Help with 'splitting' MD5 mesh

CD Xbow | 2012-12-07 16:41

We have a working Battle Armor and human gaited Meka from our game, MekArcade, that we need some help with. Download the battle armor from http://teamxbow.org/cube/models/misfit/battle_armor2_v04.zip and the meka from http://teamxbow.org/cube/models/models-mek/mek6_v04.zip Both models are covered by C&C-SA licence.

Each has the milkshape/misfit original file and an exported md5 mesh, animations, basic skin and config for the Cube engine. I have posted more details about these models in the red eclipse forum - http://forum.freegamedev.net/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=3529 They work fine in MekArcade/RE, except for 1 little problem, see below.

The main reason we have put these up is because we need help with configuring the md5.cfg to seperate the mesh in upper & lower functional parts. I have had a few goes and failed. So if there is any Cube model wiz out there who could help us configure these properly, we would love to have you help us.

If there is any modellers who would like to help out in general, we would also love to here from you. We have lots of great models that need a little love.

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Suicizer | 2012-12-08 15:38

So what's the problem now actually? Is this a post to recruit modelers or just the question to configure the model properly?

Any way, seperate animations from mesh-configuration. It already makes it way easier to oversee.

CD Xbow | 2012-12-08 17:40

Thanks Suicizer,

I have long given up expecting to recruit modellers! I know it's my fate to model till I die, and then when I go to hell my eternal torment will be to configure models for the cube engine, for ever! If you are interested in helping out with modelling in any capacity we would love to have you aboard.

It's the configuration that is the problem, in particular doing the functional splitting of the md5mesh into 2 parts so as it can run 2 animations at once, you know, run & shoot. I have tried many different configs and none have worked, so if you could help us with that I would be eternally grateful.

I am not sure quite what this means:

Any way, seperate animations from mesh-configuration. It already makes it way easier to oversee

I am at work at the moment so I can't even download the models to look, they use cytrix clients here that you cant download from, or run flash or do anything fun. I will have a look at them when I get home.

Suicizer | 2012-12-08 22:49

I mean you should make a file called anims.cfg (or any name similar to that) which contains all animation-configures (commands like md5anim) and if necessary, a file called mesh.cfg (or anything like that) which contains mesh-configures (commands like md5load, md5skin, md5pitch, md5spec, etc). Let them be loaded by using a file called md5.cfg by using the command exec [directorypath/anims.cfg]. Keep commands related to the game in md5.cfg (like md5name).

This makes it more clear to see which commands effects what while you aren't having 1 big messy config-file.

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