[OF/ToV] ZombieMod - First Alpha Footage

[Aidas2]

Unwrapping, yea ofcourse, I skin most of my units made for one mod for CnC Generals, but I'm not good with skining I could just unwrap them.

EDIT Burton if you could, send me some of the infantry weapon models I made with 3ds max, cuz now I dont have them, (pc died half shit was saved, but nothing from coh models was left)

[Angelic]

Looking great uccido

isnt this something?
http://www.corsix.org/models_docs/index.html

[tyler4171]

too bad the OE and the exporter dont work with 3DS max 9 ive got 768 weapon models already modeld and textured for men of war.

[kureave]

wait.... isn't that shotgun off of halo on pc? o.O it looks really familiar to me...(i mod halo and remodel the guns)

[Uccido]

yea thats the halo shotgun everything from halo is compatible with CoH (modding ideas much? lmao)

[Aidas2]

@tyler4171
Maybe they do work, but only Eastern front mod knows on how to import new weapons to the game :/

[Angelic]

and richt now there arent sharing with us....

[Uccido]

if OE didnt keep closing whenever i try to open an RGO i could probably figure out how to do it...

edit: *facepalm* found the solution.

edit(2): *facepalm...again* doesnt crash anymore but doesnt open the file either

[burtondrummerNY]

It's the same process for adding other things to infantry: extract the infantry model, open with OE, make it so the weapon works with the bones of the model, and reexport.

However, I'm sure I'm missing several steps, as I've never actually done it.

[tankdestroyer]

@BurtondrummerNY
I read a post where you ask something like how to make a model change of skin with an upgrade. Well I was playing around today with OE, and I found something interesting in the Tiger RGO. I guess you know how to work with OE, what I'm talking about is in tab named actions and is called texture selector. You can choose wich texture you model use with an upgrade, one that change the estate in the ebp, and you don't need to make new models because you can modify an existing rgo.

[burtondrummerNY]

Oh really? Thats very interesting. So you can link any upgrade with a skin? (Such as getting the MG upgrade on the sherman?)

[tankdestroyer]

Yeah, it looks very simple, add this action, choose all the textures, add an state in the tab named data. Then create the upgrade in Corsix that change the state and is done.

[Angelic]

Well today is maybe the last day without my own cp so i could be helping again tommorow

[burtondrummerNY]

Yay!

[Angelic]

I think were doing great and i cant wait to just try the beta ( my coh needs to be updated once installed so why not get a look at The zombie mods when at 2.301 ) and than i think im going to make some zombies or something else

[Angelic]

Hi guys im typing this from my new cp installing Coh at this very moment

[Uccido]

finally got model exporter working (kudos to blade). will do up some UV maps for the models i got tomorrow. and will go to burton for skinning.

[burtondrummerNY]

That's great. I can't wait!

[Angelic]

Awsomness to the limit

my next post will be with pictures.

[burtondrummerNY]

I see no pix lolz

[Angelic]

lol me neither but appertly it takes about 5 hours to dload Photoshop... ( trail version ) hmm so it'l has to wait second of that my corsix wont run something about a missing dll.

[burtondrummerNY]

hmm. Are all the corsix files together?

[Angelic]

well i dloaded 0.5.6 the one celestial updated but it doesnt seem to work

[Celution]

Strange, I never had that problem. Download it again?

[Angelic]

I downloaded your i downloaded a package that included one i downloaded corsix's version it says it cant find MSVCP71.dll any clue what that is?

[sirpsychoj]

Yeah thats a common problem sometimes Angelic, dont panic, theres a link in forums to the 2 other files, there a seperate d/l.

[Angelic]

Thank you sirpsycho found the filed dloaded them and now it works

[Uccido]

@ burton and anyone else doing skinning. how do you want the UVs setup, do you want to have a mirror style skinning like in CoH now. or do you want to be able to skin every surface. (left and right side mirrored vs left and right side individual)


Edit: HMMV UV done (please tell me someone hasnt done this already )

HMMV UV

Explanation

[Angelic]

Well uccido depends on i mean having not to color both sides has an time advantage and will mostley look good but it will be harded putting decals on and same with having to do everything it will take longer but you'd prably have some nice decals on

but i'd go for every surface,

about the HMMV : is it possible to make the hatch openable ( for both commander and machinegun? ) and that the lichts go one when its dark?

[Uccido]

lights should be easy to do (its just an fx marker). as for hatch opening. i can definitely look into it. currently theres two HMMV models, one with a mounted 50cal built in, one without (transport). so its just a matter of a hatch for the cmdr.

[burtondrummerNY]

Back from AFK.

Humvee looks good. Is it 1024x1024 or 512x512?

I'd prefer being able to skin every surface, rather than having it mirrored, as this allows for more variation.

EDIT: I need the 3ds files with the UVW maps set.

[sirpsychoj]

I agree. I think in the long run doing every surface will have more benefits and greater detail. Doing a good job as well guys

[Angelic]

well i bought CS4 ( Aka photoshop ) and im gona make some stuff what do we need?

[burtondrummerNY]

Some survivor skins or some zombie skins would be nice

[Angelic]

uccido do you how normal maps because my zombie skins look quite proper wanted to take a screenie in-game but that was a fail so if i send them to you is it possible that you edit the normal maps?

[Uccido]

haha. what exactly went wrong?

[Angelic]

well i had a very lichts shirt but you can excatly see where the old shirt was just because of the normal but also i have some guts hanging out and that goes trough the old shirt ( with old shirt i mean the details of the normal map ) an that is just so ugly that i just need someone to edit it before even thinking of empleting it in the zombie mod

[Uccido]

i have discovered the secrets of importing weapons =D although im still going over the process...

[The Lost Squad]

@angelic nice deatils any screenies

@uccido how did u discover to import weapons.

[Uccido]

under art/models/races/common/weapons/ it has rgos for each weapon type, which have all your animations for that weapon type. need to add animations for any weapons you import to the respective rgo, and then setup your weapons model as a regular model.

like i said, still going over the process, gonna do some indepth testing, see if i can get one of mine in before i confirm a method.

[The Lost Squad]

sweet if this pans out this is a major breaktrough for the mod

[Angelic]

well for some reason i cant take screenies in-game when i press print-screen it freezes and i dont know how to start my mod in worldbuilder correctly since i have visa now and XP

[The Lost Squad]

if u have Xfire u can take screenies just by pressing (well on mine) alt+p

[Uccido]

new weapon model ingame (edited thompson for drum mag). now to get animations working. it shoots properly (but sideways, due to it not moving)

Pictures

[The Lost Squad]

OMG OMG OMG SWEEEEEEEEEEEET

Whats next M1 Garand w/h nade launcher? Trenchgun? What about the aussie Owen?

[Uccido]

well... once i get animations working i'll be able to do alot more... and i think i will

[The Lost Squad]

sweet

[sirpsychoj]

Excellent work Uccido. Very impressive, your efforts are certainly being rewarded. Good luck too you with the fine tuning

[Celution]

Looks very good indeed!

[burtondrummerNY]

Thats fucking awesome! Good work!