MSFS20 Blender2MSFS support thread

[KandesBunzler]

After adding the object you have to "build project" in the inspector and after that save and reopen the project in the dev tools to see your new objects.

I did it exactly like you said.. nothing or do i need to restart the game after i build the project?

 

[clements]

I did it exactly like you said.. nothing or do i need to restart the game after i build the project?

You do not need to restart the game. Check the console for errors. I strongly recommend clearing the console before building because it is easier to read. The console will list a line that says how many assets were compiled, failed and skipped near the end of the build (not at my computer so I may have the specific checks listed) but the point is if anything failed or skipped look deeper into the console for the problems. For example, filter for your model names to see if there are any errors.

It does take some experimenting to get comfortable with the workflow. After a few failed attempts, I started exporting a cube with a simple texture, then one with more complex textures, then a more complex model, etc. I have had cases where models compiled fine but still do not show up in MSFS which I suspect is an issue with the geometry of the model.

 

[VFXSimmer]

i tried it so many times and it doesnt work.. i need to select it in the top right corner or simply by clicking on the objekt, right? i dont know whats wrong?! now the exported file is only the xml... not even the 3d obj data anymore i did all steps exactly like the youtube videos said..

It should work be either selecting the object by clicking on it in the 3D window, or selecting in the upper right hierarchy window. Not sure if that is what's going on in your case, but everytime my export fails to make a .bin file its because my object wasnt selected. Are you in object mode (as opposed to edit mode)? All of my successful exports have been while in object mode with my intended object selected. Beyond that I'd need more information for your case. Sorry you're having an issue

 

[BMW969]

After building the package in the simulator, I get this message.
[Skala_primitive[0]] Primitive defines "TANGENT" data, but we do not currently support importing tangents. The data is ignored.

What do I need to do with the model to fix the error?

 

[clements]

After building the package in the simulator, I get this message.
[Skala_primitive[0]] Primitive defines "TANGENT" data, but we do not currently support importing tangents. The data is ignored.

What do I need to do with the model to fix the error?

Uncheck the tangents box when exporting from Blender.

 

[KandesBunzler]

Thank you all for the quick replies

so.. today i created a new simple blender model for testing with a simple png texture (texture name for testing: instagramlogo.png)
I deleted the test cube with texture out of the modelLib and put the new model in.

it did not show up in the game (..as usual )

..BUT the deleted test-cube showed up in the game and worked fine
I am so confused ?!
But i made a screenshot from the console after building package:

it says it 1 failed i think that could be my new model..

EDIT: i think my problem was, that i put the builded scenery directly in the community folder.. i deleted it so the sim can load the default airport. Now it´s all working fine
thanks for the help!! ^^

 

[CyReal]

Hi !
First, thanks a lot for this extremely useful addon
Am I missing something ? Cause in Blender, it seams I can't see the Ambiant Occlusion part of the Metallic texture. Roughness (all over) and Metal (the square in the center) channels are there but no AO, which renders correctly once the object is in the sim !

 

[manxtt]

And I have 2 problems again... after saving the project. Witch file I have to open ?
And if I save the project i mean finished I don't get BGL files but I have ArenaSHP.dbf, ArenaSHP.shp, ArenaSHP.shx, ArenaSHP.xml, ArenaSNR.xml in the scene folder...

 

[Mikea.at]

And if I save the project i mean finished I don't get BGL files but I have ArenaSHP.dbf, ArenaSHP.shp, ArenaSHP.shx, ArenaSHP.xml, ArenaSNR.xml in the scene folder...

After saving you have to build the package in the inspector.

 

[VFXSimmer]

... Apologies ahead of time if someone has pointed this out already (I havent scanned) through every page of this thread (although a search came up without finding what I found).

I was experimenting with detail maps yesterday and kept getting a build error when compiling in MSFS (I dont have the exact text handy, but I know it was mentioned in an earlier post by someone). To troubleshoot, I went into the SDK Samples directory and found a couple of examples of detail maps in their SampleMaterials folder and noticed that they weren't using the Khronos extensions.

When I changed the following sections from the .gltf file created from Blender using Notepad++:

(deleted the following lines)

"extensionsRequired" : {
"KHR_texture_transform"
}

and from the material maps themselves...

