Mini-Shadow Battle Crabs

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I'm having problems.

My wife has left me :beer: ,  the kids have disowned me and my boss has sacked me. I live in a cardboard box in a shop doorway and people keep urinating on me after a night out on the tiles.

My main issue though, is that i can't use the re-size tool to create Mini-Shadow battle Crabs as fighters for mymod. 

I would like my Shadow Battle Capitalship to create fighter battle crabs using the same mesh only smaller.

Can someone do it for me please or a least give me a step by step guide, because i got CTD and gave up.

The kind man over at Babylon 5 mod, TobiWahn, gave me authority to use his assets, with credit to the model creator.

 

Babylon 5 mod link:

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/361694

 

With the link to the resize tool:

http://www.modcraft.net/community/topic/13543-new-mod-tool-finished/

 

Also TobiWahn is going to send me the mesh in txt file format.

 

Theo 

 

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Is the resize tool the same as this 1?

Resize Tool: Change the scale of SoaSE models directly from the TXT mesh.

 

 Do you have XSI installed yet? If not, get it.

Send me the mesh in bin format and I will see what I can do.

I gave up following your thread because of all the not modding talk. Let me know when you have a mod thread or start a new thread for questions (like this 1) so more modders will check it.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I gave up following my thread. I honestly didn't expect that. I can set up a new thread tomorrow, but haven't really got any content, only a few pictures. I loaded the XSI ages ago. I believe Tobiwahn is going to send me the mesh.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I thought you had the model already? I need it in BIN format to get it into XSI. Once I have the XSI scene ready I will give to you for scaling to the size you prefer.

The mod thread can start simple and you can always add to the main post with the edit button. Also ask for more team members if you like and give credits to all who helped.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Myfisto, Zombieruss has sent me the model tool and TobiWahn has sent me the battlecrab mesh. I will download them tomorrow and have a look at them. If I get a couple of hours spare this weekend, I will work on posting a new thread. Thanks.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Hi, just thought i'd show a picture of the Shadow Battle Crab with fighters in game.

Thanks to TobiWahn, over at the Babylon 5 mod who sent it to me.

Ive managed to give them shadow beams:

Mini-crabs

You really don't want to come across them, ive been watching the Babylon 5 shows on DVD, "the point of no return". The Shadow Disrupting beam, ignores shields and it disrupts on a molecular level blasting through armour, literally craving ships apart. The Gungir Frigate above didn't last a second attack run.

 

Slight problem, for the modders:

Because i havent the knowledge to create the fighter as a separate entity within the game, ive used the minelayerfighter slot, basically just changed the mesh for the re-sized shadow mesh etc, and re-wrote the gameinfo file for the weapon.

I now understand, that if you add an entity to the game, you have to alter the entity.manifest count(Myfisto & harpo).

But there are other files i have to change, create for instance, i have to tell the game where to read the the picture icons, hud icon,create the icons & pictures, because the young crab at the moment has the minelayerpicture/ability.

Its the same for the Wraith darts, i want to add next. I really need a step by step guide on how to get a new entity in game and which files i need to alter and or create.

 

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks Myfisto Mepi

Dude! I will have a study later.