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#1 Moreartillery

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Posted 28 July 2021 - 01:56 AM

The original guide by a63nt lacked crucial information like which version of max to install and also didn’t mention the dow properties browser.

 

 

Install the mod tools folder

Download: https://www.mediafir...etup_v1.7z/file

Extract the mod tools folder, my_mod folder and pipeline.ini to C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

Note that the dark crusade folder must be in \Program Files (x86)\THQ\ or the 3ds max plugins will not work!!!

 

Installing 3ds max 2008

3ds max 2008 is no longer sold or supported by autodesk.

Download: http://www.mediafire...x32_Install.exe

Disclaimer: I believe this to be abandonware, no copyright infringement intended.

 

Mount disk 1

run setup.exe

click install products

click next twice

On the products to install page uncheck everything except “Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 32-bit” (its the first one). The 64-bit version will not work with our plugins so don’t bother installing it.

accept the license agreement

when it asks for your name and organization just type “user” in all three

click install

if you did it right 3dsmax will now be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008


 

Download santos tools 0.4 from https://www.moddb.co...usade-mod-tools

Copy the 'scripts', 'UI' and 'help' folders from that archive into

C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008

You would then copy these folders 'plugins', 'scripts', 'ui' & Dxtc.dll, libguide40.dll, msvcp71.dll & msvcr71.dll from

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\3dsmax

into

C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008

 

Copy: Custom Tools-DoWPropertiesBrowser

 

into

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\ui\macroscripts


 

Configuring 3dsmax

launch 3dsmax

right click the top toolbar and click customize

in the new window scroll down to the dow properties browser, drag it to the main toolbar

Preference, one viewport default: right click perspective in the viewport, click configure, layout, single viewport, rightclick and choose perspective
 

 

Using 3dsmax

controls
hold scroll wheel to pan
hold alt+scroll to rotate
z will center the camera on selected object
spacebar to lock/unlock selection
bottom rightmost button to maximize viewport

 

 

Essential Programs, Plug-ins, Tools & Downloads

 

IBBoard's Texture Tool (to convert .RSH files to .DDS & .TGA).
dawnofwarunsga_v1.0 (to unpack the games .sga files)

https://www.mediafir...etup_v1.7z/file

 

 

Folder Structure & Folders you will be using the most

These are the three folder structures that you will probably be most concerned with while using 3ds max and the object editor. The modtools setup file linked above includes these so you don't have to create them yourself.

 

IMPORTANT! These paths are required by the 3ds max plugins, so putting the modtools folder in your steam directory will prevent max from exporting.

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod\Data\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops

 

 

 

.SGA Extraction

Here you would extract (using dawnofwarunsga.exe) the games .sga archive/archives which contain the models of the units.
I'll use the Dark Crusade archives as example here to give you an idea of what you are required to do.

Open dawnofwarunsga.exe (a box should appear with 'Path:' & 'Save to:' boxes in it)
Click on the '[...]' box to the right of 'Path:' (a new box will appear)
Navigate to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\DXP2

& '[Open]' 'DXP2Data-Whm-High.sga'

Now select the '[...]' box right of 'Save to:' & navigate to your Desktop (You can extract the archives to wherever you want, Desktop works for me).

***Warning***:If you use the default 'Save to:' path in dawnofwarunsga.exe this will mean the game will look to your extracted version of the .sga archive rather than the archive itself & any changes to the extracted files will change your default game & possibly break online play!

hit '[OK]' & then '[Extract]' (the chosen archive is then extracted to your chosen location).
Repeat this process for 'DXP2Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga' & any other archives you wish to extract.

Basically the ????Data-Whm-High/Med/Low.sga's contain the meshes & the ????Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga contain the textures.
Note: You will find all the archives for meshes & textures you have in the 'W40k', 'WXP' & 'DXP2' folders within the main game directory of the game/games you have installed.

 

Next go into
Desktop (*or wherever you extracted them to)\__DXP2Data-SharedTextures-Full.sga\data\art\ebps\races\*race name*\

& copy the 'texture_share' folder of the race/races you are modding to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*

Why? This is where 3DS MAX will look for the textures when you import the models mesh into MAX later on.
Also now is a good time to put all of the xxx-Whm-High.sga troops folders that you extracted to you Desktop (or wherever you put them) in their respective race folders in 'DataScr'.
ie. The 'space_marines' 'troops' folder would go in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\space_marines

I do this really just for my own benefit & clarity of thought (& to keep my Desktop clean). I find it makes it a lot easier to work out what I am doing if I keep everything I am going to be altering in one place & everything I have altered in another. I've seen people putting them in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod\Data\Art\EBPs\races\space_marines

I don't like doing that as this is where all the finished models will end up & it's a lot easier to see what you are doing when only the new models appear in this file structure. Also if you intend on releasing your mod you won't have to go through the hassle of removing files to try & keep the overall file size of the mod to a reasonable level.

