zombie mutating Created 19 years ago2004-08-28 10:07:52 UTC by Habboi

ok odd name but im a little bit unexperianced with the modeling part of mapping and so i want to use a custom in my map but i want to assign its attacks movements well everything so it uses the zombie actions but looks different

if u dont quite understand then what im trying to say is that i hav a new model but it wont do anything unless i do sumthing

the thing is that i dont no how do make is act like a zombie

any ideas?

habboi

Ok, firstly, you say you have a new model, but the animations dont work?

or do you have a model and animations but cant get them to work?

try this:
with your new model, put it in the valve/models/ dir and rename all the files to exactly the same name the model your replacing is called. for example; if i was replacing ministeve.mdl with a new model, i would rename my new model to 'ministeve.mdl' and put it in the above dir.

go on, give it a try.

i will giv it a try but what im trying to say is that the default zombie model attacks with its claws, walks etc cause of programming. now when u make a model it is just a dummy untill u make it have animations but i just want to apply the zombie annimations to my new model so it acts like a zombie from half life but it looks completely different

do u get wat i mean :

yeah.

you'd have to make the animations yourself. you cant apply animations to different models on the fly, as far as im aware.

ok are u sure coz on sven co-op the map re1 has new zombie models but they have the same attacks as the zombie model from hl :

Take the skeleton of the zombie, assign your models's mesh to it and see what happens. That's the only way you can use another models animations.

So, yeah, you need to decompile the zombie model and change it's mesh, then compile it. Unless you really want to recreate every necessary animation...

And yes, for the model to be used, you'd name it the same as the zombie model. There's some more possibilities with submodels (body-parts) and such, so you can have multiple zombie-versions, but that's best left out for now.

A question: how much do you know about modelling already?

if you were replacing "ministeve.mdl" i would kill you. i hope your not. hey whats "ministeve.mdl" anyway?

what the hell is ministeve anyway is it a weird looking person thats only used in half life for weird occasions

you suck.

? suck at what u hav to be more descriptive before we can answer that :

Wait thats where you got ur name? Its a half-life model? Can u post a pic of it cause I have never heard of it. (U should have it in your av if thats ur name)

...my name is ministeve because my older brothers name is steve, and his friends could never remember my name so they called me "mini steve"...

You know, what you could do is just edit the skin of the zombie model. It would act just like a zombie, and you could make it look however you want it to.

i no i tried ages ago but i hav no idea how to make the skin textures, like what texture etc

and well i tried wit textures i had and it came up wit error cannot open blah blah so i basically gave up on it