Model path placement

[Victim_913 26]

I was having problems with texutres missing in TB. Maybe I don't understand something about path for models and textures.

In my P drive I have A3 folder. That has all the folders from opened pbo's from the game. I had added others like jbad and put those in their own folders in the p drive. Everything works.
Now bi released the Apex stuff. So there are  5 or 6 "structure" pbo/folders.

I put the folders in the A3 folder.

"structures_f_exp_infrastructure"

"structures_f_exp" etc etc......

 

Textures are not showing up. Just black and white models. I opened the config files so that I can make sure the path I used was correct.

I couldn't find any path to the rvmat and textures. I opened a few rvmat in notepad to see the path. Here is what I have come up with.

The folders that models are in is Not the folder it points to. For example,

This is where the model actually is:

\A3\Structures_F_Exp_Infrastructure\Airports\Airport_01_controlTower_F.p3d

but the config says it is here:

\A3\Structures_F_Exp\Infrastructure\Airports\Airport_01_controlTower_F.p3d

 

That shows that the model is inside the "Structures_F_Exp" folder.....then inside the "Infastructure" folder. But there is NO Infastructure folder inside the "Structures_F_Exp" folder.

The models do show up, but without textures.

 

Am I supposed to merge the different "structure" folders into the "Structures_F_Exp" folder?

And if so, how do I handle all the config files in all of those folders?

 

Or maybe am I supposed to move other pbos from Apex over to the A3 folder? Right now I only have rocks, vegetation,  along with all the structure folders.

 

I have waited for these to become available in order to finish my terrain, so I am desperate for help.

Also a couple Malden buildings are missing textures. The store, I can only see up close but further away it turns black and white.

Thank you for any help.

[RoF 241]

Paths are hard coded, run extract pbo using the command line

extractpbo "path\to\mods" p:\

This will extract everything in that folder to your P drive correct

[Victim_913 26]

Oh man, big difference. Thank you. Why would bi not have a tool that puts them in the right place? They seem to  give us big tools but leave out the tools that do the middle work.

weird.

Thanks

[RoF 241]

They don't seem to really care about terrain makers tbh. Also make sure you use pboproject to pack your terrain and not addon builder. It doesn't make working terrains!

[Victim_913 26]

thanks