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Hi,
Looking at the various questiions raised regarding MCX, I thought it might come in handy to sum up all the mistakes I made using this wonderful tool.
Here goes:
Some of the common mistakes on creating or converting mdl’s with ModelconverterX
- Forgetting to change name and/or Guid after import;
- Not having set the decimals to dot in the country settings;
- Forgetting to convert texture format to BMP or DDS;
- Forgetting to click on set default transparent for transparent textures;
- Forgetting to activate the object library in the FSX settings/scenery library after adding xml and compiling into bgl;
- Trying to convert a non-scenery object or a non true FSX model;
- Not using the latest development release;
- Not having the MCX various path settings (under options) adapted to your FS and SDK file locations;
Well that is all I can think of as far as my own mistakes are concerned.
Please do not laugh, just trying to be helpful and maybe others can add their own to the list.
And please, scroll down to the bottom of this page, because there are more common mistakes to be found there!
Looking at the various questiions raised regarding MCX, I thought it might come in handy to sum up all the mistakes I made using this wonderful tool.
Here goes:
Some of the common mistakes on creating or converting mdl’s with ModelconverterX
- Forgetting to change name and/or Guid after import;
- Not having set the decimals to dot in the country settings;
- Forgetting to convert texture format to BMP or DDS;
- Forgetting to click on set default transparent for transparent textures;
- Forgetting to activate the object library in the FSX settings/scenery library after adding xml and compiling into bgl;
- Trying to convert a non-scenery object or a non true FSX model;
- Not using the latest development release;
- Not having the MCX various path settings (under options) adapted to your FS and SDK file locations;
Well that is all I can think of as far as my own mistakes are concerned.
Please do not laugh, just trying to be helpful and maybe others can add their own to the list.
And please, scroll down to the bottom of this page, because there are more common mistakes to be found there!
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