Problem when importing into the WE

[wingednosering]

Hey everybody, can you help me fix this model?

I was about to submit it onto this site, when I realized I hadn't tested it in game. The model doesn't import properly into the WE, but it works perfectly in Magos' Model Editor and the War 3 Viewer. I have absolutely no idea why. All of the skins are already in the Warcraft MPQs.

Thanks


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[wingednosering]

I've gone over all of the previous saves on this model, and the problem seems to be his sword. Everything before the addition of the sword imports perfectly, but everything afterwards is replaced by a green and black checkered box in the WE. I tried removing the sword and it didn't change anything.

So the sword being added messed it up, but removing the sword doesn't fix it.

Im really confused.

Edit: I've now tried removing all but 1 material and every geoset except the first. I tried changing all the textures, removing geoset anims...none of it worked.

Any ideas?

Edit 2: I have no idea what extents are, but I've heard that if minimums are poisitive and maximums are negative your model won't work in the World Editor. I checked and my model does have positive and negative numbers in the wrong places. How can I fix them?

 

[blazing-inferno]

im magos theres a option that says calculate extents, it will fix any problems for you i believe.

*edit* i calculated them and imported it and it still comes up with a green box... so i would guess i is a texture problem.

*edit*
Bitmap {
Image "UI\Glues\SinglePlayer\Undead3D_Exp\Arthas1.blp",

is that the campaign arthas your using? you may have to export the skins and supply them with the model even though they are with wc3. if it is the campaign arthas then the world editor probably wouldn't reconize it seeing that it doesnt apply to any of the ingame models other than the campaign screen.

so try exporting the textures, but seeing that you have 23 textures may be a little overkill for someone to import them. but give it a shot, im sure thats what the problem is.

 

[wingednosering]

It didn't work .

Any other ideas?

 

[blazing-inferno]

did the model work without the sword? before you gave him one?

*edit* i missed the part where you said it worked... hmmm perhaps the textures on the sword? ... hmm... how did you put the sword on him? attachment points or just modeled it seperate and attached it to his hand?

 

[wingednosering]

I merged it using Oinkerwinkle's GeosetMerger. But I've tried changing the sword's texture and simply removing it..no luck .

 

[blazing-inferno]

so im guessing you didnt use 3ds max?

 

[wingednosering]

No, I use Oinkerwinkle's tools, Magos and notepad.

 

[blazing-inferno]

well ive never used magos to model anything before, so this could be a simple problem that i cannot solve. if you still have the older saves, try to redo it, and see if it works. try importing the sword in vertex modify with the main model loaded, and attach it there instead of geoset merger.

if that doesnt work then im stumped... try asking general frank or blinkboy for help, they are very knowledgeable with modeling.

sorry i couldnt be more help.

its such an awesome model, i wish you luck and hope you get it working.

 

[wingednosering]

Thanks for trying to help

 

[wingednosering]

The War3FileConverter (found here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/tools/344/ ) also has trouble opening and converting the model.

Can anybody think of a reason for the model converter to get this error?:
Assertion failed: !"what?", file xx.cpp line 756

 

[blazing-inferno]

dont use that one, use http://www.hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/tools/496/

this ones much better.

 

[wingednosering]

I fixed it . I don't know what fixed it (i deleted tons of things, reassigned materials, etc; )

Thanks for your help.

And I actually use a few different tools to convert files, that one was just behaving oddly.