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MCX Texture Bug - Some DDS Textures Show As Black?

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Merlin46

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Interesting thing I have noticed with the latest development release (DEV 04/03/2023).

I'm getting some DDS textures showing up as black in the viewer on certain models, both FSX & P3D MDLs.

When I click on one of those textures in the material editor (which show up as white), the following error throws up: -

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: InvalidArgument=Value of '0' is not valid for 'SelectedIndex'.
Parameter name: SelectedIndex
at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at ASToFra.ModelConverterX.TextureConverterForm.SetTexture()
at ASToFra.ModelConverterX.TextureConverterForm..ctor(ITextureImage teximg)
at ASToFra.ModelConverterX.MaterialEditorForm.lstMaterials_DoubleClick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnDoubleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ListView.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4614.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
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ModelConverterX
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ModelConverterX.exe
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ASToFra.ErrorHandler
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.ErrorHandler.DLL
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ASToFra.Interfaces
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Interfaces.DLL
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ASToFra.Texture.Reader
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Texture.Reader.DLL
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ASToFra.Object.DataModel
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Object.DataModel.DLL
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ASToFra.Object.Reader
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Object.Reader.DLL
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ASToFra.Object.Writer
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Object.Writer.DLL
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ASToFra.Object.Renderer
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Object.Renderer.DLL
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4550.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4605.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4390.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
ASToFra.Texture.Object
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Texture.Object.DLL
----------------------------------------
ASToFra.Texture.Writer
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Texture.Writer.DLL
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ASToFra.Object.Processor
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Object.Processor.DLL
----------------------------------------
ASToFra.Utils
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Utils.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4190.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_B
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4605.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
ASToFra.MapRenderer
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.MapRenderer.DLL
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ASToFra.Geometry
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.Geometry.DLL
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
ASToFra.FSUtils
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.FSUtils.DLL
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ASToFra.EventLog
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.EventLog.DLL
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OpenTK.GLControl
Assembly Version: 3.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 3.1.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/OpenTK.GLControl.DLL
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OpenTK
Assembly Version: 3.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 3.1.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/OpenTK.DLL
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ASToFra.ParticleEffects
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.ParticleEffects.DLL
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Interop.WMPLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/Interop.WMPLib.DLL
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ASToFra.LicenseHelper
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.LicenseHelper.DLL
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Portable.Licensing
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/Portable.Licensing.DLL
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AssimpNet
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Win32 Version: 5.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/AssimpNet.DLL
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ASToFra.XPUtils
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.6.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ASToFra.XPUtils.DLL
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lib3ds.Net
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Win32 Version: 2.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/lib3ds.Net.DLL
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ObjectListView
Assembly Version: 2.9.1.25410
Win32 Version: 2.9.1.0
CodeBase: file:///L:/FSX%20Addons/FS%20Addons%202/FSX%20Freeware%202/Tools/MDL%20Converter/Development%20Releases/2023/modelconverterx_latest_development_release_04-03-2023/ObjectListView.DLL
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System.Drawing.Design
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4200.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing.Design/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.Design.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Design
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.8.4084.0 built by: NET48REL1
CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Design/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Design.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
Click to expand...

I've noticed though that if I resave the problem textures in DXT BMP as exactly the same (DXT 5 in this case), the textures show up fine!
 

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Hi,

Would you have one of these textures as sample to debug with? Might be related to the mipmap change I made recently.
 
Hi Arno, the latest release certainly has something strange going on. Here are 2 images of a FS2004 heli: the image with the lighter camo is the "strange" coloring from the current release, the other darker camo is exactly the same heli on an older (13.08.2022) release. The file can be downloaded from: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/syb2.cgi?section=helicopters&file=ALPHA_Hughes_MD500_FS9.zip

EDIT: actually maybe something is going on with my setup.... Even with the earlier release, textures are not showing up properly - the Material Editor will show the name of the BMP textures, but show only blanks for the actual textures. Puzzling...
 

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Merlin46 said:
Yes Arno, I'll attach one for you.
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Thanks. I see ImageTool also refuses to load this texture. I am going to debug in my code to see what goes wrong.
 
I have been able to reproduce the issue. The problem was that the DDS header specified 0 mipmaps. I have made the DDS reader more flexible now so that it loads this file correctly as well.
 
arno said:
I have been able to reproduce the issue. The problem was that the DDS header specified 0 mipmaps. I have made the DDS reader more flexible now so that it loads this file correctly as well.
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Thanks Arno.

Interestingly, I'm able to open those textures that were showing black in MCX in the P3D version of Image Tool, without issue!
 
Interesting, the P3D v1.4 SDK ImageTool does not, but newer ones from v4/v5 can indeed open it.

The fix will be in the next MCX release btw.
 
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