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How do you get models from 4x4evo to use in mtm? i was thinking of using the cut down trees from that forest track.(forgot name)

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K-Dawg

Import SMF into zmodeller then export as BIN. That, in theory, should work without any additional tweaking. However, watch the vertex & face count. Some of those models are top heavy.

[This message has been edited by Phineus (edited 15-03-2001).]

The SMF to BIN process thru binedit is well known. What I can't find info on is unpodding the files from 4x4EVO pods.

Whenever I try to extract the trucks from the TRUCK.POD, Winpod freezes up. Any Ideas????
(pawprint)

Dogge's 4x4EVO to MTM2 conversions page... 4 trux so far... http://bigdogge.homestead.com/conversions.html



[This message has been edited by ZO_BigDOGGe (edited 15-03-2001).]

tikis pod mounter works fine for me

get it at his site which i cant remember right now
http://tikifourwheelin.tripod.com <~~~~i think

To extract 4x4 PODs, which are in a new format, you'll need TRI's <a href=http://4x4.karf.net/utilities/podview.zip>Podview</a> (and I think Tiki has one too, but his site is "404" at this moment in time).

To convert SMF to BIN you'll need <a href=http://www.zmodeler.com>Zmodeler</a>. (as stated : )

Then just import SMF and export BIN (as stated : ) but be sure to export the BIN specifying the ".bin" when you do so, like: "modelname.bin" (if you don't include the dot-extension when you export no file will be written).

Face types may be an issue, I dunno what Zmod does in this regard, so some BINs might need fixing up in BINedit.

On the flipside, simple BIN to SMF conversion is covered <a href=http://forum.mtm2.com/~forum/pages/Forum10/HTML/000028.html>here</a>. ;-)

---AWESOME!!!--- (Tail wagging at supersonic speeds...)

You guys are the best! I've been trying to climb that "wall" for weeks! I haven't tried it yet, but what you gave me is exactly what I requested. Thank You..(bows)

By the way, I have a mystery...I got a car from Vales that works in 4x4 ( a '70 challenger), yet when I look at it in ZMODELER, the hi-res model chal.smf errors out and freezes zmodeler. When I load the medium-res model chal0.smf , I get a Porsche 911 !!! LOL!
The texture file for the hires smf is for the yellow challenger, but the texture file for the lo-res is for a silver porsche. anyone wanna check it out mystery-solvers? It's a challenge(r) lol Get it at Vales 4x4 trucks section...

(pawprint)

ONO, whats happened to zmodeller

whenever i start it up it freezes, just noticed this today when i was trying to convert a nfs model over but it didn';t even get as far as to let me do that

nooooooooooooo any suggestions other than the obvious?

how can you tell which track is in which pod. i'm looking for silverton pass.

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K-Dawg

Silverton is ASPEN.pod

phin has so much useless info its crazy......

LMAO

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Re: Podview

An interesting feature is the ability to double-click a file in the list and launch/open it in it's associated external application (especially useful for TRK, SMF, SIT to go into a text editor for quick peeks).

Another is the filter feature at the top of the window, "<big>*</big>" is a wildcard, so *.sit will show only SIT files, *.smf only SMF files, etc. (this is standard file managments stuff of course).


4x4evo track PODs, for the record:

ZONA.pod = Arizona
JYARD.pod = Salvage Wasteland
DEVIL.pod = Final Destination
SHRTAIR.pod = Restricted Area
SHTBAJA.pod = Laguna del Sol
ASPEN.pod = Silverton Pass
FM109.pod = Farm Road 109
MCROSS.pod = Motocross
SHTARTC.pod = Arctic Wasteland
THEHILL.pod = Truck Stop 101
SHTSWAM.pod = Bayou Flats
ISLAND2.pod = Treasure Bay
CZ2000.pod = Crazy 2000
OILFLD.pod = Black Gold
CON2.pod = Construction Junction


"When I load the medium-res model chal0.smf, I get a Porsche 911 !!!" Well, hehe, the use of "any old model" for a low-res vehicle is well known (a lazy hack) but as to why Zmod won't import the Challenger, I dunno, you might want to look inside it with a text editor to see if there is any odd looking formatting that could be confusing Zmod.

Hacman, as BigDOGGe might say... make sure you have a late version of DirectX, as for anything else, try the Zmod forum. ;-)

[This message has been edited by Winterkill (edited 17-03-2001).]