invisible voxels

Exley · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject: invisible voxels

I downloaded few voxels I liked from voxel section (all for TS)
I made unit sections in Rules.ini with appropriate names

for instance, the VW beetle voxel (named vwbeetle.vxl), is on list
52=VWBEETLE

is also cloned vehicle with its name and image
[VWBEETLE]
Name=Beetle
Image=vwbeetle

in art.ini I put this:
[VWBEETLE]
Voxel=yes
Remapable=yes

and voxel with HVA is in Expand02.mix
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i have about 15 such voxels, all correctly named, putted on vehicle list,
and art code

but they ALL appear invisible when I build them
what am I doing wrong here ?

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

As said before, the game is case sensitive.
With Image=(lowercase name) you tell the game to use an image that does not exist.
Remove the Image key and it should work, except you missed adding the vxl/hva to the game or made a mistake there.

The image key is not necessary if the units name in the brackets matches the name in art.ini.

Oh and scrap se2k.

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Exley · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject:

ah shoot

yes I used lowercase because I noticed XCC mixer always
lowercases inserted files no matter if I gave it uppercased
so having in mind TS links to them I gave them lowercase

and I forced image= coz *sighs* se2k is in this...

atleast I know for future now #Tongue

thanks for reply Smile

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Exley · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject:

well this is odd

now I manualy removed Image= key to each new vehicle
and game freezes whenever a map/skirmish is loaded

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Morpher · General **Joined**: 28 Jan 2005

Check the hva file is present and correctly named.

Oh and scrap se2k.

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Exley · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:33 am Post subject:

true true hehe

was bug in 1 unit not having .hva that was being used

to which I might ask, does hva only dictate locomotor
as in if I borrow for a some flyer voxel a hva of banshee
would it be ok ? (same goes for land units)

or is it all specific?
I ask because some voxelers didn't include hva with their work

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Orac · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:58 am Post subject:

HVA is just a secondary file to the vxl which dictates things like where the voxel sits in the select box, the unit's centre, the turret's centre, and any animations.

Some voxelers don't include HVAs because the voxel is very straightforward and only needs you to open the voxel in HVA builder and resave it to generate an HVA. It's a slightly sloppy habit, but HVAs can get hard to keep track of.

Allen · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:01 am Post subject:

You can use a hva from another as long as the voxel don't use walking frames or get a hva editor.

HVA editor
http://www.freewebs.com/stusworld/downloads/games/tiberiansun/editors/hvaedit_alpha11.zip

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Exley · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:33 pm Post subject:

thanks guys, I appreciate it Smile

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