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Originally Posted by Targor Avelany
Importing various small stuff and ships into GR2 will be moderately easy.
Anything with animation - a very different story.
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Among the objects I have mentioned before, only aircraft and guns got animations, though I ignore what they are used for exactly.
For aircraft, the only use of them I can see are spinning propellers, but there is probably more than this in stock GR2 planes. In any case dat aircraft look fairly good, and I wouldn't hurry converting them.
As for ship armaments, playable guns and depth charge racks for sure got animations (Goblin Editor previews them). AI guns seem more simplified, and looking ino SHIV guns imported into SH5 (but also SH5 coastal artillery guns provide a good example of it), I am sure they wouldn't require any special animation to train/elevate in game.
Talking about guns, crew animations come also into the picture. These animations are stored into the Characters/Animations folder, and Obviously we cannot handle them yet, which means that any gun converted from dat to GR2 format (and vice versa) are going to miss their manning crews. Other than this, they should work perfectly.
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Originally Posted by Targor Avelany
I have tried something once and so far it didn't work very well:
I took tube doors + animation gr2 from 7b and tried replacing one of the tube doors. There is something with the symmetry of the gr2. Whether I was exporting obj files off, using some weird settings - but so far all my attempts resulted in very bizare results: the objects comes out like an inside-out glove 
I'm still trying, but it is something to keep in mind. |
Seems a problem with mesh normals pointing to the wrong direction. Have you tried inverting the object inside-out before inporting it back into GR2 Editor?
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Originally Posted by Targor Avelany
btw, I'm also more than happy to help with conversaions. So let me know  |
Thank you Targor. As a proof of concept, do you have time to convert of OH's mines or buoys to GR2 objects.
I would do it myself, but I don't want other distraction from my main task right now
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Originally Posted by volodya61
PS: BTW, I got and installed all of the hardware for my PC (RAM, GPU, cooler, power supply), overclocked it a little and I think in a couple of days I'll choose Win7 build.. and I'll be able to help you and Trevally in your tests.. just let me know.. |
welcome back to your modding activity mate. I hope to release the new balloons soon. Then, your help will be required for sure
