Sneak Preview: New PWI Weapons

i never get those gfx200 blocks to work, so here is a tutorial how some of these blocks can be replaced

my base setup: i've fixed all 19***.gfx files in advance with sMODfix and re-order option activated
(** and all ecm's are also fixed with sMODfix)

• this is our example, the initial blade
  http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6117/originalgq.jpg
• first open the gfx file you want to fix
• now go to the gfx200 block that don't work
• gfx200 blocks are some kind of parent container that contains child gfx in a seperate file
• in the gfx200 block look for "GfxPath:" this is a child gfx file
• open the child gfx file
• now lets see what happen when we replace the gfx200 block by all blocks from it child file (don't forget to change gfxelement count if you i.e. replace 1x gfx200 block with 4x child blocks you have to add +3 to gfxelemntcount)
  http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3264/replaced.jpg
• nice, effekt is now working but scale/position is wrong because the parent transformation are not applied because the childs are now no longer childs of gfx200
• to fix the the scale/position you have to multiply the parent(gfx200) scale with the each child block scale and also add parent(gfx200) position to each child block position, same with direction...
• when you're done the blade now got an glowing eye
  http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1908/translated.jpg
• i'm sure you're to lazy to do all this recalculation, so i've a tool which do the math for you
  http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2582/10750001.th.gif
• on the left textbox enter the text of the gfx200 block
• in the center textbox enter all blocks from the gfx200 child file (only the blocks not the whole file!)
• now click the button and the right textbox will be filled with the child blocks with re-calculated scale/position/direction
• copy the content of the right textbox and return to your editor
• replace the gfx200 block with the copied and re-calculated child blocks (don't forget to change gfxelement count if you i.e. replace 1x gfx200 block with 4x child blocks you have to add +3 to gfxelemntcount)
• try this for all other gfx200 blocks in the file
• save the file, add them to the pck and check it out ingame...

Oh and don't waste your time with manual fixing, i'll start adding such a feaure with gfx200 replace to sMODfix when i'm back from vacation next week...

what i want to know is why did they add a full set of these weapons, but they only use like 8 of them ingame? 1 per class.

and i remember being told smodfix deletes too much from a gfx file?
also something about filter:1, ill have to ask around a bit.


what would really really help is if somebody could share a working gfxelementid:200 at any version.

then we have something to go by, i cant find any.

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Originally Posted by rbb138

what i want to know is why did they add a full set of these weapons, but they only use like 8 of them ingame? 1 per class.

and i remember being told smodfix deletes too much from a gfx file?
also something about filter:1, ill have to ask around a bit.


what would really really help is if somebody could share a working gfxelementid:200 at any version.

then we have something to go by, i cant find any.

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i don't think sMODfix removes to much, it fixes things like silk perfume and mammoth mounts automatically, the parameter replacement is based on the gfx and ecm files from PWI 1.4.2 v283 which are <= 1.3.6 that are a lot of reference files. If you don't remove some parameter and the gfx is working don't mean that this parameter is really used, i.e. hNumber x wNumber -> dwColor these parameters are garbage but if you want you can let it stay in your file...

CN 1.3.6 hold exactly 2 files that contain gfx200 blocks, these blocks looks similar to the output of sMODfix...
To locate the files, open the CN 1.3.6 gfx folder in sMODfix, enter the parameter "GFXELEMENTID: 200" and click "CT FILTER" this will filter the given filelist with only files that contain "GFXELEMENTID: 200"

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Originally Posted by ronny1982

i never get those gfx200 blocks to work, so here is a tutorial how some of these blocks can be replaced

my base setup: i've fixed all 19***.gfx files in advance with sMODfix and re-order option activated
(** and all ecm's are also fixed with sMODfix)

• this is our example, the initial blade
  http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6117/originalgq.jpg
• first open the gfx file you want to fix
• now go to the gfx200 block that don't work
• gfx200 blocks are some kind of parent container that contains child gfx in a seperate file
• in the gfx200 block look for "GfxPath:" this is a child gfx file
• open the child gfx file
• now lets see what happen when we replace the gfx200 block by all blocks from it child file (don't forget to change gfxelement count if you i.e. replace 1x gfx200 block with 4x child blocks you have to add +3 to gfxelemntcount)
  http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3264/replaced.jpg
• nice, effekt is now working but scale/position is wrong because the parent transformation are not applied because the childs are now no longer childs of gfx200
• to fix the the scale/position you have to multiply the parent(gfx200) scale with the each child block scale and also add parent(gfx200) position to each child block position, same with direction...
• when you're done the blade now got an glowing eye
  http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1908/translated.jpg
• i'm sure you're to lazy to do all this recalculation, so i've a tool which do the math for you
  http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2582/10750001.th.gif
• on the left textbox enter the text of the gfx200 block
• in the center textbox enter all blocks from the gfx200 child file (only the blocks not the whole file!)
• now click the button and the right textbox will be filled with the child blocks with re-calculated scale/position/direction
• copy the content of the right textbox and return to your editor
• replace the gfx200 block with the copied and re-calculated child blocks (don't forget to change gfxelement count if you i.e. replace 1x gfx200 block with 4x child blocks you have to add +3 to gfxelemntcount)
• try this for all other gfx200 blocks in the file
• save the file, add them to the pck and check it out ingame...

Oh and don't waste your time with manual fixing, i'll start adding such a feaure with gfx200 replace to sMODfix when i'm back from vacation next week...

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:lol::lol::lol::thumbup:
Nice Ronny.

we can actually get dwcolor working you know, its supported in annother id.

