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How to see the repaint without running FSX

olderndirt said:
When I first bought FSRepaint, most aircraft presented textures for repaint but lately all I seem to get are gray images and no repaintable texture panels. Are there any published instructions, other than those with the software?
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There have been several updates to FSRepaint that address some compatibility issues for FSX aircraft and some FS9 portovers. You might want to start a support ticket with Abacus and let them know what you're experiencing and what version of FSRepaint you are currently running.:salute:
 
For those of you who use Model Converter X, how do you choose a livery to view? I think my version has a ghost in that it will only display one livery and not the one I want. I even deleted all liveries except the one I need and also deleted them from the aircraft config so there is only one left in FSX but somehow Model Converter X shows the deleted livery and not mine.

I found a button in MCX for Liveries but when I select the one I want nothing changes, it still shows the deleted livery.
 
falcon409 said:
This isn't freeware, but well worth the money. . . ."FSRepaint" from Abacus
I use it solely to check repaints in progress. I can open it full-screen and zoom in close to check critical areas of alignment. Just another suggestion worth looking into if you do a lot of repainting.
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I purchased FSRepaint from Abacus for FS9 and never could get the program to work. I asked Abacus for help repeatedly but they ignored me so I ended any relationship with Abacus at that point.
 
Not surprising Paul, I also have repeatedly sent support requests without even so much as an e-mail to say they were working on it. The program works fine for what I use it for, although it seems a bit quirky at times when displaying some dds format textures and even some FS9 portovers. Still my go-to program for quickly checking working liveries.
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
For those of you who use Model Converter X, how do you choose a livery to view? I think my version has a ghost in that it will only display one livery and not the one I want. I even deleted all liveries except the one I need and also deleted them from the aircraft config so there is only one left in FSX but somehow Model Converter X shows the deleted livery and not mine.

I found a button in MCX for Liveries but when I select the one I want nothing changes, it still shows the deleted livery.
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Weird! My copy shows the selected livery. It works with both default aircraft and my own models. I "think" I have the latest beta version installed. Don't see where the version number is displayed.

Best, Paul

Edit: No, I am running v 1.3.0.0 which is not a beta.
 
Thanks, let me ask you this, when you have the model in the viewer and you then select a livery how do you get that livery to show? Once I select the livery nothing happens so is there another button or a refresh to allow it to show?
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
Thanks, let me ask you this, when you have the model in the viewer and you then select a livery how do you get that livery to show? Once I select the livery nothing happens so is there another button or a refresh to allow it to show?
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No, I just click on the desired livery in the dropdown to highlite it then double click on it and it loads. Here is Lionhearts TriPacer showing the selected livery.

Paul

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I have MCX 1.30

TeiscoDelRay said:
Thanks, let me ask you this, when you have the model in the viewer and you then select a livery how do you get that livery to show? Once I select the livery nothing happens so is there another button or a refresh to allow it to show?
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Paul. MCX will open the Connie mdl for me. I click on import - then select the mdl file - then wait a few moments for it to compile. It will then show black and white checked mdl. Then select livery from the drop down. It takes a sec but the livery should show. At least it does for me. I select the mdl file straight from the FSX location.
 
Ground rule for MCX: Never use version 1.3. I don't even know why Arno still offers it. The development versions are lightyears better.
 
Thanks, your right, I had the old version and this new version works great! I unziped to a folder so can I put that folder in program files and run it from a link on desktop?
 
You can put MCX' folder anywhere you like and put shortcuts anywhere you need since it doesn't rely on registry entries.
I usually set MCX as the default program to open .mdl files with and it makes things quite easy.
 
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