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[Volt]

Heffay, on 15 August 2017 - 12:42 PM, said:

Just did the Cougar, and everything looked ok. What looked wrong when you did it?

hmm... when I extracted the pre-Aug.15 patch version the parts of the LBX autocannons were floating all over the place.

[Heffay]

Volt, on 21 August 2017 - 04:15 PM, said:

hmm... when I extracted the pre-Aug.15 patch version the parts of the LBX autocannons were floating all over the place.

Did you use Noesis or my cgf-converter program? Noesis has issues with exploded geometry like you're describing.

[Sic]

Can't find any monitors textures. Where are they placed?

upd: I think I've found it. If anyone need it's in this folder:
\\MechWarrior Online\Game\GameData.pak\Libs\UI\HUD\

But if you know any other place, please let me know. I suggest it's not all of them here.

Edited by Sic, 24 August 2017 - 12:03 AM.

[Volt]

Heffay, on 21 August 2017 - 05:54 PM, said:

Did you use Noesis or my cgf-converter program? Noesis has issues with exploded geometry like you're describing.

ah that explains it. I used Noesis the first time then i tried your program and it worked like a charm the Right Arm LBX was floating above the head but it was simple enough to solve, by aligning the object origins. Thanks!

Edited by Volt, 24 August 2017 - 09:13 PM.

[Ace_of_Blades]

Hey guys, I've got my mech imported but I'm stuck. I can't figure out how to use the normal map as a displace map to apply to the mesh. When I use the displace modifier, the geometry explodes. If I change the midlevel slider and the strength slider it doesn't appear to look anything like the normal map.

[Volt]

Saber of Eden, on 01 September 2017 - 03:34 PM, said:

Hey guys, I've got my mech imported but I'm stuck. I can't figure out how to use the normal map as a displace map to apply to the mesh. When I use the displace modifier, the geometry explodes. If I change the midlevel slider and the strength slider it doesn't appear to look anything like the normal map.

Are you using blender or 3ds max? if you're using max create a Normal Bump and then use the DDS image as the normal map.

Has anyone tried to extract the updated Gargoyle model? I am missing the CT Flamers, Lasers and PPC models. Can someone validate if it's just me or if it's the model? It wouldn't be so hard to build the model from the existing parts but I would just like to know if anyone else is having the same problem.

Edit: Also missing a part of the LA uAC2

Edited by Volt, 05 September 2017 - 11:16 PM.

[Ace_of_Blades]

Volt, on 05 September 2017 - 11:01 PM, said:

Are you using blender or 3ds max? if you're using max create a Normal Bump and then use the DDS image as the normal map.

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough. I use blender. I used the displace modifier and chose the dds as my texture, I subdivide the mesh so that it has the available vertices to create new geometry. It doesn't seem to want to work right. I expected that maybe the displace modifier wasn't mapping to the UV map or maybe the UV map was not included in the import, so I checked. The displace modifier is set to map to UV and the UV map did correctly import, this I can check both in that I can see the faces in the UV editor and the other DDS images including the normal map are correctly mapped and imported into the render, unfortunately I can't seem to get the normal to become part of the mesh using the displace modifier. This is really frustrating because everything else I've worked through with an ounce of challenge but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do it. I don't have 3ds max otherwise I'd use it for I'm much more familiar with it.

[Heffay]

Sorry, just saw your PM and now I think I understand a bit better.

The Displace modifier is used to modify geometry. Since the models are the game models, there isn't enough geometry to use the Displace modifier effectively. It will move the vertices, but won't create new vertices to make it more detailed.

You need to add the normal map to the Materials, not add a modifier. I'm not sure how much you know about Blender materials, but after using Mech Importer if you click on the materials button you should see the node layout (assuming you have one of the windows open for it).

Let me know if this helps, or if you need more info.

[Ace_of_Blades]

Right, I'm trying to modify the geometry so that I can 3D print my mech with the normal map's detail. Regarding not having enough detail in the model, I believe that's the purpose of subdividing the mesh. This is extremely frustrating because the mesh just explodes into a soup sandwich and for the life of me I can't figure out why.

