.obj -> .sur converter

a question

i have to add the proper hardpoint in the tool so they are covered by the hitbox
and if after i want to add 1 or 2 hardpoints to the cmp i have to rebuild a sur, right ?

so the question is : why we should not add all hardpoints at the list for each cmp even if not in the cmp?

to prevent rebuilding a new sur each time we want to add something …
i imagine the sur will be “bigger” and ? it’s a problem for freelancer or not ?

Not only this, there are different hardpoint names, e.g. HpTurret_B1_01, HpTurret_R1_01 etc.

Schmackbolzen: any progress for the next release with multiple groups please?

Schmackbolzen wrote:
Last exam is on Friday after that I can continue working on the converter again.

Btw. thanks for all the success wishes ^^

Thanks, Schmack. Best of luck with your exams!

any news ?

Did you took your exams ?
If not you will still continue on sur converter

I think he is in the “cool down” period after his exam

Yea its no hurry after all . This is anyway the golden age of freelancer modding programs (after 8 years of moderate releases - I may be wrong :roll:). I am saying also about the tons of flhook development , adoxa and m0tah plugins , cannon , lancer solurus and the rest of the contributors. Its just amazing just the releases at this point .
Also the free releases and source codes included make a huge difference to another comunities where i saw many pathethic situations , the “credits madness” and insults ; i don`t want to say what and where i saw that , i just want to apreciate this community and all people here

Good Luck^^

Schmackbolzen wrote:
Yes, plus there are some things to be done for the mod I am working for (hooking etc.) and also university started again this week ^^.

I plan to continue working an the converter as soon as I finished the mod stuff (which should not take more than 1-2 weeks).

That’s about now, right?

Hate to prompt you Schmackbolzen, but this is the thrid time I am waiting for a sur tool, and the third year, and I’m getting older and don’t know how long more I will live waiting for this perfect sur tool. :pint:

And I don’t want it to be on your conscience for the rest of your life that I died waiting for you.

And I don’t know what is the next more scary and scaly and hard-skinned animal after the crocodile…??

a gibbon?

A Gibbon?

No, you’re too furry and cuddly, old pal!

Besides, I wouldn’t want to compromise your chances with the female gibbons by having two of us on show!

And then again in this day and age they might think we’re “an item”!

Maybe a T-Rex! ??
I’ll look into it, just in case… !

We’re your silent audience, Schmackbolzen!

Well… OK, as you know, I’m not the silent type.

That’s great news, Schmack, thanks for your continuing work on this.

I have a question to throw out here now, though, ever since the use of this .sur creator has anyone noticed that their turret hitboxes no longer register hits?

Or in other words, that the turrets no longer detect projectiles or collisions while attached to a model?

Thanks for the update Schmack, waiting in anticipation, hopefully you can find out the cause of the freeze that affects you as well.

Schmackbolzen wrote:
@Sushi: I never checked this. If you are absolutely sure (means that you can reproduce that on all your models), then i will have to include real geometry for the weapons, thrusters etc. For now I just insert the hardpoints crcs into the .sur file to prevent crashes, but in the vanilla .sur files there also is real geometry for them.

Ya, I’m getting Adoxa to help with this problem, too. But that would be great if you could possibly include that for future updates.

OK. So this is a video showing the problem. The first video is with the old hitbox we custom made (took forever) for the ship. Turret hitboxes were applied appropriately. The second part of the video is with Schmacks amazing new hitbox maker with our old hitboxes for the turrets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDe2_fqLhmU

You can see the projectiles no longer register. This issue is ubiquitous in the mod. Would be great for someone else to confirm this issue, though.

Adoxa applied the turret to the .sur like you’re suggesting, Schmack and it worked. So, ya, when you can work on the hitbox exporter, that would be awesome