milkshape crash with GOM's converter

**Varian** · August 25, 2009, 09:56 AM

hi, i wanted to add a custom 2 handed mace that i made to a unit, i merged the mace with my unit and the file said that it took up 0KB of space, I thought that was wierd and i opened it up. When i opened it up milkshape crashes!

is there something wrong with GoM's Converter? or is the Polycount to high(which i think is the problem)?

**Adnan** · August 25, 2009, 12:15 PM

Dont use Goms converter to merge. Under Milkshape go to File->Merge. Then just assign new weapon to attachments and correct bones.

**Varian** · August 25, 2009, 01:21 PM

okay thanks, i always thought that Milkshape had a horrible merger

**Caesar Clivus** · August 25, 2009, 05:05 PM

Merging should not be done in Milkshape as it can stuff up the model. Does your custom mace file have a skeleton? If not, that'd be the problem. GOM's converter needs a skeleton for the merge to work correctly. I believe though that GOAT can merge files where one doesn't have a skeleton. Might be wrong though

The other alternative is to export your mace from milkshape as an .OBJ file and then import it into your other file.

**Adnan** · August 25, 2009, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Caesar Clivus

Merging should not be done in Milkshape as it can stuff up the model.

Thats strange.

I merged all kinds of things and I never had any problems with it.

**King Siegfried** · August 27, 2009, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Adnan

Thats strange.

I merged all kinds of things and I never had any problems with it.

I did. Because of Milkshape's merge function, I had to manually go in and re-assign ALL the faces to the bones. It was SO painful and obnoxious that I just started over, used GOM's converter, and bam. No issues whatsoever.