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G'day all,

brand new to this - I just got FSDS because I want to try and create VC for some aircraft I have that don't have them. I read through the tutorial on VC in help, but cant find/work out how to get an existing MDL file into FSDS to modify it.

Or is that the way you do it? As I say, complete newby.

Any help or pointers would be gratefully received.

regards,

Mike
 
Hi,

No, you do not normally start with an MDL file. If you want to start with an existing model, you ask the author if you can have the FSDS source file to make changes, and that he/she will receive full credit for the original VC.

IF you have permission of the author but he/she does not have an FSDS source file, I do know of a way to get at least the mesh into FSDS, but redoing the animations and perhaps even the texture mapping is a painful job.
 
tgibson said:
Hi,

No, you do not normally start with an MDL file. If you want to start with an existing model, you ask the author if you can have the FSDS source file to make changes, and that he/she will receive full credit for the original VC.

IF you have permission of the author but he/she does not have an FSDS source file, I do know of a way to get at least the mesh into FSDS, but redoing the animations and perhaps even the texture mapping is a painful job.
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Thanks very much Tom, that's somewhere to start, though as nothing has been done to the a/c in question since about 2006 it may be a trial. I will have a go and if not come back to you,

Cheers,

Mike
 
Mike you might be able to open it in ModelconverterX then export as an fsc file. then you can put that into FSDS and open it, but after that there's a hell of a lot of work to do, but it is possible. Orig author might be able to help out.
 
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