 

 

Converting .RSH Texture files to .DDS & then .TGA
At this point it's a good idea to use IBBoards Texture Tool to convert the .RSH files in the 'texture_share' folder you moved from your extracted __????Data-SharedTextures-Full/Med/Low.sga to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*

into first .DDS & then .TGA format by extracting them.
Why? The textures need to be converted to .TGA for 3DS MAX to be able to use them. If 3DS can't find textures when you import a .WHM it will show you the file structure it requires, create the file structure & convert needed .RSH>.DDS>.TGA files (usually in the texture_share folder of that file structure).

Open IBBoards Texture Tool>select '[Extract RSH]'> & navigate to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\texture_share


The best way to do this is to press control+a to select all of the .RSH files you have in this texture_share folder, then click '[Open]'. they should now all be extracted as .dds files in the same folder as the original files. Next hit '[DDS->TGA]' (Note: You have to be in '[Advanced Mode]' ('[Edit]'> '[Advanced Mode]') to see the [DDS->TGA] button), select all the files again & hit '[Open]' (Note: Sometimes the newly created .DDS file is of a differing name to the original .RSH) to convert them to .TGA format.

 

 

Step 01: Using 'WHE Convert' to create a .ebp file

Open 3DS MAX 8, go to the [Utilities tab] (a hammer symbol, usually top right. See pic below for more detail)

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Click on the [Hammer Icon] & select >'[MAXScript]'> & then '[WHE Convert]' from the drop down box.

The WHE Convert box should then open below this. Then '[Set Output Dir]' to

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\Art\EBPs\races\

Now select '[Convert WHE]' & choose a .WHE file from:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops

Upon hitting '[Open]' the window should close & you will me given the message 'Conversion successful!'. Navigate to the Set Output Directory (...ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\Art\EBPs\races\) & change the name of the .ebp file you just created to the name of the eventual new model you wish to create.

Now cut and paste the .ebp to the *race name*\troops folder it belongs in.

Note: If you intend to just alter already existing units there is no need to change the name of the .ebp

 

 

Step 02 - Using 'WHM Import' to import model to MAX

Now go back to the '[MAXScript]' drop down box & select '[WHM Import]', the WHM import box opens.

'[Set Dawn of War Dir]' as:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

&

'[Set Mod Dir]' as:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod

Next hit '[Import WHM]' & select the .whm of the model you wish to mod. 3DS MAX will then ask you to '[Select where to save your file...]'. You navigate to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\Art\EBPs\races\*race name*\troops

& create a folder in the 'troops' folder with the name of your new model.

Example: C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\Art\EBPs\races\space_marines\troops\predator_plasma_cannon

3DS MAX then creates 'ANIMATION' & 'REFERENCE\Ref.max' folders/structure in the folder named *your model name* (ie your *renamed .ebp name*) using the example above both the 'ANIMATION' & 'REFERENCE' folders end up in the 'predator_plasma_cannon' folder).
The model should then appear fully textured in 3DS MAX (as stated previously in the 'Converting .RSH Texture files to .DDS & then .TGA.' section above MAX will let you know at this point if it needs any other textures). You would then (using MAX) alter the model to your liking (another tutorial me thinks). On to...

 

 

Optional: Setting 3DS MAX to default to TCB rotation (***Recommended***)

