All I know about 3do files


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Posted by BlackJaw on February 09, 1998 at 00:46:52:

In Reply to: Is this bad luck or what? posted by BlackJaw on February 08, 1998 at 23:38:16:

well after an un-successful atempt to shrink the goggle 3do, and realization that the problem with my custom 3do was
that the converter was messing everything up, I have decided to quit. What I wanted to do can't be done (by me) so I'm going say thanks for
not even tryign to help me, and leave you with a couple of tricks I picked up.

Geosets.

if you didn't know, JK uses 4 geosets for a model. geoset 0 is close range, geoset 3 is really far away. At close range the model is complex. farther away it isn't.
This means you can litteraly change a model's shape by alltering its geosets. Even textures because they are called in the seperate sets. you could make a 3do taht cahnges its appearence depedning on how far away it is.
Oh, and a multi-player model doesn't have to have all 4 geosets. if only 1 is present, it uses that one at all 4 distances.

You can make a mesh invisible by setting its GEOMETRYMODE and LIGHTINGMODE to 0. This combined with the above can let you make a skin that is invisble at far, long, and meadium ranges, but perfectly visble at close range (and 3rd person view). BUT keep in mind
that this is cheap, under handed, and that the right hand is visble at all distances (the one with the gun).

Offseting a model with its HIERARCHYDEF listing doesn't work with multi-palyer models. I have a max model converted to multiplayer where all his limbs are offset to meet correcly but the offsetting only works in viewers. In game the body parts are all moved to "normal" spots thus ripping MAX apart.

If you select a 3do for a multiplayer character image and everyone else has that model, but they don't have it in their model.dat file, they still see you using it. (can you say hidden character?) An example would be the tiebomber 3do. put it in your model.dat file and play a game with anyone. They will see you as a tiebomber.

Well thats all the little bits of this and that I know.

BlackJaw

PS:If any of you out there can make a head with IR goggles on it, and a torso with a gun strapped to the back, I woudl be very happy.





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