How can i find the clear placeholder meshes used for ships & structures when they are being built ? :)

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Hi,

       I have an idea for a new mod, and remember, or think i remember seeing a placeholder entry for one of the ships or modules, but i have been through the gameevents, the frigates and capitals and gameconstants files looking for it, but cannot find the entry that i "thought" i saw. Does anyone have an idea? Pretty please?   :)

Thank you even if you dont know, im trying to build a fleet of clear ships, and placeholder ship meshes would be just the perfect thing.   :)

Haha, cant tell you too much, haha, or i'll give everything away, but that it part of it.   :)

Thank you again, take care, and keep modding!!!

-Teal

 

p.s.   Placeholder is what you call the clear image mesh of the ship as they are filled in when being built, is it not?

 

Also does anyone know if this is sounds like something that shouldn't be done? Let me know please. TY

 

 

edit 2:   think i found it, am getting ready to fire it up and test it now, wish me luck.     :)

 

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Nope, not the right one, or at least im not getting the right one yet.  Well, back to looking in textures.   :)

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Isnt' that just... you know, a transparent version of the model? (as a code thing, not an art thing)

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

i believe its art, but of course, haha, i could be wrong.  Thank you for bringing that up though, i hadnt thought of that and you may be right, in case, im not going to find it, unless i ... hmmmm.... you know the illuminators get that from their ability... perhaps i can look at the ability or buff and see if i can see what does it.  And if i can move it to another ship.  :)

THank you, take care,

-Teal

 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

all it is, is a transparent version of the model, its one of the textures that you create.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

:)  I thought it would look cool to have a fleet of transparent ships.   :)  So i thought it was a diff mesh that they used when they show them when the frigfactory or the capitalfactory is building them.  :)  Thanks St. Cobalt, it would be cool to see if i can get there from the illuminators ability. Let you know,

-Teal

 

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

To be specific, it is a transparent version of the model with the bumpmap superimposed.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

ahhhh...:)

thank you,

-Teal