HL mod models

[mole]

now we're at the stage of making 6016 vertexes a number alot smaller ... his sideburns alone are 400  :miffed:  

[Daimao]

I didn't know there was a vertex limit

[mole]

me niether but ehere is and im not sure what it is  :miffed:  

[Daimao]

Asked around

for weapons it is 3000
      players          5000

[mole]

great vertexes are fine if ytou can find out what a 'normal' is cus ive never seen this error before

[Daimao]

Let's say you're compiling an MP5. It won't let you because you have too many vertices. What you want to do is select a few major components (foregrip, stock, magazine, ect.) and delete them. Make sure you press shift when you select them, so you delete them all at once. Export it as mp5_1.smd. Press ctrl+z to get the deleted parts back. When you press ctrl+z, the deleted vertices should still be selected.

Press ctrl+I to select the inverse, and press delete. Export this part of the gun as mp5_2.smd.

Open your .qc file and look for the name of the original reference file. In the case of this MP5, it should say:

$bodygroup studio
{
studio "tmp"
}

Modify that part of the QC file so it says:

$bodygroup studio
{
studio "mp5_1"
studio "mp5_2"
}

Compile, and it should work just fine.
 

[mole]

nice i gotta copy that down somwhere cheers

[Daimao]

I had to ask someone tho  

[RipperRoo]

So you basically cut it into two parts and stick them back together ingame?

[Daimao]

no,you compile the two parts so they become one

[Daimao]

Mastersword is done    
great job
Now for the link model

[mole]

sorted the normals to now just textures left

[Daimao]

yey    

[mole]

but i cant make them small enough (in KB) 500 is too big and i dont want to decrease the resolution

[Daimao]

you sure 500 kb is too big?
Hmmm,i think i read about a prog somewhere to deal with big skins
*me goes looking