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Model Converter X - Export Object Problem - FSX Library
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Thanks guys and Arno in particular. I only use gmax, which I think is a good product, so I'll continue using the older MCX until if and when the new one is changed.
Arno, you have created fantastic tools which I have used every day for over 10 years, and I'd like to thank you for all of it (we don't do that often enough).
Fern
Arno, you have created fantastic tools which I have used every day for over 10 years, and I'd like to thank you for all of it (we don't do that often enough).
Fern
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I am sorry, my last reply didn't show.
I had NOT SEEN the "old" version of 3ds export, and I apologize profusely for that. It works just great.
Because gmax is such a great programme, I'll continue using it (haven't really found anything "better", only "different"), so I hope that this "old" version stays there, ha ha ha ha.
My apologies for both not seeing the (old) note there, and for not having paid attention that my reply didn't work.
By the way, Arno, I'd like to thank you for all the tools you have invented and improved. I have been using them many years, and they are simply amazing. I still think that ObPlacer is, by far, the most usable for locating objects, and I use it for constantly. Thanks very much, indeed.
Fern
I had NOT SEEN the "old" version of 3ds export, and I apologize profusely for that. It works just great.
Because gmax is such a great programme, I'll continue using it (haven't really found anything "better", only "different"), so I hope that this "old" version stays there, ha ha ha ha.
My apologies for both not seeing the (old) note there, and for not having paid attention that my reply didn't work.
By the way, Arno, I'd like to thank you for all the tools you have invented and improved. I have been using them many years, and they are simply amazing. I still think that ObPlacer is, by far, the most usable for locating objects, and I use it for constantly. Thanks very much, indeed.
Fern
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Hi,
If you are looking at the 3DS exporter, there is one thing that could make it much easier for me when I load the 3DS file into GMAX. When the scenery object has a night texture, that texture is placed into the Self Illumination slot in the GMAX Material Editor by the exporter. The BGL compiler chokes on this arrangement - _LM textures must be placed into the Ambient slot instead. So when the exporter encounters a night texture, could they be placed into the Ambient slot instead? Thanks!
If you are looking at the 3DS exporter, there is one thing that could make it much easier for me when I load the 3DS file into GMAX. When the scenery object has a night texture, that texture is placed into the Self Illumination slot in the GMAX Material Editor by the exporter. The BGL compiler chokes on this arrangement - _LM textures must be placed into the Ambient slot instead. So when the exporter encounters a night texture, could they be placed into the Ambient slot instead? Thanks!
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I don't know, I've never created an FSX scenery object with night textures. I didn't realize this, thanks. I guess I'll just continue making new materials for FS2004 for now. But if you ever start working on the conversion again, splitting the file format in the drop down box for FS2004 vs FSX 3DS objects would be very handy. 
Thanks,
Thanks,