How to import Space Marine: Meltagun

Introduction

This is an automatically generated tutorial. It will guide you through the process of importing the model Space Marine: Meltagun of the bundle Space Marine: Meltagun. Please note that all the screenshots in this tutorial were made using a Mac, however it should be no problem to interpret what is equivalent on a Windows or Linux machine.

Extract and Access

I am assuming that you have already downloaded the file Space Marine Meltagun.zip and know where it is located on your hard drive. The file is compressed as a zip archive. Most modern operating systems allow you to unzip the archive by double clicking it and dragging the contents out to the desktop (or any other place).

When you have extracted the archive, it should look like this:

Space Marine Meltagun
space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
ratelier v4.blp
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp

Open World Editor and click Module -> Import Manager:

This is the Import Manager. From here you can add and remove custom files from your map file:

Importing space marine v4 fuseur.MDX

Now Click the "Import File" Button:

Next select 'space marine v4 fuseur.MDX' in the folder which you extracted from the zip archive:

Space Marine Meltagun
space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp

The file has been properly added to the map archive:

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX

Done, you have imported the file space marine v4 fuseur.MDX.

Importing marinesv4.blp

Now Click the "Import File" Button:

Next select 'marinesv4.blp' in the folder which you extracted from the zip archive:

Space Marine Meltagun
space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp

As you see, the field "Full Path" starts with something like "war3mapimported/". But most models do not look for their assets in that directory. The assets need to be in a specific location in order for the model to find them. Therefore, you will have to change the "Full Path" to what the model looks for. You can find the required paths in the readme.txt and also on this page.

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/marinesv4.blp

Double-click the file marinesv4.blp:

marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/marinesv4.blp

Tick the box "Use Custom Path" and type in the correct path:

marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp

The file has been properly added to the map archive:

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp

Done, you have imported the file marinesv4.blp.

Importing pack dorsaux v4.blp

Now Click the "Import File" Button:

Next select 'pack dorsaux v4.blp' in the folder which you extracted from the zip archive:

Space Marine Meltagun
space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp

As you see, the field "Full Path" starts with something like "war3mapimported/". But most models do not look for their assets in that directory. The assets need to be in a specific location in order for the model to find them. Therefore, you will have to change the "Full Path" to what the model looks for. You can find the required paths in the readme.txt and also on this page.

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/pack dorsaux v4.blp

Double-click the file pack dorsaux v4.blp:

pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/pack dorsaux v4.blp

Tick the box "Use Custom Path" and type in the correct path:

pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
pack dorsaux v4.blp

The file has been properly added to the map archive:

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
pack dorsaux v4.blp

Done, you have imported the file pack dorsaux v4.blp.

Importing ratelier v4.blp

Now Click the "Import File" Button:

Next select 'ratelier v4.blp' in the folder which you extracted from the zip archive:

Space Marine Meltagun
space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp

As you see, the field "Full Path" starts with something like "war3mapimported/". But most models do not look for their assets in that directory. The assets need to be in a specific location in order for the model to find them. Therefore, you will have to change the "Full Path" to what the model looks for. You can find the required paths in the readme.txt and also on this page.

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/ratelier v4.blp

Double-click the file ratelier v4.blp:

ratelier v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
war3mapimported/ratelier v4.blp

Tick the box "Use Custom Path" and type in the correct path:

ratelier v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
ratelier v4.blp

The file has been properly added to the map archive:

space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
Model
53
war3mapimported/space marine v4 fuseur.MDX
marinesv4.blp
Image / Texture
172
marinesv4.blp
pack dorsaux v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
pack dorsaux v4.blp
ratelier v4.blp
Image / Texture
172
ratelier v4.blp

Done, you have imported the file ratelier v4.blp.

You're done

You have now imported your model. Don't be afraid when you place the object and it appears to be a purple cube. Just close the map, re-open it and it will look fine in the World Editor.

If you did exactly as this guide told you and it did not work properly. Please make a thread in the Modeling & Animation Forum containing the following:

  • Link to the model and the tutorial
  • Precise description of what does not work
  • The map you tried to import it to (with the model imported)
And we will do what we can to help you.
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