enfusion_model

[lapis vault]

looks like I'll need to tighten that belt lmao

🤷‍♀️

[shell hedge]

yea the weight "leaks" into the other leg

at the cheeks

maybe thats why

[lapis vault]

K i will try to soften that then

[lapis vault]

I got it a little better I think, but man honestly I really wish I had something to compare it too.

[fathom elbow]

animate the skeleton in blender to have different extreme poses, and go through them while you work on the weights. Then you can check how your result looks, makes tweaking much easier.

[lapis vault]

potentially sounds like some really good advice, Thanks! Ive not messed with any animation before yet, but I'll check it out next time Im working on it

[patent finch]

digged an old model and working on it for the arma life enjoyer

[neat canopy]

Are lightportals already implemented and functional?

When I turned on GenerateBSP, like described in Wiki, in ReforgerTools it crashes instantly

This is what I got in blender, the VolBox is working with the InvironmentProbe but not the Portals... :/

[calm rune]

You want to leak it onto the other leg slightly then smooth out the edges.

[sullen yacht]

This helps alot! Also is your weight paint blender model still up to date?

[calm rune]

Not sure. You have to go in and tweak it regardless after transfering. Nothing everything transfers perfectly.

[sullen yacht]

Yeah was using your "Arma Reforger Weight Ref" as a base for hats n helmets after watching your YT tutorial. Which is W's so thank you for that

[bleak depot]

Click on force portals

[neat canopy]

Do I still need the Portals in Blender then?

[bleak depot]

No, i work work Maya.

Click in reforger under bsp „force Portals‘‘

[neat canopy]

That worked. Thank you 👍🏻

[ancient walrus]

Someone be a Gent and help an old fart out here will ya please
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#General_rules_and_habits

Im importing a door but i cannot get the FBX importer to recognise the named properties for example Doors1 is the name of the door im importing ,however i lose the selection on import of the FBX/p3d etc the Blender tools. can any kind sole point in the tute where i`m missing the porting instruction ?

Cheers In Advance

[tidal latch]

Do you have skeleton? Is that door rigged to Doors1 bone?

don't forget about export skinning - https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#Import_process_in_the_Workbench

[ancient walrus]

yes doors 1 bone and empty slots for axis pap and siga etc

but the model doesnt import to .xob or into blender with dorrs1 selection

doors1*

[tidal latch]

can you post pic from Blender?

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Creation/Asset_Preparation#Skeleton_Setup_.26_Mesh_Rigging here you have pretty detailed instructions about skinning and what could go wrong

[tidal latch]

you don't have vertex groups + armature modifier

see Mesh Skinning part of page that I've linked above

[ancient walrus]

yeah i deleted them and tried calling thw whole model doors1 for a test

even with vertexgroup doors1 on import just the bone would move because selection doors1 didnt seem to exist

[tidal latch]

you are missing armature modifier too

[ancient walrus]

hmm thats new ill check that out .

you mean the armature modifier in the skeletons lod isnt right ?

must be the import of original p3d messed up ill go through it again

[tidal latch]

no, I mean armature modifier in object

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Creation/Asset_Preparation#Mesh_Skinning please see this

@ancient walrus

[ancient walrus]

ok i shall , i didnt see that because i was on Assset prep in Props

charcter stuff i understand (ish)

[tidal latch]

ah, I will add mention of it on Prop page

[ancient walrus]

thanks for help much appreciated

[woven swallow]

I'm here to annoy with my house 😛

[lapis vault]

#creators_recruiting

[ancient walrus]

@tidal latch im trying to understand the geometry naming convention and how to in blender , in this picture im trying to assign the geometry of the Vault door to doors1 (then animated part ) can you give me a pointer as to what it is that i need to do to achive that, ive read the wiki but for myself its not being intuitive on this part . cheers

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Creation/Asset_Preparation#Mesh_Skinning

https://community.bistudio.com/wikidata/images/9/99/armareforger-new-weapon-set-skinning.gif

[ancient walrus]

😉 cheers i need to get off the prop section

[tidal latch]

I see that in the gif this step is missing
"In Object property of Armature modifier select Armature (skeleton) which should influence this object - in this case it is Armature" - so don't forget to do this too

[ancient walrus]

thanks that soreted it
do you know what causes the flickering of the action Ui ?

