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FSX tutorial 3
FS9 FSX
material FSX
FS9 FSX
1. model object Attach List model
LOD object attach object
material 1 counter check in LOD LOD

( 1) counter model
attach
Attach list ( model
) ( 2-3)
2. Material Navigator select
material model
material
draw call
material draw call
polygon ID
model polygon 12, 11
10 ( 5) polygon 11
10 ( 4) material

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3. polygon select by ID ( 6) Select by Material

ID polygon polygon ID 12 ( 8)

( 7) model poly F2 (
9) ID 10 10 polygon 12

4. polygon ID ID 10
polygon 11,12 10 material 11
12 material
5. polygon material
draw call

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6. material 3 ( 15) ID ID 1,2

9 13 polygon ID 9 14 3 15
3 FSX material

7. click 16 NEW material box

Standard, Multi-Material FlightSimX

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8. material tutorial FSX material ( 17)Diffuse, Self
illuminated, Bump specular mapping (

material ) material navigator

FS9 material mapping

polygon ID 1 FS9 ( 18) Polygon model

apply ( 19) material material ID 1
20 Material FSX
9. material
ID apply polygon
ID Model

FSX version
21
10. export

FS9
1
GUID model
menu FStool
menu

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11. window LOD and GUID tools 22 Friendly Name
info

file
name

LOD file name

Rename the LODs to
match Filename!
12. window

menu file
properties
tab Custom
Guid
GUID

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24 copy XML
13. export folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\BGL Compiler
SDK folder copy file folder BglComp.exe,
BGLscan.exe file dll folder MDL folder

Project copy file MDL project

14. export file mdl XML
<FSData version="9.0" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="bglcomp.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/ XMLSchema-instance">
<SceneryObject lat="13.6965822432033" lon="100.749636368963" alt="0" pitch="0" bank="0"
heading="0" altitudeIsAgl="TRUE" imageComplexity="NORMAL">
<LibraryObject name="{3d3e67e3-ae26-4501-bb64-436d1c265d84}" scale="1.0" />
<AttachedObject attachpointName="attachpt_beacon_30" >
<Beacon type="CIVILIAN" baseType="AIRPORT" />
</AttachedObject>
</SceneryObject>
<ModelData sourceFile="MaintowerFx.MDL" />
</FSData>

xml fs9 copy copy

GUID 24 MDL
save text file xml FS9 xml
bglcomp.exe bgl folder scenery
15. texture DDS image tool folder
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X
SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Terrain SDK

DDS texture folder texture scenery mipmap

save as DDS folder FSX texture save DXT5

FS9 FSX
exclude SbuilderX
tutorial SbuilderX

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tutorial FSX

model
vertex

texture
model texture
texture
texture

material FSX apply model

mapping unwrapped
Export FSX

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