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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: WraithHost on July 17, 2001, 01:40:00 pm
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Hi. Anyone remember the Zenith? well anyway I'm back from holiday and trying to create a 4 LOD pof and it ain't working.
I'm using Truspace v2.0 and cob2fs2 v0.01
In my trial I Have 3 objects
a local light Glued as sibling to my LOD1
this is called 'detail,1'. This is then glued as sibling to my LOD0 which is unnamed. This creates a higher level group also with no name. Now , when I run cob2fs2 i get a pof that has the two objects merged into 1 LOD.
Any Help appreciated.
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It should be named detail1 not detail,1 ... this is prob. down to TS1-3(I think) having a dodgy nameing convention.
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yup tried that but truespace 2 keeps changing it back to 'detail,1'.
Annoying huh?
anyone know of any patches etc?
I'm not shelling out cash for a later truespace version as I use 3dsMAX and it cost enough 2nd hand. If all else fails I'll just have to release a 3ds or cob version of Zenith and let sombody else fight it into a POF file.
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Phil.
Trust In Me &
Fall As-well
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haaaaaaa!!!! The Zenith! Now that's a ship that I REALLY want (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
[This message has been edited by Raven2001 (edited 07-17-2001).]
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Originally posted by WraithHost:
yup tried that but truespace 2 keeps changing it back to 'detail,1'.
Annoying huh?
anyone know of any patches etc?
I'm not shelling out cash for a later truespace version as I use 3dsMAX and it cost enough 2nd hand. If all else fails I'll just have to release a 3ds or cob version of Zenith and let sombody else fight it into a POF file.
Well, you could try and use a HEX editor to alter the names yourself - but I've never tired this myself.
That said, a few people use 3d Max for model-making, so maybe you could try and ask them.
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I dont think PCS should have a problem with this. as truespace sorts subs in alphabetical order as long as you refer to the details as detail,1 detail,2 deatil,3 then they should still be in order. PCS i am told recognises the word "detail" to understand its a lod, from there it uses the order in truespace (ie 1,2,3 or 4,7,9 whatever) to determine the order of the lod's. So I dont think the comma should cause any problems in the conversion. I really dont understand why ppl are still using cob2pof ! get PCS here:
http://alliance.sourceforge.net/files/Software/AllProFS2Kit.exe ("http://alliance.sourceforge.net/files/Software/AllProFS2Kit.exe")
Kazan says there are a few bugs still but i doubt you will notice them. PCS has many advantages over cob2pof most importantly it supports repts less than 1 and always creates correct collision detection. It also highlights untextured polygons as red so when in model view you can go to wireframe and locate them directly.
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Thanks for the Advice. I'll download PCS and give it a go. I had an older version of PCS but it kept ballzing up my trial models so I forgot about it.
Hope to get texturing once I've had dinner.
(it's 18:08 in Scotland).
MMMM Fajitas !
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Phil.
Trust In Me &
Fall As-well
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Originally posted by WraithHost:
Thanks for the Advice. I'll download PCS and give it a go. I had an older version of PCS but it kept ballzing up my trial models so I forgot about it.
Hope to get texturing once I've had dinner.
(it's 18:08 in Scotland).
MMMM Fajitas !
didn't know you also lived within these bonnie shores (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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yup, Edinburgh to be precise.
No texturing done (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif).
still I did get 1/3 of a patio layed (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Phil.
Trust In Me &
Fall As-well