[tidal latch]

you are on the edge of action range?

some geometry could also obstruct it

there are debugs for actions

[ancient walrus]

Probably geometry I’ll look at Debug cheers

[woven swallow]

I'm almost done with this house.
Verts: 38k
Faces: 33k
Tris: 66.5k

[ancient walrus]

Chuck some dirt at it 🙂

[lapis vault]

I am having the most confusing absurd bug in blender and its making me want to 😢

I cannot solve this

[zenith quartz]

Is this New England inspired?

[calm rune]

I believe it is North American inspired in general. Games are over saturated with euro and Asian map/features.

[zenith quartz]

It looks a lot like the houses I see in New England haha.

[steel hare]

Hej everyone, is there a poly limit for objects such as buildings etc?

[woven swallow]

those are just place holder textures. gotta finish some interior details, UV's then texture in substance 🙂

[woven swallow]

Actually.. this is Dr. Earnhardt's mansion from far cry 3 or atleast that was my inspiration when I started modeling it. but yes. the style is victorian clapboard siding house.

[zenith quartz]

Ah okay haha.

[sly bridge]

Very nice model of a pretty ugly house :))
is the exterior cladding 3d mesh i assume, hence the high polycount

[sly bridge]

There is no hard limit but that doesn’t mean it should be pushed indefinitely

[woven swallow]

The the siding is actual mesh not texture on a plane

[woven swallow]

I second that

[woven swallow]

state your problem.

[lapis vault]

I fixed it. Freaking lighting was broken on an object because edges wouldn't retain mark sharp

[lapis vault]

nevermind I guess. Blender is ignoring sharp edges and lighting is fubar. sigh

It seems incredibly weird but you shouldnt need auto smooth on for marked edges to function properly but enabling it in blender appears to fix the issue, Ive never had this happen before so it baffles me.

[covert dune]

The siding can probably disappear for a 2D texture in one of the first LODs, so it should be pretty performant

[steel hare]

Am asking as big appartment building with interiors can get quite poly heavy after some time 😦

[neat canopy]

Just take a look on Bohemias buildings polycount/facecount and take that as oriantation. And for sure make distance LOD‘s 🙂

[indigo halo]

Hello hello! Back with another super question! So i have a modular vest made of the main body and several pouches and related components. In blender it looks just fine as it sits comfortably on the model, weight paint has been done on the main vest + groin, collider set (UBX) armature modifier set on the main vest with all the other meshes connected with the "Relation" attribute in the different objects themselves.
I do the import procedure in Reforger and that is the final result:

the pouches are disconnected from the main body of the vest and are taking a little round trip on the countryside. Any suggestion on what i'm doing wrong?

[tidal latch]

are you sure your pouches have armature modifier?

[indigo halo]

They don’t when I place it and import it in reforger it becomes suddenly empty and no object is shown

Pouches are patented with relations to the object

[indigo halo]

Rephrasing: the armature modifier makes my mesh disappear once imported. Maybe it conflicts with the relation attribute?

[tidal latch]

That is not correct way

Yes, for pouches don't use relations

Use skinning instead. You can also put pouches in separate fbx files and then attach them via slot system in game

Take a look at Alice systém in game

[indigo halo]

Thanks! With skinning you mean the armature modifier + weight paint right?

[tidal latch]

Yes

[indigo halo]

I will try that, thank you very much. One last question: some pouch meshes have sub-meshes (like the radio pouch which has radio body and antenna sub mesh) is the procedure the same? Or should I join them first?

[indigo halo]

@tidal latch made some attempts and the process of skinning every single piece it’s very very lengthy in my case and I’m not sure I can do that without falling behind of schedule. I tried something a little bit different by joining meshes to the main object (removing attributes which were making my skin black hence not receiving textures from the .emats) however one problem remains: for some reason some items (e.g. radio+pouch meshes) remain “plastic gray” without any chance to be textured. Maybe you have a rough idea of what could be causing it?

