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[SOLVED] Restore modeldef from xanim file?

SierraB

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As the title might suggest I was silly enough to lose my modeldef.xml, so now I wonder if there is any possibility to restore it either from the .x or the .xanim file?

Background:
Due to RL I had a somewhat longer break from FS. In the meantime I reinstalled my OS, did backups of all my projects, but forgot about the modeldef file. Foolish I know....might have to rewrite the code for a complete cockpit...sigh.

Thanks for any hints.
 
If I am not Mistaken, Your xanim file was part of the SDK that you are using to xport and convert your files for Fs What ever ! I would suggest You down Load the SDK again, Maybe to the desktop, and the xanim file should be part of it !! Hope this Helps - Johnman
 
johnman said:
If I am not Mistaken, Your xanim file was part of the SDK that you are using to xport and convert your files for Fs What ever ! I would suggest You down Load the SDK again, Maybe to the desktop, and the xanim file should be part of it !! Hope this Helps - Johnman
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Thanks Johnman for your help, unfortunately the default modeldef.xml is what comes with SDK. For my project I added a ton of code to the modeldef.
The .x and .xanim files are generated by the modeling tool and they require the code from the modeldef.
 
I suspect you maybe SOL trying to retrieve any custom code. Have you looked at your xanim file? I'm curious and will look at one of mine. Backup, backup, backup!
 
Viewing both files with a text editor reveals only some GUIDs and some names, but none of the logic/code.

So unless there is any magic program out there, that can reengineer a mdl/x/xanim into a modeldef, I'm left with rewriting it.

Thanks anyway, Paul.
 
I just looked and the code is converted to positional key frames. It would be next to impossible trying to derive the original code that generated the key frames. Looks like you have your work cut out for you. :(
 
ModelConverter has a "Show Modeldef" button, which will generate a model for the currently viewed model file based on the one that's linked to MCX and amended with any custom code built into the model file. The names of the entries will be generic, but the code itself can be recovered that way. Works for visibilities, animations and mouse rectangles.
 
Thanks Björn. Just reinstalled MCX, but couldn't find the button neither in the UI nor in the manual.

Anyway, I found an outdated version of my modeldef and will rebuild it from there. At least it has the advantage of getting familiar with the a/c again...
 
SierraB said:
Thanks Björn. Just reinstalled MCX, but couldn't find the button neither in the UI nor in the manual.
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I managed to recover a "lost modeldef.xml" from a compiled model via MCX. It took me a few hours to merge the <Animation> and <MouseRect> sections, but I was 100% successful.
 
Make sure you have downloaded the latest development version (1.4x) and not the stable version (1.3). It's the 10th button in the top row from the left, including the two arrows as buttons.
 
tgibson said:
Make sure you have downloaded the latest development version (1.4x) and not the stable version (1.3). It's the 10th button in the top row from the left, including the two arrows as buttons.
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That explains, why I didn't find it, thanks!
Notes taken for the next time, which will hopefully not come.

I swallowed the pill and just rewrote the missing chapters instead. Project is back on track.

Thanks for the quick support everybody.


Problem solved for me.
 
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