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Originally Posted by rbb138

we can actually get dwcolor working you know, its supported in annother id.

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what makes you believe that it's working? Do you have an example gfx that shows the graphical difference with and without dwColor

you can use simple searching tools such as windows grep to find them....

Code:

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GFXELEMENTID: 124
Name: Unnamed3
SrcBlend: 5
DestBlend: 2
RepeatCount: 1
RepeatDelay: 0
TexFile: 纹理\通透.dds
BindEle:
ZEnable: 1
MatchGrnd: 0
GroundHeight: 0
TexRow: 1
TexCol: 1
TexInterval: 50
Priority: 4
IsDummy: 0
DummyEle:
Warp: 0
TileMode: 1
TexSpeed: 0.300000
TexSpeed: 0.300000
UReverse: 0
VReverse: 0
UVExchg: 0
RenderLayer: 0
NoDownSample: 0
wNumber: 8
hNumber: 4
-0.400292 0.123913 -0.689449
dwColor: ffffff
-0.326642 0.203023 -0.773963
dwColor: ffffff
-0.250000 0.306979 -0.937915
dwColor: ffffff
-0.101153 0.344879 -0.877115
dwColor: ffffff
0.061727 0.320945 -0.982836
dwColor: ffffff
0.236307 0.281072 -0.940151
dwColor: ffffff
0.327373 0.201141 -0.747359
dwColor: ffffff
0.375000 0.180498 -0.819979
dwColor: ffffff
-0.387165 0.108216 -0.684032
dwColor: ffffff
-0.312894 0.128668 -0.765098
dwColor: 78ffffff
-0.217603 0.140607 -0.864169
dwColor: ffffffff
-0.101153 0.168591 -0.959376
dwColor: ffffffff
0.061727 0.168591 -1.007748
dwColor: ffffffff
0.240299 0.152182 -0.875478
dwColor: ffffffff
0.280784 0.144274 -0.830513
dwColor: 78ffffff
0.407539 0.106874 -0.701684
dwColor: ffffff
-0.387165 0.104708 -0.671745
dwColor: ffffff
-0.326642 0.046275 -0.773963
dwColor: 78ffffff
-0.223020 0.000000 -0.937915
dwColor: ffffffff
-0.101153 0.000000 -1.007748
dwColor: ffffffff
0.061727 0.000000 -1.007748
dwColor: ffffffff
0.240299 0.009442 -0.911097
dwColor: ffffffff
0.334947 0.064249 -0.780639
dwColor: 78ffffff
0.367020 0.048037 -0.848476
dwColor: ffffff
-0.344810 0.065339 -0.708263
dwColor: ffffff
-0.315350 -0.016909 -0.852504
dwColor: ffffff
-0.178580 -0.079189 -0.919010
dwColor: ffffff
-0.025214 -0.121000 -0.853500
dwColor: ffffff
0.068085 -0.142984 -0.963989
dwColor: ffffff
0.285360 -0.050640 -0.920896
dwColor: ffffff
0.338843 -0.003188 -0.754724
dwColor: ffffff
0.309233 0.023080 -0.733563
dwColor: ffffff
fGridSize: 0.500000
fZOffset: 0.000000
StartTime: 0
KEYPOINTCOUNT: 1
InterpolateMode: 0
TimeSpan: -1
Position: 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000
Color: -922746881
Scale: 1.000000
Direction: 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
Rad_2D: 0.000000
CtrlMethodCount: 0

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havnt verified this as working, but thats the general idea.

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Originally Posted by rbb138

you can use simple searching tools such as windows grep to find them....

havnt verified this as working, but thats the general idea.

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ah ok i thought you have a same gfx that looks different with dwColor and without dwColor...
than i'll not look into this and trust my parameter conversation list, like i said none of the PWI 1.4.2 v283 gfx files with version <= v58 has this dwColor, so i'm really sure it was introduced later...

how to fix GFXELEMENTID: 210?

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Originally Posted by vixio_dv

how to fix GFXELEMENTID: 210?

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Just delete it.

人物\通用\飞行\巨灵鸟_鸟观.gfx

thats file all used gfxelementid : 210, than we never get work this gfx?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by vixio_dv

人物\通用\飞行\巨灵鸟_鸟观.gfx

thats file all used gfxelementid : 210, than we never get work this gfx?

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That's right.

when i get working GFXELEMENTID: 200, AF.log always show

[18:49:00.468] AFilePackage::OpenSharedFile, Failed to find file [Gfx\] in package !
[18:49:00.468] AFileImage::Can not open file [Gfx\] from disk!
[18:49:00.468] AFileImage::Open(), Can not init the file image!
[18:49:03.656] AFilePackage::OpenSharedFile, Failed to find file [Gfx\] in package !
[18:49:03.656] AFileImage::Can not open file [Gfx\] from disk!
[18:49:03.656] AFileImage::Open(), Can not init the file image!

i have check all texture. but still like thats, it will not show if GFXELEMENTID: 200 not fixed, anyone know where is problem?

Here is my C19 GFX Pack
*Powered by sMODfix v2.0 Developer Alpha

• the left dagger has some gfx blocks with wrong position
• check "人物\通用\武器\武器效果\19品匕首_基础右.gfx" and fix the blocks manual (as far as you know whats the correct position)
• the affected blocks in the files are block 5 (Name: Child_Block_4) and following

Gallery
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4426/smodfixz.th.jpg

ronny.. what for *.smd options?