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Oct 24th, 2004 at 5:16pm

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Anyone know anything about the periscope?  The Spirit of St Louis has it on both the 2D panel as well as the VC.  How can I create my own periscope.  It's listed in the MakeMDL animations, so it must be possible to use.

I set it up using linear animation, 0-100.  0 being closed and 100 being open, just as the SDK says.  But it doesn't work in the sim.  I can't even figure out if it should have seperate controls or what.

Any help, other than the SDK stuff, would be greatly appreciated!

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Reply #1 - Oct 24th, 2004 at 7:10pm

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That one even I figured out ... Smiley

Since it's a VC only animation/part , so while you can have it as a en exterior view, the only way to make it work is by clicking and dragging in the VC view.  You can then see the effects in either a spot view window, or changing to the outside view.
 
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Reply #2 - Oct 24th, 2004 at 7:25pm

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Okay.  I got that, now.  But here's the reall problem.

I can't move any of the parts in any of my VC's by clicking on them, and I think I just realized what the issue might be.  I'm pretty sure I've been using the MakeMDL package for FS2002, so the MakeMDL isn't registering the newer commands.

Anyone have a dunce's cap? Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #3 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 1:51am

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Oi!  What a pain . . .

Now that I have the newest MakeMDL version downloaded and installed, I'm getting a whole new error message.

I didn't install directly from the installer to the home directory.  I loaded everything into a blank and empty folder on my desktop and then transferred it into the proper spots.  MakeMDL went into the plugins folder in Gmax, along with the XML thingie that came with it.  The rest of the stuff went into a seperate folder elsewhere, but they were only word documents.

So, now I try to export and get a message saying MakeMDL was unable to find MSXML4.dll and then I get dropped back into Gmax.  I was not having this problem at all before this . . .

Does anyone know what this *.dll is supposed to be, as well as where I might find it if I have somehow erased it or some such?
 
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Reply #4 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 8:52am

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You’re missing the needed MSXML4.dll. You can find it in the FS root folder and copy it over to the System32 folder or better yet use the
msxml.msi
 installer. There won't be any doubt doing it this way. By the way are you using Middleman or perhaps MDLCommander?

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Reply #5 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 10:21am

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Quote:
Middleman or perhaps MDLCommander


Both.  Please don't tell me they don't work with the new MakeMDL . . . Embarrassed
 
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Reply #6 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 10:33am

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Middleman will cause problems if you try to export scenery mdl.

MDLCommander works on my system. To date no bugs found.

Either way you go, you'll need to rename makemdl.parts to the new name that MakeMDL.exe is changed to if you decide to use Middleman and or MDLCommander in the export pipe.

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Reply #7 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 10:46am

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Okay, how do I use this msxml.msi thing?  It doesn't run like a regular prog when I click it.  The icon is the generic one for windows that means it doesn't recognize it.
 
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Reply #8 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 11:06am

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Not sure what the problem is. The application is a direct down load from Microsoft. Here is the actaul

web page
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Did you save it to your PC? I ran the installer just this morning with no problem as I recently installed a new HD and OS.

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Reply #9 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 4:16pm

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Okay, I'm gonna say that I understand what you're talking about and just pretend I didn't want to do it in the first place. Roll Eyes

I download the thingie.

I double-click on the thingie.

The thingie asks what to do.

I tell the thingie to go F#@K itself.

The thingie doesn't work.

Gmax doesn't work.

I can't convert my aircraft.

This is such crap.
 
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Reply #10 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 4:36pm

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Sorry you feel that way. You’re the only one I’ve come across that’s had trouble running installation.

Maybe someone else can help you.

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Reply #11 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 5:35pm

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I'm not using Windows XP with this computer.  Its still 98.  Could that be the issue?
 
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Reply #12 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 5:45pm

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Ouch,

Yep that would be the problem. Shame on me  Embarrassed to assume you would be using XP.

Not sure what you’re going to do now. I'll see if I can dig up something comparable for 98. Um, is it 98 or one of the 98 spin offs?

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Reply #13 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 5:56pm

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Microsoft Windows 98
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If that helps . . .
 
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Reply #14 - Oct 25th, 2004 at 5:57pm

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Travis,

You might have some luck with just the MSXL cab. You can find it
here
. I tried this approach once in the past when I had trouble with BGLComp. It was unsuccessful though. Might be different for you and 98 perhaps.

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