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im using max 2012 and all of my textures are showing black in fsx despite no export error messages and the textures are the correct size and in the texture folder as dds files.

cant think why.

if i cheat and assign a pure colour to an object then no problem its the texture bitmaps that are showing black even though they look fine in max

noob
 
Two things to check for:

1. Make sure that the material used is a FSX material.
2. Make sure you apply the FSX material to your object.
 
they are definately fsx materials.


when you say apply to object . do you mean the apply material to selection button because i have not done this. im just so used to pressing the show in viewport in max which works fine for anything else including rendering.

noob
 
That is correct. Make sure you use the "Assign Material to Selection" with the object already selected in 3ds Max (make sure you are not in sub object mode).
 
yes i thought this would be the answer but ive now tried all that and still black textures
noob
 
Have you by any chance assigned a bump map to the FSX Material, but not actually created a bump map for the sim?
 
I thought you might have tried all that but reasoned that maybe you had overlooked something obvious, it can happen. ;)

I use 3ds Max 9 with the FSX Acceleration SDK so I really can't help you any further. Obviously running 3ds Max 2012 with the P3D SDK 3DS Max Tools must be a little different.
 
ive not got a bump map at all.

and the p3d export tools appear exactly the same as the fsx tools in max9. but appearences can be deceptive


ive gone back to a cube nowone 1024 1024 fsx texture bitmap applied saved as a dds put in to texture folder of aircraft and assigned to selected object in max .

its as basic as can be

noob
 
A basic thought...brought on because I have done it myself!

Do the texture file names match between what you assigned in Max and what you put in the texture folder?
 
yes they match because i simply took the exact textures and converted them to dds. so the names remained the same.



ive still not solved this issue.
 
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