Help for getting ships in X3:TC

[killerog]

Nope you don't. The only time you make something a child of something else is when it comes to "LASER" and turrets.

For scene files all you need to have is the object named correctly with its path.

[TrixX]

Ah well that makes more sense. Not long until Win 7 Pro is installed and all shall be well

[Topcross]

In fact, making a scene is one of the easiest things to do when making a ship, only two things that could possibly go wrong.

One, most dangerous one: typos (best to copy and paste as much as possible (be sure that what you copied is actually correct though ))

Second, pivots have to be correct. Always check pivots for orientation of objects like camera or they'll face the wrong way. Also be sure not to move the pivot by accident, I once did this and my turrets kept floating a bit above my ship, took me quite a while to realise what I had done wrong as they appear to be placed correctly in your 3ds max scene.

[TrixX]

No problems with pivots or nomenclature. Only with none of my bloody work being saved! Its there in max, export with DBOX and there's naught transfered...

So frustrating

[Topcross]

Ok this is what you do to export it (maybe you do something wrong there, idk:p )

You select all objects you want to be in your scene (usually thats all of them), you go to the DBOX2 plugin, when exporting make sure you are exporting as a scene and hit export selected (or export all if you don't select them:p)

Are you sure you export as a scene, and not as a body?

[TrixX]

Yeah I'm sure. That's the process I have gone through masses of times now and it's not playing ball. However I have just re-installed Win 7 and about to install Max 2011 again. Seeing as that wasn't the only funky thing happening I thought may as well start afresh

Thanks for the help though, I was just getting frustrated that after following everyones instructions and advice I was still ending up frack to bunt

[Anubitus]

hey guys..

i had to start over again due to the file being corrupted somehow.. i couldnt open it in max anymore..

so i started over.. even smaller this time, a interceptor..

i imported the model, it was already textured so didnt have to bother with that.. (altho in a 3dsmax render it seems to be invissable tho)

i added all parts like cameradummies, weapon, engine emitters and a weaponturret with camera.. named them propperly, or so i think..

exported the body as interceptor.bod and the complete scene as interceptor_scene.bod

so what do i do now..? i compile the bod files to bob files with x2bc..?

and what parts of the scene file do i enter where in the TShips file..?

here is the scene file text..

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/# Exported with dbox2 1.11 from interceptor3.max at 14/09/2010 1:11:09
 
VER: 6;
 
P 0; B effects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; N Beffects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; b  // idx 0
{ 0x2002;  1230; 1269; -4795;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; 1; } // 0

P 1; B ships\props\weapondummy; C 1; N Bships\props\weapondummy_1maingun; b  // idx 1
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 1; } // 0
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000001; -0.000000; -0.998858; 0.048353;  99; 2; } // 1
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000002; -0.000000; -0.999925; 0.012353;  99; 3; } // 2
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000005; -0.000000; -0.999984; 0.005607;  99; 4; } // 3
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000009; -0.000000; -0.999995; 0.003223;  99; 5; } // 4
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000013; -0.000000; -0.999998; 0.002108;  99; 6; } // 5
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000019; -0.000000; -0.999999; 0.001497;  99; 7; } // 6
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000025; -0.000000; -0.999999; 0.001126;  99; 8; } // 7
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000032; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000882;  99; 9; } // 8
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000039; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000714;  99; 10; } // 9
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000047; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000593;  99; 11; } // 10
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000055; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000503;  99; 12; } // 11
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000064; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000433;  99; 13; } // 12
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000073; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000379;  99; 14; } // 13
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000083; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000336;  99; 15; } // 14
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000092; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000301;  99; 16; } // 15
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000102; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000273;  99; 17; } // 16
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000112; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000249;  99; 18; } // 17
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000122; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000229;  99; 19; } // 18
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000131; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000212;  99; 20; } // 19
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000141; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000198;  99; 21; } // 20
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000150; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000185;  99; 22; } // 21
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000159; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000175;  99; 23; } // 22
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000168; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000166;  99; 24; } // 23
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000176; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000158;  99; 25; } // 24
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000183; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000152;  99; 26; } // 25
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000190; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000146;  99; 27; } // 26
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000197; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000141;  99; 28; } // 27
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000202; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000138;  99; 29; } // 28
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000207; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000134;  99; 30; } // 29
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000211; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000132;  99; 31; } // 30
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000214; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000130;  99; 32; } // 31
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000216; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000129;  99; 33; } // 32
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000217; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000128;  32; 34; } // 33
{ 0x2002;  -357; 1059; 5169;  0.000217; -0.000000; -1.000000; 0.000128;  -1; -1; } // 34