[tidal latch]

Why it's lengthy? If you wanted to use relations, then skinning everything to one bone would be equivalent

As for plastic gray - might be because of vertex colors

[indigo halo]

Lengthy due to a lot of meshes and submeshes and because right now I always dealt with skinning by Mass painting body weights onto my object. Not sure that’s the right way to do so in my case though

The weapon mesh skinning guide confused me a bit especially about vertex groups creation

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation/Headgear/Asset_Preparation#Simple_skinning

Also, have you took a look at Alice gear and how every object is attached?

[indigo halo]

Yes I did, i saw it is an base vest and items are slotted into through separate prefabs, I wanted to add some snap points to use as a reference for this purpose but i'm struggling there too. I'm learning everything by trial and error so it gets a bit difficult. This model has a main mesh, with submeshes which contain yet other submeshes so i'm going a little bit crazy about it

I succesfully skinned the main mesh to spine 5 so it rests on the chest, however the trouble starts when I need to skin the other separate components to the main mesh in a specific place

[tidal latch]

I wanted to add some snap points to use as a reference for this purpose but i'm struggling there too
you cannot do it. You need to snap it by using controls

Can you perhaps share pic from blender?

[delicate condor]

Never good idea to put deadlines or schedule on learning modding. It takes what time it takes

[lapis vault]

it is nice to have goals and challenge yourself though even if you cant always meet it

[indigo halo]

I actually made it!!!

I took inspiration from your hints and I went the ALICE way

Skinned the base vest, created colliders for the rest and imported each piece separately as an indipendent fbx which I slotted on the vest. The result is a fully modular vest! Thanks everybody 😊😊😊

@tidal latch especially to you

[tulip nymph]

Anybody make any nice palm trees or know where I can find palm tree models?

I need a good smorgasbord of tropical vegetation. Hornbeam kinda looks good but I need less temperate and more subtropical plants and brush.

[serene saddle]

Hello, I was told by a friend that I can find some work here modeling guns and such for mods. Is that true? If not can anyone point me in the right direction?

[sly bridge]

@serene saddlework would be an overstatement - see #creators_offers

[serene saddle]

ah

[calm karma]

Any idea how to fix this error with my prefab?
"can not be registered at ModelSwitchManger because it doesn't have valid mesh object"

[dreamy canyon]

Hello, Can I get a document for "Material" in Enfusion Blender Tools?
I cannot find it 😥

I'm making a new weapon.

[surreal ore]

That's pretty self-explanatory. The mesh object is invalid

[surreal ore]

I would suggest looking into blender tutorials and learning what a material is in relation to an object

[dreamy canyon]

I know the materials do, but it printed "Material001 is not an Enfusion material."

I made BCR and NMO textures referenced: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Textures

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Modding#New_Materials take a look here

if you are not retexturing, you can just use MatPBRBasic instead of MatPBRCamo

[calm karma]

I figured it out. I was using a prefab as the preview model and enfusion didn't like that. Switched it to a .xob and it got rid of the error.

[surreal ore]

Makes sense as a prefab isn't a mesh lol

[neat canopy]

Hey, has someone experience with Lightportals? Workbench is always crashing on import... With ForceCreatePortals it´s not crashing but the Lightportals are not working. I got the Lightportals and Boxvolume set up in Blender like said in Wiki...

[neat canopy]

Also got the Lightprobe in the Prefab

[surreal ore]

@neat canopy Like this?

[neat canopy]

Only Windows for now

Assigned the material names

[neat canopy]

Then like this?

But okkkk I understood more now. Will try now to make it work thx for now

[dreamy canyon]

in Blender, Output fbx without Material?

[inner girder]

Does anyone use Nomad to do hardsuface modeling? I did a crash course today and might have some questions

[shell hedge]

just post your questions man

[inner girder]

Lol sorry for the delay,
I can’t seem to get alphas to work correctly. When I try to use them, it seems to try to build a 3-D voxel version of the alpha instead of an overlay. Also, is there a way to start low poly as default with the shape or do I have to select a lower resolution with each shape and apply that with each one?

I’m also confused on how to change the size of the alpha that projects onto the model

[sly bridge]

sorry, would love to help but what is the question here in regards to this particular channel - model_makers?

