Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
T______T i need help.this lightsaber thing i made in 3ds max looks awesome in 3ds max...but it falls apart ingame!turns invisible at certain angles! (thats and it doesnt display properly ingame at all)
i made exported it to 3ds and zipped it and the two textures i made for it into a zip file and then uploaded it to rapidshare...PLEASE SOMEONE FIX IT for me....i cant figure out what exactly i did wrong with it cause it looks beautifull in the 3ds thing...
http://rapidshare.com/files/453744183/help___.zip
also i badly need the tip of the blade turned into a half sphere (you know like lightsabers are spost to be),need it to be about the same size as that skull staff ya made me,maybe with the blade extending slightly out from there if possible (so that way if i feel like lightsaber,i get lightsaber,if i feel like skull staff,i get skull staff ^^)
havent figured out how to work the space warps on 3ds max yet X.X
btw id like the weapon to be held just below the final green color ring
mmm...btw sunnyz as maybe a sort of attempt to make up fer ya helping me...il lgive you mod i made that removes the donkey ear 6x rankup headgear for prs,you can look further back in this thread for screenshots of the removed headgear (dont worry it dont come with the darth revan head mod,just the rankup headgear removal
http://rapidshare.com/files/453745124/MfhC10c.zip
just unzip it into \char\tmabcd,overwrite everything it asks fer prompt to overwrite9i should also mention that bobsobol also desrves credit for this rankup gear removal mod as he showed me how to make it and was patient enough with me)
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
First off, I check out our model, gota say, awesome, the lighty kill people bit was a bit off at a wonky angle. But I made it straight.
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/4161/saberz.jpg
However in game, its all retarded as you said XD
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7237/201132282726.jpg
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/7...1132282737.jpg
Ill have a look at it and try get the proportions correct.
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
btw armortexture.tga is for the handle part not the blade XD thats a tip id need to be given
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
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Originally Posted by
friskys
btw armortexture.tga is for the handle part not the blade XD thats a tip id need to be given
Do you have the original file for the light sabre? The one you've provided have some seriously messed up hierarchy settings...
When you drop the item, it looks normal (like it would in 3ds max), once its equipped it has some crazy ass stuff going on...
Equipped:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1057/2011322961.jpg
Dropped:
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/159/20113229558.jpg
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
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Originally Posted by
SheenBR
Off Topic:
Where is this server.exe (that u are using) from?
I am concerned about that also Sheen. This entire site is dedicated to server development. Not client moding / hacking etc... and such discussions are usually prohibited by the site owner.
However, if friskys is willing to share the models when they are complete, they can be used as custom items in our servers. So... it's very much a grey area.
The Alpha layer blend is specifically designed to achieve "glow" or "blur" effects. (and avoid "aliasing") The question is whether you are applying overlay, or additive alpha blend. (GDIPlus also requires pre-multiplied RGBA DIBs, but that's beside the point as we are using DirectX, and NIFs and ASE are both designed for DirectX or OpenGL, not GDIPlus)
TGA is exactly equivalent to the DDS textures in the sabre I provided, but PT it's self doesn't support Normal maps, Specular Maps or Emissive Maps which TES IV and GameBryo in general does. Fortunately (and I checked this before passing it on) only Normal mapping is used, and then only on the hilt. (Normal maps are like bump maps, and can make simple shapes look much more complex)
Anyhoo. There is no Emmissive texture to the blade, so how it looks as a TGA in PT should be the same as it looks in TES 4. The original comes in Red, Green, Blue and Purple blades. But I checked them out and each are identical with a hue rotation to the blade texture. You are only looking for a template, and Blue is the first in the alphabetic list.
I would expect a Lightsaber to be a Knight / Pike weapon TBH, but it doesn't really matter. Xtreme PT had a Glock for Atalantas' which was pretty cool. :lol:
I suspect NetImmense/GameBryo NIF files support Voxel textures (which always face the camera) since, when animated the texture always seems to be at the same angle. (especially when you are close enough to see the DCT chroma compression of the DDS file)
PT only supports that with ground drops... not held weapons. The usual way PT "fakes" this effect (for example, the 2D bonfires and torches) is to place the same texture on an extruded X. (2 90 degree flat planes) this looks reasonably good from any angle.
