Help with adding a lightbar in Zmodeler.

[DySands 31]

Hello everybody,

i wanted to ask if somebody could help me with adding a lightbar to a CVPI or a Tahoe.

any help is welcome.

it is just for personal use.

I would really appreciate it!

-Snippro12

[Slimory 840]

Import the textures that come with the Light bar files BEFORE you import the model into Zmodeler.

[DySands 31]

okay and how do i import the textures?

only thing i know is how to make things with polygon, move stuff, scale and rotate, just the really basics.

Thanks for your reply!

-Snippro12

[Slimory 840]

When in Zmodeler press "E", then a screen should come up, you import textures there.

[DySands 31]

okay, just import them or do any options?

[Slimory 840]

Once you import the textures, save them, then import the model.

[DySands 31]

i don't get how to import the textures.

can you explain me a little bit better?

Thanks for replying!!!

-Snippro12

[Ekalb 262]

Just make sure all the textures that the lightbar needs (all the images inside the wtd file) are in the same folder as the .wft file that you important into zmodeler and it should show correctly. Do the exact same with the vehicle and its textures but you also need to add the vehshare texture files (can be found on the zmodeler website or extracted from the vehshare.wtd file).

Essentially you want to have a 'work folder' and inside it are all the .wft files that you're going to import into your zmodeler scene, in addition to all their textures as png files.

[DySands 31]

okay i will try.

thank you for your help and fast reply!

-Snippro12

[DySands 31]

Okay, so what i did is:

I loaded in the Whelen liberty of PFCbarefood, and then pressed 'E' made a new and pished on this: http://prntscr.com/eg7wt

Then i added all the pictures that where given with me in the download, Like Showen Here: http://prntscr.com/eg817

Added each picture to its own material, and then i am good?

Load in the car and put the lightbar at the right postition, add the Lightbar Misc B between the car chassis?

then Export??

-Snippro12

[Harper 1,375]

Almost.

You need to rename the WhelenLiberty.wft to something like misc_b or extra_1 and then move it into the hierarchy of the model under "chassis"

[DySands 31]

Okay Thanks you :D i will try it then.

Thanks for all your help!

Edit: How do i export it?

when i click on File, then export but .WFT isn't between them :S

-Snippro12

Edited August 27, 2012 by snippro12

[Harper 1,375]

Click the Export button (red arrow)

Pick a name for the model, it should be the same as the one you are replacing and save it, for example if I was replacing the coquette I would put:

Coquette.wft

[DySands 31]

Yeah i know but i haven

[Harper 1,375]

You'll need to update your zModeler then. You are using an incredibly outdated version

[DySands 31]

hahaha okay :P, i just installed the first one i saw :P.

which version is recommended?

-Snippro12

[Harper 1,375]

I'm currently using build Version 2.2.6 (Build 992)

[DySands 31]

Okay, Really thanks for your help!

i will export it and try it ingame.

if i have any problems i will post here again.

-Snippro12

Edited August 27, 2012 by snippro12

[DySands 31]

Do i need to have all the textures in 1 material or have multiple materials like i have now?

Because now i get a error when exported and i can

[Harper 1,375]

Whats the error its giving you?