Custom models CRUSADER 2012.06.02

**Aidas2** · 9th Nov 11 4:26 AM

From now on I'l be releasing custom models here

Crusader

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Aidas Crusader with Random Skin Swapper

M3a1 Stuart

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M24 Chaffe

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**Celution** · 9th Nov 11 4:31 AM

Looks quite nice indeed, though it is so unfortunate Relic's Hellcat chassis is kinda low quality, especially as the wheels should be 3d (Though, the Pershing one are flat too, but the nrm helps quite nice. Anyway, nice model, thanks for sharing guys

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p.s. Why don't you make 1 single thread?

**Aidas2** · 9th Nov 11 4:34 AM

p.s. Why don't you make 1 single thread?

When I'l have more models to share, I'l put it all into one thread.

**nachocheese** · 9th Nov 11 5:05 AM

nice model, thx for sharing it.

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 8:10 AM

Does it have an M2HB gunner on top with an animated hatch? Looks good, though! I like how it uses the M18 Hellcat.

**Aidas2** · 9th Nov 11 8:38 AM

No, but you're free to modify and re-release it. It does use Hellcat tracks but the whole thing is downsized and scaled like it should be, not massive like the coh hellcat.

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 8:51 AM

I know it's been scaled. I was planning on doing the same thing, but time got the best of me. Tankdestroyer did a fine job! It does have an animated hatch, btw, so that's cool.

**Halftrack** · 9th Nov 11 9:01 AM

its a nice idea to downsize it to real values, but IMHO it doesnt fit well into the oversized CoH world. Which is a pity.
Nice model, nice textures.. but out of place.
I know the chaffee wasnt that big, but it looks like a toy tank in comparison.

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 9:19 AM

I agree, it is far too small now. Yes, the Hellcat is maybe a little bigger than it should be, but look at the dimensions:

Length: 5.03m (Chaffee); 6.27m (Sherman)
Width: 3m (Chaffee); 2.67m (Sherman)
Height: 2.77m (Chaffee); 2.94m (Sherman)

As you can see, they are actually not that much different in size. Here is a good comparison picture as well, between a Hellcat and a Sherman:

http://s1.e-monsite.com/2008/09/10/9...ellcat-jpg.jpg

**Jagdpanther** · 9th Nov 11 9:26 AM

It's a nice "Kanonenfutter". Good work @TD.

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 9:38 AM

Bah, it may appear smaller, but it's in the game, that's all that really matters at this point.

**Aidas2** · 9th Nov 11 9:47 AM

Agreed, I can't do anything about it being so small , you'd need to kindly ask TD or anyone else who can to upsize it.

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 10:07 AM

Nah, it's fine. Scale in COH is a big Charlie Foxtrot, anyways. It'd be a fool's errand to make everything to scale with each other. :P

**Aidas2** · 9th Nov 11 10:10 AM

The main problem is the sherman being horribly oversized, even compared to other vehicles. it was rather big, but not Tiger big.

**Mirage Knight** · 9th Nov 11 10:21 AM

It'd be a fool's errand to make everything to scale with each other

And no one wants to be the fool

On topic: Damn that Chafee looks good! Nice work guys!

**Halftrack** · 9th Nov 11 11:02 AM

The main problem is, almost all units are terribly oversized, even the Tiger I.
@Eli: I see that differently, of course all models should be compared to one another.
Size does matter.
now the ( also ridiculously oversized) hellcat looks almost twice as big as its brother, the Chaffee...
which is now tetrach size. The King Tiger could eat that poor little guy alive. ^^

Dont get me wrong, dont want to be a prick on this nice model , Relic should be blamed for all that mismeasuring.

**robotnik** · 9th Nov 11 11:33 AM

oh i love the cute little thing! probably the best light tank during the war right after the stuart

**eliw00d** · 9th Nov 11 11:48 AM

@Halftrack
Of course size matters, but what I mean is that it would be a ridiculous amount of work to get everything, both Relic and custom, to be the right scale; a fool's errand. Ironically, the M24 is 25% smaller than the M18, so that's how it should be based on Relic's standard of oversizing crewed vehicles by 25%. That is why the Hetzer is smaller than the Marder by 25%.

**nachocheese** · 9th Nov 11 12:22 PM

i wounder why they made the soldiers big like that, i never saw a pic from ww2 where soldiers where over 2 m tall

**Mirage Knight** · 9th Nov 11 12:52 PM

Depends on the camera angle and distance...you can make just about anything look bigger than it really is

I guess you could say that Relic's made certain things in world War II larger than life in COH

**inukshuk** · 9th Nov 11 1:43 PM

wow! true the real sized models look a little out of place BUT boy, I am happy!!! Thanx a million!

**Lord Wiffleby** · 9th Nov 11 4:37 PM

Aidas2, TankDestroyer, I'd like to quote Cole Porter and say that you guys are the top. Seriously, seeing this makes me a very happy and thankful man.

**mig29cmt** · 9th Nov 11 8:53 PM

Great!Waiting for a long time!Thanks TD & Aidas2!

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Great!Waiting for a long time!Thanks TD & Aidas2!

**DMz** · 10th Nov 11 1:32 AM

Its nice. But as ive always said... scale should be done to match what we have of relics already, or things start looking out of place. Nevertheless, its an excellant addition and worth the waiting.

