The Hellbird and some problems with Panda

[HarvesteR]

hello again

i have ventured again into FS design, and started working on a little plane i created

i call it the Hellbird, a post-apocalyptic multi-purpose aircraft

here it is:





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[Travis]

Not sure on your issue with the Panda exporter, but I believe the issue with the interior/exterior thing is related to using groups instead of linkage.  Try creating two dummy objects, name them INTERIOR and EXTERIOR.  Now link the bits to them in the obvious ways.  Make sure you position both dummies at the 0,0,0 position.

BTW, your Hellbird looks remarkably similar to the P-21 Devastator from Crimson Skies.

[HarvesteR]

ahh you noticed...

it was inspired by the Devastator... i wanted to make a similar plane but with a tandem seat configuration and these cool canard ruddervators  ;D... i dont know if they

[HarvesteR]

ok i just tried linking all parts to the dummies as recommended.... didn

[HarvesteR]

happy news today, i managed to figure out how to get the DVC in FS

you need to take a different approach than what we are used to doing in Gmax...

no groups, no linkage... what you need to do is create 2 separate models in 3d Max, one for the exterior and one for the VC... export them as "plane.X" and "plane_interior.X" or anything like that

then in MakeMDL, load the exterior model on the input box as usual, then (here