Simviation Forum - Converting .mdl to .gmax

Jul 27^th, 2009 at 7:01pm

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I thought it couldn't be done? I've seen a few default aircraft converted to be used in GMax. How is this done?

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Reply #1 - Jul 28^th, 2009 at 9:09pm

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INtersting - can you point out some of your "finds" ???

I'd be interested.

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Reply #2 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 5:09am

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Hi Felix

My thought is that these are the availiable source models not decompiled MDLs

I read somewhere the Dak and others were around, something to do with FS.X, I think But I've never looked into it Undecided

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Reply #3 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 7:21pm

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IF it's the DAK (DC-3/C-47) heck, that came out with the SDK, and it was converted to gmax over a year ago. We had it in FSDS about six months before Microsoft had the gmax version on their site.

If it's any of the other defaults, then, other than the FS9 Jenny, I'm not too sure that they would be "legal" conversions.

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Reply #4 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 7:27pm

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Felix/FFDS wrote on Jul 28^th, 2009 at 9:09pm:

INtersting - can you point out some of your "finds" ???

I'd be interested.

There are two I can remember. One is this Mod to the default Bell 206 by Owen Hewitt. Find it here (Not the source file, but the flyable aircraft)
This goes to a page on Hovercontrol.com

Another is the default FS2004 Piper Cherokee 180 converted to gmax and made flyable. It was retextured and made looking really good. The gmax file is included.
link to download page on Flightsim.com

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Reply #5 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 10:40pm

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The default Cherokee sorce file is included with the GMAX pack in FS2002.

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Reply #6 - Jul 29^th, 2009 at 11:59pm

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Oh

But what about the Bell 206?

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Reply #7 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 5:35pm

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I have no clue about that. Embarrassed

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Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2009 at 9:51pm

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There are "tons' of retextured default aircraft around. I dare say that most CFS2 aircraft, for example, have been repainted and uploaded for FS2004 ....

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Reply #9 - Jul 31^st, 2009 at 6:15am

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Retextured????.... or re mapped???

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Reply #10 - Jul 31^st, 2009 at 8:22am

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garryrussell wrote on Jul 31^st, 2009 at 6:15am:

Retextured????.... or re mapped???

Garry

The "defaults" that I've seen have been re-released repaints with the model. The easiest way to check is viewing the texture names.

When I was researching Hellcat (F6F) models, I saw that *most* out there (at the time 2006) were the CFS2 stock Hellcat ported to FS2004, not true FS2004 new models.

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