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Alphasim PBM-3D Mariner for CFS2 posted

Captain Kurt

Captain Kurt

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Converting the Alpha PBM-3D Mariner

I'm working on converting the Alpha Sim Martin PBM-3D Mariner to CFS2, but I need some help. Everything is going well on the project except that the right side flaps won't lower - the left side work fine. Anyone know how to, or would volunteer to fix the model animation? It's beyond my meager skills. It's a great model but this glitch kind of spoils it.

Thanks in advance.View attachment 75975
 
Hi Kurt ,

It's an "F Switch" thing, you need to add to when converting to cfs2 ... here's a script , just copy & give it a bat extension & you're good to go. rename model name accordingly ,6 chars only.


cls
echo off


copy PBM-5A.mdl PBM-5A.md8
MDLC /f PBM-5A.md8 PBM-5A.md2
MDLC /t PBM-5A.md2 PBM-5A.mdt
MDLC /c PBM-5A.mdt PBM-5A.md2 f


pause
 
Mav, thank you that did the trick !!

B24 guy, thank you for offering your help.

Love this forum. :salute:
 
I just uploaded a CFS2 conversion of the Alphasim PBM-3D Mariner. Hopefully it will be approved and available soon.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Yanks here. :USA-flag:

Cockpit panel instruments changed to CFS2 gauges

Updated aircraft config file.

New .dp file

Updated air file.
 
Pretty work Capt.

Can't wait to download your newest. Not at home currently, but returning Saturday, and will try her out then.
 
Reply...

Captain Kurt,

This is an outstanding job, thank you so very much! :wavey:
 
4 Bladed prop texs for Alpha Mariner

Very nice ac, looks good in CFS2.

It is a four bladed prop ac, and the standard texs are poor. Here are replacements (zip file underneath the pic), just un-pack and overwrite the two prop files in each of the tex files.



Cheers

Shessi
 
mav said:
Hi Kurt ,

It's an "F Switch" thing, you need to add to when converting to cfs2 ... here's a script , just copy & give it a bat extension & you're good to go. rename model name accordingly ,6 chars only.


cls
echo off


copy PBM-5A.mdl PBM-5A.md8
MDLC /f PBM-5A.md8 PBM-5A.md2
MDLC /t PBM-5A.md2 PBM-5A.mdt
MDLC /c PBM-5A.mdt PBM-5A.md2 f


pause
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Sorry am not an expert in conversions but can you help me telling me where i must write the above orders in mdlc and also which version must use

thanks
 
Hi Nik,
In your main mdlc folder, right mouse click and select NEW and then make a new TEXT DOCUMENT. Do not rename it at the moment. Copy and paste and save, as is, Mavs' script into the text document. Then re-name this from New Text Document.txt to mdlc.bat.

Make sure any ac mdl you wish to convert is named as 6 or less characters, ie. abcdef.mdl. Then to auto-convert your mdls, just drag the ac mdl onto the mdlc.bat file. It will auto convert creating a abcdef.md2 file at the end. Rename the file to the ac mdl file you want, and change the file extension from *.md2 to *.mdl.

And use MDLC 1.90.

Yiamas!

Shessi
 
Yiasou Shessi

I tried it but no luck. I followed your instructions -renamed it to xx.mdl and also at the script (PBM-5A) to xx. I used the morton's mdlcv2 folder cause i d/l mdlc 1.90 and it didn't worked. The results were the same. Opened bomb-bay doors.
By the way i try to convert RCS b25 newest version cause it has nice skins

ps: take a look at the pic. These are the contents of the mdlc 190 folder after unpacking.

cheers:guinness::jump:
 
Nik,
Make a copy of the whole MDLC folder and name it something like MDLC2. Replace the mdlc.ini and DictGuid.txt files within this folder with the ones in the zip file attached here. That should do it!

Shessi
 
Ahhh, I see what's happening now!!

There are different ways to carry out the batch file conversion way. Here's a simpler way.

When you want to convert any ac, change the mdl name to, x.mdl. Place in your main mdlc folder. Double click on the below batch file and it WILL auto convert the mdl. You will end up with several x. files (oooh...ohhh spooky! ;)). Take the x.md2 file and change to the full name of the original mdl, and change the file extension from .md2 to mdl, then put in your ac model folder in cfs2.

Make a new batch file as in the way I previously described, using the below data.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

cls
echo off


MDLC /f x.mdl x.md8
MDLC /t x.md8 x.mdt
MDLC /c x.mdt x.md2 f


pause

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Also you are using mdlc 117, which is an old version, here is mdlc 190 attached. Use the mdlc.ini and the DictGuid.txt in my last post.


Cheers

Shessi
 
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