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New Models
Has anyone ever asked for permission to use these models? I noticed that in the units' readme files, they say that the models cannot be used without permission as opposed to not at all - to me, this seems to indicate that they would be willing to consider requests for use.
The 3d models appear to be in .mdl format - I don't know if this format can be converted into .obj, but I did find some info regarding it online (I won't post any links because I'm sure anyone here who needs to know about .mdl files already knows more about them than me anyway). The poly count looks alright at first glance, although it is not immediately apparent whether they are triangular (which I believe is a requirement of the .dat files for this game). If the files can be converted, they can easily (other than the time it would take) be imported into current .dat files - this has been done many times for SHIII, and I assume SHIV shouldn't be too much different when it comes to using pre-existing cloned .dat files (although I haven't been following SHIV modding too closely lately). The textures will need to be replaced, but that is a small price to pay for these great-looking models (once again, assuming we could use them).
BTW - there are also a few there that would be useful to SHIII, such as the HMS Eagle and the Dunkerque class battlecruisers.
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