Once you copy the .xml and .mod files to the bglcomp folder, grab the .xml file and drop it on the bglcomp.exe file. The dos window should flash by and if there were no errors the .bgl should appear in the same folder.

Or copy the 3 lines below and paste in to a new text file (notepad). Save the file as compile.bat in the bglcomp folder. Double click on compile.bat and bglcomp.exe will run and compile all .xml files in the folder. The dos window will persist so you can see what files were compiled successfully,  or the errors if any.


rem This batch file will convert XML files to BGL files

bglcomp *.xml

pause



Dave  

Some progress:



I tried removing the "name = huge weird alpha-numeric number" from the "ModelData line", and got a BGL, but it did not show up in the sim.

Still scratching head.   

Is this for FS9 or FSX?

Could you post  the link (or at least the package name and author) to the original package?

Dave

Thanx, already found it..working off the stardd xml entry  

I compiled at new location in both FS9 and FSX, using bglcomp from the FS2004 Bglcomp SDK. Everything worked fine.

Start over...

Copy the .xml and .mod for either model from the original unzip to your bglcomp folder. Do not rename anything at this point, simply edit the xml to change location (coordinates, alt, heading) as you wish. Save the xml. (Edit only in notepad or an xml editor, not wordpad or others as they can add formatting bits that screw things up.)

Run compile.bat to create the .bgl. You should not get any errors. Now rename the .bgl to anything you like. If you have the original starships installed in the sim, simply copy the new .bgl to it's \scenery\ sub folder...else create a new scenery area in the usual way, and add it to your scenery library.

Dave

Note: contrary to the readme file, you do not need the .xml and .mod files in your FS* scenery folder (though it won't hurt anything), only the .bgls and the textures.

Don't know where Vista might fit in the equation, I run XP. Also I don't have  the FSX SDK.  Jon (Scruffyduck) might be able to shed some light if he stops back.

If you want to give the FS2004 Bglcomp SDK a try, it's here: http://scenery.org/tutorials_fs2k4_SDK.htm. It can later be removed from the control panel or by re-running the installer.

To make Bglcomp easier to get at, after installation I created a Bglcomp folder on my desktop. I then copy the bglcomp.exe and bglcomp.xsd files to that folder along with the compile.bat file. ( none of the other files from the install are needed).

Dave

Boikat,

Found Lionheart's 'suprcrr.zip' at flightsim.com and installed..

The 'bglcomp.exe' in the \lionheart\ folder is from the FS2004 SDK, but is missing the required 'bglcomp.xsd' file, also from the FS2004 SDK.  Without it bglcomp.exe should error, saying only that it 'could not find bglcomp.xsd.......failed to process the .xml'.

As your's did attempt to process, with errors, have you perhaps placed a different bglcomp.xsd file in the folder (from the FSX SDK)? That might explain the error "......attribute 'name'..........in DTD\schema".

If that's the case then either get the correct bglcomp.xsd file for/from the FS2004 Bglcomp SDK, or try Paul's suggestion using the FSX SDK.

Dave