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.X and .XAnim

Osian

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Hello everyone,

I want to export my airplane from blender to FSX and I have a problem.
When I export it I get two files .X and .XAnim now I know that i have to use XTOMDL.exe and I tried with this UI version I found here and when exporting the /Anim tag active but when I open the model in FS or Modelconverterx there are no animations on my plane.
I've used the proper tags in blender and followed multiple tutorials but I cant get it right.

Please help
Thanks in advance.
 
No, you do not need to use XtoMDL since the Blender2FSX toolset can export to MDL directly.
 
I know I can export MDL's directly but i get this error and even though I read a lot of tutorials and watch some tutorials on YouTube I can't fix it
But I want to learn so :P
 

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It is the same one as I got, and still no solution (I have tried a lot of things with Dutcheeseblend).
Do you have Windows 8?
 
Have you installed the FSX SDK?
Have you initiated the toolset?
Have you tried it with a simple cube?
 
On all your questions the answer is yes.
With a simple cube I have the same error :\
 
What is the specific error you are getting please? I'm not asking about the error above,... I'm talking about Xtomdl error.
 
I have placed a screenshot in a post earlier.
 
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It appears that the path for the file is not correct or the file doesn't have write permissions. Goto the location of file and right-click... Click on properties tab... Look for read and write permissions
 
Which version of 2.75? There are 2.... a and b... There are 2 versions of 2.76 as well now... Which version @Osian are you using?
 
For reference you can drag and drop the x file onto a shortcut to xtomdl if you do the following:

Make a windows shortcut to xtomdl.

Right click on the shortcut and select target and add something like the following:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Modeling SDK\3DSM7\Plugins\XToMdl.exe" /XANIM /DICT:modeldef.xml /NOCRASH /BMP2DDS

The modeldef.xml needs to be in the same folder as xtomdl. You can change the locations of these if you like.

/XANIM tells xtomdl to use the .xanim file

/NOCRASH stops making a crash box, you should remove this for aircraft.

/BMP2DDS changes any references to BMP to DDS

Now all you need to do is drag and drop the .x file onto the shortcut and oingo boingo xtomdl will take the .x and .xanim and modeldel.xml files and make you a .MDL file and put it in te same folder as the .x file.
 
I FIXED IT !!!! ahaha the .XANIM file was names wrong by Blender and is was called TU334.x.xanim i had to remove the .x part.

Thanks guys
 
Ok... That sounds like a bug in the blender2Fsx then. If so... We need to verify that.
 
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