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CFS2 gmax export question

rhumbaflappy

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Hi all.

I asked this at the sim outhouse as well...

What is the export process you use for CFS2 aircraft?

I ask because I've found I can use a makemdl.cfg file to produce the mdl:

Code: 
[Settings]

[Options]
Debug=1
KeepErrorLog=1
Keep=0
Optimize=0
FS8=0
CFS2=1
[Scenery]
If Keep=1, then ASM code is kept... it is not CFS2 code, but FS2002 code. Optimize=1 turns on code optimization. FS8=1 turns on FS2002 compilation, but CFS2 should then be set to 0.

Is this what others have found?

I have read a bit about using Middleman, but I don't think it's needed.

Dick
 
Hi Dick,

Interesting. Is this with the FS2002 makemdl or does it work with the FS2004 version as well?

Also did you disable optimize on purpose?
 
Hi Arno.

I disabled Optimize just as a test to view the difference in the saved log.

The MakeMDL is from 2002. I ask only because I have read about some convoluted methods to get a MDL, using Middleman or Model Commander.

I'm just wondering why those plugin 'interceptors' were used, if the cfg file handles this without any problem. Is it just that no one had tried a cfg file?

My memory tells me the makemdl.cfg file was discovered during fs9... so perhaps it was never applied to CFS2 or FS2002.

Or is there a better reason why Middleman or Model Commander should be used?

In CFS2, FS2002 objects display just fine, but the aircraft must be of CFS2-type.

Dick
 
Dick, the primary reason for MiddleMan and ModelCommander was (and still is) convenience, since it allows one to change options "on the fly" so to speak.

One of the best features (for a/c designers at least) is the ability to enable an automatic creation of an "interior model" based on the "exterior model," which is very handy during the development process. :cool:

Using only the .cfg file, one must close GMax, edit the .cfg, then relaunch GMax, and reload the project before exporting again.

On the other hand, I've never had any success with MM/MC at all when working on scenery! :o
 
Hi Bill.

You can edit the makemdl.cfg while gmax is open, and save the options you want... it is only unavailable when gmax is exporting. No need to relaunch or reload gmax.

Dick
 
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