Notepad: Adding Geosets

[Sage Chow]

Basically I want to split an existing geoset (the flying machine's main body) into two separate geosets so I can use separate materials/textures. I use notepad and oinkerwincle to do the job.

The plan: 1. Isolate the parts of the flying machine I want for the new texture and saving them as a new geoset. 2. Make sure the vertexgroup numbers in the new geoset are the same. 3. Delete the exported vertices in the original model. 4. Copy the isolated geoset from notepad. 5. Pasting the text between the last geoset{} and the first geosetanim{} in the main model. 6. Adding a new geosetanim section for the new geoset. 7. Changing the relevant bones to encompass multiple geosets (-> GeosetId Multiple/GeosetId 4?)

The problem: No matter what I do, I can't get the new geoset to appear. I've tried changing the geosetId under the bone{} sections, i've tried setting all to multiple.. So how to get the new geoset assigned to the existing bones? What to look for?

 

[Cavman]

Hmmm... It looks fine the way you described it, though if you are deleting vertices in notepad that might be the problem. Try doing it in a different order.

1) Copy paste the geoset you want in notepad at the end of the geosets area.
2) Add in the new geosetanim, make sure the geosetID is refencing the right geoset.
3) save, then open up in Vertex Modifier and delete what you want from the two geosets, the old and new.

 

[Sage Chow]

Well that just did the trick! Apparently stuff like the geosetID of a bone was omitted after saving the editted file.. + Rep for you =D

 

[Cavman]

yeah, generally a bad idea to try and do fine work in notepad, like deleting vertices or trying to reassign vertex groups.

 

[NhazUl]

Just use MdlVis, select the parts you need to separate, and click "detach as new geoset". Using Oinkerwinkle for that is like using WE Unlimited instead of JASS Newgen.