[tidal latch]

which is more configuration problem, not model one

[brisk root]

Would anyone be able to take the time to explain how to take the mag an scope to make it sepreate

[lapis vault]

New project who this? (if you can identify what this is you can have a metaphorical cookie)

[spice topaz]

Look like SKS but different

Longer body

Bayonet thing messing with me

[lapis vault]

They're about the same I think actually

length that is

[spice topaz]

It’s the Czechoslovakian variant

Found it

VZ.52

[lapis vault]

good job 🍪

right now Im having all sorts of trouble with the workbench but ah well

I might just have to figure that part out tomorrow or something

[spice topaz]

Good luck

[steel hare]

thanks a lot! I will take a look! And do you know if there is a limit to model size? E.g. how big (length, wirdth, height) a model can be. I remember in the old OFP and ArmA Days there was an engine limit somehow

[neat canopy]

I don‘t know if there is a limit for the model geometry, but for sure it is way beyond the one A3 had.

[lapis vault]

Can anyone help explain why the the bolt and trigger are out of place here? This only happens on the .et, while the .xob appears fine. Well actually, the bolt and trigger might be the only ones in the "correct" position

[surreal ore]

@steel hare@neat canopy

simple test, 1 mile cube above the test terrain

[neat canopy]

But has it still a collission?

[tidal latch]

Do you have your own animations or are you reusing vanilla ones?

[neat canopy]

So then 😌😁

[steel hare]

Perfect, thanks a lot! 🙂

[lapis vault]

Currenlty I am reusing the M14 as a base to get started with it. I assumed it might be animation related and the weighted bones are getting translated, but I haven't gotten that far yet. Would it be as simple as making adjustments to the animation positions?

[shell hedge]

borg reskin

[tidal latch]

you would have to make new weapon animations

and IK anim

if you want to reuse player animations, then you might need to position your weapon close to vanilla one

[lapis vault]

joy

[inner girder]

How do I add a dirt layer to the top of the helipad we have been working on? The multi texture shader has been difficult to understand enough to unlock that route. I need to make this thing dirty and used lol

[shell hedge]

pbr multi would be reasonable to use here as it would make it fit in better with vanilla stuff

[lapis vault]

setting up for animations this still happens with the weapon, It seems parenting to RightHandProp sets the origin point of the weapon to that bone, not the snap_hand_right like I initially expected. Should I match the origin point of the weapon model to the hand position or is there an easier way to fix this?

[surreal ore]

The origin of your weapon has to be in the correct location or there will be an offset. Which is what's happening for you.

[lapis vault]

👍

can I not simply move Prop.R to a more appropriate position in the animation? Or will that cause problems in the engine?

[surreal ore]

Doesn't it make more sense to just properly orient your weapon, as to follow standards?

Instead of making all of your animations have an offset?

[lapis vault]

probably

I've literally never animated before, so this is all fundamentally new to me

[surreal ore]

I'd suggest properly configuring your weapon before trying to animate.

[lapis vault]

will do, reimporting the model to the workbench shouldnt be a big deal either

[young shard]

Doing interior work for a Frigate.

[jade mason]

Looks absolutely beautiful

[young shard]

Very WIP.

[lapis vault]

I cant figure out why for the life of me the magazine is higher up than it should be in the workbench. In Blender everything is correct with the rigging, but it appears that in the Workbench its snapping to Scene_root that is generated by enfusion, and not snapping to snap_weapon like it should correctly be. Thats all I could guess. Anybody able to identify what the problem is? Everything else so far has been correct but this one refuses to cooperate no matter what I do

[last hill]

The workbench works off of slots and snap points, so the magazine positioned in the mag well on Blender, create two new empties, one for the mag, one of the weapon. Position identical position on the Blender workspace. Name one snap_magazine and have it be a part of the magazine hierarchy. Name the other slot_magazine and have it be part of the weapon hierarchy. Then in the prefab stage, set the snap point of the magazine prefab, to snap_magazine and in the weapon prefab, under I believe muzzle component, set the magazines slot snap point as slot_magazine

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Creation/Asset_Preparation#Add_Slots.2FSnap_Points take a look here

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Slots_And_Bones and this

[lapis vault]

Yep, this is exactly how I set it up. I can double check that the prefab is set correctly, but it's a weird issue, I don't think it actually happens once I load it in a running game, but animation is unfinished and broken there still anyway, so I'm not relying on that.

