model import help

for some reason when, i imported a model, used a custom path to the model, went to the object editor and changed the model used to the import, i saved and exited i came back, and my model was there, but when i played it in WC, it turned up as just the shadow....no model!

edit:now it shows up as a checkered cube in WE.........also it shows the origanal model i edited as a checkered cube...it should not be doing that

why is this?emote_sweat

First of all : tutorials section GOGOGOGO

Second: Tutorials Section GOGOGO

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Do you have your skin imported as well? Or do you not need one?

I said up above that i imported it...............

No, you didn't. A model is different from a skin. Maybe you should upload your map and show where you downloaded you model from so we can identify what you did wrong.

srry.........i read it wrong.

the answer is yes, i did import a skin for the model

the model is an mdl file that i converted from a mdx with Yobgul's (i might have spelled his name wrong) Warcraft III file converter..

I used the wc3viewer to extract the model of Arthras with his sword...

Heres a picture:

As u can see the model isnt showing up.........

It is the right custom path.....i dont know the problem

Did you change anything in the MDL? Does the MDL convert back to an MDX without errors?

no.......

it converts to mdx fine..

here is what it did

extracted arthraswithsword.mdx----converted to obj----Edited it with model program----saved the file----opened up the obj in note book to delete vertices other than ones that start with 'v'(required step)----converted back to mdx----converted to mdl

and now it wont open

edit: when i go to unit editor and i go to the field 'model used'
and use the import one it crashes WE

When i have a model, im supposed to make the custom path to the model file right? not the original file?

cause my image path is to the modified file, not the original.

try changing the path of the model to something that doesnt include the FULL path. You dont need to do that and for a model it can be anything so....

try

Unitsgohere\model.mdx

If it is a modified arthas skin (and it is, since it's a blp file) you will need to give it the path of arthas, or it won't be able to be used. .blp is skin files, and need a model to be wrapped arround.

Try it out

OR (as i see you have some kind of mdx file) Try to check the model you downloaded, and see if there is a readme with it..as sometimes you will need a custom path. Eg. A skin that I have:

units\other\prince\prince.mdx (.blp also)

That is the path for my model, and it's not a regular model. It won't work unless I set it for this path. So get a readme:)

I thought for models, you had to use .mdl not .mdx

mdx is the compiled version and what wc3 uses.

mdl is the human readable version.

both represent a model.