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MDL Export error with modified scripts

F747fly

F747fly

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Hi all,

Sorry for this quite common problem/question but I can't seem to figure this one out. I installed blender and the toolset on a PC that does not contain an installation of FSX itself. I therefore combined the knowledge provided in these two threads to get the toolset working:

Install SDK without FSX: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/install-sdk-without-fsx.19042/
SDK installation for FSX SE so tools are avaliable in game and Gmax and Blender2fsx would work!: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/th...e-and-gmax-and-blender2fsx-would-work.436059/

For this I took the SDK I had installed and placed it on the other PC and I installed the P3D SDK and followed the instructions from the latter thread.

After a while I managed to get the toolset to initialize without any errors (so far so good). But now it seems the MDL export does not work, I get the following message:

Read new prefs: C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\config\userpref.blend

found bundled python: D:\Program Files (x86)\Blender\2.78\python

read blend: D:\E-Jets\Blend_Files\E170.blend

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 163, in poll

return check_if_any_gp_exists(context)

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 423, in check_if_any_gp_exists

if(check_if_object_gp_exists(context)):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 432, in check_if_object_gp_exists

objectGP = bpy.context.active_object.grease_pencil

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'grease_pencil'


location: <unknown location>:-1


location: <unknown location>:-1

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 163, in poll

return check_if_any_gp_exists(context)

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 423, in check_if_any_gp_exists

if(check_if_object_gp_exists(context)):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\mesh_align_to_gpencil_view.py", line 432, in check_if_object_gp_exists

objectGP = bpy.context.active_object.grease_pencil

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'grease_pencil'


location: <unknown location>:-1


location: <unknown location>:-1

Blender2FSX v.0.8.4 Copyright (C) 2014-15 Felix Owono-Ateba

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.

This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it

under certain conditions; see source files for details.

XToMdl.exe (C) Microsoft

The following output is generated by the tool XToMdl.exe.

This tool is provided with your FSX SDK and is in no way

related to Blender2FSX author(s), except by its use here.

*************************************************************

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\io_scene_fsx\export_fsx.py", line 230, in Export

spawnv(P_WAIT, XToMdl, ['XToMdl.exe', '/XANIM', '/DICT:"%s"' % modeldef, '"%s"' % (ensure_ext(self.Config.filepath,'.x'))])

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory


During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:


Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\io_scene_fsx\__init__.py", line 139, in execute

Exporter.Export()

File "C:\Users\”name”\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.78\scripts\addons\io_scene_fsx\export_fsx.py", line 238, in Export

raise ExportError("Export to .MDL failed. XToMdl.exe returned an error.")

io_scene_fsx.export_fsx.ExportError: Export to .MDL failed. XToMdl.exe returned an error.


location: <unknown location>:-1


location: <unknown location>:-1



I hope someone can help
 
Oh, I see, that's good.

What interests me is this: No such file or directory

Does it even export to .X and .XANIM?
 
Dutcheeseblend said:
Oh, I see, that's good.

What interests me is this: No such file or directory

Does it even export to .X and .XANIM?
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It does so I'm kinda confused.. However the .XANIM does not contain any animations because I haven't assigned any yet
 
F747fly said:
It does so I'm kinda confused.. However the .XANIM does not contain any animations because I haven't assigned any yet
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Yeah that's confusing.

Are the .MDL creators available? So the modeldef.xml and XtoMDL at the correct positions?

How about materials for the objects? Animations, if present, should have a tag as well. Tagged object without animation or the other way 'round wouldn't work.

Let me know.
 
MDL creators seem to work, tested those from the FSX as well as those from the P3D SDK using MCX and it seems fine...
I adjusted the modeldef.xml in the scripts, I know that is used for the toolset initialization process. Maybe I should figure out if the XtoMDL path is correct?
 
F747fly said:
MDL creators seem to work, tested those from the FSX as well as those from the P3D SDK using MCX and it seems fine...
I adjusted the modeldef.xml in the scripts, I know that is used for the toolset initialization process. Maybe I should figure out if the XtoMDL path is correct?
Click to expand...

Yeah, try that?
 
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