Dear all,I'm attempting to creating a heli landing surface using GMAX scenery and FSregen , however I'm having a problem I can't seem to resolve.I follow the steps in the fsregen manual. All is ok until I get to step 5 Saving. When I click on save I get a message "No material Matches" and thats it I can't proceed. Has anyone come across this problem before ? Any assistance would be appreciatedregardsGilles

Hi GillesMaybe you should try this solution without fsregen.Add a triangle (closed spline, use line tool in gmax) in your gmax file. Apply this part a material named light_nav .Assign any diffuse color you like, this will be the light color.This will add automatically a light dot in your object. You can tweak your whatever_0.asm file when you export the file in gmax and select the option keep files also to switch on the lights only during nighttime. See my sample code:; Alphabsrega_Alpha label BGLCODE IFIN1 daytime, 028ch, 2, 4 ; Abfrage daytime_nighttime BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -64.400, 0.100, 72.400, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -64.400, 0.100, 68.000, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -64.400, 0.100, 64.000, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -64.400, 0.100, 59.600, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -60.000, 0.100, 72.400, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -60.000, 0.100, 59.600, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -56.000, 0.100, 72.400, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -56.000, 0.100, 59.600, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -51.600, 0.100, 72.400, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -51.600, 0.100, 68.000, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -51.600, 0.100, 64.000, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; BGL_LIGHT LIGHT_NAV, -51.600, 0.100, 59.600, 5, 0.60, 0.40, 0FFF3F8D5h, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000 ; daytime label word BGL_END BGL_RETURNCheck the ms sdk information about the parameters of BGL_Light command.ByeJ

I assume Gilles is trying to make ahard surface and not lights.I have never used that function of FsRegen, but I just had a look at it. It seems to process fine here, are you sure you named the material correct?Arno

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