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Does anyone know if there is a file size limit to GMax scenery files or BGL files.
I have a BGL file which is 1.16 Megabytes and works fine. When I add to the model and it becomes 1.17 Megabytes or larger, most of it disappears when I check it in FS2004. It looks perfectly OK in GMax. I am using Windows ME and have not installed the FS update. Now tried XP with FS9.1 and the problem persists.....Now noticed that some terrain, airport and city BGL files are larger than this so it can't be the BGL that's too big. Summary info shows Objects: 228. Vertices: 14124, Faces: 27336.
 
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I don't know if there is really a hard limit.

While testing CAT we noticed that around 1.35 MB was the maximum size of an object. When the object is bigger FS did crash. I think this is caused by one of the sections (animation tables, etc) being to big.

But what you report could indicate that there is really a maximum object size.

When there is a bigger BGL (which often occurs in a scenery), this is because these contain of multiple objects. The entire scene you export in GMax is seen as one object. Therefore it is also better to make a separate GMax file for each building/object.
 
It looks like this was caused by either using 1 texture to cover too many surfaces or (somehow) having 2 UVW Mapping modifiers applied to a lot of the objects (GMax has been crashing a lot when adding or removing textures).
I have covered some of the objects in a slightly different texture and removed the instances of having 2 UVW Mapping modifiers applied to the same object. This has solved the problem for the moment and I have successfully compiled a 1.18 Megabyte BGL. I will need to see if the problem occurs again as the model gets bigger. (The model is about 80 - 90% complete). I have no idea how I got to having the UVW Mapping modifier applied twice.
 
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