Mapmodel tutorial

[FaTony]

So I want to make mapmodels but I haven't found a tutorial for Cube 2. Can someone write something up? I want to make static models and doors that can open.

[qreeves]

Yeah, it'd be nice if we could get someone who's figured this stuff out to at least give us the short version of what they know and we can then turn that into a tutorial.

[FaTony]

I've spoken to Dziq and he said that static models should be in OBJ format and animated in IQM. I've installed Blender several days ago and will try to figure this out.

[bonifarz]

If an illustrated tutorial is too much work, maybe some step by step instructions or keywords could go on the wiki. There we also have this collection of technical informations: http://redeclipse.net/wiki/Mapmodels

[FaTony]

That's the 1st thing I've tried.

[Dziq]

[FaTony]

Hmm, IQM repo doesn't have a 2.77 version. I guess I'll pass for now.

[Dziq]

use older version of blender. prefereably 2.74. Im working on even older one and still live..
Anyway I uploaded animated simple door model to community repo

[FaTony]

[Dziq]

I dont know, I always download given builds from blenderarchive (try googling a proper version)

[FaTony]

[Dziq]

source code ? you mean original files probably. I can always upload whatever I have, I dont upload all files normally but.. I uploaded door01 blend file too, if this is what you need (RE/community/dziq/door01/DEV.zip)

[TheRockyDoo]

[bonifarz]

Not sure what you mean about loading your models automatically. Which models are used depends on the current map's cfg file. E.g. if you add a model with /mmodel (or /exec a models.cfg) and then save the map, you should be fine. The default models on new/empty maps are defined in config/maps/models.cfg. I guess you could put a modified version of this in your user content, see http://redeclipse.net/wiki/Game_Setting ... _is_Loaded.

Your other questions are better answered by someone else

[SniperGoth]

You can change the model collision, shadow and other parameters while in-game, or with the mdlcollide 0 command, on the cfg.
But collision on the game is very basic, at least for now, when talking about models.
For models with various meshes, i don't work with them, so i can't answer, as i Always failed to set them up for the engine.

[qreeves]

If you're loading an "obj" model, you should be replacing any instance of "md3" with "obj" as those commands are specific to each model type. General model commands are prefixed with "mdl". You can change the collision box with "mdlbb". Further information on most model commands can be found at