VWBB - Modding sheilds

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Posted by jc4jc on 05-06-2003 04:15 PM:

Modding sheilds

I was wundering if there is a way to mod shiels directly from the mesh.

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Posted by Bobboau on 05-06-2003 11:19 PM:

yes but I doubt you would be willing to go throught the hassle.

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Posted by jc4jc on 05-07-2003 12:50 AM:

Right now I'm not so shore about that. I have several things I am working on, and they need molded shielding. I mean even if it is hard, I would steal like to know.

Posted by Bobboau on 05-07-2003 03:59 AM:

well, if you know the basick size and shape of a model and you make the mesh (_must_ be made of triangles) and you glue a light to it name it shield and glue it to a dummy object then compile it, you can use a hex editor to copy and past the SHLD chunk from one model to another (or you could try useing Aurora(for the copy past thing))

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Posted by karajorma on 05-07-2003 08:06 AM:

Hang on a sec. Are you trying to add a shield to an existing .pof or are you trying to add a shield to a model you're building yourself?

If it's the former Bobboau's method should work (although I'd suggest converting the .pof to a .cob and use that as a base so that you get the size right).

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Posted by Kazan on 05-07-2003 11:56 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Bobboau
well, if you know the basick size and shape of a model and you make the mesh (_must_ be made of triangles) and you glue a light to it name it shield and glue it to a dummy object then compile it, you can use a hex editor to copy and past the SHLD chunk from one model to another (or you could try useing Aurora(for the copy past thing))

or you could use the "Import Button" in POF Constructor Suite - because the shields on has _ALWAYS_ worked, and now they all work

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