How to use Blender to make SWBF series models (FAQ)

[DarthD.U.C.K.]

put -donotmergecollision into the msh.option

[lucasfart]

Thanks for the quick response DarthD.U.C.K.!

[Philou231]

It doesn't work for me and I try to save it with blender and with gimp but nothing work thanks for the help.

Thanks You

[Jaspo]

If you open up a wrl file in notepad that has successfully had the texture info included, it should look something like this (this is the one I created in the tutorial video):

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[code]#VRML V2.0 utf8

# This file was authored with Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
# Blender version 248
# Blender file
# Exported using VRML97 exporter v1.55 (2006/01/17)


NavigationInfo {
headlight FALSE
visibilityLimit 100.0
type ["EXAMINE", "ANY"]
avatarSize [0.25, 1.75, 0.75]
}

Background {
groundColor 0.0565629 0.2208154 0.4
skyColor 0.0565629 0.2208154 0.4
}

DEF OB_Cube Transform {
translation 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
rotation 1.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
scale 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
children [
DEF ME_Cube Group {
children [
Shape {
appearance Appearance {
material DEF MA_Material Material {
diffuseColor 0.8 0.8 0.8
ambientIntensity 0.1666667
specularColor 0.4012008 0.4012008 0.4012008
emissiveColor 0.0 0.0 0.0
shininess 0.0976563
transparency 0.0
}
texture DEF fungal_ground_png ImageTexture {
url "crate1.tga"
}
}
geometry IndexedFaceSet {
solid TRUE
coord DEF coord_Cube Coordinate {
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1.0 -1.0 1.0
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-0.999999642372 -1.0 -1.00000035763
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-0.999999940395 1.0 -1.0
0.600000083447 -1.0 -1.0
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-0.199999839067 -1.0 -1.00000023842
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-0.20000012219 -1.0 0.999999880791
-0.600000143051 -1.0 0.999999880791
0.60000038147 1.0 -0.999999582767
0.200000301003 1.0 -1.827491045
-0.199999824166 1.0 -0.999999761581
-0.599999904633 1.0 -1.82749128342
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0.199999451637 1.0 2.02403068542
-0.200000524521 1.0 1.0
-0.600000441074 1.0 2.13264584541
]
}

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2 3 7 6 -1,
1 0 8 12 -1,
12 8 9 13 -1,
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14 10 11 15 -1,
15 11 3 2 -1,
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16 20 21 17 -1,
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5 1 12 20 -1,
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4 5 6 7 -1
8 9 10 11 -1
12 13 14 15 -1
16 17 18 19 -1
20 21 22 23 -1
24 25 26 27 -1
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]
}[/code]

And I think that if it doesn't attach the texture info correctly there will be no coordinate data after the part that says "texCoord TextureCoordinate"

[Philou231]

Lol it is really awesome I copy your file(that was pretty much the same as me ) and I paste it in my notepad I change the texture name of one of the texture and nothing appear in the swbf Viewer. So if I look at all my key to answer the clue...there is something wrong in the SWBF Viewer and the compatibility of my texture maybe even if they are 256x256 tga and not compressed.BUT I once try to make a cube with a BF texture that was in my adddon folder and it doesn't work anyway ! I can't see where the problem came from because if I open the SWBF Viewer I am able to see the models of SW on the right with textures so what?

Thanks You
Philou231

P.S.this is our 2 files the right one is yours the left one is mine.

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EDIT: YAHOUUUUUUU it work:I created a new folder in my asset folder and I put my .wrl file in it and they all work!(SOLVED!)

[lucasfart]

Just wondering if normal/bump/specular maps are possible in Blender, or even after exporting to msh is there any way to hex it in?

[mswf]

You can apply those maps through the meshtool that repsharpshooter build. (hex-editing is also a possibility of course)

[Zango]

Hey, I'm having a problem getting the textures to show up in the Zeroeditor. The .odf is in the same folder as the .msh and .tga, but for one reason or another, it still shows up in the generic-missing-tga-file white. Also, when I view the .msh in the SWBFViewer, it shows up with the textures. Is the Zeroeditor just being stupid, (as in, if I were to munge it, it'll show up properly in-game?) or am I doing something wrong?

