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FS2004 Turn off Warnings in FS9 makemdl.cfg

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John Young

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I'm sure somebody could tell me how to turn on "Ignore Warnings" in FS9 makemdl please? I obviously can't do that directly in the options settings because the screen doesn't appear when exporting, but I could probably add a line to the makemdl.cfg file. At the moment the check box is blank.

I'm trying to overcome an irritating problem. I have built an AI aircraft with 7 LODs in it and it exports fine. I then delete the fuel tanks in each LOD and replace them with ones of a different shape to make a different version of the aircraft. On exporting, I get a lot of co-located vertices warnings in other parts not influenced by the new tanks and the export fails. Of course there are co-located vertices in the model - for those parts that are cloned into some of the LODs. They all carry unique part name though, -01, -02,-03 etc.

I have tried Ignore Warnings=1 and Ignore_Warnings=1, but to no avail.

Thanks in anticipation,
John
 
I don't know if that is a valid choice. Here are the ones I know about:

Settings]
LastDir=C:\gmax\gamepacks\fs2004\plugins

[Options]
Debug=1
ViewLog=1
KeepErrorLog=1
Keep=1
I8=1
I=0
FullMat=1
Deffallback=1
WeldPoints=0 // turns OFF WeldPoints!
Optimize=0 // turns OFF Optimize!
Flatten=0
NoAnimate=0
HasReflectMap=1
HasNightMap=0
HasLightMap=1
HasDamageMap=0
NegateZ=1
NoLeftToRight=0
SwapBH=0
Vis=0
Crash=0
XML=1

Another listing:

Crash
Crash2
Vis
Parts Visible Test
IFVIS Clip Test
BREAK
Break
DEBUG
Debug
SwapBH
Swap Bank And Heading
r
NoLeftToRight
z
NegateZ
DamageMap
HasDamageMap
LightMap
HasLightMap
NightMap
lm
HasNightMap
rm
ReflectMap
HasReflectMap
NoAnimate
No Animations
Flat
Flatten
Optimize
Info
GenInfo
DLL
Write Dll
b
Batch
Batch Mode
Weld
WeldPoints
SpecularCanopy
Specular Canopy Hack
DefFallback
Default Fallback
Default Fallback Color
FullMat
Use Full Material
SoftMat
Soft Image Material
TexPage
Texture Page Hack
i
Ignore Bad Normals
i8
Ignore Bad Triggers
il
Ignore Libraries
Keep
Keep Files
KeepErrorLog
View
View Model
ViewBGL
View BGL
ViewLog
View Error Log

Hope this helps,
 
Thanks Tom. I tried substituting your first block, but that had no effect.

I read a post elsewhere that suggested switching off the 3 "Ignore" options, but it didn't say how. The first one "Ignore bad triggers" is switched off already, I just need to switch off the other two.

John
 
I would assume:

Ignore Bad Normals = 1
Ignore Libraries = 1
 
Thanks, but unfortunately not Tom, those have no effect. It's actually the "Ignore Warnings" box I want to check so makemdl stops bringing up these false errors and stopping the export. Why couldn't makemdle options have a "save" button (grrrrr).

John
 
If this is for creating aircraft, you could use Middleman to interrupt the compiling process and let you check the Ignore Warnings box. Find a file from Bill Leaming which has the whole setup available for download.

But warnings don't usually stop the file from compiling, AFAIK?
 
Thanks Tom. I've now got Middleman so I'll try that. If not I'll do it the hard way and re-do the parts with the offending vertices.
 
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