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FS2004 Missing Engine Parts when Exporting Certain Models

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Hi all,

I am attempting to export FS2004 AI models. I am not exporting them to any other sim - I am simply opening and then re-exporting the .mdl files back to FS2004 format. The reason is that I can do two things:

1. Modify materials to be reflective - I think having reflective AI would be neat!
2. It removes all attached light objects for me (including landing lights with their ugly triangles) - something I have never loved on any AI model.

Some models work great, requiring only slight adjustments from me to work properly. However, some do not seem to work and I cannot figure out what is wrong.

An example is the FAIB 747 series. When I export the model, the engine fan disks become transparent when the engines are running, see screenshot:


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However, with the engines stopped, they appear normal and all is well:

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Hi,

After you import the FS2004 model, do these engine fans have the visibility conditions you would expect? I guess something might be wrong there. I'll try to see if I can find this model to have a look what is going on.

And just to be double sure, I assume you are already using the latest development release of MCX?
 
arno said:
Hi,

After you import the FS2004 model, do these engine fans have the visibility conditions you would expect? I guess something might be wrong there. I'll try to see if I can find this model to have a look what is going on.

And just to be double sure, I assume you are already using the latest development release of MCX?
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The fans seem to work just fine in MCX, setting the engine visibility conditions to 0 and 5000 on import seems to show up just fine.

And yes, I am using the latest development release :)

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You might want to try to use the visibility conditions option for the conditions, instead of setting the values at import.
 
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I would do that; however, on import, the model shows no visibility conditions at all.
 
I just grabbed the model myself and when I import it I do get visiblity conditions.

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Boy that is strange, I just replaced the .mdl file (which to my knowledge was never modified before my attempting exporting) with the version that is currently downloadable from FSX AI Bureau, and I am still getting no visibility conditions. The same seems to be true of every single model I am trying...

None of the models that I import, even flyable ones, have visibility conditions. Not a single one. Is there something I am missing maybe?
 
Which version of MCX are you using? And do you have the modeldef.xml and makemdl.parts.xml paths set correctly?
 
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