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[TokyoBlade]

yes, I exported him with skl 'mumnttroll_skl' and his animations for example are 'mumnttroll_idla' 'mumnttroll_runa'

Stuff like that ^^

[Nertea]

Do the anims work in W3D viewer? That will help pinpoint whether it is an export or coding problem.

[TokyoBlade]

Gil told me the problem ^^ I forgot to bind the mesh to bones thing...

When i manage to get my models into 3dx max hopefully they will bind automatically

[Celeglin]

When i manage to get my models into 3dx max hopefully they will bind automatically 

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RenX/Gmax has an "Auto-Link" tool for binding . It works surprisingly well, and you'll usually only have to make a few fixes (you'll almost always have to fix hands and the weapons/shields they hold).

[TokyoBlade]

Really? I'll have to look into that

[Grim]

Autolink is nice, but i still have problems with faramir's skeleton and models i put him on, there are always patches of the skin that attach to the swordbone and bowbone and make filaments :(

[TokyoBlade]

I cant seem to find this 'auto-link' :( is it under modifiers?

[ched]

it is right next to "Link to Bone" if i remember well

[TokyoBlade]

sorry im blind, I cant find it

[{IP}Gil-Galad]

no its not he must bind the bones to the mesh using wwskin thingy thats also the problem with the troll i gave you Gothmog

[TokyoBlade]

i managed to Bind to bones thing... but after i did this, the model did not show up in game :S I exported it right, added everything to asset.dat... Put the files in the right art\ folder

It showed up in game before i did the binding, so whats wrong?

[{IP}Gil-Galad]

wierd...it should work redo the assets often their the problem

[TokyoBlade]

Anyone know how to bind the weapon to make it move with the animation as well as the troll? Mine doesn't :/ and when i try to bind it to firepoint1 the vertices mess up on the sword.

[Celeglin]

I guess you can try binding it to the TRUNK01 bone...

[TokyoBlade]

hmm... the reason it messed up was because it was origionaly 2 halves... I made it using lines eand then extruded it, then mirrored it, then changed to and editable mesh... So i remade it using a box... Now it animates fine... that problem is solved...

But it STILL refuses to show up in game :S again, i added everything to the asset.dat... added model to art\w3d and skins to art\textures... added them to my big file and used the model in the hero ini. If it was exported wrong it's Morgoth's fault He told me what settings to use in export...

Any ideas? (What did i do wrong this time? )

[Celeglin]

Are you using EA's Asset Builder, or Sy's? If you're using Sy's, that may be the problem (apparently, Sy's Asset Builder doesn't like some models...)

[TokyoBlade]

ah... yes im using Sy's :( Where can a good one that likes ALL models?

[Celeglin]

Patch 1.02 came with EA's Asset Builder. There's a tutorial on how to use it here: http://www.eagames.c...c=asset_builder

[TokyoBlade]

well, it got the model in game again but now its not animated still ^^ But it animates in w3d viewer Must be ini problem :(

[Lauri]

Are you using EA's Asset Builder, or Sy's? If you're using Sy's, that may be the problem (apparently, Sy's Asset Builder doesn't like some models...)

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Are you saying that EA's works and Sy's don't work all the time? in tha case, yes!