Uploaded: Tutorial for using Martin Wright's MDLmat utility

[OBIO]

I just uploaded a tutorial that explains how to use Martin Wright's MDLmat utility to change the color, transparency and specular shine of MDL defined materials. This is a very useful utility to know how to use: Tired of flying a plane with a red canopy, it can be changed...in most cases at any rate. Tired of flying a plane with glass so dark you can't see inside, it can be changed..in most cases. Tired of your plane being either way too shiny or totally dull....again, it can be changed..in most cases.

This really is a simple utility to use...just click click click. There is some trial and error involved in finding the material that needs adjusted...that in itself is the hardest part of making adjustments to your planes MDL file.

The file was uploaded to the FS2004 Other section of the library.

OBIO

[Cazzie]

Gots it! :ernae:

[OleBoy]

Thanks for this OBIO. Could be handy at the rate I'm doing different things :ernae:

[TARPSBird]

Obio, thanks for the tutorial. I've never been able to use MDLMat successfully, I'll try it again after reading your instructions. :)

[Desert Rat]

Obio,

good stuff my man.

Dunno if this is helpful, not sure how you've instructed testing your adjustments, but I find ACM very handy,you can reload the model at the click of a switch, saves reloading FS each time. ACM demo mode is enough to view your models IIRC, which is all you need for these purposes, it can still be found on the wayback machine.

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

just pump in the olé ACM address,

http://www.aircraftmanager.com/

still worked last time I tried it.

Jamie

[Z-claudius24]

Hi,

OBIO :ernae:

[Duckie]

Got it and thanks very much. Can never have too many tools in the spary booth! :applause::applause::applause::applause: