Texture needed

[Shushoni95]

I just got done with my first model ever. It's of an ISD and all it needs is a texture.

 

So..on that i was wondering if any one of you would texture it for me. Mainly because i suck at texturing

 

I'll put the file up for download if i can figure out how. I made it in gmax if that is of any importance.

 

Thanks

[the_mask]

Hmm, thissite has a backup of the old SWMA models and their textures.

You should give it a try

[Shushoni95]

cool, thanks mask.

 

You wouldnt happen to know where i could get that tempest plugin for gmax i read about in the modeling tutorial, would you?

 

i've looked all over and cant find a working link

[AdmiralFishface]

that's where i got it from:

 

http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

[Shushoni95]

Thanks, that helped alot

 

but im having problems trying to convert the .3ds into .x files.

i have the tutorial but it says to use the conv3ds program?

i cant seem to find it or make any other program that came with it to work

 

 

p.s. hehe...my first time

[AdmiralFishface]

hehe... same problem here...

first time for me, too...

[the_mask]

Umm, guys ... it's on my webpage, under 'Rebellion'

 

Keep on modelling, the more the merrier

[AdmiralFishface]

Umm, jah, I found it (before your post but thanks anyway).

 

I'm trying to convert SFC .mod to .x, is there anything I should know for doing that?

[the_mask]

Pfff, umm ... I think Cain asked me that as well, a few days ago.

 

You need Milkshape 3D and the import plugins from http://www.assimsoft.com, that should enable you load the SFC models.

I just tried the old Enterprise, since I'm still in the middle of preparing for my exams

[AdmiralFishface]

milkshape - check.

plugin - check.

lots of .mods - check.

 

well, learning by doing!

[the_mask]

I don't recall at the moment, if you had to select all the objects, you wanted to export, or if simply hitting the button would suffice.

 

But you know the saying: give a man a compilation tape and he will dance for a night.

Teach him to scratch and he will dance for generations

[AdmiralFishface]

Hmm...conv3ds gives me a 'file fca.3ds unreadable' error message.

I tried it with another model as well, my scratchbuilt akula destroyer...same thing

[the_mask]

Hmm, what did you select in Milkshape's export options ?

 

Can the models be loaded in Lith ?

[AdmiralFishface]

That might be the point...

I exported it as milkshape ms3d and loaded it with lithunwrap, then saved it as 3ds there.

[the_mask]

No no no, save it as 3ds directly in Milkshape.

The export plugin has a funny name there and might be easily overlooked. I think it's called 'Autodesk 3ds ...' or something.

[AdmiralFishface]

done. conv3ds still can't read it.

 

*banging head against keyboard* - ARGH! It won't work.

[the_mask]

*banging Admiral Fishface's head some more against the keyboard* darn, why doesn't it work ?

 

Have you chosen any fancy filenames with spaces or something else inside ? If that's the case, write the filename like this "filename with spaces...3ds"

[AdmiralFishface]

Thought of that as well... fca.3ds isn't that fancy, is it?

 

*collapses and begins to weep, wailing 'Ich hasse dieses Modell!'*

[Shushoni95]

ok, so i did everything that i was supposed to but when i try to import the stuff it says it doesnt have textures.

 

what did i do wrong?

 

if i leave it that way, will it show up right in rebellion?

 

[edit]

ok, it shows up but.....theres 2 problems....

all white

the ship isbigger than the planet.....

[the_mask]

Adm. Fishface: I tried it yesterday, after I was too sleepy to learn, or in other words: on 0400AM. But for me, it worked.

I just imported the fca (Kirk's Enterprise) and exported it again with the Autodesk 3ds exporter.

Then I copied the conv3ds tool in that folder, opened a DOS prompt there and typed my usual command:

conv3ds -m -v2 "nameofthemodel.3ds"

 

It converted the model without any complaints.

 

 

Shushoni: well, the answer's almost within your own post then.

1) at least one of the three LOD models doesn't seem to have a material or the right material (wrong name ?) assigned.

2) you didn't resize at least one of the models in 3dsmax/gmax to the right proportions. Most of the time I import ships like the ISD (1.6km) and measure the size of the new one that way.

[AdmiralFishface]

This is exactly what I did.

*sigh*

I give up...for now.

[the_mask]

Ok, I can't see you suffer like this.

 

PM me your email adress and I'll send the converted fca your way, somewhere between when I was supposed to learn for the next exam ...

[Trejiuvanat]

Those inbetween tend to be longer than the actual studying time

[the_mask]

et tu, Trejus ?

 

Come on, I need something to occupy my mind besides all these humdrum scripts. Otherwise I'd go completely mad