiday wallpaper, enjoy! click image upload
  17. Paul Domingue

    3ds Max Dialog Display Problem

    There doesn't seem to be an appropriate place to post this so general chat it is. I have lost the Render to Texture dialog in 3ds Max 2015. It shows as activated in the Render menu but does not display on screen. I suspect that I had the dialog minimized the last time I used it before my...
  18. Paul Domingue

    Is modeldef.xml downwardly compatible?

    Now that I have the latest release of P3D with the SDK I don't want to work with different copies of modeldef.xml. Are all the sections of code retained back to the FSXA SDK modeldef.xml? And I guess I might as well ask about FSXSE although I don't currently have it. file size for stock...
  19. Paul Domingue

    Aero 45s - 145 New Resource

    The Aero is a model that I put on the shelf in preference of my WWII military aircraft modeling. I will not have the time to complete it so I am making the mesh, mapped texture sheets (PSD), XML code, reference material and the FSX package available for anyone interested in continuing the work...
  20. Paul Domingue

    Washington Post articles on New Aircraft

    For those interested there are two new articles in the Washington Post on new aircraft development. One is going to be the largest aircraft ever built and wouldn't you know it Microsoft's Paul Allen is behind it. :yikes...
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