MSFS20 "Failed to find a valid container" error when compiling simobject

[chongwen20110901]

Hi all,
I been trying to create an animated flag with simobject. However, when trying to complie it, it fails to find my sim.cfg file. The sim.cfg should be placed in the right folder, but the sim just can't find it.
This is the error message:

This is the file structure:

Inside the model folder:

Inside the texture folder:

Content of sim.cfg:

[fltsim.0]
title=zshc_flag_chinese
model=""
texture=""

[General]
category=StaticObject
DistanceToNotAnimate=2000

[Surface]
IgnoreObjectsCollision=1

Content of model.cfg:

[models]
normal=zshc_flag_chinese.xml

Content of the XML file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ModelInfo version="1.1" guid="{07f649cb-b8af-405c-5ddb-2c1bcc524b53}">
<LODS>
<LOD MinSize="0" ModelFile="zshc_flag_chinese.gltf"/>
<LODS>
<Animation guid="847adaf3-4b73-4237-9e3b-4d193e85e8e7" name="weave" type="standard" typeParam="Autoplay" />
<Animation guid="60da20ff-a320-44d2-8e51-7abc7cb4e500" name="pole_rotation" length="360" type="Sim" type="standard" typeParam="Autoplay" typeParam2="pole_rotation"/>
<PartInfo>
<name>pole_rotation</name>
<animLength>360</animLength>
<Animation>
<Parameter>
<Code>(A:AMBIENT WIND DIRECTION, Degrees) </code>
</Parameter>
</Animation>
</PartInfo>
</ModelInfo>

Content of texture.cfg:

[fltsim]
fallback.1=..\..\..\..\scenery\global\scenery\TEXTURE

Content of project definition:

<AssetPackage Name="zshc-simobject" Version="0.1.0">
<ItemSettings>
<ContentType>UNKNOWN</ContentType>
<Title>zshc-simobject</Title>
<Manufacturer>Hanzhi Liu</Manufacturer>
<Creator>Hanzhi Liu</Creator>
</ItemSettings>
<Flags>
<VisibleInStore>false</VisibleInStore>
<CanBeReferenced>false</CanBeReferenced>
</Flags>
<AssetGroups>
<AssetGroup Name="ContentInfo">
<Type>ContentInfo</Type>
<Flags>
<FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility>
</Flags>
<AssetDir>PackageDefinitions\zshc-simobject\ContentInfo\</AssetDir>
<OutputDir>ContentInfo\zshc-simobject\</OutputDir>
</AssetGroup>
<AssetGroup Name="SimObject">
<Type>SimObject</Type>
<Flags>
<FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility>
</Flags>
<AssetDir>PackageSources\SimObjects\Landmarks\zshc_flag_chinese</AssetDir>
<OutputDir>SimObjects\Landmarks\zshc_flag_chinese</OutputDir>
</AssetGroup>
</AssetGroups>
</AssetPackage>

Thanks in advance!

 

[mottoth]

In your xml file, you have a faulty <LODS> where it should be </LODS>

 

[chongwen20110901]

No use, it is still giving me the same compiling error.

 

[chongwen20110901]

I've solved the issue. What I did wrong was that I named the folder "zshc_flag_chinese", although my package is called "zshc_SimObjects". After changing the name of my package to "zshc_flag_chinese" everything worked!