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MSFS Packaging Errors

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hey guys,
So im working on a plane, have bben for the past few weeks. As a starter, i decided to use the naming convention of the SimpleAircraft sample, so i wouldnt have to rename every single files and folders. Its been working perfectly, i've built the package maybe 30 or 40 times , to test things and to update de 3D model in sim. Always used the package tool thats in the SDK folder. Since this morning, i get this error, and as far as i can see, the Gltf are not getting packaged, so neither are the json (manifest, layout). I have done nothing that i havent done before, meaning pushing few vertices around, adjusting some textures etc. I cant put my finger on why its happening. Thanks for your help :)

 
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It is hard to tell what is happening because we cannot see the errors that happened above the lines in your screenshot. Scroll up in your Command window. There should be errors that are preventing your gtlf from compiling.
 
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In my experience, the package tool doesn't tell you what errors there are when it compiles a model. The only clue is the "Output path does not exist" for the gltf which tells you it hasn't compiled. If the model hasn't compiled it usually because I haven't exported all the parts hierarchy or there is an animation without a matching name in the xml.

First debugging step for me would be to select a single part in your model and export that and see if that compiles. That's where I would start.
 
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In my experience, the package tool doesn't tell you what errors there are when it compiles a model. The only clue is the "Output path does not exist" for the gltf which tells you it hasn't compiled. If the model hasn't compiled it usually because I haven't exported all the parts hierarchy or there is an animation without a matching name in the xml.

First debugging step for me would be to select a single part in your model and export that and see if that compiles. That's where I would start.
Spot on, i actully spent a night disabling collection one by one, exporting, compiling etc until i find whats going on. Turns out its my altimeter gauge that somehow decided to brick the whole model. Trouble is, i can see nothing wrong with it. Anyway, probleme solved :)
And i can confirm most of the time, the packaging tool doesnt really give you an obvious red line pointing you to the problem.
 
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