qc Script help.

[Banshee Friend]

when I try to compile my model I get this error:

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writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf\models/halo\blank.mdl:
Error opening c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf\models/halo\blank.mdl! (Check for write enable)

it's 41,000 Polys.

[TheSyntaX]

first of all reduce your polygon count, 41k polygons is just a quality of a character from Metro 2033 game.
Try to keep it under 1000 polygons.
And other thing, make sure you have created that folder "halo" in your tf/models.

[Banshee Friend]

1, the model is huge
2, i'm 99% sure that was the problem, thanks.

[TheSyntaX]

[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;21454866]1, the model is huge
2, i'm 99% sure that was the problem, thanks.[/QUOTE]

Model scale doesn't affect it's polygon count, by scaling model polygons just become bigger. Well yeah quality is less. But I don't think you will be able to even spawn that model in game. Maybe post a picture of model? Also how did you found out it has 40'000 polygons?

[Henry Townshend]

You need to make a halo folder in c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf\models

[editline]11:25PM[/editline]

The polycount shouldn't be a problem.

[Banshee Friend]

[img]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3260/dfhn.png[/img]
also, when i open my model in the modelviewer i get "Error: Model has no polys" and it won't show up in hammer.

GUIStudioMDL 2.2/Source - © 2007 Neil 'Jed' Jedrzejewski - http://www.wunderboy.org/

Created command line: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\ptowery\sourcesdk\bin\orangebox\bin\studiomdl.exe" -dumpmaterials -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf" -i -nop4 -nox360 C:\Users\Banshee\Documents\SMD\Halo\script.qc

qdir:    "c:\users\banshee\documents\smd\halo\"
gamedir: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf\"
g_path:  "C:\Users\Banshee\Documents\SMD\Halo\script.qc"
Building binary model files...
Working on "script.qc"
SMD MODEL a10a.smd
material 0 0 panel scuff
material 1 1 panel generic
material 2 2 panel strip
material 3 3 tech rack plate
material 4 4 light
material 5 5 steel
material 6 6 tech rack mount
material 7 7 light glow
material 8 8 alpha test
material 9 9 detail strips
material 10 10 steel-light
material 11 11 monitors
material 12 12 cube map glass
Collision model completed.
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writing c:\program files\steam\steamapps\ptowery\team fortress 2\tf\models/halo\a10a.mdl:
bones          676 bytes (0)
animations     112 bytes (1 anims) (1 frames) [0:01]
sequences      216 bytes (1 seq) 
ik/pose          0 bytes
textures       864 bytes
keyvalues        0 bytes
bone transforms        0 bytes
collision        0 bytes
total         2056

Completed "script.qc"

QC: Script

$modelname "halo\a10a.mdl"
$cdmaterials "halo\"

$scale 1
$surfaceprop "metal"

$sequence idle "a10a.smd" fps 1

$collisionmodel "a10a.smd" {
$mass 150.0
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00
}

[Senscith]

I don't know if others can do it, but I've always had to weigh my props to a dummy bone before I could compile them. Try making a bone or something, weigh your reference and the phymodel to it and try to recompile.

Also damn, that is one light weight ship.

[Banshee Friend]

Can you explain how I would do that?

[Senscith]

[URL="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+create+bones+in+3ds+Max%3F"]I love this thing[/URL]

[URL="http://developer-new.valvesoftware.com/wiki/$hbox"]You'll need to add some hitbox lines in your QC as well[/URL]

[Banshee Friend]

1. what do i name the bone,
2. how do I weigh it?

[TheSyntaX]

dude wtf where is the
$body " path to smd of model" ?
Thats the most important thing in QC.
Thats why you have problems. Also did you create collision model for that? if no it will be just big block.

[Banshee Friend]

1. The tutorial i used for .qc files sucked
2. I thought Collision geometry was automatially generated.

[Civil]

Are you having the entire Pillar of Autumn inside there or what?

[img]http://halo.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_poaconundrum/images/POA-Full-Int-Ext-pers3.jpg[/img]

[cloud_strife]

Let the compiler make hitboxes, you don't need to define them yourself.

[editline]01:24AM[/editline]

Ever.

[Plague Nexus]

[QUOTE=cloud_strife;21480972]Let the compiler make hitboxes, you don't need to define them yourself.

[editline]01:24AM[/editline]

Ever.[/QUOTE]
Always deletes those! when you see themz hitboxes.

[Banshee Friend]

The entire Pillar of autumn, one model at a time

Can you please help with the issue

[Civil]

I want to see this finnished.

[TheSyntaX]

If you give me model in 3ds max format. I will make collision model for it. Simple enough so that players can walk arrround. But pillars wont be detailed since max collision model amount is 20-25