Convert OpenFlight to MetaVR Terrain and Model Formats

You can convert OpenFlight format terrain and models to the MetaVR's runtime formats by using MetaVR's free utilities that are distributed with MetaVR products:

• oflt2Mdx.exe - converts an OpenFlight format terrain database model to MetaVR's flat-earth (MDX) runtime terrain database format.
• oflt2Hpx.exe - converts an OpenFlight format model to the MetaVR model (HPX) format.

MetaVR also provides a plugin for Presagis Creator that converts an OpenFlight format dynamic model to a model in MetaVR's HPX model format directly inside Creator for XP. This plugin uses the OpenFlight API as part of the OpenFlight Developers Program, which provides access to OpenFlight Read/Write/Extension APIs for creating OpenFlight runtimes, converters, database extensions, and database optimization tools.

To use the model conversion plugin, first move the hpxPlugin.dll (which is installed with any MetaVR product) from the \MetaVR\Common\Util directory to the Creator\Plugins directory, and then start Creator. The \MetaVR\Common\Util directory also includes the DOS command-line converters for OpenFlight to MetaVR terrain and model formats.

Currently, external references are not supported in the OpenFlight API for Plug-ins. However, the command-line versions of MetaVR's free OpenFlight convertors, which are distributed with any MetaVR software installation, do support external references. See the MetaVR VRSG User's Guide for information about using the OpenFlight-to-MetaVR converters.