New soldier models

[der bastler 0]

I've analyzed the soldier demo models (mc_vojak etc.) and found a lot of named selections (body parts)...

Then I added a small box to the soldier's shoulder, wrote a simple config and stuffed both model and config into a pbo file. But when using the soldier in editor and previewing it, OFP crashes?

Is a tutorial for soldier creating available?

[soul_assassin 1750]

Im 99% sure its your config, is this supposed to be a back pack?

[der bastler 0]

No, USCMarines!

I just changed the model a little bit for testing purposes ->added some polys.

Then I simply removed some faces -> crash?

Zwadar, where's your tutorial?

[der bastler 0]

Ok, now I've tried an unchanged soldier model from the demo -> OFP crashes when previewing unit in editor!

config.cpp:

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class CfgPatches

{

    class USCMSoldiers

    {

         units[] = {SoldierUSCM};

         weapons[] = {};

         requiredVersion = 1.30;

    };

};

class CfgModels

{

    class Default {};

    class Man: Default {};

    class colmarine: Man {};

};

class CfgVehicles

{

    class All {};

    class AllVehicles : All {};

    class Land : AllVehicles {};

    class Man : Land {};

    class Soldier : Man {};

    class SoldierWB : Soldier {};

    class SoldierUSCM: SoldierWB

    {

         access = 1;

         picture = "igrenadier";

         model = "/USCM/colmarine.p3d"

         vehicleClass = "Men";

         scope = 2;

         cost = 60000;

         displayName = "USCM Prototyp";

         accuracy = 1000;

    };

};

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WHY? Are there other soldier mlod-models on the internet?

[soul_assassin 1750]

Tyr taking the cfg models part away and see if that works

[der bastler 0]

That's funny, I implemented the CfgModels part because OFP crashed...

Guess I must build my soldiers from scratch.

Jesus!

[stoppelhopser 0]

i´ve looked at the config and if that is an exact copy-and-paste of the one you use, i guess the error is located at:

model = "/USCM/colmarine.p3d"

since it rather has to be backslash instead of slash, that is:

model = "\USCM\colmarine.p3d"

ofp seems to crash to the desktop without a message if it doesn´t find a model.

[der bastler 0]

Oh, I did not notice that (damn html-linux-dos-"/"-"\"-chaos)!

Thanks!

(silly mistake, never wrote that in other configs. I should drink more coffee and sleep less...huh, or the other way round...)

[der bastler 0]

There's still one question remaining:

Which named selections can be deleted and which must exist? Because editing an existing model can be much more difficult than creating new stuff from scratch...