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Export Problems with MCX

Willow fsx

Willow fsx

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Dear pilots,
I am owner of the addon Antarctica X. Me and my little Sohn build a lot of new base stations with the programm Whisplacer all around in the Antarctic (more than 30 small or bigger research stations). It's very funny. We use the original Antarctica X librarys and some objects from free librarys. This all works very good. But it ist very difficult to set some signallights suitable at the top of an antenna pole. I think ist easyer to integrate the effect direct into the model.
I add an effect (for example fx obs light) to an antenna pole with MCX. The effect is shown in MCX. (We looked your videotutorial so it was no problem). But I am not able to export it and create a library for Whisplacer. I think I make a very basic mistake with the export.
Can someone please help us? Is there a tutorial about this problem?

Best wishes from the Westerwald

Willow
 
Hi,

What goes wrong when you try to export the model? Is there any error message reported? If we know what goes wrong we can help better.
 
Hi Arno,

thank you for help me. I make an example what the problem is:

1. Open casey antenna01.bgl with the MCX. (It is a part of the Casey_Library.bgl)

2. MCX show me the original antenna.

3. I openen the Attached object editor. There is an fx_obslight2 effect that belong to the antenna.

4. I add the same effect two times to the antenna at two different height. (Only as an easy try)

5. MCX show me the antenna with three lights at different height.

6. I export it as an fsx bgl file (Export scenery, only Information log, no warnings or errors).

6.a Also I try to export it as FSX mdl object. (Export object, only Information Log, no warnings, no errors. I can open it with MCX later again)

7. I open the Library Creator xml.

8. I use the buton "add MDL"

9. I try "save library" and create a bgl and xml file.

10. Whisplacer cannot import the bgl library ( and what should I do wish the XML file?)


I think I do something very basic wrong (The problem is sitting in front of my monitor).


Thank you for helping and excuse my bad English.


Best wishes from the Westerwald


Willow
 
Hi,

Are you sure you exported as FSX library BGL? WhisPlacer doesn't understand P3D v2 MDL files for example. Sounds like the exporting went fine, but that the BGL file is not valid for some reason.
 
Hallo Arno,
I use the button "export Scenery" and exported as a "FSX bgl File". This works fine: When I open the exported file again i saw my new effect at the antenna.
When I want to import the bgl file into Whisplacer notig happend. I made a test and try to import some Antarctica X bgl librarys again. And what did I see: I cannot import the files into whisplacer again.
It is a Whisplacer Problem, not a MCX Problem. Whisplacer is still working when I try to place an object into fsx. But can cannot import a new library-bgl. I looked into my Computer: I have Java 8 Update 73 now. in the whisplacer txt.file they said you need java JRE 5.0. Maybe this is the reason? What do you think Arno?
When I try to add a Library bgl into Whisplacer it says: 0 Objects imported. Only the Libraryname is shown in Whisplacer, but it is empty. I use Win10 on me PC.

Maybe you have an idea Arno?

Thankyou for help me and greetings from the Westerwald/Germany

Willow
 
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