At this point I think it is a good idea to set 3DS MAX 8 so that it uses TCB rotation as it's default. I have encountered ***problems with weapons not pointing straight ahead*** (Land Raider Lascannons actually pointing 30-40 degree's right etc) while sitting in their home position if 3DS MAX has defaulted to Euler XYZ rotation. This is easy enough to fix but is much simpler if you use TCB rotation from the start.
Open 3DS MAX & import any WHM (see Step 03 below), it doesn't matter which model you use, you are not going to be altering this model as such anyway, once imported select a part of the model & then click on the '[Motion]' Tab (2 places left of the '[Utilities]' hammer. Looks like a wheel), open the '[Assign Controller]' tab (in '[Parameters]') & you should see a small box with 'Rotation :' ('Rotation : Euler XYZ' or 'Rotation : TCB Rotation'. Something like that) to the right of it. Note: Even if it says 'Rotation : TCB Rotation' it is still a good idea to do this anyway just to make sure TCB Rotation is the default for all rotations.
Click on the line to highlight it & then click on the little box on the left under '[Assign Controllers]'' (mine has a '?' on it), this will bring up a box where you can set the choice of rotation, select '[TCB Rotation]' & then '[Make Default]' & '[Yes]' to continue.
You can now forget the model you are using & import another safe in the knowlege that your guns will always face the right way.

 

 

Step 03: Using 'Warhammer Model Export' to export the model

Once you are finished kitbashing/modding your model within MAX you can export it by selecting 'Utilities' (The Hammer button)>'[MAXScript]'>'[Warhammer Model Export]' (in the drop down menu)>'[Export]'

 

**Note** always test export a model before making any changes to ensure its compatible with the export tool and the object editor!

This creates a *your model name*.sgm file in

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\Art\ebps\races\*race name*\troops

& also the various textures the model uses are exported in .RSH format to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod\Data\Art\EBPs\races\*race name*\texture_share

The same .RSH files also appear in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataGeneric\My_Mod\Art\ebps\races\*race name*\texture_share

Note: For some reason the .RSH files that appear in the DataGeneric's texture_share folder don't function in-game (model will be all pink). Just in case this is a universal thing & not just restricted to my set-up, always use the .RSH files from the texture_share folder in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\My_Mod\Data\Art\EBPs\races\*race name*\texture_share

Error: 'Mesh 'xxxxxxx', vertex 'xxx' has an invalid bone weight! Make sure it is normalized!' Fix

Sometimes when exporting you get an error like 'Mesh 'xxxxxxx', vertex xxx has an invalid bone weight! Make sure it is normalized!' This is easy so fix (if you know how, lol, this one stuck me for quite a while). Make a note of the problem vertices first then click on the mesh it told you had an error ('xxxxxxx'), now go to the '[Modify]' tab (4 left from the Hammer, looks like blue rainbow (see above pic)) & click on '[Skin]', scroll down until you find a box called '[Weight Table]', click on it & find the first of the problem vertices, (make sure there is a 'X' in the 'N' column on the left. This means it is normalized & will be when you hit Enter after altering values) there are usually 3 sets of numbers all adding up to 1, alter one of these values by about 0.002 & hit enter, do this for all the vertices it warned you about in the error dialogue & then save your REF file.
Now go to '[WHM Import]' & click on '[Fix Skin]', select your REF file & get ready to press '[Ok]' more times (protip: hold down the enter key) than you ever have before! lol, it does end, basically it's taking your corrected values from the REF file & correcting them in all the animations files for you (It takes a while but trust me on this one, it's WAY quicker than doing them all manually!). Once you & your finger are done try to export again & hopefully this time it works perfectly! If not try altering a different value column.

 

Import, export and open a model in the Object editor without making changes to test that its working.

 

After exporting your model from 3ds max you'll have to use the object editor. The tutorial for that is available here https://forums.revor...ditor-tutorial/

 

Specs for modelers and animators.

This "tutorial" is meant for people who have an experience in modeling and texturing, but who never have modeled for DoW and want to know the constraints to be observed to model something for DoW.
https://web.archive....ead.php?t=89094

 

Optional

In order to be able view santos tools help inside 3dsmax add following line into plugin.ini file placed in your 3dsmax main directory:

Santos Tools Help=C:\3dsmax7\help\santos_tools.chm

 

Back to the list of tutorials: https://forums.revor...-for-beginners/

 

FAQ:

Q: How do VIS files work?

A:

launch 3dsmax

right click the top toolbar and click customize

in the new window scroll down to the dow properties browser, drag it to the main toolbar

 

Open the dow properties browser(the button looks like a yellow r), then select any mesh and it will tell you if the mesh is invisible in that animation. So if you open an animation like vis_heavy_bolter on a space marine, then select the whole model, dow properties browser should show you that the heavy bolter mesh is the only visible one in that animation file. It should also say that all the bones are stale=yes so the vis file doesn't block other animations from playing.

