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TIGAR

31 Oct, 2023 @ 11:37pm

Help needed

I am an new modder for this game, i can port textures from outside games witout any problems, however i still struggle to port models from other games, could someone send me a tutorial how to do this WITH free tools like blender and the like. Or atleast explain a litle bit about porting 3d models to this game. What is a mdl.flie what is a vol. flie ply flie etc.

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Successfulkiller 2 Nov, 2023 @ 12:21pm

A basic rundown of a model in GEM:

.ply is a file containing the model (the actual meshes)
.mtl is a file pointing to a texture file
.tif.tex is a file pointing to a texture file (old style, deprecated)
.vol is a file containing a model that acts as a hitbox/collision
.anm is a file containing animation keyframes
.mdl is a file that assembles all the above components into what you see in game
.def is a file containing various attributes/stats of the vehicle/unit/object

Be warned, it's an arduous process. There's a lot of nuances to it and I can't be bothered to write a proper tutorial.

Here's ZekeWolff's method:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/244450/discussions/0/152393186503015275/#c152393186503491901

TonaTor made an unofficial patch to the SOEdit program, called "SOEdit Version Next". I find it considerably more usable than v0.5.

The gist of the process is this:

Model object (in Blender, MilkShape, or whatever)
Separate each component (e.g, turret, wheel, etc. -- if it's a weapon, then just export as one piece)
Use MilkShape to export each component as a .ply file
Use SOEdit to move pieces to their corresponding locations