[?] Texture path

[smee]

How do you change the texture path of a static so to load from the objects_client.zip and not from local profile.

[smee]

custom maps have their own objects_client.zip which you put the custom static in. But max wont let me link to a zip for the texture path. So only able to path to my C:

[Rhino]

you mean your export tools are making your statics so they are looking for textures in "C:\Program Files\bla\bla\bla"\objects\staticobjects\pr\textures\" instead of "\objects\staticobjects\pr\textures\"?

That is because you have not setup the export tools correctly hehe.

First go to BF2>Export

Then in the top right of that window will be a "run setup" button, click that.

run though the setup, aint hard. for 1, set the location to the mod you use, in my case, "pr_edit" in "C:/Program Files (x86)/EA GAMES/Battlefield 2/mods/pr_edit/"

then under that, this is probaly the bit you have not done, for 2 you need to add all the mods you use textures etc out of, so add pr, pr_edit etc etc, like so.



then once you do that, every texture will come out in the mesh as it should.




Thou if you want to edit old meshes without doing a new export, to fix them that is you can use the BF2materials.exe to fix them

[smee]

was missing the last / on pr_edit. going to change location of textures as well so to get in the habbit

many thanks for the reply

[smee]

Continuing the texturing questions.

does an _deb file automatically applied over the _de texture or do you have to have the _deb instead of it.?

[Rhino]

_deb is the bump layer for the detail layer, and it sits over it (optional).

As such, you need to have a _de texture in the detail slot, then a bit down from that I think send from the bottom is the Detail Bump bit, put the deb in there, it will use UV channel 2 (same as _de). _crb works the same way for _cr, crack textures.

[smee]

So i put it in the Ndetail layer, thought that was for dynamics.




Is there a quick way of changing the direct x shader to the bf2 StaticMesh without having to put all the textures back in?

[ballard_44]

Is there a quick way of changing the direct x shader to the bf2 StaticMesh without having to put all the textures back in?

Good question..I was wondering the same.

I have been using 2 material setups.
The 'static'/'bundled' version for export and the Direct X version for use in texturing and creation of the model.
Once I am 'done' and want to export, i usually start copying and pasting over the individual materials from the 'static' version into the Direct X counterpart.

But maybe there is an easier way???

[Rhino]

Is there a quick way of changing the direct x shader to the bf2 StaticMesh without having to put all the textures back in?

not really, just do what I do and just do a quick test export thou you can tell how its going to look just by looking at the different channels on there own.