You saber is never going to look like "Force Unleashed", but should come close to a "Knights of the Old Republic" blade. :wink:
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
what original file?i created it in 3ds max 8 myself..i tryed to set the heirarchy myself but something went terribly wrong when i was doing it..cause i was looking at the item making guide on here fer weps..and when i clicked all the buttons in the order it said..there were multiple arrows going in dif directions,nothing at all like the heirarchy thing looked on there......
thats what i meant about fixing it....it needs the proportions and heirarchy fixed (or just find a new lightsaber hilt model..cause i think the one i downloaded is messed up bad)
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T___T can one you you fix that cursed saber i made to atleast function decent? i feel like im dealing with a decaying force feed back loop in my mind X.X
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it looking like a kotor saber would be nice ^^
i bought both kotor games and love `em:thumbup:
also on that subject bob..yes this is for purely visual mods for ept...which are allowed under the suba games terms of service and end user liscence agreement...
and why i think this should go on to fruition..is because this is also about item modding itself..creating a new wep from the ground up (not entirely but ya)...and im complaining loudly about all the problems i encounter,and im fairly dense headed...so this would be a very good topic for prospective modders of there ow nservers
and also i plan on sharing with everyone the results of these modeling attempts, ^^ if i discover something cool or get it to happen,i want everyone to enjoy with me ^^
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
Sadly I have no idea how to deal with the RIMs and ERFs inside the BIF files of KOTOR that amount to the models. It also uses TGAs inside the BIF files for texturing though.
Kotor Tool is not an official tool like the TES Construction Set, so getting stuff in and out is a lot more "hit an miss".
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
sungam3d:
Oh, so he/she is logging in a official server?
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
this isnt client hacking >.> though it alters the visual assets...this has been ok`ed legally by subagames...and ok`ed legally by the master company of pt,yedang...
but anyways,PLEASE BACK ON TOPIC! i needs to fix me lightsaber ^^
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and yes,im female >.> sunnyz can vouch for me on that
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
Ye Sheen, but I can confirm suba allows/doesn't care about these mods. They even made a special forum place for my/other peoples mods/fixes.
And omg but my 2tb drive just shat it self. Tried File Scavenger to get files back, but now my comp isnt recognising my drive at all.
Excuse me for a bit while I go cry in the corner.
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
o.o funny sunnyz..that kind of mess reminds me alot of a comp mess someone here in the states had with there comp..they payed me 30 usd to fix there computer and i did ^^
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does anyone know how to fix the lightsaber?
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
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Originally Posted by
sungam3d
Ye Sheen, but I can confirm suba allows/doesn't care about these mods. They even made a special forum place for my/other peoples mods/fixes.
This is a very good initiative.
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
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Originally Posted by
SheenBR
This is a very good initiative.
Well we need this section, ept is so buggy it's not funny.
Recepies are all named doom armour/weapon in game, so it is impossible to tell them apart unless to take em to blacksmith and check sell prices, so I made labels on every single inventory item, so you know what they are.
Our forces, mirage and above have no count down timer rings, so I fixed he tga's for them.
Our 80D spear has no age effect, so I fixed the smd (alot of other people have also fixed this)
There are so many problems with ePT I can't even list them all, I help when I can, but NONE of my programs/fixes can be used for illegal activities.
If they can, I apologies, and will remove them asap.
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Originally Posted by
friskys
o.o funny sunnyz..that kind of mess reminds me alot of a comp mess someone here in the states had with there comp..they payed me 30 usd to fix there computer and i did ^^
Not trying to offend, but you couldn't even get a correct graphics card, I doubt you could fix my now non functioning hard drive.
