If that is your only export option, then you have either not installed the gamepack properly or you are using the wrong shortcut .lnk file to launch gMax. If the install is properly done, you should have a C:\gmax\gamepacks\FS2004\ directory. In this directory, there is a shortcut .lnk file that you need to copy to either your Desktop or Start Menu root directory and use it to launch gMax with and NOT the original gMax icon. This shortcut .lnk file contains specific instructions for loading the gamepacks gmax.ini and plugins.ini files. The command line looks like so:

%GMAXLOC%Gmax.exe -i gamepacks\FS2004\Gmax.ini -p gamepacks\FS2004\plugin.ini

When the FS2004 gamepack is properly installed you will have export options in the Save as Type dropdown:

Flightsim Cloud (*.CLD)
Flightsim Scenery Object (*.MDL)
Flightsim Aircraft Object (*.MDL)

The original shortcut does not load any gamepack and uses the default gmax.ini and plugins.ini files. The command line is like so:

C:\gmax\gmax.exe

The aircraft.cfg file and the *.air file, have nothing to do with gMax. When you build a new aircraft, you should start with these files from a simular plane and then modify them to fit your aircraft. The aircraft.cfg file is just a simple text file you can edit with notepad. The *.air file is already machine code, so you need a program like AirEdit or AircraftAirfileManager to edit them. The are several templates in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2004\Aircraft\templates\ directory to start with but be careful what you modify as these files control the flight dynamics of your aircraft.

Lou

also could i just copy and paste a air and CFG file to a folder with my design in it from a plain that is nearly the same and mod the CFG file? would that work?

Long story short, you have a log way to go when it comes to addon development for FS. I hope you have a lot of patience, because you're gonna need it.

Katahu:
I know every one keeps telling me that but i will learn if i keep at it and keep comeing to simviation

Firestriker:
I will check that site now and i will tell you how it goes

Thank's

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the Error from my last post says : MSXML4.DLL Could not be Loaded.Config files won't be read. Could someone please help me Fix this problem also when i make a house or something like that how can i put it where i want?

And how can i make a new pannel ?

Could someone please tell me what i need and exactly how i make a aircraft so i can fly it? i have got gmax and i have made a aircraft but i need to make it into a model and what do i do with a air and cfg file do i have to copy one from another plane? also how do i do textures? im just sick of all these errors and waiting. if someone could tell me what i need to do all at onece that would be verry good

Thank's

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ERRORS and possible solutions [these methods worked for me]:

Scale matrix error: Look for the object in question using the error logs generated by either Makemdl or Middleman [in Middleman, check the box to keep error logs]. The log will have a name of the object in question. Open Gmax, and select the object. Switch to vertex mode and select all vertices. In the modifier panel, click Selected under the title Weld [or any name in relation to that]. Click it a couple of times until a message says it can't find any more to weld. I suggest you do this to any that you suspect to be the culprit.

Scale has been applied error: This always happens to any object that has been key-frame animated. Select ALL objects that are key-framed and go to the Hierarchy tab in the Modify panel. Click Scale on the bottom. That should solve it. To be on the safe side, select Affect Pivot Point and then click Scale, then unselect Affect Pivot Point.

Location of Makemdl can't be found Error: Remember what I said about the FSModelExp.dle file?

Tips: Avoid using semi-spheres because they are sometimes the cause of problematic export errors. I think this is because semi-spheres tend to create collenear vertices that can greatly effect the export process.

If you are grouping objects to create an Exterior and Interior model, make sure that there are absolutely NO other grouped objects within the groups and that there are no objects accidentally over looked. Press H to view available objects. If grouping for the Exterior and Interior model, then those two groups should be the only ones appearing in the list. Stray objects can cause either the export process to create junk files, or make the visual model GIGANTIC in FS.

That is as much as I can reasonably tell you from the top of my head.

What files should be in the Make MDL SDK And where should they be put ?

Maby they are in the wrong place.

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