Skin

[Unregistered]

I have dled some skins from darky's webpage but they cannot be used in the world editor tft. I imported it but the skins weren't appropriate for the wc 3 editor tft. wont come up in the import list for "art model file". If n e 1 kno y that happened pls tell me asap.

 

[Darg]

you just answered your own question, you downloaded SKINS, and now you're trying to find them in the art - MODEL file field.

skins are not models. skins are literally that, the outer layer of the model. think what skin is on a human being, its just like that.

find a model you want to apply the skin to and import the skin into the same model path, but change the mdx file extension to blp instead.

 

[Unregistered]

ok thx darg. But I also dled some models n they wont come up on the tft game. the unit is just invisible. I cant click it unless i chose it from the hero picture on top left. Do u kno n e reason y it does that? Ive tried restarting editor after i import the model.

 

[Darg]

invisible means the game can't find your model, it could be a path problem, or it could be something else. If the model has additional skin textures with it, then its something else, I haven't sorted that particular issue out yet.

 

[Unregistered]

I tried wat u said about de skin thing but wen i typed blp n clicked ok it just wen back to mdl.

 

[Darg]

can you give me your specific example please? whats the blp or mdx you are working with?

 

[Unregistered]

ok heres wat i did:

1. import TigerDemonHUnter
2. went to the Demon Hunter in the object editor
3. I cliked on the art model file and typed the path for the TigerDemonHunter and but I changed the mdl to blp.
4. wen i clikced "ok" it just wen back to the mdl n it says that it could not load file.
5. The demonhunter became a green&black box

tell me if im wrong at any ponit pls.
I really wanna kno

 

[Darg]

well models are mdx or mdl files, so you shouldn't be typing in blp for a start. And something seems really fishy there, you shouldn't be having to type in anything at all, the model should be listed there and you should just have to select it. If it's not showing up, then something has gone wrong in the importing of the model.

where is the model from? I'll go download it.

 

[Unregistered]

its from darkys web page

 

[Darg]

ok that would explain my mass confusion, that is a skin not a model....

hmm nevertheless it doesn't seem to work for me either...

 

[Unregistered]

hmmm do u no whats wrong with it?

 

[Darg]

i think i got it

the demon hunter skin path is

Textures\HeroDemonHunter.blp


import the new skin into that path and see if it works.

also make a folder in your warcraft3 directory called "Textures", and put the skin into that folder. Restart the editor and it should work.

 

[Unregistered]

ok ill try

 

[Darg]

the skin you put in your textures folder in your war3 directory must also be called "HeroDemonHunter.blp" or you won't see it in the editor

 

[Unregistered]

do i still hav to restart WE after i import it?

 

[Darg]

no you dont.

if you want to see the skin in the editor though, you MUST have put the skin in the textures\ folder in your war3 directory and called it HeroDemonHunter.blp. And you MUST have done this BEFORE starting the editor, otherwise you will need to restart if you haven't done this.

 

[Unregistered]

ok thx ill see if it work