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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: mnftg64 on September 12, 2003, 02:52:00 pm

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: mnftg64 on September 12, 2003, 02:52:00 pm

I have the programs I need to add the points but my POF viewer (the freespace download one) doesn't show me the xyz coordinates. I need to know the coordinates of specific spots so I can type them in in fsmm2. anyone know how to do this?

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: StratComm on September 12, 2003, 04:23:03 pm

you mean modview?  Create a subsystem with a small radius and move it around.  It also displays coordinates of any submodels relative to the origin.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 13, 2003, 05:01:42 am

Yep, and if you need to work out a normal use a gun point.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: karajorma on September 13, 2003, 01:55:31 pm

If I were you I'd just use modelview for the whole business of adding new gunpoint/firing points and leave fsmm completely out of it. See the pof editor button? Press that :D

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: magatsu1 on September 13, 2003, 03:45:51 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma
If I were you I'd just use modelview for the whole business of adding new gunpoint/firing points and leave fsmm completely out of it. See the pof editor button? Press that :D

um, I don't see any editor button....
any ideas why my model view refuses to show textures BTW ?

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 13, 2003, 07:01:08 pm

You need a later version for the POF editor, I'm using 04b. As for the textures, double check that they are 256 colour PCX files, and that they are in the right folder. Sounds stupid but we all make those mistakes, and 90% of the time they're your problem.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: Flipside on September 13, 2003, 07:21:25 pm

Also, older version of Modview got stroppy about having the textures in the same directory as the POF for some reason :(
Yes, sounds to me like you have an older version of Modelview, you really need to get the latest version, and get Pof Construction Suite by Kazan, you can create engine glows in it (I always just create them in PCS at 0,0,0 and them place them using the latest version of Modelview).

Flipside :D

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 13, 2003, 07:23:32 pm

You can move engine glows in MV? What version you running? If it's later than 4b, could you send it my way? Like, wrap it round a brick and chuck it or something.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: mnftg64 on September 13, 2003, 11:33:41 pm

Where can I get  a newer version of modview?

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: Black Wolf on September 13, 2003, 11:49:52 pm

Are you using ModelView32 mnftg64? Or the shoddy old POF View? That would explain why you might not be able to see certain stuff.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: karajorma on September 14, 2003, 05:10:07 am

Modelview V1 Beta 05 Build 28 (http://www.geocities.com/vasudanad/modv32b5.zip)

You may also want to check out Vasudan Admiral's high limits version (I've linked to the standard version on his site). You can find details of it on this (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,15019.0.html) thread.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 14, 2003, 06:55:27 am

Yo kara, you forgot to mention that your link is a copy and paste job. Just so no-one complains :)

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: magatsu1 on September 14, 2003, 09:22:55 am

apologies for being a pain in the a**e, but you're links are throwing up error messages karajorma.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 14, 2003, 09:41:56 am

Dude, read the post just above yours. Then smack yourself and copy and paste the link.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: karajorma on September 14, 2003, 10:50:02 am

Odd. Works fine when I clicked on it. Just tried it now and it worked. Works from the link in the FAQ too. :confused:

Anyway as DG said if it doesn't work just copy and paste the shortcut into your browser.

Title: adding system points, help....
Post by: magatsu1 on September 14, 2003, 04:21:54 pm

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Dude, read the post just above yours. Then smack yourself and copy and paste the link.

didn't know you could paste links into your browser !
but now I do.
so I did.

and I wasn't complaining! :p