posted 01-22- 11:28 AM               

I broke down and bought (registered) AC3D last week. I played with it this weekend and have a question. What do you use to export the file for use in Open Plane Studio? I exported the file in .ol format and received a "invalid record or enexpected data" message when using Hippies tools to create a .sm file. When I open the file in OPS, no model exists. What am I doing wrong?

posted 01-22- 11:43 AM               

Did you first import the aircraft into AC3D? Here are the basic steps:

1. Fins the .sm file for the aircraft you want to work with.

2. Use Hippie's SMD tools to extarct the aircraft into the .ol and .lod files.

3A: Import the entire aircraft using .ol import, point it to the .ol file you created in staep 1.

3B: Or... import the LOD you want to edit into AC3D using Hippie's LOD import plugin.

If you chose 3A, you must read Hippie's readme very carefully! This is a big hack to use Ac3D, but it is very clever! You need to play by the rules... and there are some bugs, but most things work fine. I do not use this method yet, except to test it and see how it works- I want to use it

If you chose 3B, things work perfectly. Just edit the LOD file in AC3D, or create a new one! Export it with the same LOD name when you are done. Then re-compile your sm file using Hippie's OLC tool, the new LOD will be in the game!

Look here for more info:
http://www.schoolmusic.com/chickencoop/se5a/index.htm

And ask all the questions you want here, sometimes it is faster just to ask- we don't mind answering

I love AC3D for OpenPlane... thanks to Hippie's tools of course