[TrashMan]

O.k. -
I made two large ships. The Iowa(a battleship) and Paladin (battlecruiser).
Both have all 4 LOD's and debris.

The geometry is o.k. and so is the hierarchy, but PCS gives me a really bad time! It gives the illegal operation window and frezes when I try to convert!

[Killfrenzy]

When PCS misbehaves, use cob2pof! :D

[TrashMan]

Don't konw how. I have it, but I don't know how to use it!

[Killfrenzy]

It's a dos program.

Put it in the same folder as all your cobs and type:

cob2pof name.cob

And you should end up with a file named 'test.pof' in the same directory.

I use wincob2pof, so I've not use the CL version for a while. I might have got it wrong, but if it's not 'cob2pof' it's 'cob2fs2.'

[Unknown Target]

Actually, you simply open it with the cob2pof program, and it generates a pof named test.pof in the same directory

[EdrickV]

Here is, IMHO, the easiest way to use cob2fs2.exe.

1. Make a shortcut to the program.
2. Bring up the shortcut's properties and in the "Start in" box put the full path of where you want the model to go. (I use C:\Windows\Desktop)
3. Drop that shortcut into: C:\Windows\SendTo
4. To convert a file using it, right click the file, chose "Send To" and Cob2FS2.

You'll get a test.pof sitting in whatever folder you told it to use. Trying to drop files onto it you can get pof files scattered all over. (I recall finding one in C:\) If the file doesn't appear, then you want to bring up a DOS Prompt (Command Prompt in XP) and try converting it there so you can see what it's spewing out about why it won't convert. Remember to rename the test.pof file before converting your next model!

[TrashMan]

Done! This time I can see that cob2FS2 actually does something (lists names of turrets and cubes and other subobjects), but I can't find any pof file. Nowhere. Tried using Find (by name & date). Nothing.

[karajorma]

it creates a file called test.pof Do a search for that.

[Galemp]

I had the exact same problem. I stuck cob2fs2 and model.cob in the C directory, went to Start-> Run, typed in C:\cob2fs2.exe model.cob, and it spat out test.pof perfectly, in the C directory.

[TrashMan]

I did a find. Nothing!

[EdrickV]

It would help to know exactly what you did and how.

[TrashMan]

I followed your instructions.

Made the shortcut.
Set the "Start in" to c:\Windows\Desktop\MY MODELS
Droped it in the c:\Windows\Send to

Sent a cob file to cob2fs2

A window appeared listing subobjects, and when it stopped I looked for the test.pof. Nothing.

Well, it figures (with my luck). All conversion programs are giving me trouble!

[EdrickV]

I assume you made the My Models folder before you converted the file? You can try doing a "Files and Folders" search on your entire drive for test.pof. You could also try bringing up a DOS Prompt (Command Prompt for XP) and do:
/cob2fs2 | more
That should let you look at all the text that the program is printing out and see if it's displaying any error messages. Doing it this way, the test.pof file should appear in the folder you are in. Come to think about it, what version of Windows are you using? XP may not have a C:\Windows\Desktop\ folder. (XP desktops, I believe, normally get tossed into: C:\Documents and Settings\\Desktop or something like that. But I've only recently had any experience with XP so I'm not sure.)

[Galemp]

OR you could follow my instructions and do everything in the root directory.