[Tutorial] Maya - Make Custom Solid Models

[Romuald27]

Hey all !
I will make my first tutorial on ItsMods
I will explain you how to make custom solid models with Maya

Before, you need follow this tutorial:
http://www.itsmods.com/forum/Thread-Maya...plete.html

or this tutorial:
http://www.itsmods.com/forum/Thread-Blac...orial.html


1) Start Maya 2009
2) Open your model
3) Click on Edit


4) Click Select all
5) Click on Group if your model have lot of parts


6) Goto <blackops dir>/bin/maya/tools
7) Create new folder, rename to "share"
8) In share, create new folder, rename to "raw"
9) In raw, create new folder, rename to "collmaps"
10) Return to maya, click on COD Tools plugin


11) Click on Model Exporter
12) Click on Collision Map Exporter


13) Click on Add New Collmap
14) Remove everything thats in the textbox left to the "Add Nodes" button
15) Type the name of your model, something like "mymodel" , just the model name and nothing else! no file extensions!
and hit enter


15) Click on Add Nodes


16) Click on Export Selected



You get your collmap file now
You can close maya

17) Goto <blackops dir>/raw
18) Create a new folder, rename to "collmaps"
19) Goto <blackops dir>/bin/maya/tools/share/raw/collmaps
20) Copy your .map file
21) Paste your .map file in raw/collmaps
22) Start Asset Manager
23) Make new entry with xmodel
You need follow tutorial made by deadcrayon or jariz
24) In CollisionMap
25) Browse your .map file in raw/collmaps


26) Now you can continue tutorial by deadcrayon or jariz with materials
27) In your materials asset, check playerClip or what you want


28) Export your materials file, and your xmodel
29) Add all thing in zone source, precacheModel("yourmodel"); in init(), etc ... (Follow tutorial by crayon for it !)

Now you model will be solid

Sorry for my english language, i know, he is very bad.
Correct me if you can

Special thanks to deadcrayon and jariz for them tutorials

And not forget, +rep me if you like

[surtek]

Thanks for this usefull tutorial, repped.

[d0h!]

+rep

[iAegle]

so when I do

Code:

thing = spawn( "script_model", location );
thing setModel( "blabla" );

the thing will be solid?

Thanks

[Xzite]

nice gj

[JariZ]

woh, didnt expect you would create it yourself, GJ
sorry i didn't do it 4 you

[crAyon]

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[Nekochan]

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fail

[crAyon]

Great job!

Glad you were able to figure this out.

[iAegle]

Will "noPenetrate" make the thing impossible to shoot trough or just solid for bullets?