crisisloaner Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 Hello to all you super modders out there, I have no idea what I'm doing but have managed to obtain a free 3d model from Turbo_Squid and have managed to use Blender to turn it into a Lod file. Problem is I have no idea what to do next regarding the ini's and skins ...I do not have 3ds and am a complete novice with blender (to be honest,I haven't even read the guidance on it yet !). Any help ion trying to create a viable game object much appreciated ! Quote
Wrench Posted January 27, 2021 Posted January 27, 2021 I'm sure one of our modelers will step in if i get it "not quite right". you're still going to need 3dsMAX to rebuild it to fit the 3dWire standards; meaning, the exporter for a game usable lod is only available for MAX*. From what I understand, all animations must be checked and reset as needed. Then the UVmap generated for the skin. data and other ini work is next, probably the simplest part *I vaguely remember someone trying to build one for blender, but don't remember what came of it. Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 51 minutes ago, Wrench said: *I vaguely remember someone trying to build one for blender, but don't remember what came of it. i dont recall how advance it is, but mue's blender exporter does work animations now (got corrected on that a few months ago) 1 Quote
Major Bloodnok Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) Some links for you: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Basic_Animation/Keyframing_Introduction https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/UV_Map_Basics https://conceptartempire.com/blender-animation-tutorials/ As for the inis, have a look at some of the objects you already have. If it is a ship, or a vehicle, or a weapon, or a scenery object. Aircraft inis are way out of my league, unfortunately. Edited January 28, 2021 by Major Bloodnok 1 Quote
+russouk2004 Posted January 28, 2021 Posted January 28, 2021 What model is it...plane tank ship ? as animations etc differ for each... show pic if poss in lod viewer .. Quote
crisisloaner Posted January 28, 2021 Author Posted January 28, 2021 Shouldn't require much in the way of animation... 1 Quote
Wrench Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 well, don't have to worry about control surfaces!! (Thrust Vectoring maybe, according to some sources) Quote
Nyghtfall Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 7 hours ago, crisisloaner said: You are missing the textures, so you have to map or re-map the model. Quote
+russouk2004 Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) make the control surfaces invisible so it flys as if its using anti grav...were they anti grav ? also invisible simple wheels etc so it looks like lands as it does in film. Edited January 29, 2021 by russouk2004 Quote
+russouk2004 Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Nyghtfall said: You are missing the textures, so you have to map or re-map the model. might be he has just viewd lod not with an ini and texture maybe ?...dunno Quote
Wrench Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 notice the lod viewer window where the texture show up .. blank, nothing listed. as to landing gear, what about the landing system as seen on Moff Gideon's TIE in The Mandelorian**? Wings fold flat at the pylon, and skids drop down (don't know how the game can/will simulate repulsor lifts) ** please note, that's a special version, post-Empire, and somewhat rare Quote
+russouk2004 Posted January 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2021 Quote notice the lod viewer window where the texture show up .. blank, nothing listed well spotted 1 Quote
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