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Title: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 30, 2008, 07:41:41 pm

Hi i am looking to replace some alien models...how would i go about doing this? What are the specifications on the models? Can they be rigged? Im using Blender, thanks!

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: Odin on July 30, 2008, 07:44:50 pm

Look in base/models/players/level*. They are MD3 models. Have a look at this Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md3) for information on the MD3 file format.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 30, 2008, 08:20:31 pm

i dont have that models folder!

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: Odin on July 30, 2008, 09:50:12 pm

It's in data-1.1.0.pk3.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 30, 2008, 10:20:08 pm

edit:thanks

once im done extracting and make my changes, how do i pack? I have 7z, and winace

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: Odin on July 30, 2008, 11:02:50 pm

You pack it up in the same file structure as it is in data-1.1.0.pk3, just dont modify data-1.1.0.pk3. Make your own pk3.
pk3 files are just renamed zip files.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 30, 2008, 11:19:04 pm

thanks.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 30, 2008, 11:35:45 pm

Ok i animated my models, packed in a zip, ranamed to .pk3, got the old pk3 and named that .pk3bk
now i joined a game, typed /cg_thirdperson 1, and im still a drench! what am i doing wrong?

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: Taiyo.uk on July 31, 2008, 01:44:17 am

You'll need to play on unpure servers to see your custom models. Instead of connecting to a server try loading a map with /map (no cheats) or /devmap (cheats) to test your model.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on July 31, 2008, 06:17:31 am

i must have replaced the model wrong or something...its still the same model

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: epsy on July 31, 2008, 11:58:02 am

rename your pk3 to something starting with zzz, that way it's stuff will override everything

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: ==Troy== on August 03, 2008, 11:15:07 pm

There is no clean way to override default models at the moment. If you had done some searching, you would have found my question about this exactly topic. And even an explanation why is it possible, but better not to do.

I am still gradually pushing AMP, and it might include the model change for the mapper to use.

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on August 04, 2008, 03:58:23 pm

nevermind i got it to work but it doesnt work XD
when any map is loading, about 29%, it freezes

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: epsy on August 04, 2008, 05:10:13 pm

open your console and look what's up in there

it's likely that you get an unpure message

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: djtrickdog on August 04, 2008, 06:32:51 pm

uh how do i do that if the game freezes

Title: Re: Replace models
Post by: Bissig on August 04, 2008, 10:16:06 pm

Start the game from within a terminal window. Thus, after it shuts down you can see the error messages.