(Before)

"ASOBO_material_detail_map" : {
"detailColorTexture" : {
"extensions" : {
"KHR_texture_transform" : {
"offset" : [
0,
-20
]
}
},
"index" : 0,
"texCoord" : 0
},
"UVScale" : 20,
"UVOffset" : [
0.0,
0.0
]
"blendThreshold" : 0.10000000148
}

(After)

"ASOBO_material_detail_map" : {
"detailColorTexture" : {
"index" : 0,
"texCoord" : 0
},
"UVScale" : 20,
"UVOffset" : [
0.0,
0.0
]
"blendThreshold" : 0.10000000148
}


Suddenly everything seemed to work. If the developer has some insight - have I not installed something properly (do Khronos extensions need to be linked somehow?) or is this an error in the exporter?

Thanks so much!

 

[Vitus]

That's a great find! It must be an extension that the Khronos Exporter automatically adds when it finds uv transforms. There's probably a switch somewhere that I can flick to remove that extension. I'll start digging! Thanks for this!

 

[Epixer]

Hi! I was wondering, if it is possible to use emissive textures in glass materials?
I don't see the option for day/night cycle here:

 

[VFXSimmer]

That's a great find! It must be an extension that the Khronos Exporter automatically adds when it finds uv transforms. There's probably a switch somewhere that I can flick to remove that extension. I'll start digging! Thanks for this!

I think I just discovered something else. Another find from SampleMaterial/modellib

I added "ASOBO_material_blend_gbuffer" to the list of extensionsUsed and it looks like the detailAlbedo and detailRoughAO are doing the right thing now. Seeing it now, I believe I only really had the detailNormal map working last night

 

[lennart84]

Hi all, thanks for having this great community! Im still a noob at this but I managed to get scenery from google decoder (reddit) app in to blender. Cut out the village i live in and exported with Blender2MSFS export function. Build and it works only the export looks like the following:

When I directly import the tile from the google decoder app (all small gltf files) and let that compile by MSFS I dont have this effect.... Want to create some magnificent stuff for everyone but this is holding me back

 

[RomanDesign]

@RomanDesign you can bake multiple materials into one texture/material like you want to do in blender.

It is a little bit work to do i recommend you a video tutorial because of the many steps to do.

I think this will help you for this process

I tried that very same tutorial. It didn't work for me - maybe because my UV maps were scaled way up so the textures would look good up to scale, or something else, I'm not sure. My baking was just completely messed up. Besides, this only shows the Albedo textures, but my materials have a composite and a normal texture, and how to bake it all in is a mistery. I found no tutorials on how to bake in a full PBR material mix.

 

[Mikea.at]

if you want to bake the maps in blender you have to bake each texture individually and combine the msfs metallic texture after that process.

the problem is that you can bake everything except the raw metallic map. in the bake type settings in blender you dont find this option.

 

[lennart84]

found this tuturial on mesh cleanup, baking starts at around 05:10

 

[RomanDesign]

Can someone please point me to a tutorial or give a detailed walk-through on how to do an animated flag? I'm a noob in Blender, but got the basics. I managed to create a flag and use cloth to make it weave in the wind. However I'm stuck:

1. How to create an actual animation in Blender for the cloth? Clicking "I" and selecting add keyframe doesn't do anything at all. I don't see any keyframes crated in the timeline. I see nothing that looks like an animation. But playback within Blender works. If I export to MSFS I get a static flag.
2. How to export animation to MSFS? I see only one checkbox for animation "current frame" which is not what I need obviously. It gets the static flag from that frame info MSFS.
3. How to loop the animation so it looks seamless?
4. How to make the flag dependent on the wind direction, if it is at all possible?

 

[marcoh]

That's a great find! It must be an extension that the Khronos Exporter automatically adds when it finds uv transforms. There's probably a switch somewhere that I can flick to remove that extension. I'll start digging! Thanks for this!

Hello vitus.

I discovered the same problem than VFXSimmer yesterday in my model. After removing detail map, the compiler works fine.
So the problem is not isolated.

Thanks in advance to find a solution.

 

[roland_lfor]

For baking I woild recommend using Principled-baker plugin which can compute all-in-one click, see here :

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