No GuidToName information in FSDS 3.51

[fsisland]

I am now trying to make bgl file for FSX with FSDS 3.51. I have followed all instructions for the compile options and the regional settings but still get this error message:

OutputFile: _temp.MDL
Output file after modification: _temp.MDL
Creating output MDL file: _temp.MDL
error : Error in .X file: (C:\Documents and Settings\Erla\_temp.x)! No GuidToName information!
error :
error : Failed to process file: C:\Documents and Settings\Erla\_temp.x
Usage: XToMDL.exe /KEEP /NOGUI /BATCH /NOCRASH /BMP2DDS /XMLSAMPLE /XANIM /DICTictFileName /OUT:OutfileName Filename.X

The problem seems to be connected with the GuidToName information. Do you know a workaround for that one?

 

[ahuimanu]

Where are you getting 3.51 from?

 

[fsisland]

Just redownload what is called version 3.5 on the Abacus site.

 

[arno]

Are you sure you have set a friendly name for your object? I am not sure where to do this in FSDS, but the FsX MDL formats requires this.

 

[FelixFFDS]

Are you sure you have set a friendly name for your object? I am not sure where to do this in FSDS, but the FsX MDL formats requires this.

In FSDS, when you export, you have to give it a name in the dialog, the same as gmax.

THe GUID is automatically generated and appears in the resulting x file:

GuidToName {
	"{22DD3B94-064D-4205-BBFA-62EA366C53B5}";
	"FSDS_object";
}

(For a quick test, I just made a default box and exported it as mdl, x and bgl files. When exporting as a bgl or scenery mdl, I have to enter a name. When merely exporting to an x file, the default name is "FSDS_object"

I think it has to be something else, because I can't repeat the problem

 

[fsisland]

When you save file as bgl you have to give it a name otherwise the process will not start so that is not the problem. Somewhere I saw similar problem with Gmax and in that case the solution was to import the x file manually into GUIDGen (I think). I am totally lost here

 

[flyjlc]

Hello,
I just have buy FSDS 3.51 in boxed version in France (packaged by Micro Application), and I have the same problem and the same message. I have checked my Direct X 9 version (the last one), the differents files needed, the paths... Impossible to compile a simple cube !
I also have try to install the FS9 SDK and to use them, and I also have a compilation error...

I am not a beginner with FSDS, I was using V2 without problems under FS9. I have a downloaded V3 version who works fine and I hab buy a boxed 3,5 to have the last version and to begin to build for FSX... But I can't make it work. Does some one have find a solution at this No GuidToName Information error ?

Thanks

Jean-Louis Coussot

 

[flyjlc]

SOLVED !

I have sent a question to Abacus and Adam Howe have quickly answered. In fact, the version of the installer on the french "Micro Application" boxed version is not "a good one" (even if it is noted 3.51).

Adam have send me a new installer working with my registration key, and everything is working now. I also have added a coma as "large numbers separator" in regionnal settings.

Thanks to Adam and Abacus for the way they have solved the problem !