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FSX Texturload don't work?

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Hello,

I added in 3DS Max my Textures to a part of my object. (the object ist devided in several parts).

Then I exportet it to an .obj file, selected the option that my material will exported too.

After that I imported the .obj file in ModelConverterX. Okay...no texture is shown, but I didn't expexted it, because anything else would have been too easy:)

Okay I did config my Textureoption in Modelconverter X to the path of my texture folder (it's a .bmp file).

I opend the Material editor in ModelConverterX, scrolled down to diffuse texture and choosed my texture from texturefolder.

After that I could see my texture at the part of the object, where it should be.

But the remaining parts of my object flickered now and looked like a zebra white black striped.

When I try to load my object as .mdl and I try the same procedure, my object is shown in black completly, no texture is shown.
I tried to convert my .bmp to .dds, too. But equal result.

What I doing wrong? :)

Hope anybody can help.
Thanks

regards comy
 
Hi,

When MCX looked for your texture, it apparently found only the texture that you put in your diffuse texture from the texture folder where you placed it earlier on. But you have not pointed MCX to the texture folder of the balance of your textures in which case MCX tells you it could not find the texture by making the part to be textured black and white and striped.
Once you have converted all your textures to BMP or DDS and converted your file to an mdl, make sure your converted textures are in the texture folder of the map where the mdl resides.
 
Hi,

Did you place your textures in the texture folder of your project? In MDL files only the texture name is stored, not the entire path. So you need to put the textures in the right location.
 
Okay my folderstructure looks so:

Projectfolder (.max files etc.)
-> Sceneryfolder (exported .obj)
-> Texturefolder (.bmp for my objects)

(Sceneryfolder and Texturefolder are on the same layer)

I did add my textures to my objects in 3DS Max from the same structure.

Is that right?

Other Problem: in Modelconverter X my textures are displaced.
In 3DS Max it looks good, but in Modelconverter the textures shoves over their place, where normally an other texture should be. So it's impossible to add more than one texture, but my project have some more objects in one file so it's necessary to use different textures, because it's impossible to use only one for all.
That prepares much more trouble :(

Any Idea?

thanks

regards comy
 
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As long as you add the TextureFolder to the texture search path in MCX you should be OK, I think.
 
Yes I did it and I can see my textures now, but the problem that my textures are displaced isn't solved. I did test it in Gmax and an other 3D viewer programm, which I found in the internet.

In every program I have the same problem with the .obj file, that my textures are displaced or go beyond the object.
Now, I can be sure that's not a problem of model converter, much more I think the problem is at my .bmp files.
Only in 3DS Max they are correctly displayed.
Any specifications to .bmp files to use in .obj files or other formats, which are necessary to get my object ready for fsx?
Or any other idea, about this problem?

It's can not be true that this should be the end of fsx development dreams:confused:

Thanks

regards comy

edit: it happens only, if I try to use more than one bitmap, means if I try to texture more than one object. With one object I can place the texture normally.
 
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okay this time I tried an other way, with a little success, but not really good.

I did export my object in 3DSmax to .3DS.

Imported it with Gmax and assigned the texture with the material editor of gmax. Then my textures are not displaced:)

That the good message.

Then I exported it directly from gmax to .mdl with the fsx gmax gamepack.

After that I used Library creator to get my bgl files and added it with ADE to FSX.

I saved all in Addon Scenery/Scenery folder of FSX.

My Textures did I copy to Addon Scenery/Texture.

I started fsx, opend the airport, my objects are displayed, but in black, not textures are shown.

May it's a further mistake in my .bmp files?

I did add them in gmax from my Projectfolder/texture. My Objects are in Projectfolder/Scenery.

But I saved my .bmp files in Photoshop as 24 bit R8 bmp file, because gmax couldn't read anything else. Can I do it so?

Or it's a failure in gmax fsx gamespack that I can not load extended bitmap/DXT?
 
Okay Okay, forget my last post. I am only too stupid:D

It works now, my texture is correctly displayed in fsx.

Now I only have to find out how to get my textures to better quality. I used a resolution 1024 * 1024 px. But they are a bit blurry.
 
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