lol, while i was using the 36 for testing to sort out others issues here, i just tried to load the SMF model for the first time in some while, and the 3d doesn't load in the preview box...
log is moaning about Turret1A_D0.msh not found... to the best of my knowledge, there is no such mesh.
again, the last time i flew this plane it worked perfectly, and i have made no changes to it whatsoever, so why does suddenly want a mystery mesh...?
INTERNAL ERROR: Can't open file '3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/Turret1A_D0.msh'
[5:46:50 PM] WARNING: object '3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/Turret1A_D0.msh' of class 'SkinTL' not loaded
[5:46:50 PM] INTERNAL ERROR: MeshObj: Can't load mesh 3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/Turret1A_D0.msh
[5:46:50 PM] WARNING: object '3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/hier.him' of class 'HIM' not loaded
[5:46:50 PM] INTERNAL ERROR: HierMeshObj: Can't load HIM 3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/hier.him
[5:46:50 PM] INTERNAL ERROR: HierMeshObj: Can't load HIM 3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/hier.him
[5:46:50 PM]
[5:46:50 PM] java.lang.RuntimeException: INTERNAL ERROR: HierMeshObj: Can't load HIM 3DO/Plane/Yak-36MF/hier.him
[5:46:50 PM]
[5:46:50 PM] at com.maddox.il2.engine.HierMesh.Load(Native Method)
[5:46:50 PM] at com.maddox.il2.engine.HierMesh.<init>(HierMesh.java:596)
[5:46:50 PM] at com.maddox.il2.engine.ActorHMesh.setMesh(ActorHMesh.java:89)
right at the bottom of the SMF's hier.him, is these entries:
[Turret1A_D0]
Mesh Turret1A_D0
Parent _ROOT_
Attaching 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 -1
Hidden
[Turret1B_D0]
Mesh Turret1B_D0
Parent Turret1A_D0
Separable
Hidden
Attaching 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0 -0.0732601 0.00163996 -0.00691
if i didn't know any better, i'd say someone was trying to sabotage my game...
the regular 36 variant hier file has no such references for turret meshes, so why does this one?
i've made zero changes since i last flew this plane, and most definitely never edited the hier in any way...
so, wtf?