[last hill]

Did you select export skinning on the model import settings on both weapon and mag?

[lapis vault]

Correct

[last hill]

Hmm seems to be something not correctly set but without shots of everything I can't say what

[wicked jasper]

Can you show the xob with the slots and snap points?

[lapis vault]

I'm not at the computer now but later I can check the prefabs again. That's the only thing I can think of

[misty solstice]

Very nice

[lapis vault]

you can see here that the snap points should be all correct, in-fact, everything looks fine in the .et visually, and in blender. Only in the animation viewport does it appear out of place

[wicked jasper]

I would actually say they are not placed correctly. I just started with animation and weapon stuff, but from what i witnessed is that the Mag will get snapped to the slot_magazine of your weapon.

So basically

[lapis vault]

Yeah, I see thats what happening, but thats Scene_root, not snap_weapon, even though above you see the prefab is set to use snap_weapon to slot_magazine

[wicked jasper]

nvm then

[lapis vault]

but this only happens in the animation editor, which is really confusing

animation is hard

[wicked jasper]

I guess its just as everything else in life 😄 Once you more or less undestand how its working its just gathering experience

But understanding a new topic for the first time that you know what you have to do is always hard

[lapis vault]

I kind of wonder if its possibly related to a broken/missing node editor in the animation graph. I honestly have no idea what to do with that

I made a post in #enfusion_engine but basically, I followed the tutorials instructions on duplacting the .agf from an existing weapon, and I get back all sorts of errors which the tutorial doesnt have nor adress, and adding said graph will cause the workbench to crash if I equip the weapon in the world editor

[wicked jasper]

oof

[tidal latch]

Can you show how did you set preview models?

Animation editor does not read data from prefab - it is just a model

If you want to snap child prefab to something, then set it in animation editor

[lapis vault]

incredible, so yes, you are right. I did not have the child bone set in the animation editor. So thats fixed now

it did not occur to me to check that here

[tidal latch]

As for graph - what errors do you have?

[wicked jasper]

When you guys are done i might got a question for you also reyhard 😄

[lapis vault]

when I copy an animation graph, for expample here the m21, nearly the entire node tree has these errors that appear

[tidal latch]

How did you created .Aw file?

[lapis vault]

iirc I used duplication of the m21.aw

well I tried to make a change and now the workbench crashes if I open the weapons animation workspace. Guess I will delete that one and do it again

[lapis vault]

I think I might have found a reproducible crash @tidal latch Which is somewhat related or caused by following the initial steps of the tutorial https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Animation/Setup

First, deleting the .agr and .agf files generated by the will make that animation workspace inoperable. Returning an error and loading and showing an empty workspace.

Replacing .agr files with duplicated ones from an existing weapon, in this case ak74 .agr will now cause that animation workspace to crash the workbench.

related to the topic, it appears in the tutorial that creating a new animation workspace only generates n .aw file, while in the case of the current workbench, creating a new animation workspace generates all the necessary files - .aw, .asi, .ast, .agr, agf to begin with.

This is all Version 0.9.9.104 of the workbench

[lapis vault]

I don't understand anything anymore, nothing I do related to this animation tutorial seems to work as intended or shown, stress

any attempts to duplicate existing templates or replace with existing bring back errors and dont work or change anything

[lapis vault]

Yup, it seems duplicating any existing .agr will cause the .aw to crash, and since if you delete the .agr it will brick that given .aw, there is no way to replace or fix it afaik if you do this. This will effectively force you to delete the entire .aw and make a new one.

[lapis vault]

im just gonna go cry in the shower or something

sounds more productive

[lapis vault]

feel like I probably need someone who can guide me through this animation process because I've reached the end of the wiki and its not helping me with this at all.

[tidal latch]

that thing is changed again in experimental - there is "Create empty" option

[lapis vault]

So I need to follow that same process with "create empty" Checked?

[lapis vault]

Well thanks, I solved that problem. the animation is still warped like above though in world editing.

