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[MaNGusT]

Do I need to add a texture?

you should map your model 1st, then draw a diffuse texture for the model, then add it into wmit and see how it looks

[cybersphinx]

also, cybersphinx even didn't give us the version with his changes :/

It's here: https://github.com/Warzone2100/WMIT

I can't and won't compile it..

For Windows? I don't use that, and it doesn't compile easily in my current cross-compiler setup, so... me neither.

[swatspeedman]

Do I need to add a texture?

you should map your model 1st, then draw a diffuse texture for the model, then add it into wmit and see how it looks

I'm gonna be honest here, I can't map for sh*t. It just looks like a load of shapes to me, I dunno what is what.

[MaNGusT]

it compiles and works before yours commits well... mac support, cross-platform... for what? for who? for you? 3dsMax, photoshop is mainly windows based... all designers use windows... oh I forgot something sorry, you live in your own coder's universe where all have to be cross-platform..

I'm gonna be honest here, I can't map for sh*t. It just looks like a load of shapes to me, I dunno what is what.

google is your friend. "uvw mapping" it's not a 1 day task, even not a 1 month task... you should do some lessons and tutorials before you will get things looking "right".

[swatspeedman]

I know how to unwrap, it's just when I have the image in front of me I have no idea which face is which.

[MaNGusT]

I know how to unwrap, it's just when I have the image in front of me I have no idea which face is which.

that's why you should create a high poly version of your model and then bake its details(shadows) to an ambient occlusion texture, then use this texture as a "baseplate" for your diffuse texture.

[cybersphinx]

it compiles and works before yours commits well... mac support, cross-platform... for what? for who? for you?

Yes, for me. To change the current models. If someone else finds my changes useful, good, if not, they can use some other version.

[swatspeedman]

I'm just baking the textures now, won't bother with the rest like lighting. It's only rough.

[MaNGusT]

Yes, for me. To change the current models. If someone else finds my changes useful, good, if not, they can use some other version.

is there, by any chances, a way to switch between pie2 and pie3 export in compiled wmit?

I'm just baking the textures now, won't bother with the rest like lighting. It's only rough.

http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:_Add_s ... in_Blender

[swatspeedman]

I'm just baking the textures now, won't bother with the rest like lighting. It's only rough.

http://wiki.flightgear.org/Howto:_Add_s ... in_Blender

Just done ambient occlusion before you posted this.

[Jorzi]

Also a nice thing to know is that blender has a texture paint mode in the 3d view. The painting tools may not be as advanced as gimp/photoshop but they still have a nice feature set and you can paint directly on the 3d model (assuming you have correctly unwrapped it). Very good for doing the base texture as well as for painting out seams.
Sometimes I paint a basic color texture in blender and refine it in gimp etc.

[swatspeedman]

Textures, ambient occlusion all baked and added to my mesh as textures.

Now what?

[Jorzi]

Export it as an .obj and open it in WMIT
Can we see your texture?

[swatspeedman]

Export the rocket pod as one, the holder as one and the stand as another? Then open them in WMIT then what? Save them as pie as some sort of special name?

[Jorzi]

Exactly , gnhrckt.pie for the rocket pod, trhrckt.pie for the holder and blhowmnt.pie for the stand.

After that, you go to your wz install directory, and in the mods folder create a new folder called "yourmodnamehere".
in "yourmodnamehere" create one folder with the name structs, one named texpages and one named components (you essentially copy the folder structure inside the base.wz file).
Then you put your textures into texpages, blhowmnt.pie into structs, and the other .pies into components/weapons/

@the textures: uv mapping isn't perfect but will work for now, I've seen worse.

EDIT: oh, and to run your mod you create a shortcut of warzone2100.exe and in its properties you edit the path so that it reads "installpath/warzone2100.exe" --mod=yourmodnamehere