help with model Created 16 years ago2008-01-24 20:43:35 UTC by thehalflifedude

allright, heres a "front, back, left, and right" view of my scanner:look at the back view then at the front view. you'll notice the faces for the "metal plate" things on my scanner arent there, but they are on the front. does anyone know what causes this, and how to fix it? cuz' i got the same problem when making the hl2 camera (ceiling camera, the ones you see when you meet berney at the start of hl2)

i REALLY want help on this, cuz only about 2/9 models would usually have only 2 or 3 missing faces. and any others that don't have 2 or 3 faces missing, probably have around 19, 6, 8, 25, or 10 missing faces. i am going to ask once more, does anyone know what causes this, and how to fix it?

oh, nearly forgot, it's for hl1.

That face on the model has been "nulled" because this surface is always unscene to the player. That little flying around annoying thing always faces the player

You're going to have to modify the model to fix that up.

Nice to see you again btw

so, if the player can't see the surface on a model, it nulls it? (nice too see you again too aaron.)

The creator of the model made it like this, just like mappers null surfaces that are unscene to the player to increase performance.

"The creator of the model made it like this"

actually, he didn't really make it for half life. it was just a obj file when i got it. so, i don't think he could make it that way.

That face on the model has been "nulled"

They're not nulled, they're just simply selected and deleted. If you can edit the model in max or something, you can rebuild and retexture the missing faces.

The person who made this model (valve) "nulled" that surface to increase performance in Half-life 2. I have no idea who gave you this, but it was originally from Half-life 2 and thats why that surface is like that.

They're not nulled, they're just simply selected and deleted. If you can edit the model in max or something, you can rebuild and retexture the missing faces.

I'm just trying to make it sound simple for people, thats why null is in a pair of these " ".

ok, now i think you're both wrong(no offence), cuz i go and play hl2, and you can see the back of the scanner perfectly. all of you guys are starting to confuse me

Yes youre right, somebody must have modified it along the way.

I have converted the scanner model from hl2 into half-life format for you (including all the animations). Here is the link, quickly download it because files on sendspace don't stay uploaded for ever.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/z3i66o

hey, aaron, mabye can you convert the metrocop model?(for my mod)

You cant really use the metrocop model in goldsource because it doesn't have a death animation, source uses ragdoll to simulate there death animations, so unless you want a metrocop with no death animations or you know enough about modeling to make you're own death animation....

don't worry, i have a animation. heh, an RAGDOLL animation!

Whua?

so, just convert the metrocop and i'll do the rest.

Did you simulate a ragdoll animation and output as a regular animation? Smart idea.

"Did you simulate a ragdoll animation and output as a regular animation? Smart idea." yeah.

thing is, i can't add it to another skeletion.

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