Completely Erasing Meta?

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:28 pm

I was wondering if you can completely erase the meta of something instead of just swapping it. I need to erase the warthog windshield cuz im making turrets and the glass sticks up too. Any help?

Ang88 · Post by **Ang88** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:37 pm

if you erase it you will most likly get an exception
you could change the shader of the windshield to something clear like cryo glass

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:40 pm

cryo glass is a bitmap though while the windshield is under shader glass.

maegus15 · Post by **maegus15** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:40 pm

I got the same prob. Fixed it though.

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:41 pm

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:06 pm

Delete the Reflexive that points to the meta. Then the offset. Then it may work

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:10 pm

...help please lol. can i find the reflexive under dependencies in hht?

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:28 pm

no... a dependency is 8 bytes ahead of the tag within the meta. A reflexive is a whole different component. It is a pointer. For let's say Irons Offsets. They Values at the offsets are reflexives that point to the meta. There are also reflexives in meta. Delete them and u have deleted already apart of the object

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:30 pm

ok so go to both the meta offset and regular offsets in a hex editor and space the whole dword out (i think its a dword)

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:39 pm

no...

Edit - I guess I should help..

1. Go to the regular offset

2. If ur in PC u should see a 4 byte number that ends with *4*0

3. I dun know if this'll work but either change those 4 bytes to 0's or just delete the four bytes

4. I've never tried this but it'll prolly work

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:48 pm

ok ill try it thanks for ur help

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:00 pm

nope it didnt work

any other suggestions?

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:14 pm

umm.... my guess is this. use the warthog plugin and kill the physics for the warthog. Compare the changes. Sorry. Can't help u much now. gtg to sleep... tired..

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:16 pm

ya im tryin 2 make a turret but the glass is jst floating. ok cya

staticx57 · Post by **staticx57** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:29 pm

doesnt hmt 3.1 support injecting blank meta? would that work?

blink 182 · Post by **blink 182** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 5:32 pm

i dunno but i have it