mrwonko

Via script, yes, so really just in custom maps.

Judging from ModView's credits (seriously guys, just click help->about): nope, that would be Ste Cork with some help by Mike Crowns. Well, maybe he gave some advice without getting credit?

Much more likely than getting the SP or Engine source code anyway, since it's just an internal tool that would probably not require the publisher's approval to be released.

info_player_start has a spawn flag that makes you spawn without any weapons, I think. Like in that map with Rax Joris. That will do the trick for stripping away the lightsaber.

Why? Worst thing that could conceivably to happen is a cease & desist. Where'd you get the saber code?

Because only Raven has ModViews sourcecode.

I think dismemberment works by saying "only draw surface X and its descendants," where X is fixed. So make sure you have a proper hierarchy and you're using the same names for your surfaces* as the original models. *I don't know which surfaces in particular make a difference, but this shouldn't be too hard to figure out from the MP SDK. I'll take a look later, if I remember.

I see. I'd still go for map models since you do want models, but I can see how NPCs may be less work. If you're going the NPC route, you'll want set_anim_both, set_anim_holdtime_both, set_invincible, set_force_invincible and set_behaviour_state bs_cinematic I guess.

It is, via Icarus scripting. Are those statues supposed to come to life at some point or will they forever be statues? If they'll stay statues, I'd just convert the model instead. And one thread is quite enough, don't you think?

Because no matter what shader you use, it doesn't seem to work. So the shader can't be the problem, right?

I've got this feeling the problem is your file, not the shader.

It's nice to be able to read, eh? To quote myself: The tutorial didn't get approved until about 4h ago. The parts about animation don't really concern you since you likely won't need to edit the gla, but pretty much everything else is relevant. You'd start with the imported original glm file, but since you're adding parts you still need to heed the instructions about UV mapping and smoothing etc.

One thing to keep in mind about scale is realism vs fun. Cramped maps are no fun to play. But if we were going for a map that plays smoothly, we would've started by greyboxing the layout first and playtesting that a lot instead of adding room after room.

Don't you still have to use a shader when using the alpha channel? Or is the default shader sufficient? --edit-- Way to answer too late. That was the latest post I read. OmegaSigma, that shader is not useful for models since it references a lightmap, which playermodels don't have. Master_Ibonek, take a look at the shader for Chewie's fur instead, that's transparent as well.

Here we go... (Once it's been approved.) Took longer than expected but did help me find another bug in my add-on. So now the add-on's back in moderation as well. I had planned to get other stuff done today, but this is at least a better use of my time than surfing and gaming.

If you'd taken a look at the manual of the plugin I've linked you'd know the difference between gla and glm. Oh well, I'll write a tutorial on creating a vehicle from scratch with Blender since if I'm going to write a detailed walkthrough I want as many people as possible to benefit and I think creating new vehicles is of more interest to most people. Also, the process is mostly the same when changing something, except for the part where you create the model itself. I expect this will take a while, but I should get it done today.

Well, if there's going to be rescaling I suggest turning the parts in question to .ase, those rescale flawlessly, you just need to manually add some clip brushes.

You know, if we'd done this in Blender it'd be much easier... *wink* *nudge* One of my maps was notoriously overscaled... It's not that simple, really. But then I suck at designing in general. Is there a dislike button, too?

Yeah, it can be hard to contact the people after all this time. At least you tried. So just give proper credit, I guess.

Do you have any modelling experience? If not, I suggest you pick up Blender. Thanks to a couple of plugins I wrote you can import and export playermodels with it. (Vehicles are playermodels in the broader sense.) Next, I'd suggest you spend a week or so getting comfortable with Blender. You'll want to learn the basic navigation, how to edit meshes, the basics of skeletal animation (Armatures) and about UV mapping. Then you'd import the model - for which you've obviously gotten permission from the original author to modify - into Blender, do the modifications you want while making sure any new geometry is properly UV-Mapped, split at the UV seams (see the manual included with the plugins) and rigged to the Armature, and re-export it. If you've done modelling before in something besides Blender, the hardest part will be importing and re-exporting the model. There's an official converter by Raven to turn XSI'S .xsi files into playermodels, and besides my plugin Milkshape 3D can import glm files, though the skeleton is lost in the process. (Since vehicles are often not animated, this might not be too bad.) There might be some other software with support as well, I've never had to investigate since I'm using Blender.

So since apparently updates don't get into the "New Files" sidebar redsaurus suggested I make a post here to tell you all that a new version of my Blender Plugin Suite is out. For anybody who doesn't know: The Suite is a collection of plugins for Blender aimed at use in Jedi Academy, including above all full GLM and GLA support, meaning you can create and edit playermodels and animations. The new version consists mostly of bugfixes, so you'll hardly notice it unless you were trying to import GLMs on Blender 2.65 and later, working with .rof files or trying to export new skeletons (i.e. not based on existing ones, unlike new _humanoid animations). What you will notice though is the addition of a manual, so if you were confused about how to do things, fret no more! Linky linky click clickety-click! So long, Mr. Wonko

Remember my Blender Plugin Suite? Includes GLM and GLA import and export. I know the file formats. I'll try adding support to iojamp once I've gotten it to compile with Visual Studio. (I'll try to add CMake support to ioquake3, which can then be merged into iojamp.)

So is there like some Wiki or the like where I can keep track of the progress of this? See what is and isn't done yet?

How are you selecting the model?

I've just subscribed to the forums I'm interested in so I get mail notifications when something interesting happens, no need to check that way. Well, there are exceptions, like right now - I'd never notice polls through mail notifications.