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Export/Saving Model with MCX - Says "finished writing" But Never Creates File

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Need a bit of help, I think I have MCX setup correctly (but obviously don't) as I am able to import a model and make edits. However, when I export it at an FSX.mdl, I get the "finished writing" message but the file is never created. Any thoughts on what I need to do here? TIA!
 
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Hi,

Can you show your event log when you export? That should give a clue what is going on.
 
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Does this help? I am simply attempting to remove the legacy splash effect.
 

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wondering if it is an issue missing the makemdle.exe file (which is confusing as I wouldn't think that would be necessary for exporting an imported FS .mdl file.
 
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Hi,

It seems the X file is saved, but I don't see any output from the xtomdl compiler. Do you have the path to xtomdl set correctly in the options?
 
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Thanks, but likely not correctly. I have ADE installed and am using the file there.
 

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It appears I had to download the FSX SDK to get the correct modeldef file. I would say I'm surprised that I would need to do that but nothing surprises me anymore.
 
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If you want to export a FSX MDL file, you need of course an SDK that matches that version. Since the FSX SDK can't be downloaded, that would be the P3D 1.4 SDK.

Which XtoMDL version did you use before then? It is weird there was no output at all.
 
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arno said:
If you want to export a FSX MDL file, you need of course an SDK that matches that version. Since the FSX SDK can't be downloaded, that would be the P3D 1.4 SDK.

Which XtoMDL version did you use before then? It is weird there was no output at all.
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I actually found a version of the original FSX SDK but previously was using the XtoMDL that was with ADE.
 
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