P 2; B effects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; N Beffects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; b  // idx 2
{ 0x2002;  -809; 1350; -4790;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; 1; } // 0

P 3; B effects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; N Beffects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; b  // idx 3
{ 0x2002;  -1202; 1269; -4795;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; 1; } // 0

P 4; B ships\props\cameradummy; C 1; N Bships\props\cameradummy_1maincockpit; b  // idx 4
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 1; } // 0
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 2; } // 1
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 3; } // 2
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 4; } // 3
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 5; } // 4
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 6; } // 5
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 7; } // 6
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 8; } // 7
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 9; } // 8
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 10; } // 9
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 11; } // 10
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 12; } // 11
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 13; } // 12
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 14; } // 13
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 15; } // 14
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 16; } // 15
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 17; } // 16
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 18; } // 17
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 19; } // 18
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 20; } // 19
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 21; } // 20
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 22; } // 21
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 23; } // 22
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 24; } // 23
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 25; } // 24
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 26; } // 25
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 27; } // 26
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 28; } // 27
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 29; } // 28
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 30; } // 29
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 31; } // 30
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 32; } // 31
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 33; } // 32
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  32; 34; } // 33
{ 0x2002;  217; 2246; 3572;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; -1; } // 34

P 5; B effects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; N Beffects\engines\fx_engine_emitter; b  // idx 5
{ 0x2002;  831; 1350; -4790;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; 1; } // 0

P 6; B ships\props\turretdummy; C 2; N Bships\props\turretdummy_2b; b  // idx 6
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 1; } // 0
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 2; } // 1
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 3; } // 2
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 4; } // 3
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 5; } // 4
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 6; } // 5
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 7; } // 6
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 8; } // 7
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 9; } // 8
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 10; } // 9
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 11; } // 10
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 12; } // 11
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 13; } // 12
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 14; } // 13
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 15; } // 14
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 16; } // 15
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 17; } // 16
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 18; } // 17
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 19; } // 18
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 20; } // 19
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 21; } // 20
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 22; } // 21
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 23; } // 22
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 24; } // 23
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 25; } // 24
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 26; } // 25
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 27; } // 26
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 28; } // 27
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 29; } // 28
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 30; } // 29
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 31; } // 30
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 32; } // 31
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 33; } // 32
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  32; 34; } // 33
{ 0x2002;  18; 2451; -4249;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; -1; } // 34

P 7; B ships\props\cameradummy; C 2; N Bships\props\cameradummy_2backturret; b  // idx 7
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 1; } // 0
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 2; } // 1
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 3; } // 2
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 4; } // 3
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 5; } // 4
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 6; } // 5
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 7; } // 6
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 8; } // 7
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 9; } // 8
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 10; } // 9
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 11; } // 10
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 12; } // 11
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 13; } // 12
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 14; } // 13
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 15; } // 14
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 16; } // 15
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 17; } // 16
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 18; } // 17
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 19; } // 18
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 20; } // 19
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 21; } // 20
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 22; } // 21
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 23; } // 22
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 24; } // 23
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 25; } // 24
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 26; } // 25
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 27; } // 26
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 28; } // 27
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 29; } // 28
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 30; } // 29
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 31; } // 30
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 32; } // 31
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  99; 33; } // 32
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  32; 34; } // 33
{ 0x2002;  36; 2617; -3455;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; -1; } // 34

P 8; B ships\Anubitus\interceptor; N Bships\Anubitus\interceptor; b  // idx 8
{ 0x2002;  9; 1488; 683;  0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000; 0.000000;  -1; 1; } // 0

thanks in advance for your guys help.. i am realy gratefull..