 

So go over to OE, and you'll see that vis_heavy_bolter is in a motion, and that motion is in an action called vis_master or something similar. Select vis_master and open action properties on the left, and scroll through the list of vis motions to see what condition enables them. If the motion is "playing" then the weapon is visible, even though theres no keyframes in the vis animation.

 

You can also group motions together and have the game choose one randomly when the unit spawns. For example:

Create 3 vis animations, each one makes a different head visible.

Then make 3 motions, one for each head.

Then put those in a motion group, and the game will randomize the heads.

 

Q: When I try to move a child bone, it rotates the parent as well.
How can I avoid this from happening? I want to animate the child independently .

A:

This is driven by a 'bone' property.

To enable/disable this property :

in Max main menu Animation > Bone Tools ...

In the Bone Tools UI > Object Properties

[x] Bone On
with the object(s) selected,  un-check the check box.

You must recheck the box before exporting!!!


Edited by Moreartillery, 20 May 2022 - 07:44 AM.

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Any idea where I can get a copy of Max 2008? I could only ever find a copy of the demo for Max8 through ModDB and not Max 2008, meaning Santos's tools did not work

 

I've been searching for awhile



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Posted 04 August 2021 - 05:36 AM

Here you go: http://www.mediafire...x32_Install.exe

Disclaimer: I believe this to be abandonware, no copyright infringement intended.


Edited by Moreartillery, 04 August 2021 - 06:15 AM.

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Posted 28 November 2021 - 04:35 AM

Excellent tutorial! Never before have I managed to get so close as to see something in the object editor. However I get an error on the export step from 3ds Max "Unable to export/merge: [location of DataGeneric\My_mod\Art\EBPs\races\eldar\troops]" which occurs after the "progress" bar hits full. a File is generated but it shows a purple model when opened in the Object editor and doesn't produce a WHM file when saved.

 

Any ideas on what's going wrong?



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Posted 28 November 2021 - 12:01 PM

Make sure all the textures are in C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\texture_share
 in tga format and they're displayed properly in 3ds max before exporting. Also be sure to run 3ds max as admin.

 

Which model are you working on?


Edited by Moreartillery, 28 November 2021 - 12:02 PM.

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Posted 28 November 2021 - 05:31 PM

Make sure all the textures are in C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\art\ebps\races\*race name*\texture_share
 in tga format and they're displayed properly in 3ds max before exporting. Also be sure to run 3ds max as admin.

 

Which model are you working on?

All the textures are in the F:\Steam Games\steamapps\common\Dawn of War Dark Crusade\ModTools\DataSrc\My_Mod\Art\EBPs\races\eldar\texture_share folder I'm using (I just extracted all the textures to hand) and they all display correctly in 3Ds max; didn't run it as admin though so I'll give that a try.

 

I'm working on the Autarch model from Ultimate Apocalypse, I'm trying to change one of the materials to use an alternate version of the dire avengers textures and fix a texture issue occurring in my own mod (my Dire Avengers use a different model/textures that causes the Autarch's shuriken catapult to be black as the UVs are different to the UA Dire Avenger textures).

 

Also thanks for such a speedy reply!



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Posted 18 December 2021 - 12:47 PM

Hello, I just add melta_gun.XRef model to the space_marine.whm and i dont know what is the next step

 

Any help please 



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Posted 19 December 2021 - 06:21 PM

Hi all, i'm having issues simply getting the 3DS max 2008 plugins set up correctly, i've followed the instructions you've listed and also tried the instructions listed on santos' own posts, neither seem to fix the issue that I face, that being "DLL <c:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\3ds Max 2008\PlugIns\W40kExporter6.dle> failed to initialize. Error code: 127 - The specified procedure could not be found" when launching 3ds max, further more I am faced with two errors "-- Syntax error: at bad, expected <factor> -- In line: g_IntDataSrcPath = Modtools\D " and "-- Syntax error: at bad, expected <factor> --In Line: g_IntDataSrcPath = ModTools\D" and most importantly when I attempt to click on the DoW Properties Browser within 3ds Max, it gives me the error "-- Runtime error: Cannot create the ActiveX control: MSComctILib.ListViewCtrl.2 Reported error message: Invalid class string".

 

I do apologize if this is an obvious error to fix, but I cannot seem to understand the cause whether it's an issue with my set up, max or whether I have uninstalled the plugins for max incorrectly, because I wanted to test re-importing a slightly edited model back into W40k DoW DC/SS to create a custom asset to be displayed in game.