[Heffay]

Saber of Eden, on 20 September 2017 - 01:06 PM, said:

Right, I'm trying to modify the geometry so that I can 3D print my mech with the normal map's detail. Regarding not having enough detail in the model, I believe that's the purpose of subdividing the mesh. This is extremely frustrating because the mesh just explodes into a soup sandwich and for the life of me I can't figure out why.

I've never heard of being able to go from low poly to high poly by subdividing a bunch and then displacing the normals back onto the geometry. I guess that would be technically possible, but not sure the Displace modifier is meant to do that.

Is there a multiplication factor on the displace modifier? You might need to seriously reduce the factor so that it doesn't explode. Also, are you applying the subdivision modifier before applying the displace modifier? The order you have the modifiers also matters, and if you do it the wrong way it can have weird effects.

Here's the documentation on the Displace modifier:

https://docs.blender...m/displace.html

With the normal maps they have, I would guess you'd want to do a vector displacement and dial that strength way down. Also be sure you're using the right and set the UV map properly.

[M-Lee]

Hello. I extract new mechs and see this error. What I do wrong ?

[Silver Wind Jones]

Please, someone I'm so sad I can't figure this out lol! I'm not "code savvy" so I can't get poweshell to work. I've extracted all .PAK files in a place I can find did all the things The the tutorial told me to do, have all the software, but I can't for the life of me figure this out... I need HELP PLEASE LOL! ������

Edited by Silver Wind Jones, 23 October 2017 - 03:26 PM.

[Adalonus]

So can import all the mechs to blender correctly and do some basic stuff in blender, but can anyone do a tutorial on how to properly clean up the models for 3d printing, set them up as separate parts, maybe how to do basic joints? I can export a selection to stl in a single part or two, throw it in netfabb, and have it auto-repair until it calls it "good", but I would like to do it properly if possible.

I really would like to do some N-Scale mechs for my upcoming battletech game, but I am not nearly experienced enough in blender to pull this off with my current knowledge.

[Heffay]

Silver Wind Jones, on 23 October 2017 - 03:25 PM, said:

Please, someone I'm so sad I can't figure this out lol! I'm not "code savvy" so I can't get poweshell to work. I've extracted all .PAK files in a place I can find did all the things The the tutorial told me to do, have all the software, but I can't for the life of me figure this out... I need HELP PLEASE LOL! ������

I'll work on a new tutorial video this weekend to take advantage of the new converter and mech importer. It's WAY overdue.

[The Flame]

Looking forward to it!

[Nakamura Takeshi]

Heffay, on 27 October 2017 - 07:37 PM, said:

I'll work on a new tutorial video this weekend to take advantage of the new converter and mech importer. It's WAY overdue.

Please do Heffay I myself and many others appreciate your efforts on this project.

[TheSkiDog]

So I did some work on an uber style shader for blender.

Try it out let me know what you think.

http://www.filehosti...p%20Final.blend

you can assign metallic, non metallic, luminescent, or a bypass for a shader material of your own, to each color channel

Some examples:

Edited by TheSkiDog, 07 November 2017 - 08:53 PM.

[TheSkiDog]

Heffay, on 27 October 2017 - 07:37 PM, said:

I'll work on a new tutorial video this weekend to take advantage of the new converter and mech importer. It's WAY overdue.

I know I would greatly appreciate this.
Many thanks and regards.

[Heffay]

Alright, finished the first tutorial. It's for generic Cryengine assets. Will post a link when the youtube upload is done. Also working on a bulk converting tutorial, as well as a mech importer one.

Sorry for the delays on this. They take a lot of time to produce.

Edit: First video. Just basic conversion stuff. The mech conversion video still needs to be completed.

https://youtu.be/6WoA2ubTZ0k

Edited by Heffay, 14 November 2017 - 10:50 AM.

[Seijin Dinger]

Thanks for the video Heffay, part way through watching it while studying for a midterm