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
]ill help in ayway i can though i dont know much....SUNNYZ! when yer computer gets back to feeling better...could you release the rankup headgear removal that i made to the ept forums for me and give me credit?
>.> im a wee bit too chicken to post it myself on there
and also when the fates and zombies will permit the lightsaber fix will be nice...but first things first,dont let discozombie near yer computer again
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for me..well im not good at getting new stuff..but betetr at fixing whats already there :S and i wasnt trying to be mean i was trying to offer condolences >.< bah,i stink at diplomacy...
http://images2.memegenerator.net/Ima...e=business-cat
there,that memegenerator link explains my predicament
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:s hey,is that 2 TB drive the only one ya got?reason i ask is cause im wondering how ya still posting
X.X yer right,im probably dont know squat about fixing ultra modern stuff...the computer i had fixed for a person for 30 usd,was a computer running windows 98 v.v
i dont know if it will,but maybe this link help sunnyz?
Free Window Registry Repair - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
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http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9...1321231023.jpg
:D i think i might have fixed the heirarchy,cause now the blade is showing up bright and pretty (still gotta fix the hadnle tga though) but otherwise it aint invisi anymore ^^
what i basically did was opened up my backup .max fiel that i made of t his thing...i opened up heirarchy window..click "affect pivot only",then click "reset pivot"...then i use select box to select everything,then i click "group" to merge all the objects into one..so only one heirarchy instead of 4 heirarchys for the 4 objects total (that was the problem,there were 3 objects composing handle and one composing blade)
there we go..fixed the handle texture by morphing it to 24 bit bmp then adding an alpha channel manually and saving as tga overwriting the old one
Re: Following bobsobol`s advice,need remaining coordinates
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Originally Posted by
friskys
this isnt client hacking
Definitively
- "hacking" is not illegal.
- "hacking" is how Linux is legally and officially created, and improved.
- "hacking" is the process of modifying a program to look, or behave in a manner other than it's original design intended.
So a Priestess carrying a lightsaber was either an original design intention when the PT client was created, or you are "hacking" it.
I don't have a problem with what you are doing. I do have a problem with people giving the impression that every hack is an evil, bad or worse still "illegal" thing to do. o.^
Hacking can be used as tool in a criminal activity, which is an "illegal" hack. Hacks can be applied without consideration for the greater ramifications, or can disable positive aspects of a program or system in order to enable something trivial... which is a "lame" or "dirty" hack.
But "hacking" in it's self; is a legitimate, worthy and (should be) professional (ie. responsible, considerate, legal, polite, carefully planned, on-time and on-budget) process.
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Originally Posted by
SheenBR
This is a very good initiative.
It would be, if it weren't for the fact that a badly formed SMD is one of the primary ways you can kill monsters that the server doesn't consider to be "in combat" with you. ^_^ And it's actually easier to create a weapon like this than one that works as it should. :(:
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Originally Posted by
sungam3d
Well we need this section, ept is so buggy it's not funny.
Recepies are all named doom armour/weapon in game, so it is impossible to tell them apart unless to take em to blacksmith and check sell prices, so I made labels on every single inventory item, so you know what they are.
Our forces, mirage and above have no count down timer rings, so I fixed he tga's for them.
Our 80D spear has no age effect, so I fixed the smd (alot of other people have also fixed this)
There are so many problems with ePT I can't even list them all, I help when I can, but NONE of my programs/fixes can be used for illegal activities.
If they can, I apologies, and will remove them asap.
I had noticed these on the forums. Why are Suba such bad server admins and developers? You'd think they could just hire some of the people here? They say they don't get support from YD, but do they think we do? Most of our Private Servers are more complete, less buggy and more secure than their official one.
@friskys: Gratz. Looks good. And, yea... I believe weapons need to be combined to a single mesh to work in PT.
@sungam3d: I would recommend GetDataBack (the full licensed version) run from an OS on another drive with at least 2tb free space for you to restore the original files. :(: Sux huh?
