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model not showing in FSX

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aereo

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hi all,
I have created a gmax model of an terminal (it is not ready yet), only partly textured yet. Just to see what it looks like in FSX, I have created the GUID, exported it, made a bgl and placed it with ADEX on my airport. Compiled the airport. in FSX I created 2 subfolders in my addon scenery folder. scenery (with the airport bgl and the model bgl) and texture (with the dds textures).
Well, anyway I won't see it on my airport, what am I doing wrong?
I have already tried it with other scenes, and even not textured, it had always shown up in FSX.
thanks and best regards
 
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LuftWayfarer

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Have you refreshed your Scenery Library so that it brings up the black box stating "building scenery database?" Is the scenery folder at the top of the Scenery Library list with a checkmark in the box? I ask because scenery like FTX ORBX has a exclude over the whole of their scenery areas, and any new scenery needs to be placed at a higher priority to be seen in FSX. Also, when you placed the object in the sim, did you place it at Very Low, low, normal, high, scenery complexity and ensure your scenery settings match that or greater?
 
jtanabodee

jtanabodee

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Please make sure about these:
1. The texture names are exactly the same that you use in Gmax/max. Beware of some small things that you can overlook such as an "s" after the name or underscore.
2. Verify that all the textures that you assign to the material are there. If you have specular texture and you forget to do it, that model will never show up.
Hope this help.
 
Timmo

Timmo

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jtanabodee said:
Please make sure about these:
1. The texture names are exactly the same that you use in Gmax/max. Beware of some small things that you can overlook such as an "s" after the name or underscore.
2. Verify that all the textures that you assign to the material are there. If you have specular texture and you forget to do it, that model will never show up.
Hope this help.
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The geometry will but it will have no textures.

Just to cover the basics (!) you have added your new scenery directory to the FSX scenery list?
The object doesn't have any offsets in the vertical axis? (i.e. -10m below the ground)


If all else fails, try going through the whole process again and if that still doesn't work, try placing the model with XML!
 
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aereo

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thank you all very much! It works! I had not placed the updated bgl in the scenery folder. Now everything is fine. Great to have received your comments / help!
 
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bob5568

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Funny but this thread reminds me of a similar problem I had years ago....nothing I could do would make my model show up.

In my case, I had set the fs scenery detail setting too low, and my model was coded with a higher setting.
 
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