[tidal latch]

yes, in any case, this discussion belongs #enfusion_animation since quite few posts already 😄

[sly bridge]

@covert shore - wrong channel. Please keep this exclusively for model making discussions and not inquiring what other people might work/make or not

[inner girder]

Working on a destructible object

About 30% done. (Any guesses on what it is lol)

[spice topaz]

somthing radio

[spice topaz]

i know now because the dish but i wont spoil it....

[jade mason]

I don't know if it's a handheld thing or a vehicle sized thing

If the latter I guess a radar?

[willow sage]

From Left

[karmic adder]

To elaborate:
Blue: Regular prefabs, you'll want to use these for the vast majority of applications.
Pink: PrefabLibrary prefabs are usually just their blue counterparts, except that they have some special randomization values (scale, rotation) on them. They can also not be edited otherwise. These are intended for some terrain making applications, but I'd still recommend going with blue unless you know better.
Orange: PrefabsEditable, these can be placed and deleted by GMs.

[spiral hedge]

Hi, i have a question to clipping errors with a model (gun). I have setup two colliders (one easy for the world as Weapon and one more complex as FireGeo). But the gun can still look into stones and gravel with the whole barrel. Is there a way to fix this? And: Is there a way to limit the maximum angle while in laying down? TY

[crimson nexus]

I have a new problem, imported a bunch of models and never seen this

some of the textures are appearing black without anything defined in the materials... and the black mesh areas are unaffected by the material colors

[surreal ore]

@crimson nexus the verts are painted. Open it in blender and repaint them from black to white.

Just open vertex paint mode and press shift-k.

With white selected as the color of course

[crimson nexus]

Thanks for the heads-up

[surreal ore]

No worries

[inner girder]

A bit more work on this project.

[dense plover]

What air defence doing

[indigo halo]

Hey guys little question: I have the odd feeling that my weapon has a very light rotation, how can I make sure it is not the case and eventually fix this rotation in blender without having to redo all or fix it piece by piece? I have also the odd feeling this same rotation has been inherited by the memory points. Any suggestion?

[inner girder]

Pantsir with a tiny bit of mix of the 3-4 Pantsir models

[indigo halo]

Guys I’m debugging my optic, it looks like that and I’m not quite sure how to fix it. Any idea?

The texture is offset and i’m not understanding if it’s a problem related to the texture I created or if there’s an issue with optic placement. I’ve tried a lot of stuff but apparently nothing works

[wicked dirge]

you are sure the optic reticle is dead center on the crosshair in the reticle texture?

[indigo halo]

I did solve that playing with offset 😊 now I’m stuck elsewhere. Although my collimator material shows the red dot, it is not visible on the glass 😅

It flashes just briefly and then it’s gone

[indigo halo]

Even following collimator guide closely I cannot manage to make it appear 🙁

[tidal latch]

you are not combining collimator and 2d optic?

[indigo halo]

I inherited attachment base and added the SCR_Collimator and Collimator controller. I modified then.emat as per the guide and the preview of the material shows the red dot with the effect. But when I go and@test it (but also from .xob preview) I just see the empty glass and nothing more

I was considering now building it as PiP optic but I’d like to make it work the right way

[indigo halo]

Before combining I was trying to make it standalone

[tidal latch]

So is it combined now?

Have you tried comparing it with sample?

[indigo halo]

I’ve actually downloaded and imported the sample following the guide and the issue unfortunately remains. Combining will be something I’ll do after but I need to make the standalone item work first 😊

[tidal latch]

you cannot remove inherited component

you can only disable them

[last hill]

It's grayed out when you can't use it, not that confusing. If it was clickable but not able to be used, then it'd be confusing.

[sly bridge]

@leaden wasp wrong channel

[wary inlet]

i hate how i can read that so well 🙃 🇦🇺

[indigo halo]

Folks, my helmet when worn shows both microphone and chin straps in first person view. How can I hide those without having to remove it from my model?

