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> According to the microsoft website and documentation FS 2004 comes with
> the GMAX tool as well. I however cannot find any gmax executable in my
> FS2004 installation and the only GMAX I see in the SDK's website is just
> documentation about the tool but no executable.
>
> Have I been ripped off or what?
>
> BTW I am also looking for a tool with which I can repaint an aircraft,
> would that be GMAX or something else? is it free? ;-)
>
> Emilio
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> According to the microsoft website and documentation FS 2004 comes with
> the GMAX tool as well. I however cannot find any gmax executable in my
> FS2004 installation and the only GMAX I see in the SDK's website is just
> documentation about the tool but no executable.
>
> Have I been ripped off or what?
>
> BTW I am also looking for a tool with which I can repaint an aircraft,
> would that be GMAX or something else? is it free? ;-)
>
> Emilio
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> hmmm, doing a simple search i found this on my favorite browser:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/games/flig...wnloads_sdk.asp
>
> from that page after scrolling down i found this:
>
> WARNING:
> Before downloading the gmax Gamepack SDK, make sure you have already
> installed gmax (included with Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
> on disc 1 in \extras\Gmax). For help with gmax, visit the official support
> Web site at http://www.gmaxsupport.com/.
>
> (included with Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight on disc 1 in
> \extras\Gmax). i on my fsp #1 cd i found this:
> 47.7 MB (50,108,928 bytes) with an executable.
>
> if your not sure how to follow directories , ask.
> no you didn't get ripped off , but you do need to learn to research.
>
> goodluck !
>
>
>
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> after a little research using my favorite browser, i found this:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/games/flig...wnloads_sdk.asp
>
> after reading website i found this :
>
> WARNING:
> Before downloading the gmax Gamepack SDK, make sure you have already
> installed gmax (included with Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
> on disc 1 in \extras\Gmax). For help with gmax, visit the official support
> Web site at http://www.gmaxsupport.com/.
>
> after checking disc 1 i found this:
>
> Gmax\extras 47.7 MB (50,108,928 bytes)
>
> i have it on my cd. if you don't understand directories, perhaps you
> should ask, then we can help.
>
>
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> Hei thanks!
> I don't know how I missed this, one of the few times I did not bother
> to look into the CDs after the installation. I found the GMAX in the place
> you mentioned.
>
> Unfortunately the so called gmaxsupport.com website has been taken over by
> some RunEscape money cheat and the only GMAX thing there is the word in
> the website, nothing else.
>
> Luckily I found a place which describes the steps you must follow in order
> to get a registration code:
>
> http://www.turbosquid.com/RegisterGmax/Index.cfm
>
> did that, got the reg code from discreet and it appears to be running. But
> GMAx does not directly import FS2004 textures so there seem to be
> something else, I think the GamePack SDK only allows GMAX->FS2004.
>
> I have not found any FS2004 repaint tutorial yet, and some of the .bmp
> aircraft textures seem to have some secret compression because not even
> Paint in WinXP Pro SP2 can open those files (tried gimp 2.2 as well).
>
> But for those interested I did find a site with "repaint kits" to start
> from:
>
> http://www.simviation.com/fs_paintkits3.htm
>
> Then again same problem there, the .bmp files are not recognized by MS
> Paint or any program capable of handling .BMP format.
>
> So, does anybody has a useful link to a FS2004 repaint tutorial?
>
>
> To complicate things GMAX has been kind of killed by AutoDesk so I guess
> now one cannot get a registration key
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