Tutorial - Adding Trees to Zones (2 methods)

[GeorgeS]

This PDF contains a detailed description on adding tree meshes and creating transparent leaves.

I think it's fair to let everyone know how it's done as this is a community project and so many have helped me get this far.

It is a completed work, however I will make additions and revisions at any time.

Here it is in its entirety (edited link - should work now)

http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...Tree_Zones.PDF

link for media to tutorial

http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...emu/mytree.zip

[GeorgeS]

This method uses an external program I wrote which takes the .scn file containing the 3ds object and texture info and replaces key portions to be transparent in EQ. This is also an easy way to import lots of transparent tree/leaves into the mesh library.

tutorial link

http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...arent_Mesh.pdf

Link to scene texture modifying tool
http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...2/eqemu/tc.zip

Reference Objects for Tutorial
http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...mu/mytree2.zip

This method is faster than the previous manual method. I actually became very proficient at making tree zones now. You can too.

GeorgeS

[Sakrateri]

This is great and a nice tutorial but I cant seem to get them transparent , I switched the n.bmp and the palm_bar.bmp in the obj.s3d file with s3dspy , I saw the file size change when I did it so I know it did something but they still are not coming out transparent, I am only trying this with one tree until I learn it and thats the palm tree, any idea what im doing wrong? and am I suppose to use that texture flag changer for every scene I make or just in the scene I had put all the stuff from you in before I made them meshes? I have them all in my mesh file now so I did get that far , just cant get them transparent yet. Thanks for this .

[GeorgeS]

edit - 6/17/05 I recompiled the texture changer to handle both +0 and uppercase now. Also once you do this, save as mesh in OZ and the mesh tree should be ok.


I have found the newest version of OZ writes out the texture then an "+0" after it. Never saw that before. If you look at your scene, do your tree textures have the +0 after them like in the example below?
If so,then the fix is very easy. Just let me know first before I release a newer version to fix this...

TriangleTex 97.9837417602539, 2.46714067459106, 156.127883911133, -81.9622497558594, 15.5342483520508, 151.429000854492, 93.0469818115234, 6.45521402359009, 354.995086669922, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 2, palm_l+0, false, false, True, 0, false, 0, false, 0, True, True, True, True, -0.0728863403201103, -0.997174382209778, 0.0181877836585045, -0.0728862956166267, -0.997174382209778, 0.0181877426803112, -0.0728862956166267, -0.997174382209778, 0.0181877426803112

Also, you most definitely need to change the texture with the program, reload OZ and save the objects to a mesh. Restart OZ and they should have the texture flag set right.

I'm going to do more testing...on that "+0" thingy
GeorgeS

[gernblan]

That site is long gone... anyone have these files still and if so please could they make them available again or send to me at gernblanATgmail.com? I WILL rehost them for everyone I promise!

[GeorgeS]

Actually that site has a new url
http://www.wizardportal.shorturl.com/
It's a pointer to my server at home, but I will look for those files later today.

GeorgeS

[gernblan]

Originally Posted by GeorgeS

This method uses an external program I wrote which takes the .scn file containing the 3ds object and texture info and replaces key portions to be transparent in EQ. This is also an easy way to import lots of transparent tree/leaves into the mesh library.

tutorial link

http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...arent_Mesh.pdf

Link to scene texture modifying tool
http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...2/eqemu/tc.zip

Reference Objects for Tutorial
http://www.wizardportal.com/optimaiv...mu/mytree2.zip

This method is faster than the previous manual method. I actually became very proficient at making tree zones now. You can too.

GeorgeS

George do you still happen to have these files? All of the links (for both methods) are 404.

Thank you.