GIMS IV

[Izack]

Hi everyone. I make a simple terrain to test the plugins and to learn to make maps for gta 4. But i have a little problem here. I cant see my model in game. but have collision, and the materials, you know can walk and see the dust of the footsteps, but realy i am in the air. So, i dont find any idea of whats is the problem. In open 4 i see the model.

Ok, i hope someone can help.

[3Doomer]

show me the scene hierarchy...

[_Charger_]

hey

me and GTARandom, we work on scripts for paths, but we get some errors and problems. could you maybe help us a bit 3Doomer? only simple things, most code can be done by us would be nice

Edited April 19, 2011 by _Charger_

[Izack]

 

show me the scene hierarchy...

Hi again, and thanks for support. Well here you are, two pics.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/046cc9128693073

I do it again and the same thing.

You are the same person behind open IV ? (sorry if is a stupid question, i m new here) becuase i have a little problems with this program, at time of importing collisions.

Anyway, thanks for this great tool. 1 up 4 you !!

And....I Know, I have a very bad english XD.

 

i dont use (in that pic) the last version of the script.

 

 

Edited April 19, 2011 by Izack

[quechus13]

show me the scene hierarchy...

Hi again, and thanks for support. Well here you are, two pics.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/046cc9128693073

I do it again and the same thing.

You are the same person behind open IV ? (sorry if is a stupid question, i m new here) becuase i have a little problems with this program, at time of importing collisions.

Anyway, thanks for this great tool. 1 up 4 you !!

And....I Know, I have a very bad english XD.

 

i dont use (in that pic) the last version of the script.

Does your model have a LOD??

 

If not change the ground_strbig0.wpl to ground.wpl and replace the old wpl.

 

That helps if your model doesn't have a LOD

[3Doomer]

2 Izack:

 

^He's right.

 

Also, read hierarchy instructions in the 1st post.

 

Not, OpenIV's created by another man(GooD-NTS on this forum)

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2 _Charger_:

 

I'll be glad to get some help with paths export ^)

Edited April 20, 2011 by 3Doomer

[Izack]

Ok, i thank for the tips, and im going to try again.

My model dont have LOD because I dont know clearly how to creat it. I tried clone the main model and rename it to LOD_ground (like the process in the collision) but the script dont find my model in that way. So i dont create the LOD.

I think the hierarchy it´s fine, but i check the first post.

Again thanks.

 

EDIT: Ok, i put the wpl of the img in the map folder and renamed it (ground.wpl) and now works ok.

But why the grass (the grass of the material) appears in front of me so fast? (popping) is because the model has no lod ?

Edited April 20, 2011 by Izack

[3Doomer]

Procedural material spawn depends only on the collision, but I don't know, how to increase the distance...Try to play with col material flags

 

Please don't forget to tell us, if you'll research the meaning of the unknown flags

[Izack]

Ok man, thanks. and of course, if I find something, I will tell you right here.

[unopescio]

Nice work man Hopefully this thread doesnt become a sh*t slinging contest like that other thread...

[quechus13]

the WDR exporter is buggy has hell lol

 

 

ERROR::Assembly:

-- Runtime error: dotNet runtime exception: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.

Parameter name: index

 

ERROR::"houseq" object data collection failed!

[3Doomer]

Is there any errors upper in the log? If no, I don't know the source - error in the Shadow's DLL

 

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22.04.2011 13:21 UTC:

+Added WDR folder selection for WPL importer

 

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23.04.2011 20:08 UTC:

+Map objects size limit = 502

+Collision size limit = 2002

+Collision and map objects polycount limit = 30000

Edited April 23, 2011 by 3Doomer

[3Doomer]

openFormats drawable importer incoming...

Edited April 25, 2011 by 3Doomer

[Mr.NubzZ]

is that ODR... oooohh cant wait bro..

