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Title: POF editing
Post by: Apothess on January 23, 2003, 12:18:08 pm

does anyone know where i can get the program A.X.E to modify a ships POF. i want to change the textures of a ship but still keep the original.

Title: Re: POF editing
Post by: DTP on January 23, 2003, 12:21:11 pm

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Originally posted by Apothess
does anyone know where i can get the program A.X.E to modify a ships POF. i want to change the textures of a ship but still keep the original.

?, you want to change to textures and keep the original

does not compute, please specify. :)

Title: POF editing
Post by: Apothess on January 23, 2003, 12:37:07 pm

ok say i wanted to change the Capital4 map on the Hecate i would normally just get the texture.pcx i want rename it to capital 4 that would change it but would also change it for every other ship thats uses that capital4 texture. want i want to do is re-name the capital4 to something else eg Kaptial4 on the Hecate pof so that it dosen't effect the textures on any other ship. does this make any sense or am i just talkin crap???

Title: POF editing
Post by: Rampage on January 23, 2003, 12:45:39 pm

Have you heard of a magical little program called "MODELVIEW32"?  It works like a charm.

Title: POF editing
Post by: Apothess on January 23, 2003, 12:51:10 pm

yes i've got the latest version and it won't let me save them as a fs2 model but only as a FS1 pof even then it always seems to corrupt the pof's when i try and save them

Title: POF editing
Post by: Rampage on January 23, 2003, 01:30:54 pm

To save the POF into a Freespace 2 POF:

1. Open up the editor.
2. Go to "Menu>Editor>Save as Freespace 2 Model..."

Hope that helped. ;)

Title: POF editing
Post by: Apothess on January 24, 2003, 12:25:20 pm

unfortunately that doesn't work, when i click on the editor menu it only comes up with save as FS1 pof, there is a save as FS2 pof but it dosen't do anything when u click on it.

Title: POF editing
Post by: Eviscerator on January 25, 2003, 04:02:25 pm

Guys, he's asking for a Hex editor so he can change the hex lines of the POF's code to reference a new skin. This will allow him to use a new reskinned and different model of the ship while still having the original one available to him.

Sorry bud. I can't get you AXE as I have been unsuccessful in locating it myself. You can try to find other hex editing software on the net at http://www.tucows.com, OR you can send the model to me at [email protected] and I can do it for you.

Title: POF editing
Post by: Bobboau on January 25, 2003, 05:22:25 pm

or you could use one of the many POF editors...
like PCS,
or even FSMM2,
hell if you could find it selugtouch could probly do that without screwing up too bad

Title: POF editing
Post by: Eviscerator on January 25, 2003, 10:13:54 pm

I heard PCS was really hard to use, thus I have avoided it like the plague.

With HexEdit32 I could do it in 20 seconds. No kidding. I've timed it.

Hey Bob, would you have links for PCS and FSMM2?

Title: POF editing
Post by: Black Wolf on January 26, 2003, 12:28:56 am

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Originally posted by Apothess
unfortunately that doesn't work, when i click on the editor menu it only comes up with save as FS1 pof, there is a save as FS2 pof but it dosen't do anything when u click on it.

That's because it's already a FS2 Pof - just exit the pof editor and it should save no worries - I do it all the time. If it's stiull corrupting it - reinstall and/or redownload MV32.

Title: POF editing
Post by: Bobboau on January 26, 2003, 12:55:13 am

if you can hex edit PCS will be like cheating :)
look in my sig if you want to learn how to use it
I don't have the link to it off hand and I don't think I put a link to it in the tutorial, I am sure someone has the link to it

Title: POF editing
Post by: Apothess on January 26, 2003, 04:42:34 am

Cheers!!:) :)

Thanks for the advice:)