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1 minute ago, BearLesbian said:

Works, thank you 👍 However, the head has no animations for some reason, so I'm gonna have to work on that now 

One thing that I usually do is to grab the animation code from the decompiled file and save that separately. I'll then import the model into Blender, not including the animations, and then export without animations again. Then I'll copy/paste the animation code from before.

8 minutes ago, BearLesbian said:

Hmm, can't seem to open the model.bif, unlike the others like player.bif I can't expand it further. If you have it available would you mind sending it ?

See attached. .mdx is there just in case.

s_female03.mdl s_female03.mdx

Sorry, yes, that's what I meant, Read and Write. As far as s_female03.mdl, you can find it in Kotor Tools under BIFs -> models.bif -> Aurora Model.

I'm probably not doing the description justice, body models are still relatively new to me, but this what's called a "supermodel" and other models reference this model.

1 hour ago, BearLesbian said:

Using 2.78 as well, all my settings are checked as yours on the picture, am using kotorblender v 1.01, and no, only PFH_TOR_JaesaK12.mdl in folder

Try this: it's the lastest version of kotorblender, 1.03 I think it is: https://github.com/ndixUR/kotorblender

Also, try recompiling the model with the model with S_Female03.mdl in that folder.

What version of Blender are you using? I find 2.78 to work best with KotORBlender. And when exporting, what are your Odyssey settings?

Edit: Also, what version of KotORBlender are you using?

Edit: Do you have S_Female03.mdl and PFH_TOR_JaesaK12.mdl in the same folder than you're trying to recompile Head n Hair model.mdl in?

On 2/12/2021 at 10:04 AM, DarthParametric said:

It's not real modelling unless you remake the mesh and redo the UVs at least half a dozen times.

BEVELS

On 2/10/2021 at 11:42 AM, DarthParametric said:

Normal maps tend to be pretty anaemic so I'd probably lean towards actual geometry as much as possible. At least for the large details anyway. For example, if you want a crack, model in an actual cavity/split.

Added in some beveling here and there. Model looks a lot better, but maaaaaaan these UV maps need some work now, hahaha.

38 minutes ago, DarthParametric said:

Everything tends to turn to mush in Odyssey, so fine details don't really work well. You're going to have to supersize that sucker, a nice fat inch wide bevel. If you go with metal that will allow you to do some bare metal edge wear and use an envmap to get some edge highlights.

Along the lines of envmaps, I was also considering throwing a bump map on it. Kind of give a corroded or broken effect in some areas.

12 hours ago, DarthParametric said:

Looks a bit blotchy. Procedural? Is it meant to be metal or stone? I think it needs some edge wear. And the edges themselves could really do with a bevel.

Awesome, thanks for the reply. Blotchy in regards to the "grungy" texture? As far as metal vs. stone, I'm kind of trying to bridge that. I guess original model is stone, but there seems to be metal pieces to it. Yeah, the edges look garbage in game. They have a slight bevel in the model, but it doesn't seem to carry over no matter how I export it. I might need to do that in max.

Checking in with some model/texture work. Looking for feedback! (ignore the center shape for now)

23 minutes ago, Sith Holocron said:

If the runes on the maps have to be changed, does that means you'll be changing the Aurebesh in the Star Map's projections too?

Yeppers.

Some update pics. I've been working on some new runes since aurebesh basically did not exist when these would have been built.

I've also been playing around with the idea of adding some light to the base and then to the interior arms. I was thinking that'd work in the sense of "projecting" the actual map.

@DarthParametric You seem to have the most experience with gmax as far as I know, wondering if you could help me with an issue?

I had some wonky smoothgroups in gmax that I fixed but when I exported and imported into Blender, the smoothgroups were wonky again. Any idea why those weren't preserved?

This was my process:
1. Decompiling the model with MDLOps 1.0.2, I had Compute smoothgroup numbers and Weld model vertices (Remove doubles) selected.
2. Import into gmax, default settings.
3. Fixed wonky smoothgroups.
4. Exported.
5. Imported into Blender, had Import smooth groups selected.
Smoothgroups wonky again. I tried deselecting Import smooth groups, but same result.

Any ideas?

3 hours ago, DarthParametric said:

You ditched the open sphere and made it solid?

Not necessarily, just trying another idea.

On 12/18/2020 at 6:34 PM, Sith Holocron said:

Hard to tell without seeing animated in the place where it's supposed to be. 

Here's Dantooine and Tatooine:

On 12/19/2020 at 9:26 AM, DarthVarkor said:

I know this is all still work in progress, but I'm liking this new slightly different take on a Star Map. Been using your original mod for my previous films, hoping to use this new version for the final star map in my next one!

Great! Thanks for grabbing the original too!

On 12/19/2020 at 12:29 PM, Mephiles550 said:

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE STAR MAP

This is pretty cool, what is this from?

Playing around with some textures. I think I made the sphere too detailed. It feels out of place now.

5 hours ago, DarthApathus said:

that worked amazingly. thank you so much!

No prob. Holler if anything else comes up.

When you set permissions, did you click the gear toward the bottom and select Apply to enclosed items...?

P.S. Just try setting the permissions to the Assets folder and still Apply to enclosed.

New UVs for new model.

K, I think I have the model to where I like it now. I just need to do some remaps and then back to texturing!

Been doing some work on the base today. I added some details so it's not so boring as well as lined up some of the polys so the arms, legs, and pyramids fit better.

@DarthParametric You mentioned something like this before:

I've been playing around with adding some detail to the geometry of the piece:

Gonna keep the star forge in my back pocket for something else. I feel as if it's too complex for something of this size actually. I know what I want to change about the base and the "orb", but anything I do with the legs has been kind of meh. Something will come to mind eventually I spose.

Rough progress:

Okay, yeah, Blender's basically the same.

Thanks for the Notepad++ tip, that's really convenient!

And then for my new model, would I need to export that as an .ascii? And that's what I would copy/paste?