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P3D v4 MCX attached object editor

OK, so in that case that is the issue. The parameters are derived from the default filename, if you have that option to go from effects to light set to true.
 
arno said:
OK, so in that case that is the issue. The parameters are derived from the default filename, if you have that option to go from effects to light set to true.
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So if I have my custom fx name (false for autogenerated name), and leave that custom fx file in the models folder, the display should be OK every time I open again?
 
No, you will only see the light beams parameters when you use the default filenames. With custom names you will just see it as an effect instead of a light in the attached object editor.
 
arno said:
No, you will only see the light beams parameters when you use the default filenames. With custom names you will just see it as an effect instead of a light in the attached object editor.
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Got it. It displays because the name of the autogenerated fx file has the code which is read by MCX the next time the MDL is opened.

Very interesting though that even after I delete the fx file from the MDL folder MCX is still displaying the effect. Where is it reading the code from?
 
The name of the FX is still stored in the MDL file, so the code for generating the light object can still derive all data without needing the actual FX file.
 
Arno,

Quick question related to this. If I have already attached a lot of lights to a model and saved the MDL, and now I have to make some changes to the base MDL, how can I retrieve the light placement data from the previous MDL? If would be a nightmare otherwise to place all the lights again to a complex MDL.
 
Hi,

You could load the MDL with the light and remove everything except these lights. Then save that to a new MDL file. Then you can merge that lights MDL with your modified base MDL.
 
arno said:
Hi,

You could load the MDL with the light and remove everything except these lights. Then save that to a new MDL file. Then you can merge that lights MDL with your modified base MDL.
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OK so the merge would happen within MCX? Or just a placement in ADEX?
 
It would happen in MCX, I assume you want them as one model in the end
 
There is a merge object editor where you can merge different files together.
 
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