Textures For AI Models

[Asis]

Where can one find textures for the AI models, such as the skirts, tunics, armour, etc. that the AI in games wears? And is it possible to edit them in a program like Paint.NET?

[Springheel]

Depends on the AI. You'll find most of them in md5mesh/chars/ and then in subfolders related to the character type.

 

They're .dds files, mostly, so I don't know if paint.net would open them.

[Asis]

Depends on the AI. You'll find most of them in md5mesh/chars/ and then in subfolders related to the character type.

 

They're .dds files, mostly, so I don't know if paint.net would open them.

 

Edit: Nevermind, found the files I needed.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Asis

[Sycamoyr]

So... where are the texture files for AI? Say I wanted to change the texture for a zombie, would I need to follow the steps to creating textures here? Or are those instructions just for the kind of textures which are used to paint brushes?

Edited August 2, 2014 by Sycamoyr

[Sotha]

So... where are the texture files for AI? Say I wanted to change the texture for a zombie,

 

tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4\dds\models\md5\chars\undead\

 

Extract the dds files and edit them. Save with new name. Make a material file so that the new textures get in game. Make a skin file for the new textures.

Examples how skins are declared: tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4\skins\tdm_ai_undead.skin

Examples how materials are declared: tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4\materials\tdm_ai_undead.mtr

[Sycamoyr]

Extract the dds files and edit them. Save with new name. Make a material file so that the new textures get in game. Make a skin file for the new textures.

Examples how skins are declared: tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4\skins\tdm_ai_undead.skin

Examples how materials are declared: tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4\materials\tdm_ai_undead.mtr

So if i understand correctly, I edit the .dds files, but make copies of the skin and materials files with new names.

After I edit them, should I zip these files separately from the originals to be stored in the darkmod folder like the others? Could I customize the name of the .pk4 file?

Example:

tdm_ai_humanoid_beast01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_beast01.pk4\materials\tdm_ai_beast.mtr

tdm_ai_humanoid_beast01.pk4\skins\tdm_ai_beast.skin

Edited August 2, 2014 by Sycamoyr

[Sotha]

You take existing dds files. You make new file and save it as dds. (Use compressonator (check wiki))

 

The game does not know anything about your new dds files if you do not make a material file.

The skin file essentially tells which shader on the AI mesh gets replaced with what other shader.

 

You give the AI the new spawnarg that tells the AI to use the skin.

 

You include all the files into the mission.pk4 and it should work.

[Sycamoyr]

Thank you. I'll give that a try.