XSI MODTOOLS SWITCH TO WIREFRAME HOW TO
XSI MODTOOLS SWITCH TO WIREFRAME MOD

You dont HAVE to make a mod for this but I want to create my own so that it doesnt replace the gun in the actual game, only in my mod. (This is ONLY if you want to put a model from World of Warcraft into the Source Mod)Ĭreating a New ModI am not going into detail on this because I am simply going to replace the existing Halflife 2 Deathmatch pistol with the World of Warcraft Icecrown Rifle. VTFEdit GCFScape GUI StudioMDL WoW Model Viewer This will give you the ValveSource option in your Menu bar. Browse to the addon file and click install. To install, simply load up Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 and click File > Addon > Install. Programs You Will NeedAutodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 Valve Source Addon (This Is a. I will be using Autodesk Softimage Mod tool 7.5 along with a few programs that I will list below.

XSI MODTOOLS SWITCH TO WIREFRAME HOW TO

IntroductionIn this tutorial, I will be covering how to implement a custom weapon model along with its texture into the Source Engine (specifically for Halfife 2 Deathmatch), although I believe the process is all the same for any source engine product. This is used ONLY as an example for the purpose of teaching a topic. Keep in mind that when you see a polygon which looks like it is filled in red this meens that there are two polygons over lapping in that area.Source Engine View-model Implementation By Caleb Sewell*Note* This is for EDUCATIONAL use only! I do not condone using models from existing games. now select the row on the part and the head which has the green line next to it and press heal which is the button with a black cross on it.

move the one with the green line next to the face and rotate it to have the two green lines next to each other. Notice that it also shows a blue and green line on each side of the neck. Now when you select the two parts of the neck which arnt attached they show a green and blue line. press x and hold the right mousebutton to align these vertices in a straight line by moving the mouse. Now select the line of vertices on the left side of the face and the row to the left of that. you can rotate something 90 degreese by selecting it and pressing R. move this to the left and position the two sides of the head either side. Now crab the front of the face by selecting the vertices and using v like if you were moving them in the normal viewpoint. now it should change the uv map and look something like this. Now move the slider next to angle grouping to 90. Now with the model selected I go into application>views>texture editor and my model is now flattened on the image. I load this black image and choose explicit uvs for the texture projection. Now to test what I have done I press 3 to launch the render mode and go to get>texture>image. Now click cluster and disconnect components. Note that i added some edges between the polygons. If I were uv mapping the human head that you can automatically generate from the get>primitive>model menu I would first select the lines around the face and between the neck splitting it into three parts. To do this we select edges and click cluster and disconnect components. A uv map is a flattened image of the surface of your model which you can paint over to create your texture.īefore working on the uvs we need to set the model up for uv mapping. In this short tutorial I will cover exporting a uv map in softimage xsi. I emailed XSI as well, to see what kind of solution they recommend. And also because the mech I made would make the coolest action figure ever (to me anyway) simply because I made it. This way I can have a physical copy of my work as well, in case I ever lose my files or they're corrupted. These machines are way cool, and I'm excited to see some of my models in actual space. until it reaches the middle then it starts to make smaller circles until it eventually makes a dot.

Essentially the machine starts off with a dot, then makes a really small circle then a slightly bigger circle, etc. They essentially print cross section of 3d dimensional models that build up and make objects. Then the head moves up, and it sprays another layer. Instead of a ink cartridge spraying ink on a page, they have a plastic tank the sprays plastic on to something the plastic doesn't stick to.

Ooh, you've never heard of a 3D printer? They are bout the coolest things on the planet.

Xsi modtools switch to wireframe