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Albertino

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I have been usin mods and tampering with things for ages, even generated a few tricks n `what-not`.

i got some cool things to mention and some requests for help in other areas <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p2" border="0" alt="pirate3.gif" />:

With the weather mod (so water is more wavy) the horizon and water go "black" and if i try to get on my boat, game crashes, this is not in the nathan kell mod, this is just standard POTC, with only kodo boons jack sparrow mod and a graphical fix for whitewash due to my geforcefx 5600 128mb. i need assistance with this please.

also, the ogg music files, i loved the idea of having the POTC music for the game, being a massive POTC fan, even though the game was originally sea dogs. I was wondering how to change music to "ogg" and whether it loses quality of music, as the ones i dl'd off the site, that were ogg, were not as good as some mp3 POTC music i have <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" />

now i promised a tip, im sure u modders already probably know this, so slap me if its been said before, but if u dont like the name "Nathanial Hawk" go to POTC/Programs/Characters/Characters_init.c
(i learnt this trick while installing kodo boons jack sparrow model, nice piece of work mate <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> ) anyways, go there and u will come across this:

ReloadProgressUpdate();

makeref(ch,Characters[0]); //Blaze Devlin
//ch.perks.list.InstantBoarding = true;
ch.name = "Nathanial";
ch.lastname = "Hawk";
ch.id = "Blaze";
ch.nation = ENGLAND;
ch.model = "Blaze";
ch.activity_begin = "0";
ch.activity_end = "24";
ch.sex = "man";

i have mine changed too this:

ReloadProgressUpdate();

makeref(ch,Characters[0]); //Blaze Devlin
//ch.perks.list.InstantBoarding = true;
ch.name = "Jack";
ch.lastname = "Sparrow";
ch.id = "Blaze";
ch.nation = ENGLAND;
ch.model = "depp";
ch.activity_begin = "0";
ch.activity_end = "24";
ch.sex = "man";


ignore the model and whatnot, all u gotta do is change the ch.name and ch.lastname, and there u have it. im not sure if any of the other steps in getting the model installed thru kodo boons install procedure is required for the name to be given, it can be any name of your choosing.

also i am unsure if that is compatible with NK's build. a nice build his was, and entertaining after i finished POTC, but now i spend my time, muckin around with stuff, without NK's builds coding confusing me while i muck around with files <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" /> <b>Albertino, </b>and welcome aboard! Pull up a keg, have a seat, and have a couple on us! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

We're glad you found your way into these fair waters, and hope you visit often! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

About your graphics problem, you might need updated drivers? There are some that are presumably better than others - the Omega drivers - you can find them here:

<a href="http://www.omegadrivers.net/" target="_blank">http://www.omegadrivers.net/</a>

Try Blaze Media Pro for .ogg conversions -

<a href="http://www.blazemp.com/blaze_media_pro.asp" target="_blank">http://www.blazemp.com/blaze_media_pro.asp</a> (there's a free trial)

No slaps here, Albertino, but we kinda knew that one about the name. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

Feel free to dig around in our modding section, you'll find there are a lot of people who tinker and mod... Some good ideas going, and we're always open to suggestions and welcome new mods... Pitch in - and most importantly, have FUN!!!

Again, welcome aboard. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" />
 
Oh yeah, anyone here seen TROY? i'm halfway through a model of one of those greek war ships, the myrmidons ship to be precise, i've also been changing shop stats and pictures etc, so u can buy arrows for it, the arrows are fire arrows, graphics for them are still glitchy, but at least they are fired from soldiers (graphics (soldier looking pixel people) stuck to the ship that move their bow arms, similar to sails, they are actually sails, just grahically edited :p so i could make em move easier) once i setup a few more things, i have a model of a trojan spearman, and a sword which is a spear, and i have been using a similar process after learning from kodo boons jack sparrow to incorporate ur character as that, or to have officers as that. once i have, the graphics of the arrows fixed, and some better sound effects (the arrow noises are currently a cut n paste job outta the movie gladiator) and i fix the look of the ship up a bit, i will turn it into an install, would it be cool if i posted a link here? or would u rather it be uploaded?
 
I was gonna use the POTCModPatcher as the installation, but unfortunately i've been getting some lame error with it lately

"Component 'COMDLG32.OCX' or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid"

unfortunately i cant `re-dl` the hellsangel pack, as everytime i try, it comes up with error page 404 not found.
 
Is the error 404 from the PA ftp servers? It's possible the site was momentarily offline - hate to sound like generic help, but "try again later" is my best suggestion... HTH! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="icon_wink.gif" />

Have you figured out a way to import a new character model into PotC? We can do it with the ships, but new character models have us beat. SKINS, yes, no problem, but MODELS? Unfortunately not...

