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Exporting custom shadow models

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For many years ModelConverterX has the function already to render a custom shadow model that has been imported from a FSX/P3D MDL file. But the feature to also export these custom shadow models to MDL files was on the wish-list for quite a while already. When working on the FS2004 unlimited export feature recently, I realised that exporting the a custom shadow model to FS2004 was very easy. So with that in mind I started to implement this feature now.

So from the latest development release you can now export a custom shadow model to FS2004, FSX and P3D MDL files. The screenshots below show a test model I exported to FSX (left) and FS2004 (right). I loaded a COLLADA test object with the COLLADA logo as the shadow model for this church.

And since I needed to test if exporting the custom shadow model to FS2004 models worked, I also had to implement reading custom shadow model from FS2004 scenery and aircraft MDL files. So ModelConverterX can now also render the custom shadow models from these MDL files.




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Arno
I think you noticed putting a shadow is not really difficult on BGL.

On Aircraft model , at MS default SDK ,There is no ground shadows at Interior side model.

But when making a Wingview , adding a ground shadow is useful.
People who uses can feel the ground height during the landing and take off.
I've been doing those for a long time.

So May be it's good to have it on option switch of FS2004 Aircraft export.
Just a suggestion.
 
I am not sure what MakeMDL does in that case. The interior, exterior and shadow models are all compiled into the same MDL file. So are you saying the with the interior model the shadow model is normally not shown?
 
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