[ZMOD] Lightbar combo help

[Pengi 676]

Hello lcpdfr,

I am making a CVPI model on zmodeler and want to have a lightbar on top and then some lights inside. However, when i upload any other lightbar, I get an error when exporting because the two lightbars have the same like name things in the hierarchy.

I am aware that I can use bugs internal lights however they are in a .z3d file and it wont let me import it so I try opening it and it erases the other work i have done.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Beckugan1

[AlconH 1,711]

You either need to re-name, or merge the parts that have the same names.

[NickieB 507]

I told you with the Z3D you need to just open it and export it to a WFT and then you can import it to the project car

[AlconH 1,711]

Or you can just use the merge button.

[Pengi 676]

I told you with the Z3D you need to just open it and export it to a WFT and then you can import it to the project car

Yeah I posted this before you replied.

So with the merging to I just highlight them in the hiearchy and click merge?

Or you can just use the merge button.

Yeah. Thats what I figured but when I click merge it wants me to merge it with a file outside of zmod. I already uploaded both light bars

[AlconH 1,711]

No, I was replying to NickieB, just ignore that.

Yes, just use the merge tool and select both the parts.

[Pengi 676]

Okay. So when i click merge it opens up like an import screen.

Is that heading down the right track?

And another question, how do I move the lightbars back and forward? Like what axis is it?

[NickieB 507]

Yes it is - you would find the Z3D file then and import it. Correct Tom?

For the axis it depends on what view your in, if your in the front view it would be Z, if your in a side view is would be X. The axis are different depending on how your looking at it...You change it with the red, blue and green, XYZ at the top

[AlconH 1,711]

No the merge tool is for merging multiple .z3d files. If you have the lightbar in one .z3d and your current progress in another, you can use the merge tool to merge them together instead of wasting your time importing and exporting.

[Pengi 676]

My lightbars are all in the regular importing file. Whatever that is lol wft i believe.

My question is what do I attach it to. Like I understand that I isolate the two light bars. Select the new lightbar. Then click attach. Click the lightbar and then drag the arrow somewhere. But where? lol

And I would assume I do the same for the head and tail lights correct?

Am i on the right track?

[AlconH 1,711]

No you don't need to attach the lightbar to anything.

[Pengi 676]

oh, its already mapped

what do i attach the taillight too?

[AlconH 1,711]

It depends, if you want them to be wig-wags then you attach them to extra5 and extra6.

[Pengi 676]

And when you say attach you mean I put the attach tool on and drag the arrow from the duplicated taillight to the extra5 in the hierarchy correct? And then I move the duplicated tailight where the original tailight is so they serve as the same but different in a way correct?

[AlconH 1,711]

Correct. Click the attach tool, then click on the new taillight, then click on the extra5 dummy/light in the model.

[Pengi 676]

Extra5 dummy light in the model?

Would that be in the lightbar.wft because that is the only place i have the extras in?

[AlconH 1,711]

Yes it would.

[Pengi 676]

Okay sweet. I will try it out now.

With regards to having two light bars/internal and external lights, do I just drag the second lightbars files into the first, because they have the same extras in them so I believe I will get a duplication error?

Oh, and do i need to do the attaching thing for the mounted lightbar as well or is it already set since the light colors are inside the bar already

[AlconH 1,711]

The lightbar can be left as it is. It's already mapped and ready to go. For the second lightbar will need to be attached to the first. For example, extra_1 will need to be attached to the extra_1 from the other lightbar.

[Pengi 676]

but does anything else need to be done to it, like do I rename it as well to like misc_w or something because the first one is misc_z and i am about to put it in the chassis.

And how do I move the light bar? Because when I select quad mode and move it, only the outer shell moves and it doesnt move out in just moves side to side and up and down.

For the tailights, do i attach them to extra_5/6 or go extra_5/6 >extra5/6

The arrow doesnt go all the way to the hierarchy selection. It stops at the end of the image. So i do not understand how to attach it?

Or am i supposed to attach it to extra5 of the lightbar. Like I just unchecked everything in the chasis and lightbar that wasnt the taillights and extra5 and extra6 and then attached the tailights to extra5 and 6. Is that right?

Edited November 10, 2012 by Beckugan1