So... Can you do this? This news would be received here with GREAT rejoicing, if it is so. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/william.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":will" border="0" alt="william.gif" />
 
You mean u didn't know? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":shock:" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" />

It's very detailed, requires changing of practically ever txt file, and a few other things inserted into it. I will write up a more detailed report soon. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="cheers.gif" />:
 
Lol, now this is a form of pirating, but nevermind the copyright laws, i got that covered. Other than my troy extensions, i've been wanting to get a real POTC mod for the game, with will turna, elizabeth swan, and jack sparrow (kodo boons, but with a hat) along with the music stripped right from the movie...and thats where it is, i own the dvd, anyone know a program i can use to get the music from it? DVD shrink or somethin similar?
 
<b>Albertino, </b>we've done existing model skins - but can't import newly made character models. I'm guessing you use Maya 4.5 with the .gm plugin - I am thoroughly curious now - what new models have you done, and can you show them with ingame screenshots?

You can post screenys here, as I'm sure you've seen - as long as you have a place to host your pics. OR post a link, some do, if they have a website.

If indeed you have done this, a tutorial would be EXTREMELY helpful - BUT bear in mind that we've done skins over existing models - taken a regular model (say the Spanish Admiral) and made a different skin (texture) for him and put that character into the game. BUT we cannot change his hat or give him MODELED trousers and cuffed boots instead of those pantaloons and stockings...

There are several people working on `re-skins` of some of the military models who would LOVE to change the hats on the models... We can change the color but not the hat shape...

For a DVD to MP3 conversion, try this:

<a href="http://www.softforall.com/mp3naudoi/RippersEncoders/DVD_TO_MP3_RIPPER01090024.htm" target="_blank">http://www.softforall.com/mp3naudoi/Ripper...PER01090024.htm</a>

HTH! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
aye, so what ur saying is u have trouble importing compeletely new models not yet alread ywith a basis in the scripting of the game? i'll make a website, and post up my pictures of my trojan soldier in game, the ship isn't finished, and to insert the model, there's a list of code somewhere, containing a list o parameters, for a new model to be inserted correctly, u need to change the mfa- from 72689 or somethin to 10,000, i have no idea what it is, i just remember it took me months to figure it out, i'll post up a detailed installation method soon.
 
<!--`QuoteBegin-Albertino`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Albertino)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->i'll post up a detailed installation method soon[/quote]

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <span style='color:red'><b><i>OUTSTANDING!!!</i></b></span> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />

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We need this BAAAAAAD! Thanks for your willingness to share!

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Yer money's no good in my book, matey... All the rum ye want forever, FREE!

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(can ya tell I'm excited about this?) <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
Okay, so here is some stuff ur gonna need to know, u know kodo boons Jack Sparrow character? the files for that, you will need for your character, the head_gm and whatever else, u need ur model set out in those parametres, im sure u can do that.

When i start pasting up files and code, i am referring to my Trojan model henceforwarth nown as "Jonus" (name of model) so if u see Jonus, thats what it means, just the base name of the model

you oughta know where the files for his jack sparrow all goes, its just the coding u gotta change, and u gotta have a model made first, i created a new partition (5gb) on my computer, and installed a new POTC game into it. it's taking me a while to get things set right (better part of a day) but im documenting it all. I'm also trying to find a nice free website hosting program to upload a zipped version of Trojan model (36mb, sorry its big, but i ain't too flash at makin files small) and once he is uploaded onto a site, with some pics of him `in-game`, and by tommorrow i should have finished a very very `idiot-proof` description of inserting models (the Trojan one i am doing now, allows you to hire him as an officer, its ALOT harder to script to become that model, even after he is inserted in the game, but i am also trying to get that to be allowed as well)

So, when u see the code i put, i should have the locations of the txt documents in the game, and some parameters u need to know.

Jonus: Name of model
172: Number of model

and thats the base of everything, if u wanna try with a different model, u gotta give it its own name and number, thats just what i use, so if u see that in there, u will understand.

The Trojan spear is not yet fully incorporated, and the ship is not yet finished, also i dont know if some of the coding i am adding is needed, cause im comparing differences to the already modded POTC, to the `Not-Yet`-Modded POTC, i have crap everywhere from when i inserted the new weapon type: ArrowsX, and mucked around with stuff, its very unstable, which is why i started from scratch, to make sure its all good. SO be expecting some image uploads, the character to be dl'able, and a Word Document as well, on a free hosting website of a link i will put up. the txt document, even tho small they usually are is already 1279kb, and i am not even half way of seperating required from not required.

So be patient, and expect a report tommorrow. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cheers.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="cheers.gif" />:
 
Cooooool! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />

I can be patient... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/no.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":no" border="0" alt="no.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> I'm just delighted that you came along with the answer to something that's been puzzling a lot of people for a long time now.

Thanks so much for sharing it with us, we really appreciate it! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

I am very interested in seeing your Jonus - and his spear! WHOO! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />

Sounds like fun. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
Sorry I'm still sceptical, Abertino - is your new model really animated in the game ?? You talk about rigging it up in code, but I don't think that's really the problem. The models need skeleton information in order to be able to move, and Maya somehow loses that, when you export to gm (or so I was told). How did you MAKE your model, and how did you convert it to gm file format ?
There are really lots of people wondering about this, so PLEASE tell us !

Inez Dias
 
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