need help

[kaya]

Hey guys i need some help here, im stuck with 3ds max 7, i can import the cas files but keep stuck with the skeleton and cant get further, how do i get some skin over the skeleton and how can i give the unit other colors like his clothes, and the designs on the shields etc etc.
If anybody can take the time to give me some help i would be gratefull, and if there are more tools i need tell me where to get it please, cus ive got some fierce ideas for mods, just help me please

Kaya...

[Duke Malcolm]

Failte, Kaya!

Let's see...

This one's already been done :-
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=37203

That's to do the look of the models, the skins, shield design.

[kaya]

thank you for youre quick respond, and i already did what you asked me to do but paint shop pro keeps saying that the filr formay isnt the right one so i cant get further and its the same with photoshop to, so i downloaded the pluggins and the xpak who i did have all along but it doesnt work, ive got the spqr mod installed, could that be the problem?
please bear with me cus im going nuts but i wont give up.

[Myrddraal]

filr formay ?

Do you mean file format?

Are you using the nvida plugin? I used the DX plugin once and that didn't work...

[Hans Kloss]

You really need Photoshop (Paintshop wont do) and properly installed plugins.In studio max you make sure that all texture paths are correct (Menu-Rendering-Material Editor) - very often skins have to be manually applied to the models

[Myrddraal]

I use Paint Shop Pro and it works fine so long as you have the right plugins...

And by the way welcome to the forum

[kaya]

ive got the nvidia pluggins but it still doesnt work, maybe its because ive got the spqr mod, darn, i still dont know how to edit the texture and its getting anoying to try it every time without succes, thanks anyway guys

[Myrddraal]

Hey don't give up! What program are you using, PSP or Photoshop?

Here:
Adobe PhotoShop Normal Map and DDS Authoring Plug-insThis installer contains two plug-ins. The first creates normal maps from height maps for per pixel rendering. The other is a DXTC texture compression plugin for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to open and save .dds files in RGB format. It reads and writes .dds files compressed or uncompressed. If you're using Jasc Paint Shop Pro, read these simple instructions that explain how to use the DDS Authoring plug-in with.
And another usefull tool:
DDS Thumbnail ViewerAllows you to view .dds files in Thumbnail view in the Windows Explorer. Now with an installer.


To install a plugin for photoshop, make sure you install it into the plugins folder (or plug-in I'm not sure which)

[kaya]

i'm using both but it still doesn't work, so i'm quiting thanks for all your help but this is to ****** up

Edit by Myrddraal: Language

[kaya]

I just can't install the plugins for photoshop, it won't work ive tried a lot and sorry for my language earlier,
could you show me with printed screens how you did it cause i'm going nuts and i just know i can be a great modder some day, please bear with me if you don't want me to quit, and also many thanks for your help and patience with me this far, a lot of guys would have never replied like you, and if i ever make a new unit its gonna be named Myrddraal with youre permission of course

[Myrddraal]

I use PSP8. I can't post screens right now, but this is what I did:
http://download.nvidia.com/developer..._Pro_Steps.pdf

And your too late for that unit, Myrddraal is a creature from the Wheel of Time and so is a unit in the WoT mod, check it out in the hosted mods section. Its basically an eyeless pale faced bloke (hence my avatar...)

[kaya]

YES... i did it, now it works. thank you so much my friend.
now i will learn how to edit the texture
i will post my progress here so you can see how i'm doing.
again thanks very much