Cloning Models

[harshman_chris]

So, has anyone firgured out a quick way to change the texture that a model uses because this alone would allow retexures to be much more in depth because we can clone the model and give it several different textures.

[S-te-Fan]

Isn't that done already in the UV map? At least for some units...

And if you want to clone the model to make difference in textures then I can tell you that that's not possible withouth a model converter.

[HellFell]

So, has anyone firgured out a quick way to change the texture that a model uses because this alone would allow retexures to be much more in depth because we can clone the model and give it several different textures.

It's been discovered a long time ago.

For example, you want french line infantry to have wild geese model and your own texture on it. What do you do:

1. Retexture the wild geese_diffuse, normal or gloss_map
2. Rename wild geese texture files to your custom name - french_line_diffuse for example. Do the same with gloss_map and normal files.
3. Add 4 lines to warscape_lod_animated tables. For example - " -678634826 | unitmodels/wild_geese_lod1.variant_weighted_mesh| french_line" the first number is random, the second is path to the meshes you want to use, the third is the "Model REF" in your unit_land_stat table.
4. Add 1 line to warscape_animated tables - french_line | unitmodels/textures/french_line | animation
5. Add "French_line" to the "Model" string in unit_land_stat table.

That's all

[harshman_chris]

Thanks, honestly is there a tutorial on that buryed somewere deep? Its not in the create your custom units that I saw.
Whats the 3rd value of the four, most are 0, but some are nothing.

The reason why I asked was I thought the textures were referenced in the model file.

[HellFell]

Thanks, honestly is there a tutorial on that buryed somewere deep? Its not in the create your custom units that I saw.
Whats the 3rd value of the four, most are 0, but some are nothing.

lod1 is 5
lod2 is 10
lod3 is 15
lod4 is 0

hope it helps.

@ HellFell, if you do it like you've told you give the unit another model...

you can use one mesh with different textures. Give it a try if you don't believe.

[hunterman52]

Is it just me or the faces reccouring to much i liked mtw2 they had tons of diffrent faces these just look to similiar ..... maybe someone or a patch may change that.. gl

[S-te-Fan]

@ HellFell, if you do it like you've told you give the unit another model...