What's wrong here?

[Boeing27]

Okay I'm trying to make a NASCAR Dodge car for MSFS2004. When I export it from GMAX, MakeMDL, Middleman, MdlCommander, etc. it takes 2 hours to export and once it's finished and I make it an FS2004 aircraft that works, only half the car shows up but all of my textures show up. I'm not making a VC for it at the moment. The MDL file is 2.56MB. Heres a picture:

[Felix/FFDS]

Post a wireframe screenshot of your gmax model ....  if it's taking that long to compile, I think you're overmodelling

[Boeing27]

There are about 24 parts to the model.

[Felix/FFDS]

I wanted to see a wireframe shot to see how dense is your mesh.

[Travis]

How many polys is the total car?  My Bugatti is around 60,000 total, and it only masses 1.84 Mb.  So I'm guessing yours is WAAAAAYYYYY too big.  If its too big, that may explain why you're not getting all the parts.  Gmax will only export certain amounts of polys.  If its too big, it may just disregard everything after a certain point in the export process.

[Boeing27]

It has 173215.  :o Woah, that's alot isn't it. I guess i'll have to un-animate the wheels of the car because that's probably what's taking up all the space. I can't wait until the Nascar is done, the FS community will see something new. This will be a Halloween treat for them.  :)

[Travis]

It has 173215.  :o Woah, that's alot isn't it. I guess i'll have to un-animate the wheels of the car because that's probably what's taking up all the space. I can't wait until the Nascar is done, the FS community will see something new. This will be a Halloween treat for them.  :)

You're putting in too much detail, is the problem.  I would just try bringing the poly count down for each item.  You shouldn't need more than around 45,000 polys for something like that.

[Katahu]

I think the maximum number of polygons allowed by Makemdl is around 60,000. However, I wouldn't want to go that far.

[Travis]

I think the maximum number of polygons allowed by Makemdl is around 60,000. However, I wouldn't want to go that far.

I'm pretty sure that's not true.  My M-505 Junglecat has over 85,000 polys and MakeMDL doesn't ever give me problems with it.

[Fr. Bill]

I think the maximum number of polygons allowed by Makemdl is around 60,000. However, I wouldn't want to go that far.

I'm pretty sure that's not true.