Hardpoint help (an other question whitch hasn''t any link

Sat May 10, 2003 10:14 pm by Archangel

I need to know how to add hardpoints for a ship in milkshape. It's for my civilian freighter : the startrader.
Here you can take a look at what it look like. If you can also give me you suggestions. Of course, I'm not a professional

and I am a bit bad in texturing ! But it's better than nothing

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I also tried to put it in Freelancer with HLC's CMP exporter but nothing show exept the shield and when i want to buy it, the game crash. I modded this files : shiparch.ini, goods.ini, misk_equip.ini and market_ship.ini. I think it don't come from the inis cause I've already added a ship (StarBlazer) without crashing.
In milkshape, I proceed like that : i made my mesh and texture whit other programs and then import it in milkshape, use the export function and choice CMP, save it.
Hop there will be some help!
Forgive my bad english
Thanx.

Edited by - Archangel on 18-05-2003 13:03:33

Sat May 10, 2003 11:17 pm by Leonhart

The game crashes becauseyour .mat file is not ok.The problem is that .tga files you made is now ok therefore game will crash.

o)==[::::::::::::> May strong survive and weak perish <::::::::::::==(o

Sun May 11, 2003 11:31 am by Archangel

Thanx Leonheart. I haven't put the .tga in the.map. But my first question is always unanswered.

Sun May 11, 2003 7:51 pm by Kurgan

Take a look at the Borg Sphere tutorial KillerMatrix put out. It explains it pretty well.

Mon May 12, 2003 8:59 pm by Archangel

I made it and understand what I wanted to. But when I try to go to the ship dealer whit my ship in, the game crash ! What am I doing wrong ? I don't think this is because of the texture cause the last time y tried, i succeed to go to the ship dealer but never to buy my ship (see on my first post). If KillerMatrix can take a look here, it will help me a bit.
Anyway, thanx Kurgan. I have never heard about this tutorial before.
"Good to know. Thanks !"
Anyone's help will be welcomed.

Mon May 12, 2003 9:51 pm by Leonhart

When you import texture in to MIP0 do you see an r (not R) in ASCII column when using UTF editor to create .mat file.If you do than that is most likely to be problem.I do not know what that r means but when ever it is there game will crash at ship dealer. Also the texture has to be .tga

o)==[::::::::::::> May strong survive and weak burn<::::::::::::==(o

Mon May 12, 2003 10:50 pm by Kurgan

Not sure Arch, but it does sound like either your texture or the ini's. I always try mine out by replacing a standard ships model first, then adding it in as a new ship.

Wed May 14, 2003 6:19 pm by Archangel

Leon >> There isn't any "r" in my MIPO node in ASCII mode. I was wondering, is this a "o" or a zero ? Also, my texture is saved in tga not compressed and have the correct proportions ( 512px/512px ). Don't know is there has to be a special panel of colors or some thing like that.

kurgan >> Will try this way.

Wed May 14, 2003 6:50 pm by Leonhart

Its a zero not an O.

Wed May 14, 2003 6:54 pm by Leonhart

Allso check this, in shiparch

DA_archetype = location of .cmp (ex.=DA_archetype = ships\darknes\night_rider\night_rider.cmp)

material_library = location of your .mat file (material_library = ships\darknes\night_rider\night_rider.mat)

Sat May 17, 2003 1:11 pm by Archangel

Hy leon,
So it's a zero !! I've always put a o !
For the DA_archetype and material_library, it was done.
Thanx a lot !

Edited by - Archangel on 18-05-2003 14:00:20

Sun May 18, 2003 12:02 pm by Archangel

It works ! Great.
But the textures don't shows how I want them to do.
Is there specials things I must know about texturing?

Tue May 20, 2003 6:51 pm by Captain Flint

Check in your shiparch.ini that you have the LOD (level of detail) ranges set correctly. The stock freelancer ships seem to have about three levels of detail depending on your distance from them. Most of the custom ships have only a single level of detail and so the range in shiparch.ini should be set to 0, 999999.

Best of luck.

Tue May 20, 2003 8:12 pm by Archangel

Hi captain.
When i say "don't shows how i want them to do" it mean textures shows but not at good place .
Also, i forgot the LOD problem. That was why my ship desapeared when it get away from me. Thanx.

Tue May 20, 2003 8:22 pm by Leonhart

Do you mean textures look kind of dragged out.

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