Creating an elite biped?

losvedir · Post by **losvedir** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:36 am

Heh.. that is kind of neat.

maca_§ · Post by **maca_§** » Tue May 11, 2004 5:59 am

nifty

not creative enough · Post by **not creative enough** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:02 pm

vapor007 · Post by **vapor007** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:07 pm

haha thats pretty cool

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:59 pm

shnazzy

Phantom15 · Post by **Phantom15** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:53 pm

Thats the shizz kidz

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:00 pm

suave move

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:25 pm

i hurt myself on that level b4 at that time and i wanted to try killing myself but i couldnt figure out how i hurt myself so thanx

iceman4256 · Post by **iceman4256** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:57 pm

kinda neat

Trexnumber1 · Post by **Trexnumber1** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:34 pm

i was just wondering if this is possible, and if it is how? thanks a lot.

Specter · Post by **Specter** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:15 pm

sure, just make the .biped file in guerilla i guess.....

Ironahand08 · Post by **Ironahand08** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:46 am

you need the gbxmodel

KiLLa_187 · Post by **KiLLa_187** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:00 pm

Ironahand08 wrote:you need the gbxmodel

ummm ever heard of HMT?

anywayZ U need to texture the exported Elite (using hmt) model and make the tags in guerilla

Trexnumber1 · Post by **Trexnumber1** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:11 pm

i am not following, how do i get the GBXmodel, or if i can't then how do i do this in HMT?
Thanks

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:14 pm

Here's the only way I think you could do it.
You'd need HMT, HaloPC, HaloCE, HEK, and 3dsmax (preferably 5, it doesn't actually matter) or Gmax.

Using HMT, extract from a SP mission an elite model. Then extract a Master Cheif model from any MP mission in HaloPC. Then put them in 3dsmax or Gmax, whichever you have, and merge in tutorial.max from HaloCE (HaloCE\data\levels\test\tutorial\models\tutorial.max to be exact) and only select Master Cheif from the dialog that pops up. You should now have an elite model, a master cheif model, and an extremely small master cheif reference model in the scene. Now grab the two you got from HMT and scale them both down (at the same time) until the master cheif you got from HMT pretty much matches with the one from the tutorial map. Then the elite should be the right size for putting in HaloCE. Delete both MC's and save that file and put it away somewhere.

Now open up Guerilla and export the gbxmodel for Master Cheif as a .txt. Then, using this script for 3dsmax\GMAX, import the txt into 3dsmax. Merge in your sized down elite file and move all those reference boxes and spheres so they match your elite. Link the elite to the frame (probably called "frame biped" or something like that).
If you figure out that, texture it (you can get the textures off of HMT, just change them into .TIF) and export it as a JMS. Then fire up the command prompt. Do "tool model (where you exported the JMS)" Then put all the .tif in one folder and do "tool bitmaps (directory of .tif files)"
Then you should have a gbxmodel, and a bunch of bitmap tags. Make a whole bunch of shader tags for those bitmap tags, edit the gbxmodel in guerilla and apply those shaders at the very bottom, and then make a biped tag, or preferably copy MC's, make the model reference your model, but make the animation graph reference MC's graph (it should work since you used all the references from MC in the model), and now you have an elite biped to use. Of course he acts like an MC, but you can make some actor and actor varient tags for that. Or you could even (and easily) make it so everyone plays as an elite.

Of course no one in there right minds wants to do that. Texturing it would be a pain in the ass.

Trexnumber1 · Post by **Trexnumber1** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:20 am

i feel pretty dumb right now, but i can't import an .obj in 3dsmax 6. and i searched for hours trying to find a plugin, wiht no luck. THanks ALOT for that Tut Dan!!

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:06 am

Lol. Forgot. You can always use milkshape to go from OBJ to 3DS. I just hope that you have it. Blender also has one. I'll see if I can find an .obj importer....

Danke · Post by **Danke** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:08 am

(Sorry for double post, just making sure it gets read)

OBJ2Max converter:
http://www.cadalyst.net/extras/plugins/ ... j2Max6.zip

Took me 1 minute to find that.

Ironahand08 · Post by **Ironahand08** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:02 am

KiLLa_187 wrote:
Ironahand08 wrote:you need the gbxmodel
ummm ever heard of HMT?

anywayZ U need to texture the exported Elite (using hmt) model and make the tags in guerilla

have you even tried that
it dosent work
you have to convert it to a gbx model with james' 3ds max script

Trexnumber1 · Post by **Trexnumber1** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:39 am

the script isn't up anymore, the link is down or something