Anubite

[killerog]

so what do i do now..? i compile the bod files to bob files with x2bc..?

You don't have to, but it enables bump mapping ect. Plus smaller file size and quicker loading.

and what parts of the scene file do i enter where in the TShips file..?

idx and the model name are what needs to be placed in the editor.

So say :

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P 7; B ships\props\cameradummy; C 2; N Bships\props\cameradummy_2backturret; b  // idx 7

is the front camera. You would create a new turret (or edit the one first one in the list), make sure it says cockpit and put its scene node index as 4. And set the model as "ships\props\cameradummy"

[Anubitus]

thanks to a great tutorial Topcross made, i was able to get the ship partially working..

i did everything he said in his tutorial and i have the ship ingame.. the cockpit is placed correcly, the lasers apear when i add a laser to them, and the engine emitters are where they are suposed to be..

i have two problems tho
- the back turret is facing the wrong way, but i think i can fix that by turning the pivot 180°..?

- the ship is invissable.. but might that be caused by the same reason it is not rendered in 3ds max..? any idea how to fix this..?

great tut Topcross, thanks again

[killerog]

Rotate the camera dummy 180 to fix the backwards issue.

What dose the ship look like in 3d max ? Grey textured ?

[Anubitus]

nope..

it has the game textures on it..

[ external image ]

if i render the ship in 3dsmax i can only see the guns tho..

[ external image ]

thats the way it looks ingame aswell..

EDIT: i thought that maybe the bitmaps from the homeworld game where in a wrong format, so i tried to change them from .png to .jpg with paint, but this has no effect in max..

[TrixX]

DDS is the best format, plus it needs to know where to look for them. I'm still at the point of saving my ship so can't be of much help until I figure that out

[Anubitus]

hmm, so should i put them into the dds folder inside the catalog then..? and i better convert the textures to .dds files then, right..?

[TrixX]

Yeah though I don't know what DDS settings are used for X3 yet.

[Anubitus]

hmm..

i tried converting the images to DDS format, added them to a folder called DDS, went to max, applied the new dds textures from the new DDS folder to the mesh, exported the body again and added the new body to the correct folder, and the textures to the DDS folder in a catalog in my x3 game..

ingame the ship looks like this.. *sigh*

[ external image ]

as you can see, the gun, turrets and engines are shown but still no ship..

in max the textures are shown in the render this time..

what am i doing wrong here..?

btw, the gun and the turret are fireing fine and the cockpits are placed correcly..

[Topcross]

great tut Topcross, thanks again

No problem

[killerog]

Either the textures are not in the right folder, or they are named wrong on the ship. Copy the top few lines from the body to here and ill take a look at texture locations.

[Anubitus]

thanks.. here are the first three lines..

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MATERIAL6: 0; 0; Hgn_InterceptorA_EXPORT[2].dds; 149;149;149; 149;149;149; 229;229;229; 0; 0; 10; 0; 0;0;0; 100; NULL;100; NULL;30; NULL;100; NULL;100; NULL;0; // Material #571
MATERIAL6: 1; 0; Hgn_Interceptor_BADGE_L_EXPORT[1].dds; 149;149;149; 149;149;149; 229;229;229; 0; 0; 10; 0; 0;0;0; 100; NULL;100; NULL;30; NULL;100; NULL;100; NULL;0; // Material #569
MATERIAL6: 2; 0; Hgn_Interceptor_B_EXPORT[1].dds; 149;149;149; 149;149;149; 229;229;229; 0; 0; 10; 0; 0;0;0; 100; NULL;100; NULL;30; NULL;100; NULL;100; NULL;0; // Material #570

[killerog]

Ok. You need to use the correct Mat 6 definitions.

