Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Wed, 27. Feb 19, 23:07
Oh ok. Then it's just max being its normal finicky self.
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Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Wed, 27. Feb 19, 23:15
It's also possible that it's due to exactly how the converter produces the .dae (it may be technically correct, or technically incorrect). It may be that blender is slightly more forgiving, or does a slightly better job converting it than 3DS max does. You could try importing into blender and then exporting in some other format that 3DS Max accepts, but that may be hit or miss.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Wed, 27. Feb 19, 23:23
I tryed to create simple model and paint it on few color channels, then i export it and import back to max, second color channel gone, i try it for dae and fbx.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 00:43
as far as i know the collada plugin for 3ds max is pretty much crap. im guessing thats the issue
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:21
Okay i think the model is about ready.
Once exported back into .dae how do I convert it back into .xml? I've tried using a .bat with the export script BrummBear02 posted in the tutorial but it doesn't seem to work.
scrolling through the cmd, it seems that XRConverter isn't detecting the .dae. What am I doing wrong here?
Once exported back into .dae how do I convert it back into .xml? I've tried using a .bat with the export script BrummBear02 posted in the tutorial but it doesn't seem to work.
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FOR /R "..\X4Mod\extensions\xtra_shippack\" %%f IN (*.xml) do (
XRConvertersMain.exe exportxmf "..\X4Mod" "%%f"
)
pauseRe: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:44
A thing for you to know:
If ships are longer than 2km and docking sideways, then they will clip into each other when docked at the pier which looks like a fork.
Maybe scale your ship a little bit down to avoid this issue.
If ships are longer than 2km and docking sideways, then they will clip into each other when docked at the pier which looks like a fork.
Maybe scale your ship a little bit down to avoid this issue.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:52
Yeah i was kinda worried about that and ai pathfinding. The ship has been adjusted to about the length/width of the colossus.linolafett wrote: ↑Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:44A thing for you to know:
If ships are longer than 2km and docking sideways, then they will clip into each other when docked at the pier which looks like a fork.
Maybe scale your ship a little bit down to avoid this issue.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:54
Or do the front docking.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:57
Front docking will not completely get rid of the issue, as the ships will at some point rotate to fly away from the dock, but thats mostly a bit further away from the station and will probably work for that ship, its not massively too big. Even larger ships will run into these issues more often.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 18:31
Cadius wrote: ↑Thu, 28. Feb 19, 17:21
Once exported back into .dae how do I convert it back into .xml? I've tried using a .bat with the export script BrummBear02 posted in the tutorial but it doesn't seem to work.Code: Select all
FOR /R "..\X4Mod\extensions\xtra_shippack\" %%f IN (*.xml) do ( XRConvertersMain.exe exportxmf "..\X4Mod" "%%f" ) pause
scrolling through the cmd, it seems that XRConverter isn't detecting the .dae. What am I doing wrong here?
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FOR /R "..\X4Mod\extensions\xtra_shippack\" %%f IN (*.dae) do (
XRConvertersMain.exe exportxmf "..\X4Mod" "%%f"
)
pausethats why id like people to tell me when they work with my tutorial. so i can find those small errors of mine
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 18:49
alright it's detecting the dae now, but ran into an issue with textcoord
I suspect it's because I didn't select UV Textures when exporting from blend to dae. I'm using Blender 2.8 and can't find the option though
I suspect it's because I didn't select UV Textures when exporting from blend to dae. I'm using Blender 2.8 and can't find the option though
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Thu, 28. Feb 19, 21:22
you are right on whats causing the error. but im on blend stable build 2.7something so i cant help u with that. i recomend using that as far as i know its not that different from 2.8 since the updates focus on rendering stuff
as far as i know its not that different from 2.8 since the updates focus on rendering stuffRe: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Fri, 1. Mar 19, 06:42
well, thats throwing a wrench into my work. I've switched over to blender 2.79, the controls feel kinda awkward and it can't open the models I made in 2.8. And for some reason I can't view the model with the textures in the viewport.
Edit: nevermind, textures work fine in 2.79, I just forgot to add a light source
Edit: nevermind, textures work fine in 2.79, I just forgot to add a light source
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Fri, 1. Mar 19, 12:39
Holy crap! It's Cadius!
Dude you made my favorite ship pack for X3. Great to see you again for X4!
That new XL battleship fits X4 Argon very well.
Dude you made my favorite ship pack for X3. Great to see you again for X4!
That new XL battleship fits X4 Argon very well.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Fri, 1. Mar 19, 16:13
Okay so i've successfully exported using Blender 2.79, but then hit another snag when converting the dae.
what do i do?
what do i do?
Hey man, glad to hear it thanks. Yeah I feel despite its flaws, X4 has a lot of potential -reminds me of X3 Reunion at launch.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Fri, 1. Mar 19, 18:44
you should really join discord ^^
you need to clean up your model.
press tab to go edit mode, press A to select everything, left bottom press mesh, press clean up, press delete loose.
then enter UV editing if u made changes to UV maps, klick in 3d view part and select all. (pressing A again) then select the UV map and unlink it again. now export.
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also u can stay at 2.8 if its that bad for you to switch down to 2.7x but then ull have to play around till u find the correct export options ^^
you need to clean up your model.
press tab to go edit mode, press A to select everything, left bottom press mesh, press clean up, press delete loose.
then enter UV editing if u made changes to UV maps, klick in 3d view part and select all. (pressing A again) then select the UV map and unlink it again. now export.
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also u can stay at 2.8 if its that bad for you to switch down to 2.7x but then ull have to play around till u find the correct export options ^^
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Sat, 2. Mar 19, 06:04
Thanks Brumm, I got the model ingame now but i think I messed up something since the ship looks rusty AF.
https://i.imgur.com/LYeLXeV.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/LYeLXeV.jpg
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Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Sat, 2. Mar 19, 06:46
Do you have one rendered outside the build menu? maybe with a skin?? The build menu can have odd texture artifacting, though.. never usually with a default skin.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Sat, 2. Mar 19, 06:53
I messed up the vertex coloring, fixed it now and it appears correctly in the build menu. Now coding issues i think, I got the ship in the build menu but when i build it the shipyard doesn't complete the construction. The timer jumps straight to 0.00 and sits there. The shipyard isn't lacking resources since it says Everything is OK in the build menu.
Re: [WIP] Custom Ship mod - Help needed!
Posted: Sat, 2. Mar 19, 15:27
its been a while since i ran into that issze. its defenitly something in the ship XML or macro file. sadly i cant tell u the exact cause, id need to take a look on the files.