Help! Converting ArmA 2 custom model to OFP

[ProfTournesol 956]

I've just had a reply from Dwarden about this and he said:

"Outside Arma 3 and DayZ and DayZmod content those files released with Arma license shall be portable across all Arma games (CWA, A1,A2,OA,A3)

Just for sure re-verify each file license"

That's fair, and nice.

[Capjerahya 11]

Ok, I was just scanning the forum for answer and this is half of the answer I'm looking for. I have to go through the lecis to verify it. The other half of the answer I'm looking for is how to port arma p3d to ofp? I tested it once and it took me 2 hours to get the model but texture doesn't seem to load it even though I already change the path.

[R0adki11 3945]

Ok, I was just scanning the forum for answer and this is half of the answer I'm looking for. I have to go through the lecis to verify it. The other half of the answer I'm looking for is how to port arma p3d to ofp? I tested it once and it took me 2 hours to get the model but texture doesn't seem to load it even though I already change the path.

Porting Content from A2 to OFP will need some considerable work as A2 models are more detailed then OFP etc.

[Capjerahya 11]

Porting Content from A2 to OFP will need some considerable work as A2 models are more detailed then OFP etc.

I was aware of that that's why I use armed assault once. I search for instruction but couldn't find one. What I did was load a arma p3d in oxygen2 and made a quick select all, press E and delete the rvmat and shorten texture path name then save. I then export it to older p3d format using oxygen 2 with export option then load the exported file to oxygen light. thing with that is it doesn't load the texture no matter what I do. I already swap the texture path but it still couldn't find the texture even if it was there. oxygen2 light has no UV mapping feature I can use and I suck in texturing polygons. Anyone got an efficient way of doing it?

[Macser 776]

If you haven't already done so,try putting your project folder into the O2 light main folder.

So you have \O2\Project_folder\Texturename.

The example models already have uv co-ordinates.And the unwrapping is far better

than any of the default OFP/CWA content.

[Capjerahya 11]

It still can't find the texture. I already put both p3d and paa in the same folder but still texture is missing. I tried loading it in gatebuilder but same result. I loaded existing ofp p3d in the same directory and texture is loaded fine. It's just with the p3d I converted that doesn't work.

EDIT: fixed it. Problem was texture format was dxt5. Strange thing buldozer did not give an error. I change the format to RGBA4444 which I think is the for ofp. Tried RGBA5551 and also work and has better alpha transparecy and color than RGBA4444. But I read in the wiki that RGBA5551 is only for arma1 and 2. :p buldozer is ofp engine so assume it should load RGBA5551 fine. I hope.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Capjerahya
problem fixed