dat packing help?

gimpy117 · 08-06-07, 09:28 AM

well ive made a texture for a type 2A
(i did some recoloring of Fubars awesome 2A hull)
and i turned it into the vesikko (the first ever type 2 submarine)
but, i cant seem to get it packed in a .dat it tells me things like "length of feild error get original dat"

Any help?

ps. can anybody get ahold of fubar for his permission before i try to release it?

TheDarkWraith · 08-06-07, 09:34 AM

screenshots please!

gimpy117 · 08-06-07, 12:59 PM

that might take me a while...
but do you want screenies of the error or the tex's ?

maybe i can just give a sombody the texture file to pack into a dat...

TheDarkWraith · 08-06-07, 01:42 PM

tex's

gimpy117 · 08-06-07, 02:32 PM

yeah i made the textures, but i can't get them packed in a dat....

skwasjer · 08-06-07, 07:34 PM

You could try my tool (sig) if you haven't already. It's still not recommended to use for public mods though as it's an alpha version... You can report problems in the thread in my sig.

gimpy117 · 08-06-07, 09:22 PM

thanks, maybe you'll see the vesikko on the waves soon

the only catch is that the vesikko has a diffrent conning tower, but i don't know if it was on during the early war

can anybody research this?

Mush Martin · 08-07-07, 01:52 AM

Hi gimpy it may be a bit late but I recieved this advice to forward to
you from privateer.

such as it is here it is .
M

[quote]Tell him his image must be a tga and it's probably to big.
Scale it down.
[quote]

TheDarkWraith · 08-07-07, 08:39 AM

I started playing around with unpacking/packing objects and all. I can get them unpacked with pack3D no problem. I can import them into Wings3D (but can't into Maya) and adjust/manipulate them to what I want. I then export them from Wings3D as an OBJ but then can't get pack3D to import it.
When I view the OBJ file exported from Wings3D it doesn't say anything about # of triangles used whereas the files exported by pack3D always do. Could this be why?
Another question: you import your object into Wings3D (from pack3D's export all) now how do you get the texture to show on the object?

gimpy117 · 08-07-07, 09:04 AM

Hmmm about the size issue... i modified Fubars IIA skin, and ive kept it the same size
but is 2048X2048 too big?

and does res count, it's at 96 pixels per inch

does anybody want the tga?

08-06-07, 09:28 AM	#1
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	dat packing help? well ive made a texture for a type 2A (i did some recoloring of Fubars awesome 2A hull) and i turned it into the vesikko (the first ever type 2 submarine) but, i cant seem to get it packed in a .dat it tells me things like "length of feild error get original dat" Any help? ps. can anybody get ahold of fubar for his permission before i try to release it?

08-06-07, 07:34 PM	#6
skwasjer The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,549 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 3	You could try my tool (sig) if you haven't already. It's still not recommended to use for public mods though as it's an alpha version... You can report problems in the thread in my sig. __________________ S3D - Silent 3ditor (v0.9.9) - S3D homepage - Open sourced S3D file parser API's - SUBSIM thread SH5 mods: Speech Recognition for SH5 \| Digital UI Clock Tutorials: [TEC] Import/export 3D models to/from game using S3D [TEC] How to work with the model viewer in S3D - VIDEO

08-07-07, 01:52 AM	#8
Mush Martin Eternal Patrol Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,398 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hi gimpy it may be a bit late but I recieved this advice to forward to you from privateer. such as it is here it is . M [quote]Tell him his image must be a tga and it's probably to big. Scale it down. [quote] __________________ RIP Mush Tutorial

08-06-07, 09:34 AM	#2
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	screenshots please!

08-06-07, 12:59 PM	#3
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	that might take me a while... but do you want screenies of the error or the tex's ? maybe i can just give a sombody the texture file to pack into a dat...

08-06-07, 01:42 PM	#4
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	tex's

08-06-07, 02:32 PM	#5
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	yeah i made the textures, but i can't get them packed in a dat....

08-06-07, 09:22 PM	#7
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	thanks, maybe you'll see the vesikko on the waves soon the only catch is that the vesikko has a diffrent conning tower, but i don't know if it was on during the early war can anybody research this?

08-07-07, 08:39 AM	#9
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	I started playing around with unpacking/packing objects and all. I can get them unpacked with pack3D no problem. I can import them into Wings3D (but can't into Maya) and adjust/manipulate them to what I want. I then export them from Wings3D as an OBJ but then can't get pack3D to import it. When I view the OBJ file exported from Wings3D it doesn't say anything about # of triangles used whereas the files exported by pack3D always do. Could this be why? Another question: you import your object into Wings3D (from pack3D's export all) now how do you get the texture to show on the object?

08-07-07, 09:04 AM	#10
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	Hmmm about the size issue... i modified Fubars IIA skin, and ive kept it the same size but is 2048X2048 too big? and does res count, it's at 96 pixels per inch does anybody want the tga?