Location of cdds files?

[luckybob9]

Is there a way to tell what cdds file contains the skin/ texture that you are looking for, or do you just have to search through each one until you find that one that you are looking for?

[Deadman]

if you don't know the name you have to use the CDDS browser in modman to look .what are you looking for i may be able to help

[Laud]

A little bit OT, but just a little... :

 

The CDDS-Explorer won't let me insert my skins if they have another resolution than the original ones (i.e. replace a 512x512 Su-27 skin in the "WorldTexturesBMP1.cdds" by a 2048x2048 skin). How can this be done?? I read Cosmonauts tutorial but I don't get the clue about this issue.

[Azrayen]

A little bit OT, but just a little... :

 

The CDDS-Explorer won't let me insert my skins if they have another resolution than the original ones (i.e. replace a 512x512 Su-27 skin in the "WorldTexturesBMP1.cdds" by a 2048x2048 skin). How can this be done?? I read Cosmonauts tutorial but I don't get the clue about this issue.

 

You have to create a new CDDS which'll contain (only) your new skin in HiRes.

Then declare this new CDDS before the original one in your graphics.cfg.

 

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Az'

[luckybob9]

if you don't know the name you have to use the CDDS browser in modman to look .what are you looking for i may be able to help

Im looking for the B-8 rocket pod. Although the model name is b-20.lom so it might be named b-20. I couldent find either one when I looked through every cdds file :\

[Deadman]

Well Its a LOM model with out a skin file the paint does not change so skin may just be on the model If you making a new model you don't need to worry about the old . When you Map you new model jut map it to a square bit map I.E 256x256

[monotwix]

The files to look for should be B-8-PAINT.BMP B-8M1-PAINT.BMP those might be in texturesbmp_weapons.cdds.

[luckybob9]

It was in the shiptexturesbmp.cdds file thanks for the help!

[Laud]

Thank you Azrayen!

 

So publishing it as a modman-package would mean it'd have to come with a modified graphics.cfg?!?

[monotwix]

It was in the shiptexturesbmp.cdds file thanks for the help!

Here's some more: a model like that would have to have some number of LODs i.e. what is it in poly count now 2500? LOD-01 could have 2000 polys and LOD-03 could have 500 polys and LOD-04 only one for a joke.

So I would sugest to get rid of them holes in the LOD-03 for example otherwise it would have more polys than SU-25.

I hope this helps a litle.

[Azrayen]

Thank you Azrayen!

You're welcome :)

 

So publishing it as a modman-package would mean it'd have to come with a modified graphics.cfg?!?

Well, in fact... no. ;)

 

v6.2.0.0 & higher of ModMan recognizes natively the new CDDS files and declares them automatically in the graphics.cfg => use it ! :)

(or better, use the last version 6.3.0.1, which come without some "nice" bugs, regarding this particular function and others ones)

 

This is the best way, as it preserves the specific graphic settings (also included in graphics.cfg) of each user installing the mod. :)

 

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Az'

[luckybob9]

Here's some more: a model like that would have to have some number of LODs i.e. what is it in poly count now 2500? LOD-01 could have 2000 polys and LOD-03 could have 500 polys and LOD-04 only one for a joke.

So I would sugest to get rid of them holes in the LOD-03 for example otherwise it would have more polys than SU-25.

I hope this helps a litle.

 

Its at 829 polygons right now...Should I still mess around with the level of detail stuff?

[monotwix]

Its at 829 polygons right now...Should I still mess around with the level of detail stuff?

 

I would... if you look at su-25_lod-01.lom model you will see how small the number of polys is.

So for lod-00 I would make 2.500 polys, for the lod-01 2000 polys and make it visible form 100 to 30 meters than 500 polys from 600m to 100m and 8 polys from 1200m to 600m.

 

For the 8 poly launcher you can make four sided cone and extrude it, for the 500 polys and 2000polys model I wouldn't bother with them holes since they wouldn't be visible.

(This is not a reference but just a guide for providing some clues of what you've got to look at)

There is a proper guide for reducing lod polys and I think it's the builings reference manual.