have you tried buying it?

the reason it won't be visible at the ship dealers is probly to do with LOD ranges, i will have a look at it for you because im a kind person

well i've had a quick look at it and the main problem i can see is the LOD ranges:

in shiparch.ini the line that says 'LODranges' has three numbers where as player created ships should only have 2 (because of the cmp exporter), so delete the middle value. it should be fine when you launch anyway.

O.k. - now there's only LOD0 left.
Still doesn't show pu at the dealers..ANd I can't purchase it - sez it requires lvl 30. What determines the lvl requirements?

Allso, what do I have to do to change Trent's hair colour (edit his skin)?

Also, making LOD ranges 999999 helps as well, leaving it the same might still cause problems. So delete middle LODranges as pSy said, but make the one that is left 999999

well duh..market_ships.ini
click edit then click find; type in Li01_01 and whatever ship u have...lets say it is:
marketgood = abc_package, 30, -1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1
the number 30 there indicates that u have to be level 30 to purchase it, change that to what you desire


this is my world; it goes round and round and round
The wolfy types like a cow

I just bought the ship....When I flew around with it, I saw it was DEFINATELY too small...the only thing I could see were guns flying around!

So if somebody would please explain to me just how the scale in the CMP Exporter works? if it's set to 100 does it keep the ship in it's original size, or does it scale it down 100%?

Allso, I imported a liberty elite in Milkshape and scaled my fighter to match it's size...something is very screwy here!


---->Side question - where is Trants texture located? I want to re-skinn him a little?

Well....I was right..the scale in Milkshape is good...Once I set the scale in CMP Exporter to 1 the ship turned out the right size, alltough the texture does not show (the ship is invisible!)

Now, the texture shows up under materials in Milkshape (I can' hardly see it in the 3D View, it's so damn dark and I haven't found a way to brighten it up).

Could it be the mat file?

It goes like this:
/
- material library
- PhoenixFLTexture
- PhoenixFLTexture.tga
-DcDt

- texture library
-PhoenixFLTexture.tga
- MIPS

i see your problem, the mat file is wrong

it should be

/
material library
PhoenixFLtexture
Dt_name (inside this is the data "PhoenixFLTexture.tga@)
Type (inside this is the data "DcDt"
texture library
PhoenixFLtexture.tga
MIP0 or MIPS (inside this should be your texture file (imported))

hope this helps

There is no objective truth other than schplurg,
Everything is relative to schplurg

Nope....I get this:

ARGH!!!

Just nozice something... I zoomed the cmara in Milkshape and entered the model...it was textured FROM INSIDE!! WHERE IS THE FLIP ALL NORMALS BUTTON HERE????

DArn.....Darn...I'm getting crazy!

EDIT: FOUND IT! Now re-exporting the thing!

EDIT2: THe ship was perfectly textured in Milkshape...I exported it and used a new .mat file... Still invisible!!!!!

Edited by - Firewing on 2/20/2004 12:18:11 PM

Fixed the Hp problem (I named the Hp/Fixed/Mine01 instead of Hp/Fixed/HpMine01), scaled it the right side and exported again.

Allso, I double checked the mat file (it shows to a 1024x1024 uncompressed tga texture...24bpp..16.7 mil colors)..
Now the game chrashes when I go to the shipdealers..

NOTE: If I have 4 engine exhausts, I must name each engine Hp with a different number, right? (Hp/Fixed/HpEngine01, then 02...)

ever tried putting much smaller textures on your ship

I have tried a 512x512...still chrashes...

tried 256x256