I can't click to Blood Elf Lieutenant !

[WampireKnightTR]

So I am a big fan of Blood/High Elves in Warcraft Lore.
So I downloaded a Blood Elf Lieutennant model from here:http://wcunderground.freeforums.org/blood-elf-lieutenant-t4520.html

Everything was okay until when I'm tested the game.
I can't click on the Lieutenant !
Everything works fine without the model but...
It's rly an epic model so
I can only click him dragging a box around him.
I'm waiting your help.

 

[Warseeker]

You have to use a correct path for this model.

 

[Chaosy]

As Warseeker said it may require certain texture paths.
You also need to restart the editor once a new model is imported.

 

[WampireKnightTR]

As Warseeker said it may require certain texture paths.
You also need to restart the editor once a new model is imported.

I restarted like 10 times !
Also I know that Path trick too...
Any other ? or Anyone got teamwiewer ?

 

[Chaosy]

I downloaded the model and checked the textures. Remove the War3blabla\ before the texture files and it should work.
I opened the model as well, it's highly functional without errors.

Otherwise, upload a screenshot of the import manager with the files.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Model must lack a hitbox. Without the hitbox it cannot be targeted as it has no targetable presence. Area selection still works because it uses unit origin instead of hitbox geometry. Either add a hitbox of your own or report the model if it is on THW for failing to comply with rules.

I have no idea why people are mentioning texture import paths when that has nothing to do with selection at all. This is the "Void Walker" problem, where the hitbox for click targeting does not match the unit geometry. The Void Walker head is outside the hitbox defined for it so that targeting the head visually will target the ground or unit behind it rather than the Void Walker. This problem is made worse during attack animation where the Void Walker moves a great distance visually but the hitbox remains static. DotA Allstars imported a special fixed Void Walker model which had better hit boxes.

 

[Chaosy]

I mentioned it because when he said "Can only select by..." I figured the model was invisible (imported incorrectly) and could not be clicked.

 

[WampireKnightTR]

I downloaded the model and checked the textures. Remove the War3blabla\ before the texture files and it should work.
I opened the model as well, it's highly functional without errors.

Otherwise, upload a screenshot of the import manager with the files.

Okay.

http://imgur.com/2NAaRka

Still... I can't click to it.

 

[Cherrymage]

You also need to restart the editor once a new model is imported.

Off-topic: Or just not do anything with the model, save the map and continue your work? I never restarted the editor and the new models worked fine, unless I touched with their paths before saving.

 

[Warseeker]

[Off-topic: Or just not do anything with the model, save the map and continue your work? I never restarted the editor and the new models worked fine, unless I touched with their paths before saving.

It is not possible directly without a restart unless they don't use costum textures.

Still... I can't click to it

The problem is not in the import manager then, perhaps you did something wrong in the Object Editor.

 

[WampireKnightTR]

It is not possible directly without a restart unless they don't use costum textures.

The problem is not in the import manager then, perhaps you did something wrong in the Object Editor.

Nope. It's not working too

 

[Dr Super Good]

Can we please clarify the problem. People think the model is not showing (nothing or funny cube in game) however the way you describe it could also be interpreted as the model file has bad hitbox geometry so is hard to select in game. None of the solutions above will solve bad hitbox geometry as that is a problem with the model itself.

 

[WampireKnightTR]

Guyz ok. I explained everything...

http://imgur.com/a/vXUEP

 

[Warseeker]

Now I understand!

You have to scale circle selection of your model (that green circle arround the model) you can fix that in the Object Editor. Try set it to 1.70

 

[Dr Super Good]

The actual mdl/mdx file is broken as it lacks proper hitbox geometry. This is likely the result of it being ported badly from WoW which may not need/have such geometry. The only fix is to modify the MDX file and add hit box geometry to it that vaguely matches the model geometry.

It is not an issue with selection circle. It is not an issue with importing the model. It is an issue with the model file itself being wrong as the model file's author did not make it correctly, likely due to laziness/ignorance.

The hitbox is simplified geometry used to emphasize model bounds for "hit" detection. When you target a unit, such as click selecting it, the hitbox geometry is used to test if the cursor "hit" the model or not. Without such geometry, or if the geometry is wrong, then it will fail to select units when they are clicked. The hitbox geometry serves both to simplify the hit test complexity (as the geometry is much simpler than the model geometry) and to improve hit accuracy (otherwise with fast moving or fine geometry one could miss click by mistake).

I am not an expert with this. I would recommend a model maker provide more fine details.

 

[WampireKnightTR]

The actual mdl/mdx file is broken as it lacks proper hitbox geometry. This is likely the result of it being ported badly from WoW which may not need/have such geometry. The only fix is to modify the MDX file and add hit box geometry to it that vaguely matches the model geometry.

It is not an issue with selection circle. It is not an issue with importing the model. It is an issue with the model file itself being wrong as the model file's author did not make it correctly, likely due to laziness/ignorance.

The hitbox is simplified geometry used to emphasize model bounds for "hit" detection. When you target a unit, such as click selecting it, the hitbox geometry is used to test if the cursor "hit" the model or not. Without such geometry, or if the geometry is wrong, then it will fail to select units when they are clicked. The hitbox geometry serves both to simplify the hit test complexity (as the geometry is much simpler than the model geometry) and to improve hit accuracy (otherwise with fast moving or fine geometry one could miss click by mistake).

I am not an expert with this. I would recommend a model maker provide more fine details.

So, Anyway to fix this ?