Bob's problems with a new ship. (Now a texture issue!)
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Bobthemanofsteel wrote:
Yeah, you’re right, sorry.
But that was it.
Also, putting normal engine and plant fixed the crash. Thanks!
I’ve still got no texture, though.
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Well, it’s a start. The reason your power plant and engine crashed was this:
addon = CAV_engine_01, internal, 1
addon = CAV_power01, internal, 1You’ve actually nicknamed them:
<data file=“data\equipment\engine_equip.ini” method=“append”><source>
[Engine]
nickname = CAV_engine</data>and
<data file=“data\equipment\misc_equip.ini” method=“append”><source>
[Power]
nickname = CAV_power</data> -
Gah, right.
Stupid mistake, thanks Chips.
And Kuze, I wish I could answer that question xD
It was my first time hardpointing ever, so I can only hope I did it right.But should the hardpoints have any correlation to the textures at all?
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Is your .mat filename the same as the .cmp filename? It should be, also the .sur filename should be the same, and all should be in the same folder. Actually you can have the .mat file in another folder but I put them together if there is only 1 ship using these textures.
You must name the .mat and .cmp paths and filenames in shiparch.ini - but not the .sur, this is automatically looked for in the .cmp file’s folder.
e.g.:
DA_archetype = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_elite\li_elite.cmp
material_library = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_elite\li_elite.mator
DA_archetype = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_elite\li_elite.cmp
material_library = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_playerships.matIf you changed material names in the .cmp file then you should export a new .mat file to be correct otherwise the textures will not be found.
If everything is OK, the cause of the blank (white) ship has been the detail resolution slider being too low in the game Options.
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It all checks out ST. There doesn’t appear to be a .sur file though. :S
However,
I have discovered the wonders of the spew;WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull01.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull01.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull01.tga’ WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull02.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull02.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull02.tga’ WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull03.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull03.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull03.tga’ WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull04.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_hull04.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull04.tga’ WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_grill.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_grill.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_grill.tga’ WARNING:General:create_texture: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_light.tga: failed to create texture! WARNING:General:load_tga_mips: cav_light.tga: mip invalid! WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_light.tga’
I have the feeling this means the .mat is borked?
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Post up your .cmp and.mat and let’s see if we can help spot it.
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Ya. That’s a .mat problem.
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Here’s the whole folder.
(Attached)EDIT: It occurs to me, unless my hardpointing broke t somehow… I haven’t edited the mat at all, so t could be an issue with Kuze’s upload of it.
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Yep, it’s fine in HardCMP, I agree.
Apparently not in game, though.Oh right, I was gonna test one of the other ones, one that others had used already.
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.cmp checks out.
.mat checks out.
(by checks out I mean naming is correct)Texture don’t check out. I was unable to both open them as a .dds or a .tga in adobe CS4. After exporting via .cmp importer I was unable to import back into milkshape…this is odd because they work both in hardcmp and UTFEditor.
Did you do any editing to the textures?
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As mentioned, no, I did’t do anything but hardpoint the cmp.
I just tried the merchantman freighter from the same pack, and it worked fine, no problems at all.
Kuze, is there a possibility the mat you created got corrupted somehow before upload?
I realise it’s not a huge priority, but I’m a big fan of the CAV and was planning to use it for FL10K (Was checking it out before I approached you for permission
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The textures in the CAV’s MAT are in JPG format. For FL, it has to be DDS or TGA, but HardCMP is a bit less picky. This is why you’re having problems.
Now, here’s what you can do. Extract all the textures using the UTF editor. You’ll save them one at a time. Once that’s done, delete the MIP0 node that it’s attached to, then put the node back in by creating a new node and renaming it to MIP0 (or MIPS if MIP0 doesn’t work for some reason. I’m not sure what the difference is.)
Next, open the textures in your editor of choice and save them as TGA or DDS. I suggest DDS, as TGA takes up loads more space. The DDS needs to have one-channel alpha (DXT1 if you’re using Paint.net) or it won’t work.
Finally, import the newly saved DDS or TGA files into the MAT’s now empty MIP0 nodes. If all went well, you should be good to go.
EDIT: Or, you could just use the textures that Kuze uploaded in his last post.
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Thanks heaps guys!
I tried what Morgan suggested, using the textures provided by Kuze, but now I get a different error.
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull01.tga’
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull02.tga’
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull03.tga’
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_hull04.tga’
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_grill.tga’
WARNING:General:failed to load ‘cav_light.tga’Same thing happens when I rename those nodes to .dds instead of .tga
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Try this one
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Ah, that works, thanks!
EDIT: But… It’s huge.
