Re: How to add new models

[Akula_pff]

So if you use the extractor program on the Model.med and texture.meg files you will get all the extracted models and files in the game.  Then its just a simple matter of adding them into the appropriete shipunits.xml file and adding a couple of TGA's.  The issue then comes up as to what file format the models are in, I went ahead and tried to open it up with some of the tools in the DirectX SDK without success, but if some figures out what file format they are in post it here.

 

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Edited January 20, 2006 by Akula_pff

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Wll i've extracted the models and textures.meg files and the models are in a ALO and ALA format(I think), and the textures are in a DDS Format(I think) ;D

[Akula_pff]

yep, theirs another thread somewhere around here that I wrote explaining the ALO format

[dw333]

You actually have to add information in several .xml files aswell...

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

Where do you find the tga files? I can't find them anywhere.

[tibmaker]

.TGA file references are actually fake. However, there is a single .TGA file that is sort of the master decal file for everything. Basically, the game engine says BLAHBLAH.tga, but points to this one using the .MDT file which points to specific areas of the real .tga file. However, without a MDT editor released, you cannot edit where they point yet.

 

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