[vans123]

FKING DAMN BULLsh*t, just came from beach weeek and i see this...this made my fking day

[_Charger_]

awesome, just awesome, you're great dude

[3Doomer]

Looks cool.

 

I have a request for ODR export in the near future.

Could you make it so you only have to link just one dummy to all objects you want to export?

So not like obn where you have to make a dummy for each object.

You haven't to create separate dummy for each object, read the f***ing manual!

 

All'll be as it has to be.

[Mr.NubzZ]

@Blaster.. lol u didnt know about this.. u should ask me or CP..

uhm

Step one

Import a OBN

Step 2

delete the meshes linked to the dummies

step 3

Link your MESHES to the unnamed dummy(its called unnamed)

step 4

apply GTA IV COL materials on your mesh. and Get their COL.(BVH or geometry(I use BVH)) for each mesh.

Step 5

rename the IV dummy to what wbn will be called (Ex. nj_liberty )

Step 6

Reset transform and scale

Step 7

Reset Xform and convert it to editable poly

Step 8

select all then EXPORT.

 

 

[3Doomer]

2 Blaster_nl:

 

The hierarchy manual's in the 1st post.

 

Your hierarchy exports each object in a separate file...you can export them as an OBD file, or (if you've placed them on the map as desired) to an OBN file(use composite collision for that)

 

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ODD import's ready

 

Script has been updated(progress bar'll be fixed today)

 

27.04.2011 26:32 UTC:

+Added openFormats ODR/ODD import

+WPL importer doesn't need model names to load models

+Fixed repeating name bug in LOD searcher

 

[Mr.NubzZ]

@3doomer whens the exporter ready? and uhm can you add a mass material converter(like from standard to GTA IV MESH) will really help the Andreage team..

[pmillett]

not much longer till ODR/ODD export eh?

[TheChopShop]

 

How can I do this any easier??

You may think i'm stupid but I just don't know how to do it different then i do here ^

here's an example

 

 

as long as the COL doesn't exceed the size limitations (as mine does), there's no reason to use multiple nodes (as I have)

for future reference however, if you do exceed size limits, this is how you'd want to set it up (subject to change I'm sure)

 

 

edit-

 

@3Doomer, why the recent map objects resize? ..does it have anything to do with meshes not appearing IG? ..as I have yet to update from 4-14

 

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Edited April 27, 2011 by TheChopShop

[3Doomer]

2 Mr.NubzZ:

Exporter'll be ready when the openFormats do.

Invalid materials'll be converted to GTA IV MESH automatically at export, as it's with collisions(but I can add a separate button for that)

 

2 TheChopShop:

 

What do you mean with "resize"?

 

I've changed the limits...remember that big objects with big polycount can't be loaded by the streaming engine

+Map objects size limit = 502

+Collision size limit = 2002

+Collision and map objects polycount limit = 30000

 

[TheChopShop]

keeping with the recent context, I meant what you just answered, the limit resize from 800 to 502..

 

and could you please give an example of a large high poly object that would have streaming problems?

 

(ie- 600 unit, 7000 poly entity, ect or w/e)

[3Doomer]

I've created such object once...there was only LOD, and other objects changed to normal detail model very slowly...500 units's also quite big for the game engine

 

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27.04.2011 23:05 UTC:

+Fixed texture coordinates, vertex color and alpha in ODR/ODD importer

+Added IDE flags selection

 

Edited April 28, 2011 by 3Doomer

[vans123]

wow! now we can make niko to do funny faces in max xD jking

that screenie shows alot of hopes

[Mr.NubzZ]

LOL.. we can finally see Niko do the moonwalk..

cant wait till the exporter comes.. Great job 3doomer

[TheChopShop]

have you by chance fixd the Max minimized bug with any of these latest versions? ..sh*t's driving me insane

[3Doomer]

I saw this bug only four times...latest MAX versions aren't stable, so I can't find the reason

[quechus13]

Is there any new update on the works??

 

I need more than 502 in Map size :S like 3000 XD