RA3 models swapping will make the units look better

CoolSon · Cyborg Engineer **Joined**: 02 Sep 2007

I was fiddlin around with some Red Alert 3 models and experimented with swapping some parts. This interested me the most;

The Mirage Tank Chassis combined with the Guardian Tanks Turret is a perfect match.

Hope the RA3 SDK will be released soon. Cant wait to mess around with everything in RA3 and hopefully make the game more akin to the old RA2 feeling.

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The Mirage Tank Chassis combined with the Guardian Tanks Turret is a perfect match

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Regulus · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:03 am Post subject:

that looks really odd. Can you post a perspective viewport shot of this?

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EVA-251 · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject:

Turret is improperly sized and positioned for the body.

I never really got why they left so much of the Guardian's turret unskinned, however. If you look at the cameo image, the turret is fully textured, with no distracting black areas.

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AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Looks like it will tip over the front. Try adjusting the turret.

zenoniations · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:48 am Post subject:

Good idea,but...
How do we use it?

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Alex06 · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:09 am Post subject:

How did you get the models out of the game?

AltomareXD · General **Joined**: 22 May 2008

Yeah, I thought that was impossible without the SDK. Or that was just from scratch?

Machine · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:08 pm Post subject:

You can rip them with some applications like 3D Ripper DX, it worked on TW (Dunno about RA3).Though models, sometimes, were messed up.

Guest · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:13 am Post subject:

Yeah 3D ripper dx 9 can do the job well

Guest · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:16 am Post subject:

lookin at that Barrel kinda reminds me of the barrel of the predator tank in TibWars. Is EALA lossing ideas and imagination and are just re-texturing models from C&C3?

Volgin · Guest

With that kind of stupid attitude we can say that C&C has been repetitive and 'lacking imagination' since TD.

How exactly does it work with Red Alert 3? I've used the capture function and all I've come out with are textures. Not a single model.

CoolSon · Cyborg Engineer **Joined**: 02 Sep 2007

I'm sayin these; the models were ripped using 3D ripper DX9.0 then, rendered the ripped models by "deleeting the un-necessary things" and showing only what i want to show. 3D ripper dX 9.0 captures a "scene" with all the textures and rendering techs as per available in its databse whilst "saving the whole "scene" as a 3D ripper dx format "composite" scene" by its last rendered "position" explaining the awkward position".

The program saves the scene on its "last seen" view port" explaining the awkward rendetion. Only those who really knows the application can and may "reconstruct the images into its proper orientation in accordance to real world - game world and 3dS orientaion and into a very usable reference as what we all may have wanted it to be... (which i could)

CoolSon · Cyborg Engineer **Joined**: 02 Sep 2007

For everybodies information: RA3 can be modified without the SDK. but only limitedly. Its like tasting an icecream only by looking at it. EALA is very ...... selfish nowadays.... they dont want us fans making fun of them by showing them the error of their ways. Heck, The fans is bound to show them those error anyway, by not buying their upcoming crappy games.

Volgin · Guest

Or the fans could make their own modding tools like they did for Westwood C&C Games. So much for being the 'lifeblood' of C&C if they require EA's tools to make mods. Most of which just remake older games anyway.

Kudos to the Ren community though for working with RenX for almost 10 years now. God bless them and that awful tool.