[FragMe!]

Odfs go in the odf folder, msh and tga files go in the msh folder. Have a look at one of the shipped worlds for directory structure.

[Zango]

Odfs go in the odf folder, msh and tga files go in the msh folder. Have a look at one of the shipped worlds for directory structure.

Yeah I know, that's what I did originally but the tga didn't show then either, so then I moved them all to the same section.

[Ace_Azzameen_5]

Thanks for the tutorial, with this and another I successfully
textured and exported a new model to SWBF2.
However with my next two projects I'm having trouble.
I can't seem to load images. I go to the uv/texture editor, browse for an image, and hit open, and it does not show up, images that loaded 5 minutes prior in the same window it would seem.
Got any clues?

[Wonderboy]

@Ace- Did you unwrap it first? If the UV/Image Editor is blank then you can't load a picture. There needs to be something like this:

[Ace_Azzameen_5]

It seems very fickle, I just loaded a texture, unwrapped an object to cube projection and move a mapping vertice first...
Got it, I was using the right mouse button highlight in the browse window instead of left clicking. Thanks for the help.

[lucasfart]

What does right-mouse button selecting even do?

[Wonderboy]

Maybe I should have asked this here, but I wanted to know how to edit a player model in Blender. When I do it, I can only select the mesh in object mode. When I go to edit mode I can't.

[Ace_Azzameen_5]

Make sure the object is selected, and choose wireframe and vertices you should see many vertices and be able to select hem, if you can't seem to get the vertices try switching to face select mode... (the triangle far right on the toolbar below the 3d area in edit mode)
Your more advanced than me at this but I wanted to cover the basics just in case and NOT ignore the previous post while I sneak in this:

On another topic, has anyone worked out transparency or hardpoints for SWBF2? I could export to XSI I guess.

[AceMastermind]

...I wanted to know how to edit a player model ... When I do it, I can only select the mesh in object mode. When I go to edit mode I can't.

I just downloaded Blender to check this out and that is how it seems to work, in object mode you select objects, in Edit mode you select components of the object such as points, edges and polygons, maybe you should play around with it more and watch some tutorial videos or something. See if THIS helps. Also, if you plan to edit player models then at some point they will need to go through XSI and exported using the Pandemic Tools.

[Wonderboy]

I do know the difference between object and edit mode, I can only select the object in object mode, but in edit mode I can't select edges, vertices, or faces. I import it, and I can select it. I may be a bit redundant but, I hit tab to go to edit mode and select vertice selection. But nothing happens. In Blender, "A" is select all, regardless of if you are in edit or object mode. I can select and unselect all all I want in object mode, but in edit mode I can't at all.

[mswf]

I do know the difference between object and edit mode, I can only select the object in object mode, but in edit mode I can't select edges, vertices, or faces. I import it, and I can select it. I may be a bit redundant but, I hit tab to go to edit mode and select vertice selection. But nothing happens. In Blender, "A" is select all, regardless of if you are in edit or object mode. I can select and unselect all all I want in object mode, but in edit mode I can't at all.

Select the imported objects in the outliner view and press ctrl + j to join the objects. I don't know where in the process this happens, but sometimes an object gets split up while importing.
What is the model that you're trying to import and are having troubles with?

[Wonderboy]

By outliner view do you mean bounding box? Because I went to object mode, view port shading select to bounding box then joined the meshes and it worked. Thanks a lot. Oh, and it is the Rebel Vanguard model.
@Ace_Azzameen_5- I don't think you can add hardpoints in Blender, I think it was mswf? who said that. And all I can think of for transparency is adding an alpha channel to your texture and making the part you want transparent, but I don't think it works in BF2. Theres some hex-editing or something I've heard you need to do if you want transparency in your model, but like I said, I'm not entirely sure.