[heavy musk]

Yo i need some help, im working on some platecarrier again and ive got 2 issues the first is that 90% of my pouches are the same material wich definitely should not be the case, the second problem is that some of my textures are just black ive tried this vertex repaint stuff as @crimson nexus seemed to have the same problem but that didnt work after reimporting

[coarse peak]

Anyone know what’s goin on

[heavy musk]

fixed the black textures it was indeed as easy as shfit-k-ing in blender so now the only problem are the pouches xD

[last hill]

Check your DMs

[sand pagoda]

brosky, you should use different 3d editor for this

you cant get models from this thing working in reforger

try blender, its simple enough for a begginer and also there is a ton of guides in internet

[inner girder]

I use blender for the smart UV unwrapping and the importing to arma. Blender is great and is powerful but not a beginner easy tool to use. I switched from blender for my main modeling process because I can take my iPad anywhere and work on projects with a stylus and blender is the end tool to clean up stuff and import to arma.
Very familiar with blender and used it for the past several years but switched to nomad due to the ease of use and the fact I can work on stuff anywhere and not be tethered to my pc.

[eager hill]

Don't use smart uv unwrapping. It's anything but smart. Instead a free option would be uv packer addon. Paid (and better) alternatives are uvpackmaster or rizomuv

[inner girder]

It’s like Einstein compared to nomads UV unwrapping lol

[inner girder]

Will look into this

[eager hill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbo-CENLnC4

here is a quick demonstration

it's as good as it gets for free

you can also check uvpackmaster 2. It's an older version, but it's available for free iirc. I don't know how it compares to packmaster 3

default smart uv unwrapping is quite bad, so i wouldn't recommend using it

also an asset like the one you're doing should be textured with multimaterial workflow instead of the normal one

[inner girder]

Wait I might be mistaking pbr nodes for baking multimaterial

Looks like I can multi-material bake in nomad too

[inner girder]

Honestly I have no idea what I’m doing with model making but I’m a career artist both traditional and graphic and 3D is a semi new avenue for me and I’m *“faking it till I make it”*so to say 😅

Appreciate the help

[knotty ledge]

Question for the model makers here, zbrush is coming to ipad soon (2024) is there anything i can do with it for reforger? I finished my donut in blendr then my PC borked so this gives me new hope.

[sly bridge]

donut - the worst tutorial available. anyhow, you will still need a pc unfortunately. Looking forwards to zbrush on ipad (m1) as well, but i some nice 3d modeling software wouldn’t hurt either. Currently there isn’t any proper ones

[knotty ledge]

Ok thank you for your opinion 👍

[faint fractal]

If the donut tutorial is bad what would you recommend?

[zenith quartz]

Chamferzone's revolver tutorial if you want to do weapons.

Or the flashbang by the same person, which is on YouTube.

[covert dune]

The flashbang one is great, deffo learned some new stuff. +1

[sly bridge]

while not a blender user, i have been modeling (mainly max) for about 15 years. all tuts from this self titled blender guru are trash. Arimus 3d is an awesome dude that covers multiple software, including blender

also yes, chamferzone is decent

[faint fractal]

Perfect thanks for the suggestion, I finished the donut tutorial about a year ago and I didn’t really find it that great and I didn’t do anything since but I’ll give those a go

[languid current]

I need some custom assets like huts trees tunnels etc where can I get them

[inner girder]

Plenty of places like art station,cgtrader, TurboSquid etc

[slim knoll]

I think its pretty self explanatory but still
My normals are acting up weird. The red ones are shoving as "correct facing" while the blue ones are "incorrect"

[slim knoll]

And bcs of that, making textures becomes a nightmare as it register those as wrongly facing faces.

[eager hill]

apply scale. It's negative now

[slim knoll]

Thank you. :)

[wary inlet]

search up Aryan on yt, that guy has some really good stuff

[faint fractal]

Thanks I’ll give it a look!

[tight pulsar]

Okay so i have a bit of a bizarre question, how are the red dot sights on stuff like the MX 3GL actually modelled and rendere

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/241824832453345280/1176138667622936657/8ec593509f706d7fff14039551beb406.png

I am considering doing a red dot for it but i don't quite know how Arma handles it best

[eager hill]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Weapon_Collimator_Creation

[tight pulsar]

Oh. Does that apply for A3 too?