 

Many thanks for any help you can offer on the subject, i've been attempting to figure it out for days now and i've come up empty handed.

 

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Posted 28 December 2021 - 01:40 PM

 when I attempt to click on the DoW Properties Browser within 3ds Max, it gives me the error "-- Runtime error: Cannot create the ActiveX control:

DoW Properties Browser does not work on windows 10 and above because win 10 doesn't come with activeX support. There might be a way to install activex on a win10 computer but I haven't figure it out. Maybe Brother Kek knows? DoW Properties Browser isn't strictly required but it does make things alot easier.
 

 

W40kExporter6.dle> failed to initialize

On my computer its says W40KExporter9.dle so I think your using the wrong plugin for this version of max.


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 when I attempt to click on the DoW Properties Browser within 3ds Max, it gives me the error "-- Runtime error: Cannot create the ActiveX control:

DoW Properties Browser does not work on windows 10 and above because win 10 doesn't come with activeX support. There might be a way to install activex on a win10 computer but I haven't figure it out. Maybe Brother Kek knows? DoW Properties Browser isn't strictly required but it does make things alot easier.
 

 

W40kExporter6.dle> failed to initialize

On my computer its says W40KExporter9.dle so I think your using the wrong plugin for this version of max.

 

 

I have returned, for the w40kexporter9.dle I sorted that out, but interestingly enough I ran a virtual machine with windows 7 and attempted the same installation and the properties browser doesn't work, coming up with the same error message, surely there has to be some sort of activex library i'm missing, to make it clear I want to create custom assets for map creation, maybe go as far as to make a bunch so others can use them in their maps, but if I can't set this up for myself then I might have to ask someone who already has it set up to do the importing, regardless many thanks for your response 



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Posted 22 January 2022 - 05:43 PM

Hello everyone, I have an issue with exporting warhammer model i guess my pipeline got some issues in it :(
g_IntDataSrcPath = w40k_pipeline_sourcetointermediate g_DataSrcPath 

how can i fix this? :(
 



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Posted 24 January 2022 - 09:38 PM

It sounds like the file path isn't set up correctly. Fragjacker and Kekoulis were attempting to create a full out-of-the box working archive that has all the mod tools working upon extracting them. Heres the link. Extract the mod tools folder, my_mod folder and pipeline.ini to C:\Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

You might have to delete the old modtools folder first.

 

https://www.mediafir...etup_v1.7z/file

 

If that doesn't fix it you might have the wrong exporter script for this version of 3ds max.


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Posted 25 January 2022 - 10:26 AM

ty so much Moreartillery

 however I'm still not at home ill surely to try everything u wrote once I back and let u know how it went <3



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Posted 26 January 2022 - 04:59 AM

yeah i cannot make it work :( I have no idea how the file should look like inside the pipeline.ini I mean my 3dmax is 32 bit and all the plugins are there problem lies within that pipeline :( btw my path to DC is A:\Dawn of War Dark Crusade\
and pipeline is there I just wish someone would make a vid how to set your pipeline right and then a small preview how to export a model that would be a true gold among all of the starting moders out there ^_^



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Posted 26 January 2022 - 05:40 AM

I had this issue when I was new. The path \Program Files (x86)\THQ\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade is hardcoded into the plugins which is why A:\Dawn of War Dark Crusade\ wont work. I know its weird, no other program cares about the filepath above its own folder but the modtools do.

 

Don't change anything in pipeline.ini


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Posted 27 January 2022 - 02:18 AM

oh wow, thank you again morearti !! i think it's my registry not letting it work ill try again tomorrow but I'm kinda giving up :(
Is there a way to change units selection box using FFE only ? Modifying the WHE file or do i need WHM as well ?



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Posted 27 January 2022 - 04:04 PM

oh wow, thank you again morearti !! i think it's my registry not letting it work ill try again tomorrow but I'm kinda giving up :(
Is there a way to change units selection box using FFE only ? Modifying the WHE file or do i need WHM as well ?

Only the object editor can change the selection box.


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Posted 28 January 2022 - 10:05 PM

awww ok :(



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Posted 31 January 2022 - 02:10 AM

Hello when I try to run 3ds max 2008 from your link it tells me the license has expired how do I fix that?  PLEASE help me and thank you for this Forum post. I am now just one last problem away from being able to FINALLY Mod this game.





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