[SD/Modeling] How to import a model into another model？

[shining comet]

I try to add horns to the kiljaeden.Both of them are models.I can't bind the horns to the head of the model kiljaeden.Can someone provide a brief guide on how to achieve this effect by using the matrix eater?

 

[General Frank]

What programs are you using and are you working in SD or HD models?

 

[shining comet]

What programs are you using and are you working in SD or HD models?

I find a Illidan' horns model,I want to combine it with the model EredarWarlock,make EredarWarlock look like kiljaeden.

 

[General Frank]

I find a Illidan' horns model,I want to combine it with the model EredarWarlock,make EredarWarlock look like kiljaeden.

Okay, that doesn't answer the question sadly
What programs or tools for editing the models do you use and are you editing SD models or 'Reforged' HD models?

 

[shining comet]

Okay, that doesn't answer the question sadly
What programs or tools for editing the models do you use and are you editing SD models or 'Reforged' HD models?

I use war3 model editor and The matrix eater,but I'm not very good at using either of these.

 

[General Frank]

II recommend using Retera's Model Studio for that. You cannot really merge geometry with War3ModelEditor and MatrixEater is easily outmatched by RMS.

You can also ask for help here:

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[Retera]

Retera Model Studio was made by rewriting huge portions of the code in the Matrix Eater and adding on top of that to make a better program that subsumed most of the same features.

So whether you refuse to upgrade to Retera Model Studio and just stay on Matrix Eater or not, both of these programs have "File ->Import" which puts the contents of one file into another file.

Here is a YouTube video where I use the feature to try to explain it and make it make more sense:

That feature is totally overkill for putting illidan's horns on kiljaeden, though. On Retera Model Studio you can probably just select the horns, use CTRL+C to copy them, open up kiljaeden, use CTRL+V and paste them, then select them and use Re assign matrix to link the animation of the horns to the kiljaeden head, and call it a day.

If your computer is Windows XP old timer stuff and Retera Model Studio doesn't work on there anymore but Matrix Eater does, you have a couple of options. Matrix Eater uses java 8 and there were historically versions of Retera Model Studio written on Java 8 so you could go and find a backup of that. Or, if that didn't work, you could go and find a backup of Oinkerwinkles Geoset Merger which is how I would put horns on kiljaeden when I was a kid in 2006. The Oinkerwinkles Geoset Merger was a tiny simple program, probably written in visual basic, to do the one specific task you are trying to do.

So basically it would show a small window, and you choose input file, and you choose "geoset file" (the horns), and then you choose output file. Then you can pick in a dropdown what bone the "geoset file" animates with (in this case, Bone_Head of kiljaeden). Then push "Merge" and it gives a popup saying "Done" and then you have your completed model.

That's how it worked when I was learning to do this stuff but I ended up switching from those specific case tools like that to a more general tool that I wrote myself, Matrix Eater, which was later replaced by Retera Model Studio

 

[shining comet]

II recommend using Retera's Model Studio for that. You cannot really merge geometry with War3ModelEditor and MatrixEater is easily outmatched by RMS.

You can also ask for help here:

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Thanks,I will try.

 

[shining comet]

Retera Model Studio was made by rewriting huge portions of the code in the Matrix Eater and adding on top of that to make a better program that subsumed most of the same features.

So whether you refuse to upgrade to Retera Model Studio and just stay on Matrix Eater or not, both of these programs have "File ->Import" which puts the contents of one file into another file.

Here is a YouTube video where I use the feature to try to explain it and make it make more sense:

That feature is totally overkill for putting illidan's horns on kiljaeden, though. On Retera Model Studio you can probably just select the horns, use CTRL+C to copy them, open up kiljaeden, use CTRL+V and paste them, then select them and use Re assign matrix to link the animation of the horns to the kiljaeden head, and call it a day.

If your computer is Windows XP old timer stuff and Retera Model Studio doesn't work on there anymore but Matrix Eater does, you have a couple of options. Matrix Eater uses java 8 and there were historically versions of Retera Model Studio written on Java 8 so you could go and find a backup of that. Or, if that didn't work, you could go and find a backup of Oinkerwinkles Geoset Merger which is how I would put horns on kiljaeden when I was a kid in 2006. The Oinkerwinkles Geoset Merger was a tiny simple program, probably written in visual basic, to do the one specific task you are trying to do.

So basically it would show a small window, and you choose input file, and you choose "geoset file" (the horns), and then you choose output file. Then you can pick in a dropdown what bone the "geoset file" animates with (in this case, Bone_Head of kiljaeden). Then push "Merge" and it gives a popup saying "Done" and then you have your completed model.

That's how it worked when I was learning to do this stuff but I ended up switching from those specific case tools like that to a more general tool that I wrote myself, Matrix Eater, which was later replaced by Retera Model Studio

Thank you for your guidance. I will try to do it.