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I have a model of a starfighter from the Wing Commander video game series that is nearing completion, the model is a Conferderation Hellcat MK. 5 medium fighter as seen in WC 3 and 4.  The model is being built in gmax, the only problem is that I don't know how to make the other associated files for it so it will run in fs2004.  If anyone is willing to make the files, I can e-mail the model to you.  Also if you can help me with making landing gear for it will also be helpful.  

an easy way to put your model in FS is to simply copy the folder of some other plane, then replace the MDL flie with that of your plane/spaceship

(you need to first export the model from Gmx into MDL format, that's what MakeMDL is for)

what happens next is that in FS, your plane will behave like the plane you switched it with

your aircraft may not look right, it might hover or appear half-burried in the ground when landed

to correct that you have to edit the contact points (this is done outside of Gmax)...
there are a few good tutorials on how to do that and other stuff out there, be sure to look for them

hope it helps

Moach

Thanks, do you know which website would have those tutorials?

I have tried the method you had suggested, and it doesn't work.  The aircraft doesn't show up in the program.