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Hi

I noticed while looking though the default FSX library files using ModelconverterX that some of the vehicles have a blank plane at the front and rear of the car that in FSX shows a headlight texture.

Like this

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This is what it looks like in FSX

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Now the planes don't have a material associated with it (at least not in ModelConverterX) but I have found what I think is the texture used in FSX/Scenery/Global/Texture which is VEH_LightSheet.DDS and VEH_LightSheet_lm.DDS

Does anyone know how this is done? could it be an attach point if so where is it and what is it called?

I did try adding a plane to one of my models in Gmax but it doesnt seem to work in the same way. The lights do show but they show during the day and night and the plane used isn't quite transparent and the edges of the plane can still be seen. The FSX default light plane can't be seen at all and is only visible at night.

Cheers

Stevo ;)
 
Hi Stevo,

I have also seen this while testing ModelConverterX. I would have to dive a little deeper into the MDL to see if there is some special code for these lights. I'll do that after I finishe re-installing my laptop.
 
Hi Stevo,

It seems these polygons have the specular texture applied directly as diffuse texture as well. If that results in lights I am not sure, I will have to dig deeper for that. But it seems they are not using the textures you mention. I have seen that on other vehicles, but then ModelConverterX will read them correctly.
 
Hi Arno

Just getting back to this so sorry for the delay, did you find anything else?

Is it something that's hard coded?

It must be a plane as its part of the mdl file, its just what is attached to it either by name, attachpoint or as a material to make it work?

Stevo ;)
 
Hi,

I did not find the time yet to look into this in more detail. Hopefully soon.
 
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