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Problems reloading texture

Postby TheEagle » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:34 am

Hi,
I am trying to create a livery for my Cessna P210N, and until everything is in the right place and lines up across seams … well, that takes multiple "try and error" circuits. So right now I have to completely restart FlightGear to get my texture changes to show up. I would like to be able to reload the textures in-sim. I thought "Debugging -> Reload 3D model" would do that, also I remembered it to do this, but for some reason it has no effect. Of course I've made triple sure the paths are all matching. Whatever could I be doing wrong ?

And anyways, why is there no separate option to reload just the textures ? Especially with complex 3D models this would be very good I think.
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Re: Problems reloading texture

Postby TheEagle » Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:54 am

Actually I have found a solution for now - simply look at the textured model in Blender instead of in FG ! :mrgreen: But I would still like to know why this doesn't work.
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Re: Problems reloading texture

Postby Husky Dynamics » Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:58 am

I generally follow these steps (not super efficient but it works):

1. Open FlightGear to check change(s) to livery
2. While leaving FlightGear running, make any corrections regarding the change(s); re-save the texture file
3. Switch to a different livery in-sim
4. Wait 30 seconds to a minute or so (seems to vary between aircraft for some reason, the B-25 in particular only taking probably 15 seconds or so)
5. Switch back to the livery I'm working on

It's a rather weird method but it seems to work. I do agree that there should be just a "reload textures" option as well, it would make this so much simpler!
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Re: Problems reloading texture

Postby Hooray » Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:07 pm

Husky Dynamics wrote in Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:58 am: I do agree that there should be just a "reload textures" option as well, it would make this so much simpler!


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