[FAQ]Grand Modelling/Animating How-To

[Darkbladecr]

If you are setting yourself up for custom asset importing, you should follow these steps in order to have everything you need to be properly setup.

Darkblade's troubleshooting guide

1. Install CoH Modding Setup
2. If you have 3D max, install the export tools by running the .exe found in your new finalization folder on your desktop, if you want to do it manually follow this
3. If you plan on using 3D max to export place this into your C:/ folder
4. Install Object Editor
5. Install Perforce that is added in the Object Editor finilization folder on your desktop after installing OE
6. Place the pipeline.ini found in your OE finilization folder into your CoH root folder (overwrite if asked)
   ++ Change you details of your pipeline.ini for the mod name you would like to use
   ++ Make sure that the mod's folder is added to DataSrc, DataGeneric and DataInt as shown here:
   

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7. Make sure that you have the _default.burn files setup correctly for your new mod in your DataGeneric and your DataGeneric/Modname folders
8. Run OE and check if you can open a custom .rgm from within your DataGeneric/Modname folder
9. Once that works go ahead and download OE v1.3 and update

Creating custom Vehicles for CoH

• Creating Damage/Collision boxes for your models
• Creating Critical Blueprints for you vehicle's UI
• Setting up and animating treads/tracks for vehicles
• Full setup of a Tracked vehicle
• Full setup of a wheeled vehicle (Do not follow the recoil setup, it is old and outdated)

Creating Environmental Assets for CoH

• Animating trees, the easy way!

Custom Infantry Animations

• Matrix animations for team weapon aiming
• Custom animation Sample files for learning purposes

General Knowledge for importing models

• Simple .rgd coding to get your models ingame!
• General knowledge about texturing for CoH
• Creating Occulusion channels for models fast and effectively
• Fixing shading errors on exported models (the black spots)
• Learning about setting up physics for your models and props
• Setting up custom sounds for .actions or models
• Setting up Physics for vehicle/building damage or infantry dropping weapons

Will update the list with other tutorials as well, just stuck my stuff first, hopefully can expand the list greatly and cover everything.

[Kapp'n]

Good work DB!

[FluffCo]

Excellent, a one stop

Could you include the one where you create Ebps and Sbps for the bradley, i found it was something that was regularly glossed over

[Darkbladecr]

Could you include the one where you create Ebps and Sbps for the bradley

I don't believe that was ever posted. I might just include it as a download link, rather than a full blown tutorial.

[arbituh101]

does the model exporter work on 3ds max 2013?

[Celution]

Well done mate, I was hoping for you to write this !

[arbituh101]

huh?

[Celution]

My most was towards DB's thread, not your post .

[arbituh101]

oh ok

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so will there be an exporter for 3ds max 2013

[Darkbladecr]

No there will not it only works for 3D max 7 or 8. That's it.

[arbituh101]

ok thanks, is there any way to get models to COH if i make them in 3ds MAX 2013

[Eric4753]

thanks for the tutorial