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Hi I Am Using FSDSv3 And I have my aircrafts exterior in a file called exterior.x and my VC and Virtua Cabin in a file called Interior.x But I cannot find a way to compile them together, using MakeMDL. I Think I got it correct but when I go into fs9 I see my Virtual Cockpit on the outside and when I go far away such as from the control towers view I see my external of the aircraft but when It flys close I see it all of a sudden change back to my VC. Can someone please help me I have spent many months working on this thing and I dont want it to be messed up! Thanks
 
you don't have to merge the vc and the external model together. they must go into two SEPERATE mdl files! Later, you define what's interior and exterior in your model.cfg in the model folder.

well thats how it is in FSX... should be the same in FS9
 
N350CA said:
Hi I Am Using FSDSv3 And I have my aircrafts exterior in a file called exterior.x and my VC and Virtua Cabin in a file called Interior.x But I cannot find a way to compile them together, using MakeMDL. I Think I got it correct but when I go into fs9 I see my Virtual Cockpit on the outside and when I go far away such as from the control towers view I see my external of the aircraft but when It flys close I see it all of a sudden change back to my VC. Can someone please help me I have spent many months working on this thing and I dont want it to be messed up! Thanks
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When compiling the .x files manually, you select the xxx_interior.x file in MakeMDL.exe and it will automatically find, load and compile the xxx_exterior.x file into a single .mdl for you.

I have to ask though, why on earth are you complicating the issue so much? After all, the whole purpose of FSDSv3 is to make everything seamless so that you won't HAVE to do any "manual stuff..." :eek:
 
nlgfx said:
you don't have to merge the vc and the external model together. they must go into two SEPERATE mdl files! Later, you define what's interior and exterior in your model.cfg in the model folder.

well thats how it is in FSX... should be the same in FS9
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It is not... FS9 & prior versions will accept only one combined model file...
 
N350CA said:
Hi I Am Using FSDSv3 And I have my aircrafts exterior in a file called exterior.x and my VC and Virtua Cabin in a file called Interior.x But I cannot find a way to compile them together, using MakeMDL. I Think I got it correct but when I go into fs9 I see my Virtual Cockpit on the outside and when I go far away such as from the control towers view I see my external of the aircraft but when It flys close I see it all of a sudden change back to my VC. Can someone please help me I have spent many months working on this thing and I dont want it to be messed up! Thanks
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Since you are using FSDS3, why are you manually compiling the two models?

Your Main model should be in the FSDS main model page. Your VC should be in the VC model page (with the model properties tagged as virtual cockpit).

When compiling, FSDS will take both models and compile them correctly.


IF you are compiling to FS-X, you'll have to wait for FSDS3.5 to have the separate exterior and interior models compiled.
 
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