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MATERIAL6: 0; 0x2000000; 1; XT_standard_lighting.fx; 80; nofiltering;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; autofree;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; Tex2;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; TexAnimStartU;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimStartV;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimEndU;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimEndV;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimDuration;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimRotation;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; TexAnimOriginU;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.5; TexAnimOriginV;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.5; Brightness;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; contrast;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; saturation;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; hue;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; colormatrix;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; g_ColorWriteEnable;SPTYPE_LONG;15; g_Wrap;SPTYPE_LONG;0; g_CullMode;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_AlphaBlendEnable;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_BlendOp;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_SrcBlend;SPTYPE_LONG;5; g_DestBlend;SPTYPE_LONG;6; g_ZEnable;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_ZWriteEnable;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_ALPHATESTENABLE;SPTYPE_LONG;1; g_LightAmbientIntensity;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0; LightDir_Dir0;SPTYPE_LONG;0; LightDir_Color0;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;1.0;1.0;1.0;0.0; LightDir_Dir1;SPTYPE_LONG;0; LightDir_Color1;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0; g_MatSpecularStrength;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_MatSpecularPower;SPTYPE_FLOAT;10.0; g_MatReflectionStrength;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_MatReflectionBlur;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; g_AlphaValue;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_MatEmissiveColor;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.0;0.0;0.0;0.0; t_FilterTypeDiffuse;SPTYPE_LONG;2; t_SamplerAddressMode;SPTYPE_LONG;1; t_SamplerMaxAnisotropy;SPTYPE_LONG;4; t_MipMapLODBias;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; t_DiffuseTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;metal_argon_simple_platingdark_diff.dds; t_MinFilterTypeDiffuse;SPTYPE_LONG;3; g_MatDiffuseStrength;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; t_AlphaTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\Maps\NONE_WHITE.DDS; t_BumpTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;metal_argon_simple_plating_bump.dds; t_MinFilterTypeBump;SPTYPE_LONG;3; t_BumpMipMapLODBias;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; t_FilterTypeBump;SPTYPE_LONG;2; g_BumpMapStrength;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.2; t_SpecularTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;metal_argon_simple_plating_spec.dds; t_LightMapTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;NULL; t_OcclusionTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;D:\X3.5\shaderfx\NONE_OCCL_DECAL.DDS; g_MatOcclStr;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_bIsDecalMap;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; t_DetailTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;D:\X3.5\shaderfx\NONE_NORMAL_DETAIL.DDS; p_DetailMapBlendWeight;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_NormalDetailStr;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; p_TexTiling;SPTYPE_FLOAT;10.0; t_CubeMapTexture;SPTYPE_STRING;D:\X3.5\dds\envmap_test.dds; g_FresnelExpon;SPTYPE_FLOAT;2.0; g_MatMinFresnel;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.099991; g_Color_Envipaint;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;1.0;1.0;1.0;0.0; g_Brightness;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_Contrast;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_Saturation;SPTYPE_FLOAT;1.0; g_Hue;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.0; g_Color_1;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.309998;0.299988;0.069992;0.0; g_Color_2;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.299988;0.279999;0.089996;0.0; g_Color_3;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.099991;0.279999;0.299988;0.0; g_Color_Lines;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.339996;0.289993;0.0;0.0; g_Color_Highlight;SPTYPE_FLOAT4;0.599991;0.099991;0.099991;0.0; g_Color_LinesPower;SPTYPE_FLOAT;9.0; g_Color_HighlightPower;SPTYPE_FLOAT;12.0; g_Color_Weighting;SPTYPE_FLOAT;0.5; g_bColor_Mixing;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; effectfile;SPTYPE_STRING;XT_standard_lighting.fx; renderEnabled;SPTYPE_BOOL;0; renderMaterial;SPTYPE_LONG;-1; technique;SPTYPE_LONG;0; 

Replace each line with that, then in 3dmax reapply the textures.

[Anubitus]

so what i do now is:

open the body file,

delete the mat6 entries at the top,

copy what you wrote three times at the top,

open max again,

inport the altered body file,

apply the textures again,

export it again..?

is that correct..?

btw, my ship looks like this atm.. its just a practice texture, but i think it looks ok..
the original textures where a pain to get working (and they where too low res anyway..), i hope the vanilla ones will work better..

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EDIT: i opened the body file with notepad, opened the argon buster var3 with notepad, copied the texture entries from the buster, pasted them into my body file (since i used this busters textures in the first place).. will this work..?

EDIT2: my ship is still invisible..