as my previous post has gone unread, i thought i'd post again here it goes:

i'm having this problem when i try to export my plane to FS

i get an error message that says:

'MakeMDL was not found, or was not able to convert c:\gmax\gamepacks\fltsim\ximango into MDL format. check your system path to ensure MakeMDL is on it.'

then i get 'Export Module Failure'

and i can't export.

this is what the log file says:

Running model

Start! (C:\gmax\gamepacks\FlightSim\ximango)
Loading X C:\gmax\gamepacks\FlightSim\ximango...
Error in exporter: Mismatch between # vertex faces (467682) and # normal faces (907706) in part Sphere03.
Error!
Error!

now here is where things get weird.
there is NO part named Sphere03 

when i hit H to select by name, i find no sphere03 even with all grups open.
i'm thinking maybe it's a part that was renamed to something else but gmax still calls it sphere03...

so what do i do now?

the problem has changed

i think MakeMDL does not want me to finish this plane

i messed around with the model a bit and some things changed

now when i try to export, MakeMDL crashes, i get the same 'MakeMDL was not found' message, and i still can't export.

now the log file is empty

what now???

i think my problem is MakeMDL, not the model

i did some testing, and i found out that even a plain box won't export because of this error.