Where do I start? [DON'T PUT THINGS INTO PAK FILES YOU DIDN'T MAKE YOURSELF!]

[bigbadbogie]

Why the hell??

[Warfreak]

Why? Practice to master how to replace faces and add verteces without messing up the model entirely.

[CivBase]

Right.... soo, where can I get a decent modeling program?

EDIT: so I have blender... though I couldn't instal the python thing (is that a problem?)... so now what?

[Darkplanet01]

Right.... soo, where can I get a decent modeling program?

EDIT: so I have blender... though I couldn't instal the python thing (is that a problem?)... so now what?

I wouldn't recommend using blender if you aren't already experienced with 3D modelling. It is a very complex program. My suggestion is gmax. I've just begun modelling myself and although gmax is pretty complex, it's far easier than blender.

[Darkplanet01]

In the armory odf.  Use the pak explorer to extract ibarmo.odf or fbarmo.odf (I think those are the names, going from memory here) and open one in Notepad or some such simple text editor.  There should be an area that is marked clearly as the build slots.  Don't remember what the ODF lines are, and I can't find the small tut I did on them a while back.  It's pretty self-explanatory, though.

Edit: Dangit, AHadley!

VSMIT.

So do I import the ODF using pak explorer after that?

[Nielk1]

Don't put things into PAK files you didn't make yourself!

[VSMIT]

So do I import the ODF using pak explorer after that?

If you want to use PAK files for your mod, make a new PAK and place the files in that.  As N1 has said repeatedly, don't edit the stock PAK files.

VSMIT.

[AHadley]

Put it in Addon and it will overwrite equivalents in most pak files.

[Darkplanet01]

Put it in Addon and it will overwrite equivalents in most pak files.

This didn't work. I tried exporting the ODF, editing it and placing it in addon, but I still couldn't get the weapon in-game.

[VSMIT]

Did you only edit one ODF? I've never had this issue, but then I had the whole weapon folder in addon to edit.  Try that (not the whole weapons tree, just the folder) and see if it works.

VSMIT.

[Nielk1]

If it is in addon, BZ2 is using it. Now does it have the name to overwrite an existing weapon, or is it a new one? A new one must be placed into the game world somehow, via editor or pre-attached to units.

[Darkplanet01]

If it is in addon, BZ2 is using it. Now does it have the name to overwrite an existing weapon, or is it a new one? A new one must be placed into the game world somehow, via editor or pre-attached to units.

It's a new weapon, not a replacement. I got a replacement to work sometime before, though now I've forgotten how I did it...

[AHadley]

Either attach it to a unit, or to the armoury, or place it in-world with the editor.

[Darkplanet01]

Okay, the Machine Stabber is now working in-game, but I've encountered a new problem. When I morph, instead of turning into the assault machine stabber, I get the assault at-stabber, and when I morph back I get combat at-stabber. In other words, as soon as I morph, it turns into the at-stabber.

[bigbadbogie]

Remove this from your machine atstab ODF file: altName = "gatstab_a"