Information overload..

[Fr. Bill]

[quote]Nope!

[Boikat]

Thanks Fr. Bill, that's what I needed to know. I'm looking forward to getting things set up so i can do some add-ons, which from what I understand will cause me to lose what little hair I have left, cause great consternation, tie my brain into wee little knots, causeing me to post many more questions in the design forums, and have fun doing so.

I'm going to try someting simple first, which means it's going to end up being horribly complex for a first attempt, and will probably take months.  But once I get the hang of it, look forward some "weird" add-ons.  You can never have too much "weirdness" in life, I always say.  Well, that depends on the "class" of the "weirdness", I suppose...  ;)

[Boikat]

Well, I tried to load FSX Delux on the "C", and it said "FSX cannot be installed on the root directory", of something like that, so I did a conventional install (Uninstalled my original and reinstalled delux according to the "Clean Install" instructions in the FSX sticky).  I guess I'll have to put up with the inconvieniance.

I also installed the SDK and SP1

Ready to install GMAX...

I also already have DXTBMP, Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, Air Wrench (the unregistered version, I guess I'll have to cough up the $20.00 to get the capabilities I need)...  

Any other utilities I need that I don't know about?

[Fr. Bill]

If you are going to model for FSX, you need to know that DXTBMP.exe cannot create DDS files properly.

You will need to use the FSX version of Imagetool.exe to convert .psd or .tga bitmaps to DDS/DXT5 or DXT1 format.

[Fr. Bill]

Well, I tried to load FSX Delux on the "C", and it said "FSX cannot be installed on the root directory", of something like that,

You should have entered "C:\FSX" in that case. You can NOT simply enter "C:" because that would be trying to install to the root...  :o

[Boikat]

Well, I tried to load FSX Delux on the "C", and it said "FSX cannot be installed on the root directory", of something like that,

You should have entered "C:\FSX" in that case. You can NOT simply enter "C:" because that would be trying to install to the root...

[Boikat]

If you are going to model for FSX, you need to know that DXTBMP.exe cannot create DDS files properly.

You will need to use the FSX version of Imagetool.exe to convert .psd or .tga bitmaps to DDS/DXT5 or DXT1 format.

Thanks for the info on that.  At the moment I'm taking a break from mowing the Back Yard Jungle, but after I'm done, I'll look for the FX version of Imagetool.exe.

Thanks again for your advice and assistance!  :)

[Boikat]

I downloaded "Imagetool" V.3

Is there as FSX specific IT somewhere?

You said it was for converting psd and tga to DDS/DXT5 or DXT1 formats.  I'm probably getting way ahead of myself at this stage of the gme, but what are, and why would, or where would psd and tga files come into play?

[Fr. Bill]

[quote]I downloaded "Imagetool" V.3

Is there as FSX specific IT somewhere?

You said it was for converting psd and tga to DDS/DXT5 or DXT1 formats.

[Boikat]

Thanks again!  I'll just leave that ImageTool V.3 where it's at then

Like i said, information ovrload!