Hi!
I made an object (a simple pyramide) in 3dsmax 4.3, exported it via popnfresh to gtk radiant.
(following this tutorial:
http://www.mikesteven.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorials/ddtutorial01.htm).
At first I couldnt see it in GtkRadiant 1.3.8-ET (im making an ET map, but I think my question is the same for Quake map making).
I only saw a small wireframe box, indicating where the model should be placed.
Then i hit “N” and deleted everything left of “model”, so the path became: “models/mapobjects/loffymodels/pyramid.md3”, and then I could see it in the map.
Problem: The model isnt placed exactly where the small wireframed box is located.
If I place the model where I want it, on the floor, that little wireframed box is below the model! In fact, it is below (outside) the map!
So, when I compile it says “Map leaked!”, and I can see that the leak comes from the little wireframed box (becaouse it is outside the map - below it).
How can i get my model (the actual pyramide) to be placed exactly where the small wireframed box is?
Thanks in advance!
//Loffy
Models, wireframed box outside map - leaks
that’s the ‘center of origan’ marker. You’ll need to reexport the model with that in the center of mass; ie: instead of aligning the base of your model to the floor more it down so the dead center is over the central 0,0,0 axis point.
Either that or just extend a bit of brushwork downwards to cover up the origan point. Jobs done.
Thx!
i appreciate your reply. i will do that right away!
i have placed some homemade models into my map, and I want to delete them. But I cant find them/i cant select the small wireframed box!
This is what i have done: I right click, select misc, misc model, and try to place my homemade model. But the path was wrong (when i did this the first time). In other words I did not write the path correctly (models/mapobjects/loffymodels/pyramid.md3).
So, those models are not visible. All that is there, is the small wireframed box.
Now I cant get that small box out of there. (It is only a test map, so it is not a major problem - i just want to learn.)
How do i select that small box! Clicking on it dosent work.
Loffy
create a brush that surounds the box from any one of the 2d views.
then hit the “Complete Tall” button.
Also in the Select dropdown, select>select copmlete tall.
and the brush you made will disapear and the box will be selected.
Ok, solved that last one. how to select little wireframed box. View>filter>world. Then go to top view, draw brush around it, select partial tall. And it’s selected.
Still working on initial thing: re-exporting the model, with new - better - centre of origin.
//Loffy
Lol, at the same moment!
any hints on the change origon problem. I cant get it to work. (Still trying though, so it might work soon.)
// Loffy
changing the model’s origin is just moving the model in 3dsmax to the center of the modeling space.