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Where is the FS2002 gamepack?

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I am having trouble finding the gamepack on the fs2002 pro disks.
I found in disk 2 a gmax.cab. I opened it and found a flightsim folder.
However the folder that says gamepack only has 1 file called "imagetool.exe"
There is another folder that says plugins and that has "FSModelEXP.dle" and "Makemdl.exe". There is also a gmax.ini on the flightsim folder, however, there is no gmaxe. exe to run the fs2002 gamepack, I only see those 3 files related to fs. I have not found anything related to gmax on disk 1 which is apparently where it is supposed to be. Please help. :confused:
 
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I didn´t use the FS2002 gamepack since ModelConverterX has the feature that converts a ground poly so it doesn´t flicker any more.
So if this is your intention, it makes life much easier making the ground polys with Gmax and the FSX gamepack and than use the wizard of MCX to convert it.

Don´t know, if there is any other reason using the old FS2002 gamepack.
But perhaps you need it for a different purpose?!
 
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jdberg said:
I didn´t use the FS2002 gamepack since ModelConverterX has the feature that converts a ground poly so it doesn´t flicker any more.
So if this is your intention, it makes life much easier making the ground polys with Gmax and the FSX gamepack and than use the wizard of MCX to convert it.

Don´t know, if there is any other reason using the old FS2002 gamepack.
But perhaps you need it for a different purpose?!
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I need it in order to follow the the sim pilot ground polygon tutorial, otherwise I will be lost. If you can provide a tutorial on how to use the model converter x program to import stuff to FS using the fsx gamepack, then I would appreciate it if you could prove the link. :)
 
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Please can you explain a little how it is, I'm very limited learning with the video tutorials.:eek:,
Btw a question, this method could be applied to sloped runways ?, I see a it as improbable.
 
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You do the same way you do ground poly, Polygon, lofting, mapping etc.
Then you export the thing you want by any game pack, Fsx or FS2004.
You wil get mdl.
Use ground polygon wizard in ModelConverterX (latest release) and choose mdl that you just exported. Choose the layers for each texture in the number of 4, 8, 12 ,16 ,20 .... Then export it right to your Addon Scenery/...Your Project.../Scenery folder.
Then Ground poly is yours. No need to tweak code, move files. It works great. Try it.
 
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Thanks for the answer, I am making a sloped runway and I thought the flickering would be lesser (very naive here), so I must apply ground poly wizard, by what you say all polygons must be filtered, I mean runway, lofting for the lines (numbers, taxilines, etc), must be treated with polygon wizard,interesting.
 
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It support just only flat ground poly. If you have other poly that is not lying flat on the ground, it will be filtered out.
I tried that with my 3d grass and it wrecked up my grass. Even I check out the check box "filter out non ground poly".
 
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Tejal Bernardo said:
Some one understood this statement, I don't know what mean
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No tienes que usar el gamepack de FS2004. Si usas el programa model converter x, puedes user en gamepack de fsx, salvar el modelo como .mdl desde gmax, y usar el ground polygon wizard in model converter x para convertir el .mdl a .bgl

Puedes bajar model converter x desde aqui.
http://www.scenerydesign.org/latest-release/latest_development_releases_package.zip

y seguir este video para aprender como usarlo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GJz5mDmCdA&list=UU_KG03J-8RvKj_smh0QU75g&index=16&feature=plcp

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You don't have to use the fs2004 gamepack. If you use model converter x, you can use the fsx gamepack, save the model as a .mdl from Gmax and use the ground polygon wizard in model converter x to convert the .mdl file into a .bgl.

You can download model converter x from here
http://www.scenerydesign.org/latest-release/latest_development_releases_package.zip

and you can learn to use it using this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GJz5mDmCdA&list=UU_KG03J-8RvKj_smh0QU75g&index=16&feature=plcp
 
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Hola Deltaromeo, preguntaba porque al intentar el ground poly, me pedia Scasm, y daba error, por eso no lo entiendo, si conozco MCX por supuesto.
De todas maneras estoy viendo que voy a tener problemas, la pista es una maldita pista con pendiente (sloped runway), y el resultado es muy malo, gracias por contestar.
Yes, but I asked because Mcx when trying to make the Ground poly, ask me for the Fs2004 path and fail to export.
Anyway I will get problems trying to convert a sloped runway, which I think is imposible. nothing is perfect :cool:
 
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Tejal Bernardo said:
Hola Deltaromeo, preguntaba porque al intentar el ground poly, me pedia Scasm, y daba error, por eso no lo entiendo, si conozco MCX por supuesto.
De todas maneras estoy viendo que voy a tener problemas, la pista es una maldita pista con pendiente (sloped runway), y el resultado es muy malo, gracias por contestar.
Yes, but I asked because Mcx when trying to make the Ground poly, ask me for the Fs2004 path and fail to export.
Anyway I will get problems trying to convert a sloped runway, which I think is imposible. nothing is perfect :cool:
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Para que no te de el problema con el scasm tienes que bajar scasm desde aqui.
http://www.scasm.de/dat/sca296.zip

Luego tienes que abrir el .zip en alguna carpeta.

Despues en model converter x tienes que ir a "options" + "exporter settings" despues en la derecha bajo "BGL Writer" buscas donde dice "SCASM path" y decirle donde esta el programa scasm.

Si quieres aprender como hacer un sloped runway, puedes bajar este tutorial
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=4&id=4465

tienes que hacerte miembro pero es gratis.
 
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Tejal Bernardo

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Gracias DeltaRomeo, todo está controlado, por ahora el unico problema es que obtengo resultados muy extraños cuando hago un ground poly, incluso la pista (sloped runway) está hecha, pero ya te digo creo que encontrare problemas como los que te digo, creo que Mcx no trata sloped runways.saludos
The ony problem is the sloped runways and ground polygon wizard. but all is working "more or less" thanks
 
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