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- Check every existing model and check which ones are "duplicates" - eg; ashto_011, ashto_012 and ashto_013 are the same model but reference different parts of the tower texture file.
- Using the silver / closest to grey DDS file we convert to PLT and divide up into layers:
- Metal 1 - primary metal area
- Metal 2 - any secondary metal areas
- Cloth 1 - primary wood area (eg wooden shields wood)
- Cloth 2 - secondary wood area
- Leather 1 - primary leather area (eg straps)
- Leather 2 - secondary leather area
- Rename model files - eg; to "tower" so "tower_001.mdl" - this means renaming the PLT files to match
- For shields with specific heraldry - we just copy over the DDS file to the new naming convention so if it is tower_010.mdl which is the daggerford heraldry we use that file naming convention for the main DDS
- Add icon PLTs Add icon PLTs (dummy when it's an existing item) and, for some reason, the toolset needs TGA files as well (to add to builders pack). Can use a 1x1 tga for this to save space. Example name: itower_001.tga / plt
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- Keep the same model names, eg ashto - tower shields;
- This is a bit dodgy - sure custom content that adds new shields technically will sorta load, but it will probably not work correctly since the "bitmap" field is ignored
- It also assumes a clean namespace which isn't always the case due to Bioware testing models 001 with some stuff sometimes
- New model names - this is a "clean break" but breaks all compatibility, eg: "shtow_" or similar
- Can copy ID's to retain the same blueprint compatibility - eg; 011 still is the silver shield variant, with DDS/TGA textures
- This helps due to the dodgy thing with bitmap field essentially becoming ignored
Decided: Going for keeping the same names to make the "override" version of overhaul a lot easier.
However there are some bugs (to be reported to Beamdog):
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| Model ID | Type | Screenshot | Texture Name (Model) | Material Name and Files | Icon Texture Name (Game) | Icon Texture Name (Toolset only) | Source(s) | Notes | ||
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| shsashto_001241.mdl | PLT | shsashto_002241.plt | m_smallshieldop_ashto.mtr texture1 t_op_smallshieldashto_n.dds texture2 t_op_smallshieldashto_s.dds texture3 t_op_smallshieldashto_r.dds | ishsiashto_002241.plt | ishsiashto_001241.tga | New model | ||||
| shs_002ashto_063.mdl | DDS | shsashto_002063.dds | m_smallshielddag_twshld.mtrop texture1 dag_smallshieldtwshld_n.ddsop texture2 dag_smallshieldtwshld_s.ddsop texture3 dag_smallshieldtwshld_r | ashto_063.dds ishsiashto_ 002.dds | ishs_002.tga ishs_002.plt | New model (heraldry)063.plt (unused) | iashto_063.tga |
Example screenshot of one of Miqail's shields with PLT textures:
baseitems.2da information
Lines changed:
- The MinRange is set to 0 left at 10 and MaxRange set to 255.
- Different ItemClass for each one, all 10 characters (so _001 is 14 and m_ xxx _001 is 16 total)
- Small: op_shsmall
- Large: op_shlarge
- Tower: op_shtower
Shield Resources List
Small
ItemClass: op_shsmall
Original ItemClass: ashsw
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- Same ItemClass used
- DefaultIcon set to just the usual icon names without the numbers. This however probably isn't really needed (ie is never used by the game), if all the files work fine...
Texture Information
Material file: m_ItemClass.mtr
Textures: t_op_ItemClass_n.dds etc.
Shield Resources List
See subpages.
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op_shsmall_002.mdl
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Large
ItemClass: op_shlarge
Original: ashlw
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Tower
ItemClass: op_shtower
Original: ashto
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