Works in Progress

[Travis]

Hi all, more progress made on the B-25.
A little problem with exporting the model into the sim.
It was working befor I made some new parts but now does not showup in the flight sim.
Would any one know what might cause this.

Which parts?  What does it look like?  Screenies, please!

[flyboy4]

every thing shows up in G max but in the flight sim nothing shows up
here they are in g max


this is what I get in flight sim

[Felix/FFDS]

Do you have sound.cfg and panel.cfg files set up and properly aliased?

Did you set the proper contact points?

[flyboy4]

Yes panel cfg and sound cfg are all set up the right, even the contact points  are set up.
I had the plane working in the flight sim.
When I built the propellers for the model and exported it, that is when it did't show up in F. S.
I also get a bunch of arrows when I use the select and rotate with multpull parts selected.

[Travis]

What about the heirarchy?  Do you have the exterior/interior dummies correctly located and/or linked?  It looks to me as though nothing was exported into the model file.  Does it show up in the aircraft selection window?

[Tweek]

Ooo, nice! Can't wait for that Iskra

[Mr.Mugel]

Can

[flyboy4]

I have the main parts located and linked corect.
No it doesn't show up in the aircraft selection window.
I well check the heirarchy.

[SkyNoz]

Is the aircraft positioned at (0,0,0) coordinates? And make sure all parts are appiled to the "Exterior" group or "Interior". I can't think of anything else besides what has already been said, hope my info helps, good luck and nice models.

[flyboy4]

This is what I'm getting now a error log file with all the parts having this error.
This is most likely it.
I just started getting this error after unlinking the parts.
I then relinked all the parts but still get the same error.
How do i go about fixing all of this?
(Part fuse_00) Found colocated vertices within triangle
   ( 0.000000,-0.318766, 0.277960)
   ( 0.000000,-0.306280, 0.284349)
   (-0.000694,-0.318818, 0.277933).

[SkyNoz]

[quote]This is what I'm getting now a error log file with all the parts having this error.
This is most likely it.
I just started getting this error after unlinking the parts.
I then relinked all the parts but still get the same error.
How do i go about fixing all of this?
(Part fuse_00) Found colocated vertices within triangle

[Travis]

Colocated Vertices=two or more vertices with the same (or very similar) coordinates in the scene.

A very easy fix for this:

Select the offending object (named in the error file)

Sub-object Modification --> Vertex

Select ALL vertices on the object

Set "Selected" number (under WELD) to 0.01

Click "Selected" button until the message "No vertices within weld threshold" shows up.

[flyboy4]

Good news! I fixed all the errors and the plane showed up in F.S. so the welding worked.
I Thank you all for your help and coments.
Work will resume on the B,C,G models of the B-25.
As fare as the VC, I'm still not shure on how to go about building it and naming the parts. Is there a good Tut. for VC's, if not maybe one of you guys well help in the making of the VC. Thank you.

[Travis]

Check my signature for the link to the FS2k4 SDKs.  There's a Gmax one in there that has all the names for all the parts that you could possibly ever need.

I also downloaded a script awhile back that makes it possible to simply click a button and have the part named correctly, called TagTool.  Just scroll down a bit on that page and you'll see it.

BTW, if you are really needing expert technical advice, that forum (Free Flight Design Shop) is one of the very best.

[flyboy4]

I'm back with more pics of my B-25 projects.
Models C G H J
G model

J model

C model

H model