[Ryx]

Here's a related thread in the Modding forum

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,6676.0.html

[Reppyboyo]

can i convert the *.ANI files to a filetype that 3dsmax can read and use....

i convert the *.COB to *.3DS using Deep Explorer

[Ryx]

open one of the thruster anis with anivew (or whatever that prog is called) and export a frame and there's your thruster tex.

[Zeronet]

Use model view or guesswork to work out what ship your extracting.

[Odyssey]

Originally posted by Reppyboyo
can i convert the *.ANI files to a filetype that 3dsmax can read and use....

i convert the *.COB to *.3DS using Deep Explorer

I use 3D Exploration, but assuming Deep Explorer is the same:
There should be a list somewhere with all the LODs. Uncheck all but the LOD with the suffix 'a', and when you save as, make sure it only saves the visible objects.
Hope that helps.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Odyssey

Maybe so, but that just complicates the matter doesn't it? All he needed to know is the names for each ship, so that's the program I pointed him to

Not if you're trying to figure out which texture goes where, and what files to use.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Reppyboyo
when i load the COB file i can see the sighter but around it is a solid triangle....wot the hell is this?
and the textures seem to be missing...

i just used VPVIEW to extract the model and POF Constructor Suite to convert it to COB....

You have to configure the path where the textures are located.  Click on Tools and select Options.  Click the textures tab and add the necessary paths.