MeshMaker 1.0 released

[N3f]

nope nothing wrong with textures, the prefab is from tactical ops
so the textures should be ok
ill give it a couple more tried in re-generating the package, but if it persists i will gladly send it to u for a try

 

[Mychaeel]

Tactical Ops? Interesting. Somebody else reported the same problem too, incidentally also using a Tactical Ops texture pack. However, it compiled well for me, including all skins.

Are you sure the texture package isn't read-only? Check it in Explorer. Did you perchance install/copy the texture package (maybe along with the rest of Tactical Ops) from a CD-ROM?

 

[smattbac]

Originally posted by Mychaeel
Oh, and something else: There actually is a pretty straight-forward way to embed the decorations created by MeshMaker (or basically any .u package) in MyLevel. Check the "Conversion Details" section on the MeshMaker site.

Cool, I was wondering about that.
Does that command work with other packages to, like textures, sounds, music?

Great tool btw.

 

[Mychaeel]

I'm pretty sure it does.

 

[N3f]

nope i downloaded the program it off the tac ops site...

 

[Mychaeel]

Originally posted by N3f
nope nothing wrong with textures, the prefab is from tactical ops
so the textures should be ok
ill give it a couple more tried in re-generating the package, but if it persists i will gladly send it to u for a try

I think I figured out what happened. (That process involved me downloading Tactical Ops Beta 2.0 and the patch to 2.1... oh, how I cherish ADSL...)

Tactical Ops texture packages generally include references to footstep sounds which are located in a different package. This package, TODatas.u, is however not located in Unreal Tournament's "System" directory but in a directory called "TacticalOps\System," where the compiler simply can't find it. (The game itself can because Tactical Ops very own .ini file points to that special directory.) Thus, the compiler can't load TODatas.u, which in turn leads to a failure to load the texture package, which in turn keeps the compiler from setting the model skin to the correct textures. Gah.

So that's the problem. As a preliminary workaround copy TODatas.u from "TacticalOps\System" into your regular "System" directory, or manually edit the "MultiSkins" texture array in the "Display" section of the (unskinned) decoration's property sheet.

 

[N3f]

ok thx m8... i will try it
thx for ur time
and i dont think i congratulated u yet on making an excellent program nc one m8

 

[Mychaeel]

Check the MeshMaker site for a news update.

 

[LP]

cool , any thoughts about making it work for Wheel of Time , Deep space 9?? Clive barkers...and those other games...??

 

[eGo]

Can I do insert more than one prefab into the Unreal Package with MeshMaker and is it possible to build this option into MeshMaker?

More than one Prefab in an Unreal Package is better....or?

 

[Mychaeel]

Deus Ex wasn't supported by MeshMaker in the first place because it uses a slightly tweaked version of Unreal's mesh format; Deus Ex uses a higher vertex resolution to make facial animations look better. For comparison, Unreal restricts meshes to a bounding box of 2048x2048x1024 while Deus Ex's bounding box has a size of 65536 cubed.

I don't know whether Undying and Wheel of Time directly use Unreal's mesh format or a variation of it. Unless I find specific information about that, it simply remains to be tested.

 

[Mychaeel]

Originally posted by eGo
Can I do insert more than one prefab into the Unreal Package with MeshMaker and is it possible to build this option into MeshMaker?

More than one Prefab in an Unreal Package is better....or?

Definitely, and it's already in.

Simply enter the same package name in the "Package" field in step two. (I believe the warning in the docs that says that existing .u files are silently overwritten by MeshMaker leads to some understandable confusion; technically, the .u file is silently overwritten, but with a new .u file that contains all meshes converted so far. What I actually wanted to express by that warning was that you shouldn't enter something like "BotPack" there. I'll change that.)

By the way, check the "Conversion Details" section in the MeshMaker docs for a way to embed meshes in MyLevel in order to get rid of the external .u file altogether.

 

[eGo]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.
Sorry...I hadn't seen it.

 

[Lemoni]

cool prog

i just got mesh maker and i think its rocks but i got one question
with a bit of scripting can it create none animates gun models?

 

[Mychaeel]

I suppose so.

(While we're at it, I wonder whether I should add animation support for upcoming MeshMaker 1.1's .3ds file importer.)

 

[Silver_Ibex]

Yes dam it! Animation NOW. NOW. NOW. :tup:
And make sure it is compatible with Milkshape

 

[Rocketman]

Meshmaker

I gotta tell ya, this is a tool I've been waiting on for a long time. Great Job! Thank you very much. Now if you could just integrate it into unreal so you can right click and choose, convert to mesh. haha. No really thanks alot for this tool, it works great. Animation sounds great, if the Ed doesn't crash from it.

 

[BadDog]

This program rox!!

Must say that I love this handy lil tool

Had 3 bsp errors that had me stumped so i was restructuring but now I'm back in business
Thanks a million

 

[Lemoni]

Originally posted by Mychaeel
I suppose so.

(While we're at it, I wonder whether I should add animation support for upcoming MeshMaker 1.1's .3ds file importer.)

if u did, how would the animations be built in UED?
CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS?

 

[6mm]

Hot dang

Mychaeel, man words can't express enough.
Thx a lot!

Just one quick suggestion, maybe you or someone else could compile all the Q/As that are on this thread into a MeshMaker FAQ. I'm sure that will stop newbies like me, , bothering you or other people on the boards.

Once again man, NICE!