Modeling Programs and other Questions

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on October 6th, 2010, 1:56 am

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on October 6th, 2010, 2:03 am, edited 1 time in total.

What modeling programs do you guys typically use?  Also I've added a new race to my mod, everything works fine except, I get a twirling ERROR sign that appears over everything.  Any tips into curing this?

Dom EDIT: Topic split

posted on October 6th, 2010, 1:58 am

check to see that you are have placed the sod files in the right place and make sure they are named correctly (i think thats the issue its been a while)

posted on October 6th, 2010, 2:00 am

This should help
Bug / Crash Checklist - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Probably this:

2: The SOD of the unit is missing or an emitter is used and not specified in the sprite files.

EDIT: Ninj'ad

posted on October 6th, 2010, 3:25 am

Checked the guide and could find anything to help here is a pic of the problem.

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posted on October 6th, 2010, 5:56 am

Ahh the spinning error around things when you select them. This isn't too bad of a fix. Every time you make a new race they need a selection bubble SOD, though if you don't make your own the best way is to just copy the default FO one and rename it. In the SOD folder there's a file called "select.sod" Just copy it and rename it "select_(whatever the name of your race is).sod". I presume your race is the Shivans, so it most likely will be "select_shivan.sod". That should get the spinny error of doom to go away.

posted on October 6th, 2010, 2:20 pm

Added to the guide now . Would have been helpful to know that TUN! 

posted on October 6th, 2010, 3:00 pm

heh, yeah.  You need a selection sod. 

posted on October 6th, 2010, 4:05 pm

Sweet! Thanks!

posted on October 6th, 2010, 5:35 pm

I'm curious, are the Selection, pulse, and torp SODs viewable in Assimview? I want to install new torpedoes and the only way I can think of is renaming the sprite node and saving the edited version as a new copy.

posted on October 6th, 2010, 8:30 pm

they are.

posted on October 6th, 2010, 9:00 pm

you can also use simple sprite definitions in uni torpedoes if deleting the sod reference (just as you would for normal torpedoes)

posted on October 7th, 2010, 12:28 am

Really?!  Thats cool, so it won't crash if you supply it with a sprite instead of an SOD? 

posted on October 7th, 2010, 12:30 am

Nope
I thought you had known that already though... 

posted on October 7th, 2010, 12:34 am

actually, I cheated in my mod.   Good to know though, now I can delete some excess odf's.