Bob's problems with a new ship. (Now a texture issue!)

<data file=“data\ships\shiparch.ini” method=“append”><source>
[Ship]
ids_name = 0
ids_info = 66567
ids_info1 = 0
ids_info2 = 66608
ids_info3 = 66569
ship_class = 1
nickname = li_elite</data>

while

<data file=“data\equipment\goods.ini” method=“append”><source>
[Good]
nickname = CAV_hull
category = shiphull
ship = CAV
price = 1
ids_name = 12003
item_icon = Equipment\models\commodities\nn_icons\li_elite.3db</data>

I would strongly advise only using normal power plants/engines etc and keeping a ships “package” as engine/power/scanner until you’ve launched it the first time.
Then go back and add other stuff - as in the event something is wrong it narrows down the list of potential issues. If still wish issues, you can remove all hardpoint declarations in the shiparch (un-necessary at first) too.

p.s. I have NO clue as to what it is when you “worked it out” - state what the issue you “worked out” was so people don’t find the same issue and stop looking!!! I’ve no idea if I’ve spotted what you did - and so I stopped looking at that point.
I also have no idea about cmp’s etc, so meh.

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.

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, 1

You’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>

In Hardcmp the ship is textured right? I hope it was not me who did a mistake

Afaik the hardpoints are independent from textures. Correct me if I am wrong.

Bobthemanofsteel wrote:
Gah, right.
Stupid mistake, thanks Chips.

You’ve no idea how many times I used to do this
Even after modding for a year, I still used to stuff up on a regular occasion

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.mat

or
DA_archetype = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_elite\li_elite.cmp
material_library = SHIPS\LIBERTY\li_playerships.mat

If 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.

Post up your .cmp and.mat and let’s see if we can help spot it.

Ya. That’s a .mat problem.

In HardCMP the ship is textured and fine for me.

.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?

Hmm yea the textures are not working for me too. Heres an attachment with the milk file and dds textures.

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.