**Aidas2** · 10th Nov 11 5:58 AM

Thansk for all the good words guys, enjoy it.

**mig29cmt** · 10th Nov 11 7:44 PM

I had test in the game,the m24 model is good,although look little small,if can increase 15%~20% is perfect!Anyway thanks TD & AIDAS2!

**Jes** · 11th Nov 11 1:53 PM

Relic's atrocious scaling aside, that model is SWEEEET! :O

**nachocheese** · 12th Nov 11 10:58 AM

guys anybody of you needs an icon and criticals for it? got everything except symbol working now, would share it once symbol is finished.

oh and incase someone needs the marker name for the projectile its cnt_main_gun

**Lethal Dosage** · 12th Nov 11 7:12 PM

yes, i noticed that the projectile file listed in the weapon's projectile table was not included.

For those interested, the Chaffee model is setup for a Tank Commander and Skirts.

Tank Commander
(use with the add crew action to add the commander, this state just opens the hatch) do_action_state_name - on
state_machine_name - commander_upgrade

Skirts
action_state_name - on
state_machine_name - skirts

**Aidas2** · 13th Nov 11 5:11 AM

Added that to the first post, if you don't mind.

**Crasius** · 13th Nov 11 6:58 PM

guys anybody of you needs an icon and criticals for it? got everything except symbol working now, would share it once symbol is finished.

Here is my chaffee symbol. I'd love to see what you've got for it, nacho

**nachocheese** · 14th Nov 11 6:26 AM

the icon doesnt look as good as the vcoh ones but it should do until someone got a better one.

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2708/zgqt7yux_jpg.htm
http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2708/jdvuyc2h_jpg.htm

**TigerTanker** · 31st Dec 11 6:47 PM

Guys, can anybody help me? I installed this tank, but ingame the textures don't appear, the model is all pink, except for the tracks. I checked the rgd for the texture paths, everything pointed to the M18 Hellcat's folder, but it stayed the same after editing it to the Chaffee's folder and files.

**Jagdpanther** · 31st Dec 11 7:50 PM

Double check the rgd for typo's etc.

The pink color you'll receive only if the skin file itself can't be found at the given location. The rest is (maybe) ok.

**TigerTanker** · 1st Jan 12 12:26 PM

Thanks for your reply. I checked them, everything seems to be correct, but it doesn't work ingame. Can anybody pack it up with the building where the tank is added to and send it to me via PM? Would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

**Halftrack** · 2nd Jan 12 4:40 AM

you should really check them again. if the texture is pink, the pathes are wrong. its as simple as that.

**Aidas2** · 2nd Jan 12 1:08 PM

Either the path is wrong or the files are missing.

**TigerTanker** · 2nd Jan 12 1:37 PM

The paths was wrong actually. Thanks for the tips guys, got it working now.

Is it somehow possible to make the skirt variation an upgrade? Would be great.

**Halftrack** · 2nd Jan 12 8:43 PM

sure.just make a new upgrade, f.e copy and rename the armor upgrade for the greyhound and edit it. use the animator state action for the skirts ( see first post ) and add the new upgrade to your M24 squad.

**TigerTanker** · 3rd Jan 12 8:52 AM

Cheers HT!

**Aidas2** · 14th Jan 12 1:25 PM

http://www.mediafire.com/?ojks3jc8vaiickh Updated textures for the Chaffe from Halftrack.

I had to change lots of the skin, especially made new normal and specular maps to make it fit better into CoH.

**178thBG** · 18th Jan 12 10:59 PM

hey aidas2 sense i cant seem to get a hold of you on xfire. do you think you can edit the hull of the model and increase the high about 10-15% its hull is alittle flat. and the chaffee was kind of a fat bumble bee shaped thing.

you might also wanna raise the belly up a bit about 3-7%. its extremely low. and looks like its dragging its stomach.

im not trying to bash on the model. i think its grate infact.
you even added skirts and commander animations. nice job.

do that though and it should be perfect.

just trying to help.

also the 2nd skin helps A LOT. good job on that too.

thanks guys.

**Zupadupadude** · 19th Jan 12 1:14 AM

Aidas didn't create the model, Tankdestroyer did, didn't you read the thread title?

**178thBG** · 19th Jan 12 7:27 PM

actually i think the original model was made by aidas2 and some one else.. TD made some edits and did the animating for it.

and it looks like Chopin did the skin.

so yeah.. i read the thread title.
because with out animation a model is useless. and with out a model animation is useless.. and skin just makes every thing look real nice.
so GOMN

**burtondrummerNY** · 19th Jan 12 7:45 PM

Aidas made the model, TD did the anims, chopin did the skin. Problem solved.

**burtondrummerNY** · 21st Jan 12 11:39 AM

Stuart looks epic aidas! I'm sure PT will love it

**inukshuk** · 21st Jan 12 11:44 AM

That is grand! Excellent model Aidas, great work!

**Aidas2** · 21st Jan 12 11:48 AM

Aidas made the model, TD did the anims, chopin did the skin. Problem solved.

Far from solving it :P

I made the model, then TD modified the model because he found some incorections and then animated.

That is grand! Excellent model Aidas, great work!

Thanks guys, lots of work went into these.

More to come!

**kapulA** · 21st Jan 12 11:49 AM

Lovely work - how are the proportions though?

**DMz** · 21st Jan 12 11:49 AM

Very nice m8

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