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Hey, looks like I've missed the party . Glad it got sorted out, and hope you can get the permission for the conversion so we can also enjoy the track

 

Hello, welcome to the forums.
The logs are the first clue about what could be the problem. Could you pls post them maybe ?

 

Hmm.. the first thing I see in the logs - it says something about FBX2014 ? (it should be FBX2012 - like in your screenshot). Are you sure you are exporting to correct format ? Is there any chance to pass through another exporting method ? Just for testing purposes. Proposals:
1/ Blender is free for example - export to a compatible format from Cinema and then use Blender for final FBX export ?
2/ Or send me the file to some format so I can try exporting to FBX ?

Otherwise,
- Folder structure seems correct.
- In export dialog no need for animations (it's all I can understand from.. german ?) .

Here's an equivalent screenshot with max export:

 

Small update in the screenshot (it was the car export dialog - now it's the track export dialog). The main difference is the triangulate option - recommended for tracks, not recommended for cars.
If it works on your side with max, then great. If not, please delete (or move) all logs files from log folder, launch SDK Editor once and try to apply texture to your track, and then when/if error, please keep that "clean" log so we can have a look at it .

 

How about exporting to something different (not FBX) from Cinema, opening in 3dsmax, exporting FBX2012 and then opening it into the SDK ?

 

I don't think it's your computer , I think the problem lies within Cinema and the way it exports fbx (it's not the first time people are experiencing some kind of issues with it).

For the scaling it should be meters (were you working in meters in Cinema ?). Also note, that when opening any track in SDK Editor you will always start at position 0, 0, 0. So if your track is not really aligned (say your geometry is placed 100 m above "sea level") then you need to look for it - aka move with the arrow keys (hold CTRL for high speed).

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Looks good. Yes, the next step is separating the surfaces correctly (grass from road from sand, etc - if the case) and then start the renaming journey in order to give'em physical properties. Once that is done, you should have a drivable track. .. and improvement work can begin .

 

If you're not in a hurry, I could give it a try towards the end of the week. I'm afraid I won't be having much time before that. The "boring" stuff still require a couple of hours to set probably, and there's only 24h in a day .

But honestly, I think you should take advantage of this first venture, and find out what is going on, so you could be your own boss afterwards . Maybe make some test track (a simple plane, and basic spawn objects) and experiment with export units settings towards 3dsmax. From 3dsmax it should be straight forward - set it on meters and you should be good.

Once you've validated the workflow, it can be easily translated to any other track.

 

Where are you exporting from ? 3Dsimed directly to max ? Or do you pass through Cinema first ?

In any case, sometimes something can go wrong and scale is not correct. However when this happens, there is usually a "link" as compared to original geometry (relation imperial units to metric ones, or inch to centimeter, or mm to whatever) and that means there is an uniform scaling factor. What you can do then is uses this little trick:

Find an object for which you could approximate the size, and measure it. Depending on your findings, try to estimate the scale factor so that the object would be real size. Use that as scaling factor to the entire track to bring it to correct dimensions.

To test it out, you can then create a box the size of a car and see how that fits.
Hope this helps.. I've used this method more than once myself .