[Rampage]

Originally posted by Vasudan Admiral
...though thrusters still refuse to work no matter what do-annoying

Hmm...  Follow the steps below:

1. Have a geometry model of your thruster ready.
2. Position the thruster geometry at its desired position.
3. Name the geometry "thruster01-geo".
4. Add a Local Light.
5. Name the light "thruster01-light".
6. Glue the light and the geometry as sibling.
7. Name the selection "thruster01".

[Flipside]

Theres also a little unwrapping program called UVMapper, which I must admit, I've always preferred it to Lithunwrap, even if it does only support OBJ models

Just go to WWW.UVMapper.com and download the classic version It looks a bit simple at first, but it's a pretty powerful tool

Flipside

[Killfrenzy]

Get your 3D Explorations out, kids! :D

[IPAndrews]

UVMapper is a nice piece of kit. It's heavily keyboard driven with few menus, which can make it somewhat difficult to use. It has always been better at doing uv projections. Lithium sometimes does some strange things that UVMapper never does. On the flip side Lithium has added some new features which make it overall much more powerful than UVMapper now. I rarely use UVMapper these days.

[aldo_14]

I always liked UVMapper because - at the time - it was the only thing I could use to manipulate vertices and use multiple materials for a model with.  Nowadays, i only use it to extrct UV templates, as MAX seems to have lost its textporter plugin with r4.

[Killfrenzy]

I've got Lithunwrap, but it don't help me at all.....

[Flipside]

I find the main problem with UVWrapper is that the only way to rotate the map is to drag vertices individually, but the program is far more powerful than it first appears, for example, you can do a box projection, then box select, for example the top projection, or part of it (Not very accurately, admittedly, but hey, it's a free program), drag the top projection over the bottom projection any old how, box select them both and then ask for a planar projection, and hey presto, the vertices are lined up correctly and everything, and you have the top and bottom projections layered on top of each other, thus saving BMP space (With the obvious downsides, but hey, it's only an example).
Lithunwrap I didn't get along with, but then, different horses for different courses as they say

[IPAndrews]

You can do all that with LithUnwrap FlipSide. Plus in LithUnwrap you can select polygons via the 3D preview window, which is a god send. Trust me on this. If you use UVMapper, learn LithUnwrap (but keep UVMapper on your HD for special occasions).

[Rampage]

I have released a newer version of the manual.  In it are some fixes and additions.  I have added the links to some programs mentioned in the manual as well as most suggestions, most noted the suggestions made by StratComm.

To download the newest version, click on the link below:  (It's the same link.)

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/Dump/fsmanual.zip

[fs2freak88]

It says that it is forbidden. Could you fix this? Thanks.

[Rampage]

Originally posted by fs2freak88
It says that it is forbidden. Could you fix this? Thanks.

Fixed.

ACHTUNG!  For those who have included the link to the download of this manual, they need to change the URL link.  It is now: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1lyx2/Dump/fsmanual.zip.

[TopAce]

Can you send me an address of the RAM page ? I would really need it, I got only 64 and FS2 runs slowly!:)

[TopAce]

Could anyone understand the aim of this message? It wanted to be only a joke. It appears it is a hardly understandable one.

[Sesquipedalian]

[Rampage]

Originally posted by TopAce
Could anyone understand the aim of this message? It wanted to be only a joke. It appears it is a hardly understandable one.

[Sarcastic] Ha...ha...  Good use of my name. [/Sarcastic]

[diamondgeezer]

TopAce:

Rampage:

[Rampage]

The tutorial goes online! [Check the Siggy]

[pyro-manic]

Lithunwrap - yes please!!:yes:

[email protected]

Thanks!:)

[karajorma]

Rampage - I  like the manual but could you make the font a little larger for those who who don`t have the eyes of a hawk.

Pyro - If you are actually after a copy of Lithunwrap you might find this page of IP Andrew's Modding Tutorial useful

[pyro-manic]

@ karajorma: most helpful!:)

Very good, Rampage. Quite technical and detailed, but understandable!