Solved Create Characters

[TommyM]

Hey guys
I was wondering about a certain thing, is it possibe to make characters using a program? Is it easy to use? And how do I make it avilable afterwards in the tailor shop?

 

[superdurnius]

Do 3d model at 3d modeling program (3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, zBrush..)
Convert it to Maya 5.0
Rig it up to biped skelleton in Maya 5.0
Export to storm engine
Test in-game
and repeat everything, because 90% chance that model did converted buggy...

 

[TommyM]

So I can use for instence Maya to take an existing model and edit him?

 

[superdurnius]

theoretically, yes... just theoretically...

 

[Levis]

http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-edit-models.11485/ Good luck with it if you got your character ingame then we will see how to get it in the shop start with this first .

 

[Pieter Boelen]

If you're happy with just a re-texture, it becomes much easier.
What exactly do you want to do?

 

[TommyM]

I was thinking on taking the model of Nathaniel Hawk and changing him into something more "piratey" looking with black clothes and such.

It will be a great step in creating my storyline.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

"wf1blaze" is a pretty piratey version of Nathaniel Hawk. Perhaps it would be good enough to re-texture him a bit to be black?
Then you just need the TX Converter to get his texture into editable TGA format and a HEX editor so you don't have to overwrite the existing one.