using 2 materials in MS3D deco for UT

[navboy]

Hi all ... Just made my first two-texture model, but once my model's in UnrealTournament as a decoration, all areas using the first texture are displaying the second texture, did i miss a step somewhere? Everything looks great in MS3d, it's inside the bounding box, etc etc.:

class bottle extends PianoHorrorPack;

#exec MESH IMPORT MESH=bottle ANIVFILE=MODELS\bottle_a.3d DATAFILE=MODELS\bottle_d.3d X=0 Y=0 Z=0
#exec MESH ORIGIN MESH=bottle X=0 Y=0 Z=0

#exec MESH SEQUENCE MESH=bottle SEQ=All STARTFRAME=0 NUMFRAMES=1
#exec MESH SEQUENCE MESH=bottle SEQ=Still STARTFRAME=0 NUMFRAMES=1

#exec MESHMAP NEW MESHMAP=bottle MESH=bottle
#exec MESHMAP SCALE MESHMAP=bottle X=0.25 Y=0.25 Z=0.5

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=Skins FLAGS=2
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=Skins PALETTE=bottleskins
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=1 TEXTURE=bottleskins

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=Skins FLAGS=2
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=Skins PALETTE=botteltop
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=2 TEXTURE=botteltop

defaultproperties
{
DrawType=DT_Mesh
Mesh=bottle
}

 

[FireSlash]

try this:

change

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=Skins FLAGS=2 
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=Skins PALETTE=bottleskins 
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=1 TEXTURE=bottleskins 

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=Skins FLAGS=2 
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=Skins PALETTE=botteltop 
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=2 TEXTURE=botteltop

to:

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=bottleskins FLAGS=2 
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=bottleskins FILE=Textures\bottleskins.bmp GROUP=bottleskins PALETTE=bottleskins 
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=1 TEXTURE=bottleskins 

#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=bottletop FLAGS=2 
#exec TEXTURE IMPORT NAME=botteltop FILE=Textures\botteltop.bmp GROUP=bottletop PALETTE=botteltop 
#exec MESHMAP SETTEXTURE MESHMAP=bottle NUM=2 TEXTURE=botteltop

 

[navboy]

thanks for the idea, but it didn't work. If the "groups" is the same as groups in texture packages then it's probably okay for the two different texs to be in the same group.

 

[Captain Kewl]

Try setting bIsMultiSkinned=True in the defaultproperties. Also, the multiskin might queue from 0, so you might want to try NUM=0 in one of the SETTEXTURE statements.

 

[navboy]

well hmm... Tried using num=0 and num=1 for the two textures but still all surfaces only get the second texture. And setting "bIsMultiSkinned=True" only generates an unknown property error during UCC MAKE. I searched from actor on down through decoration and couldn't find any booleans or other properties relating to multiskins, just the array itself.

When i open the Multiskins array in the decoration properties i don't see anything in any of the slots, not sure if i should or not. But my single-tex models that work fine don't show their tex there either.

 

[navboy]

Could the problem be in Milkshape? I just read an article about working with multiple skins in Studio Max about how you couldn't just assign different materials to different faces, you have to use some sub-object containiner instead. I don't see anything like that in MS3D. I just have two materials set up, with part of the bottle using one of them and part of the bottle using the other ...

Team Fragadelic

 

[navboy]

okay i got it working. Someone pointed me to UnrealFX, and once in there i see that for whatever reasons Milkshape was outputting my model with a new material number for each group. So i editted the .3d file and put it back the way it was supposed to be and it works now ...

 

[Eater1]

Yeah, MS does that. Instead of using the stuff you specify under Materials, it just assigns a different material to each object. But UnrealFX should help you get around that. Great program it is... and still useful after all these years.

Eater.