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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:08 pm
by mesial
OK, so it's been a while since I did any converting of bmp's to bmp.mdl's. Here are the issues that I am encountering:
1) mdclMasterBat crashes when converting
2) mdlThing creates corrupt files (says file is not supproted) It does convert though. When I test a file that is converted by mdlThing, the file does not show in-game.
What should I be using to convert BMP's to MDL's? and where can I find it?
Thanks,
Mesial
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:39 pm
by Kap
Check this
wiki page about mdlc.
You can download it from here:
http://www.freeallegiance.org/forums/index...amp;#entry41680
The one that says "YP's front end for the original artwork tools (download)" is the one with the mdlcmasterbat to make it easier to convert multiple files.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:21 pm
by mesial
Sweet, Thanks! Now i'll see if that works for me.
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:24 pm
by mesial
Bah, still crashes.... /sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":sad:" border="0" alt="sad.gif" />
As soon as I can get this resolved, this area will be ready to be released:
http://www.mesialonline.com/Allegiance/nanites/nanite.html
EDIT: I was wanting to go back and do some cleaning up on my software HUD too...
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:23 pm
by Weedman
huh?
you have to be in the same folder the mdlc.exe is and the bmp should be in the same folder too
mdlc.exe -convert name.bmp namebmp.mdl
it's like cake, but... it helps if those bmps are 24 bit, because if they are 32 bit or 16 bit they seem to either look like @#(! (16 bit) or don't display (32 bit) after conversions
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:15 am
by Quia
mdlc doesn't work for me either. Crash and burn.
Do you have the lastest mdlThing? The original does create bad files, the latest is
mdlThing 1.3. Also make sure the files are in the right spot. You can choose where the mdl looks for the image file under options, artwork/images, artwork/textures, artwork/textures/images...
Use png's! 32bit png's are half the size of 16bit bmp's. /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:08 am
by mesial
Never mind.... the project has been abandoned.
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:27 pm
by mesial
Quia, are you running Vista?
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:57 pm
by Quia
Yeah. Vista Business.
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:49 pm
by mesial
Must be a Vista issue then.
Running Vista Business here (Vista Home Premium at my house) at the lab right now)