Daniele

I've just solved the problem. I'll write it there, if someone may need.

It was due to the program running with .NET Framework on 64 bit.

To force the application to run on 32 bit there is the following workaround:

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1108137/how-to-run-a-32-bit-net-application-in-a-64-bit-environment

 

 

 

If you have a 64 bit machine and want to run a .NET application that only works with the 32 bit CLR you would have to make changes to the .NET framework on your machine

 

Set the .NET framework to load the CLR in WOW mode through this command

 

Open up command prompt and type this command

 

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Ldr64.exe SetWow

 

Now you should be able to run apps that use only the .NET 32 bit CLR.

 

To revert back to the default 64 bit framework run

 

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Ldr64.exe Set64

Try reinstalling to C:\Program Files (x86)\ -- I've seen this in the past. This will tell Windows it is a 32-bit application. 

 

Doesn't always work, but I've seen this same issue when installing older games made for 32-bit platforms.

Well thanks, however the program is not installed, is just a standalone .exe

I've put it in x86 but nothing happens

Are you running this from Program Files? Tried running it from somewhere else? Running as an Admin?

Yeah I always run it as admin.

Drop the file inside this archive into the folder where KAurora is located:

 

KAuroraEditor.exe.config.7z

Thanks! I've put it in the same folder as the .exe.

However the error persists. I'm sure that .net 2.0 is installed (I'm on Win7) and is also enabled in the control panel.

like before, It actually starts the .exe, but when I try to import whatever ascii or binary, it throws that error.

It throws 

 

 

 

 

See the end of this message for details on invoking 

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

 

************** Exception Text **************

System.BadImageFormatException:  is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)

   at KAuroraEditor.KAuroraMain.loadFromAsciiFileToolStripMenuItem1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripDropDown.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

 

 

************** Loaded Assemblies **************

mscorlib

    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

----------------------------------------

KAuroraEditor

    Assembly Version: 0.2.0.0

    Win32 Version: 0.2.0.0

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/daniele/Documents/kotor%20tools/KAuroraEditor/KAuroraEditor.exe

----------------------------------------

System.Windows.Forms

    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

----------------------------------------

System

    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Drawing

    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0

    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

----------------------------------------

 

************** JIT Debugging **************

To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this

application or computer (machine.config) must have the

jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.

The application must also be compiled with debugging

enabled.

 

For example:

 

<configuration>

    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />

</configuration>

 

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception

will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer

rather than be handled by this dialog box.

 

 

Hi,

it seems I can't run KAurora editor on my 64 bit system ("is not a valid 32 bit application"). I don't understand why it wouldn't.

Do someone know a workaround for this?

Hi,

Mdlops seems to have a hard time compiling files which are too heavy. So, if I try to compile a .mdl heavier than say 1500 vertices, it throws an "Out of memory" error or just crashes. I tested it on some computers with good memory and CPU and the result is the same.

Is it normal? And are there good alternatives to use?

Thanks. Ok I think that given what I'm trying to do, restyling the whole area, I may rebake the whole lightmap.

Depending on what you want to do it might be easier to leave the vanilla model alone and add a new model on top of that instead of remaking the entire lightmap.

You'd then have to make a lightmap only for the new model and add the model to both the .lyt and .vis file of the module. But that's probably still the easier way to go^^

That's also an idea, how do you do that?

What about the KAurora exporter? Could it work for automating lightmap export?

Here we go:

There's an option 'Build Model BIF node in Tree' under Tools > Options, checking that will make it work (I needed to also restart Kotor Tool before it did).

I used the compatibility mode to get my models.bif to work

Thanks guys, the 'Build Model BIF node in Tree' worked great.

Hello guys,

I'm trying to take map models .mdl  from KotOR 2, modify them a little bit, and put them back into the game. I managed to do it but I get visibility problems: the whole model appears invisible, except for the objects with the glowing material and texture, as can be seen in the image.

I guarantee that the .mdl geometry is there although invisible. In the second image I've removed part of the geometry so that the rest of the map can be seen through.

I guess that this problem could be given by errors with the visibility map or the light map, but I have no idea of how to solve this.

Yes, the path is right and I manage to export the items.bif with textures, the lightmaps also, and I guess also the other files.

Hello, there is a very good tutorial for editing KotOR models: 

as the video shows, after you exported the model you have to edit with a 3d software. He uses 3dMax, you can alternatively use the free software Blender (as I do), in the latter case the script needed to export the Ascii .mdl in-out Blender is http://www.beastwithin.org/gaming/nwn/neverblender

(there is also http://deadlystream.com/forum/topic/3105-wip-kotor-model-exporter-for-blender/ but I still have to try it).

Remember that Blender/3dMax read-write .mdl Ascii files, you'll have to convert them to bynary .mdl, which you can do with MdlOps.

Hi guys, what's up?

My problem is, I can't see the models under KotOR 1 (in the KotOR Tool), or actually I can see that folder but it appears empty (as you can see in the lower part of the attached image).

Instead I don't get any problem with KotOR 2 and I can open them normally.