.mdl structure

[lechouans]

I am  writing an editor and I 'd like to show the visual model so I am looking for the mdl file structure or (better) how to use the fs dll (g2d,g3d).
do you have some infos or links to help me

thanks in advance

[Felix/FFDS]

The mdl structure is described in the Model structure SDK from Microsoft... check the link in my signature for the Microsoft SDK download location.

[lechouans]

thanks Felix, in fact I need to know the BGL opcodes and format

[Travis]

What kind of editor?  Do you mean something that edits the model, or something that edits the textures, or something that edits the airfile.

I'm just curious.

[lechouans]

wysiwyg edition of simulation datas from aircraft.cfg, xx;air and xxx.mdl  

[Felix/FFDS]

That sounds like what Aircraft Container Manager does - to a certain extent.  ACM includes an MDL viewer. with which you can graphically place/move the contact points, lights, fuel locations, and enter different aircraft.cfg parameters.

Note that the current SDKs show the FS2002 model.  It appears that the FS9 MDL structure is *slightly* different, enought that ACM doesn't read it, but other programs, like Abacus' FS Repaint, can.

[lechouans]

right, but I saw ACM many weeks after I began to develop so I  complete my work.
However, there is a little difference: I'll show the geometry corresponding to parameters (thoses that interact with simulator model) . It's sometimes very different from the visual model.

[Travis]

Will yours be freeware?