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Cannot import exported model

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I imported a model, edited its friendly name and exported it.

MCX will not read the exported model.







Model attached.
 
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Hi George,

I see that XtoMDL gives errors when compiling the model. So that would mean the new MDL is probably 0 kB in size and therefore does not open. Let me see where the errors come from.
 
Yes, you are correct, the exported model is 0Kb. I hadn't noticed that.
 
I think you will also have the XtoMDL errors in your event log.
 
Hi,

It's the ' in the attachpoint name. Let me check if I can filter those out automatically.
 
I have another exported model which XtoMdl won't read. Unfortunately MCX deletes the .x file.

The only makemdl.exe I have is in the FS9 SDK and XtoMdl.exe is in FSX_GmaxGamePack\Plugins\XToMdl.exe, are these the correct versions?

Edit. Is there any way to print the log?
 
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Hi George,

In the options you can set if the x file is kept or not.

The event log can be saved to txt file with the button at the bottom left.

Your makemdl and xtomdl versions sound fine to me.

Send from my phone using Tapatalk, so excuse the short sentences and possible typos
 
Thanks Arno.

I have attached the .x file (with extension .txt) and error log.
 
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Hi George,

In that X file it seems some normals have become NaN. Do you have the MDL for me as well? That will make debugging easier.
 
Thanks Arno, it is the third model in the attached bgl.
 
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Hi George,

I fixed that bug in the next release, it should be online now.

The NaN values were in the MDL already, so I just reset those normals to a fixed value. Might give some shading issues on those polygons, but that is better than an error.
 
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