Model Injection, Exporting, And Editing Tutorial

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:19 pm

So You Want To Import Your Own Models? You Want To Make Exploding Babies and Christmas Trees For That Funny Christmas Mod You Got Going On? Well, I Spent All Night Trying To Fiqure This Out And Finally Got It. So Here It Is.

1. You Need Several Programs.
2. Halo Map Tools - HaloMods Downloads Section
3. Gmax - Discreet.com
4. Milkshake 3D - swissquake.ch
5. A Plugin For Gmax ( OBJ Importer )- gmaxsupport.com
6. And A Plugin For Gmax ( .md3 exporter ) - dsmith.gmaxsupport.com
7. If You Want Exact Links Then Look At Bottom Of This Document.
8. Now That We Have All This, Then Put MD3 Exporter Into Gmax Plugins Folder.
9. And Put OBJ Importer Into gmax\scripts\startup
10. Now Open Halo Map Tools And Select Your Model From PC Models.
11. Save Your Model And Then Open Gmax.
12. When Opened Go Under The Hammer.
13. Now Go Under Max Script.
14. Under Utilities Select The Plugin And Import Your OBJ.
15. You'll Have To Zoom In A Lot To View The Model.
16. Edit And Make Sure You Have Less Or Same Indicies.
17. Export As MD3 Using Plugin. Open It In Milkshake.
18. Save As OBJ.
19. Import In Halo Map Tools Overwriting Your Old Model.
20. Save And Have Lots Of Fun.

Tutorial By Deadly_Shadow. Idea By Deadly_Shadow. There May Be Others But I Thought Of This Way. If You Are To Post This Or Put On Site Or Anything Copying File Then Atleast Say Tutorial By Deadly Shadow. Oh Yes, The Links. I Haven't Forgotten.

http://www.halomods.com/downloads/pafil ... ile&id=122
http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/
http://www.gmaxsupport.com/html/download.asp
http://dsmith.gmaxsupport.com/Essential_Tools.htm

Any Questions, Comments, Or Additional Info Will Be Appreciated And Answered If A Question.

-=]-[EX=- · Post by **-=]-[EX=-** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:28 pm

nice tut i couldnt figure out how to export them after i made them thanks

Ang88 · Post by **Ang88** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:47 pm

i did all of this but it never works when i try to import it back into halo,
here is a topic on it
http://www.halomods.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1099

lol you put my brothers idea of exploding babies on your post

sp2sam · Post by **sp2sam** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 4:35 pm

do u think you could send me gmax some how cause when i try to install it the things gives me an "unexpected termination" and then a I/O error

staticx57 · Post by **staticx57** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 7:58 pm

what in the hell are indicies? and i can never sucessfully import a model. even the plasma rifle with 10000 indicies.

-=]-[EX=- · Post by **-=]-[EX=-** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 8:52 pm

i think indicies are like points on the object that tell the prog whre to place the bitmaps but im not sure look here http://www.gmaxsupport.com

1337_1337 · Post by **1337_1337** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:57 pm

omfg this is sooo anoyying!!! someone please tell me how to fix this!!!!!!! ive seen it happen to other guys also and they never figured out what was wrong!!!!!!!!!! please help!!!! omg i have everything that you told me to do, and when i try to open gmax this pops up!!!! please, please, please, please help!!!!!! i would praise someone if they would tell me how to do this, then i could make my own models and have fun!!!!!!!!

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:00 pm

go into cmd and type -H

1337_1337 · Post by **1337_1337** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:03 pm

cmd? thanks for responce i am greatfull

but i still need to knwo what that is and how. thank you sooo much for trying to help

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:05 pm

go to start, run, then type cmd, then -H

1337_1337 · Post by **1337_1337** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:20 pm

ok i figure out the problem, its just in hmt3 when i try to export the model it works but when i try to import it in gmax it wont let me.

whats going on

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:12 am

you need to import as wavefront obj

staticx57 · Post by **staticx57** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:15 am

how do i get it so my model doesnt brake into 473 peices. i am trying to import a new ar btw.

oldfaq · Post by **oldfaq** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:47 am

hey,
thnx I haven't got halo yet but I want to make a small conversion for this game, so thnx
oldfaQ

Deadly_Shadow · Post by **Deadly_Shadow** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 7:08 am

No one ever said making and importing new models was easy...

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 7:09 am

yeah, its a pretty advanced techinique that few have mastered

1337_1337 · Post by **1337_1337** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:01 am

like this?

am i exporting these saving these in right place?

WaLKa · Post by **WaLKa** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:06 am

you can extract them t wherever you want, your going to be injecting them again...

Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:28 am

why do you need gmax? MS3D can handle .obj files......

shadowbeast · Post by **shadowbeast** » Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:02 am

i dont ge this cmd -H thing. i did wat u said i went to run and typed it now i have a black box, wat do i do here?

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