[TEC] Mod Tools, HowTo

[sergei]

Originally Posted by voidster

So far i cant get to work properly. Ive pointed the goblin editor where my actor dll's are (my main sh5 directory ) and when i try to load up the sim file for editing ..it informs me it cannot find many actor dll's and refuses to load.

Yep, I got that problem too. Pointed it at my SH5 folder, can open the GR2 file ok, but when I try and merge the sim, zon etc. files I still get the missing actors dialog.

[piri_reis]

Originally Posted by sergei

Yep, I got that problem too. Pointed it at my SH5 folder, can open the GR2 file ok, but when I try and merge the sim, zon etc. files I still get the missing actors dialog.

You should highlight and open both files at the same time
NSS_Uboat7a.GR2 and NSS_Uboat7a.sim

also merging works alright on my side

[voidster]

Originally Posted by piri_reis

You should highlight and open both files at the same time
NSS_Uboat7a.GR2 and NSS_Uboat7a.sim

also merging works alright on my side

just tried that, it fails to load the dll still.

[piri_reis]

Originally Posted by voidster

just tried that, it fails to load the dll still.

and you got actors_directory and root_folder set properly..
In that case it's weird

[voidster]

Originally Posted by piri_reis

and you got actors_directory and root_folder set properly..
In that case it's weird

LOL ok i get the darwin award today. i didnt notice there were two directorys to set manually. I just saw the root folder option not the one way up top for actors.

now maybe i can figure out how to edit the stats heheh thanks for putting up with my chaos.

edit: ..ahh..much easier than hex editing. Now ive got to figure out how to add about 100 more torpedo reserves *evil grin*

[Punkedit]

How do you set the two files?

[voidster]

Originally Posted by Punkedit

How do you set the two files?

its listed in the tutorial, but its kind of buried..at least thats my pov.

you launch the editor, then click tools then options. From there you need to type in the location where your SH5.exe is located for the "Actors Directory" (should be the first blank area) then down at the bottom of the first menu you type in the same location info for the "root directory" (in my case it was D:\sh5 but i always install to diff directorys.)

it has a lot of potential but the learning curve is going to rank up there with Lightwave. Hmm i may have to tinker around and see if i can import stuff from LW, might be cool to put some of my modeling skills to use. ..er anyhow. hope that helps.

[sergei]

Originally Posted by voidster

LOL ok i get the darwin award today. i didnt notice there were two directorys to set manually. I just saw the root folder option not the one way up top for actors.

Can I have that Darwin Award when you're done with it?
That is exactly the source of my problem too.
Sorry for wasting everyone's time
Must have been having one of my now legendary obtuse episodes.

[Ablemaster]

Wondered if someone could point me in the right direction, now i have Vista 64 bit i cant find an DDS converter to work with it ive looked everywhere all the usuall ones dont work correctly with Vista 64 so now im a bit stumped here. DDS Converter was fine with my old xp rig but now im lost, ive got photoshop cs4 also but no joy there, any help appreciated.