using this thing

ngforever2000 · Guest

i dont know how to use this thing, readme isnt any help at all, i would like to know how to edit units like the stealth tank

Banshee · Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:08 am Post subject:

Stealth Tank is a voxel. OS SHP Builder was made to edit SHP (TS) files that infantry, buildings, animations and sidebar icons use. For voxels use the VXLSE III.

To edit the Stealth Tank:

1) Get XCC Mixer at XCC Homepage (under Utilities).

2) Open XCC Mixer and go to Found -> Tiberian Sun -> Tibsun.mix

3) Inside the tibsun.mix, go to local.mix.

4) Inside local.mix, find the stnk.vxl and extract it.

5) Now, get the VXLSE III, here in PPM (http://www.ppmsite.com)

6) Open that voxel in the VXLSE III.

7) Then, you can start having fun. VXLSE III has some basic painting tools that you can use to brush. Also, you can make squares, etc. If you feel more confortable to edit the external parts in a painting program, you can use the texture tool and export the texture. Its a bitmap file, you can edit with any paint program. Voxels also have something known as normals. They basically indicate how the light reflects in the unit. To have no headaches with it, use the Autonormals feature from VXLSE III after doing all the changes in the voxel.

I hope it helps Wink

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Jphgly · Guest

I want to know how edit&create buildings.

ChielScape · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject:

Buildings are made of SHPs, not voxels. To make a SHP, a rendered 3d model works best. a SHP is much like a sprite, and can be converted to and from animated GIFs.
(so even banshee's fancy sig can be made a SHP) though they dont really have to be animated. building idle anims are seperate small SHPs, to prevent lag in the game. the building itself is not animated, so a single frame is sufficient. buildups however require more, as it is an animation.
however, buildings do have damaged frames. and then theres damaged anims.
plus all the shadows need seperate frames.

theres not really a tut for SHPing as it is always different. and you dont make a SHP like a voxel.
however, there are tutorials for 3d modelling programs, and how to convert those to SHP (or even voxel)

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anonymus · Guest

how can i make custom units, buldings, and terrain.

anonymus · Guest

what is the diference between a voxel and a SHP? What is a SHP?
Is there anything i can use to make custom units,buildings terrain, on my maps?
Is it possible to use a mod to make certain units fast, certian slow, some more powerful, and some weaker?If so can you give me a site? Question

Banshee · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject:

The FAQ was updated to reply the first 3 questions.
http://www.ppmsite.com/index.php?go=ppmfaq

4) Use the Speed= and Strength= tags. I.e.:

Code:

[MYUNIT]
Speed=10
Strength=1000

In this case, [MYUNIT] will have Speed 10 and Strength 1000. If you wanna make it have a lower speed... like 8, set Speed=8 instead of Speed=10. And etc., these ini files are english friendly.

Masterofire · Guest

How do i make a unit?
The shape?
The movement?

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

Oh gawd, please ban... At least warn? This is madness...

Banshee · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:28 am Post subject:

Cool down, Icy. People start knowing almost nothing at all and, once they get some experience, they may become a valuable addition to the community.

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How do i make a unit?

First of all, try to define what kind of unit do you want to do. Planning is a critical part.

Then you need to:

-> Create the shape.
-> Code the image.
-> Code the unit behaviour, weapon, warhead, projectile, etc.
-> Pack the sttuff in the mod. (http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4038)

This is a very quick tutorial on how to make a unit (Sniper):
http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=518

And another a tutorial, a bit more advanced, that explains how to code the warhead and explosions.. and the unit (Demo Truck) as well:
http://www.ppmsite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2498

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The shape?

My first answer and Chielscapes answers may help you on that. It's not nice to rewrite things over and over and over again because people don't pay attention to previous answers.

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The movement?

Most of times, it will be restricted to the Locomotor tag on rules.ini unit code, but to create mechs and infantry, I recommend you to pick the most similar unit to your new unit and adapt its code from art.ini and rules.ini.

IcySon55 · Commander **Joined**: 19 Nov 2003 **Location**: Overworld

A large number of the modders here learned to mod mostly on their own. Toying with the game, practicing, and the like.

What changed that we now have to cater to newbs?

gufu · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:30 am Post subject:

IcySon55 wrote:

A large number of the modders here learned to mod mostly on their own. Toying the game, practicing, and the like.

What changed that we now have to cater to newbs?

Because without some people, we'd have to learn to take files out of the games, ourselves.

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Banshee · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:25 am Post subject:

And another number of people learned by asking things and getting answers...

Masterofire · Guest

IcySon55 wrote:

A large number of the modders here learned to mod mostly on their own. Toying with the game, practicing, and the like.

What changed that we now have to cater to newbs?

Exactly why do you think im a noob?

Banshee · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:12 pm Post subject:

Because you asked how to do things before trying.
http://modenc.renegadeprojects.com/N00b