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If the limit of tracks is only 17,
how do you make a 2010 mod with 19 tracks in it?

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Via Track Set Manager. Look at the homepage of ZaZ Tools.

I noticed when you create the col file from the gp4 file instead of the dat file, the pit muppets cannot be seen anymore ingame. More people noticed this?

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@turbo_Lover : That's because you did not set TRACK class to your .gp4 garage floor objects.

Thanks Laurent, maybe i should read your guide.

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Laurent:

I´m with huge trouble on new detachment process for 1.350XE.

For some reason, faces detached assume next tga texture. Also CTRL+Part XX feature is not working properly since it gets more than one face at time...

It´s not working as well as last version, that´s all for now. Maybe I can explain better at MSN.

Best regards from Brasil

For some reason, faces detached assume next tga texture.
Yep, it's designed this way to avoid confusion between faces of currently selected part and newly detached part.

Also CTRL+Part XX feature is not working properly...
I can't tell for this one. Multiselection is very touchy...

Lo2k

i searched but i didnt find an answer and maybe you can .

in tools/ material editor..

is there any diference in game when you change the values of the power of materials?

im asking cos im converting a track and it shows the same problem when converting some cars..

it blinks to black color.

i changed the track part displace V= -1 but the problem still happens.

any idea?

thanks for any reply

Hi!

I do not obtain to modify the places of the partial ones (split) in BUENOS AIRES 1997…

I modified the places in the INITIAL SECTOR, saved .dat and substitutes…

In the game I perceived that .dat is certain, therefore some alterations that I made in the cameras are correct, but the places of splits had not changed…

Some solution?

grateful

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@pimpones : I don't know exactly what Power does and if it has any influency ingame personnality. This would need some tests and trials.

Concerning black parts and as it seems more people are getting such kind of troubles (probably due to more conversions attempts), here are the 2 main reasons :
- TEX file texture size do not match Maximal sizes. To fix this, simply save biggest of the 4 textures and import it again to replace actual one. If maximal sizes changed, then sizes were wrong. Downsample biggest texture (via right click) to create lowest ones and save your .tex. Done.
- Second possibility : you converted a car from another game and some of the mapping coords have values out of 0 to 1 range. (Some user got 1 to 2 range). In this case, you ought to get values back to 0-1 range (in the case of my user, I just asked him to use the texture displace feature, using U=0 and V=-1 to be sure all his values will be back in 0-1 range).

@Cleberpister : custom split sectors are only available in game if you use GPxPatch because it's indeed a gpxpatch "extension". Are you sure you used GPxpatch when you tested the track ?

With importing a 3d model with a z value of 0,000 in GP4Builder the z value is getting changed to 0,001. It's freaking me out, because i'm importing a huge piece of landscape. Could that be corrected?

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You can manualy displace any object by setting its Center position (to 0 in your case) in Object Properties window.
I will make some tests thought.

I have a problem that I can not find the solution.
I have a building composed of many parts that are all grouped together, the building is therefore no longer a part in the end. in this building, there are barriers to windows and so I made a texture that I wanted to make transparent.
I backup dds DXT5 full transparency (I tested also semi transparent DXT1) and once in the game is almost all the building transparent to deviant. when I return the texture on opaque, everything becomes normal.
So in the end I spend this :




I unbundled the parties concerned so that they become independent of the building but this does not change

thanks for you help

I had a similar problem with the same building. You need to have all objects separated.
I made the windows transparent, but they were grouped with the building, which also became transparent, so as you did, I separated them into individual objects, but the building was still transparent. It stayed transparent until I broke it down into individual objects.
I use 3ds Max for modeling and export the 3ds.
With "Editable Mesh" you can use the "Explode" function to break up the mesh.
With "Editable Poly" you can use the "Break" function at sub-object vertex level, select all the Verts and hit break
Import the 3ds into Builder and un-group all the parts in the 3ds.
If you use 3ds max , Neil Blevins has a cool Object Detacher Script that does the same thing.
I think this is what you meant


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> I had a similar problem with the same building.
> You need to have all objects separated.

i agree with this solution to solve building display problem in game..
in gp4 builder use un-group part function to separate building


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I created this building from gp4 builder, I do not know other software so apparently I can not find the solution.

The solution could be to detach faces receiving transparent texture in new parts and then un-group these parts to new separated objects all in GP4 Builder.

a question!!
in the editor zmodeler objects are correctly

but during the game looks bad


any suggestions?
pd:I have the same problem as friend tumyeto
sorry my bad English,is not my language

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2010 06:33PM by maxi82.

And solution is the same than for tumyeto :
- use DXT5+full transparency as fewer as possible and for transparency textures only (check that your red roof texture is not in DXT5 and if so, set it to DXT1 no transparency.
- detach/ungroup transparent faces to separated parts or separated objects
- at worst, use one object for front faces, one for side faces and one for back faces (only for transparent faces, opaque ones could stay all together in one object)

lo2k I still have the same problem, follow the steps you gave me and it looks bad

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