Injecting New Models

[Eaton]

Ok, I made a model from scratch, but how can I inject it over and existing weapon/vehicle in the map?

[DarkShallFall]

Here is how to extract and separate the shaders If you are going to separate shaders.
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And dec1234's model injection tutorial.
Link

Boy do i ever miss dec ;_;

Also some times people can have problems with extracting and injecting because of there time zone on there PC. Also your graphics card. So if you have any problems tinker with those two.

[Eaton]

Here is how to extract and separate the shaders If you are going to separate shaders.
Link

And dec1234's model injection tutorial.
Link

Boy do i ever miss dec ;_;

Also some times people can have problems with extracting and injecting because of there time zone on there PC. Also your graphics card. So if you have any problems tinker with those two.

Those tutorials are more along the lines of editing existing models, though...

Time Zone..? That seem really odd. How could hat interfere with model injection?

[DarkShallFall]

It could effect the process trying to right the model and cause an error.

[ogrish]

extract a model, rename your model to the name of extracted, rename your .mtl to the extracted name delete origanals, and inject to origanal.
this wont overwrite, it will dup the chunks, inject, and let you rename it to what ever you want.

[DarkShallFall]

Your not suppose to rename the .mtl.

[ogrish]

the mtl made from your custom model will have your custom models name, there for it must be renamed to the model your injecting to.

or at least thats how i do it.

After setting your groups and textures on your new model and saving that info is stored in a new mtl right?

[DarkShallFall]

If the .mtl isn't referring to a texture in the map it will cause an error.

[ogrish]

Good point, I forgot to mention overwrite and rename your textures.
or inject the ones you plan to use first.

[NotZachary82]

Good point, I forgot to mention overwrite and rename your textures.
or inject the ones you plan to use first.

The .mtl you extract must be the same one you inject. >_>

[Eaton]

I kept the original .mtl and did not modify the Texture folder in any way, and it still won't inject. I replaced my OBJ weapon model file with my custom model and renamed it to the weapon in the map as well. What now?

[ogrish]

Good point, I forgot to mention overwrite and rename your textures.
or inject the ones you plan to use first.

The .mtl you extract must be the same one you inject. >_>

What?...

And why do you think this? did someone tell you this? Or is it your opinion?
Either way it is not true.

The original .mtl tells what shaders go were on your original .obj.

when you merge your new model on to old and set textures and groups then delete old model and save, it dosnt update original .mtl, it creats a new one. sorry if im wrong but its how ive been doing it, and it works for me.

[NotZachary82]

And why do you think this? did someone tell you this? Or is it your opinion?

I say this from past experience.

Example:

when you merge your new model on to old and set textures and groups then delete old model and save, it dosnt update original .mtl, it creats a new one. sorry if im wrong but its how ive been doing it, and it works for me.

Every time I use that new .mtl, I receive a model with all black shaders. (That was in the model viewer; I never tested in-game so you could be right.)

[ogrish]

Ok i know this looks like crap i did it all in under 4 mins.





and heres probly way you cant see your model Eaton(weapons tag)

[Eaton]

It's not that I can't see it. I just haven't injected one yet. I've just been trying this one model as a test, but I'm going to start making some to use in my mod soon.