[eager hill]

No, it's a bit different iirc

That's not a channel for A3 tho

Here is a page for A3 https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Weapon_Collimator_Sights

[tight pulsar]

Aah okay cheers

[eager hill]

In the future i'd recommend to ask in #arma3_model

[tight pulsar]

I've been fretting between ladder or red dot in modelling and stuff cause of how techn-

You know, now i just realised i posted in the wrong channel lmao

Apologies my man

[kindred belfry]

I'm looking to get my feet wet making props in Reforger. Besides terrain making I'm a modding noob. Is there a good step-by-step walkthrough?
Aiming to create relatively simple objects like street signs, post boxes, etc.

[delicate condor]

Start from learning general modeling first, then look into game modeling and then what are the specifics of doing stuff for reforger

[kindred belfry]

Thanks! Working through Blender tutorials atm

[sly bridge]

in general modelling for reforger is the same as for every other game out there. what is specific is the texture channels. Duplication and editing of vanilla content is pretty straightforward

[kindred belfry]

Well, that's a start 😅 Will report back in the distant future...

[wicked jasper]

Idk if this one the right channel... Can someone point me in the right direction to where i can set the "wreck" model when my car is destroyed

Got it

[primal prawn]

anyone got any ideia why my model is being imported in that way?

blender view

[sand pagoda]

apply rotation in blender

ctrl a apply rotation

for all objects

[primal prawn]

yeah I fixed that

one object was missing the armature

[neat canopy]

Set the checkbox „Import Skinning“ in your Import Settings of your .xob in Workbench and reimport to apply

[unreal sable]

Hi guys, I'm making my first building based in my homeland Colombia, in blender and substance painter and I have some questions on the next steps to follow.

1. Which textures sizes are the best recommended for Enfusion, I think is 2048?

2. I have the doors and windows modeled, which is the best approach? include then here in blender file, or create a separate file and add them to a prefab?

3. How is better to export the textures? all packaged in the fbx? or it require them to be in a folder, seems substance created a bunch of textures for each layer. how can i aproach this?
4. Finally, I think the best approach is to generate a standalone mod for the buindings and then import them into my terrain. how do I import other mods, do I need to publish it in order to import it on my terrain?

Thanks

[modest hemlock]

this may be a silly questions as I haven't handled models, but if a model already comes with meshes does that mean it will have collison when imported into reforger?

[modest hemlock]

I just learned that is a solid no, can I add collision in the reforger tools or does it need to be added in blender?

[neat canopy]

You have to add it in Blender

Take a look here:
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import

[neat canopy]

1. I am not sure but with 2048 it should be fine.

2. I allways add them in as Prefabs. Makes it easier to add the glas prefabs to windows and you can later use them for other buildings as well.

3. I just drag and drop my textures in the folder of the worbench. Wich imports them directly. Then you have to create a material in the workbench and there you can combine each of your texture layers.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Textures

FYI: Reforger uses so called Multitextures for many objects. They are very good for big meshes like buildings, because they need less texture storage space on you harddrive and also give you a better texture resolution. Just you have heared of them. 😉
Look at Bohemias assets to understand how they work.

4. You dont need to publish. Open your map and go to your Projekts options. There you can add project dependencies like your building.

[modest hemlock]

I've been staring at the site for ages and just can't seem to get it. I'm a total blender noob, may have to pay or beg someone to do it, lol

[neat canopy]

If you are a Blender noob you should first focus on learning how to use blender itself. After that, the site explaines it pretty well how to export and import to Enfusion/Workbench. Also, to use the Wiki side with blender, you should first install and activate the "Enfusion Blender Tools" plugin for blender, if you haven´t done it already.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Enfusion_Blender_Tools

I know how you feel, it´s just many things to learn and sometimes figure out by yourself. No one here can give you a private tutorial but if you have questions on a specific topic you can always ask in this channel. It´s just really hard and nearly impossible to explain such a huge topic from blender basics to tools to Enfusion just by text.

[unreal sable]

Thank you so much for answering. I saw and substance generated 200 texture /normals / rough files just for a single building. I think it is too much. I think is due to the pack blender process, how do you make this process more efficient without messing the UV. (found the UV unwrapping process a pain and boring.)

[sly bridge]

200 textures? for a single building?

[unreal sable]

Yeap, substance exported a file for each layer. Seems I will need to pack various elements in a single texture map.

For example grouping all the first floor elements inside the same uv map packed together

But when I do the uv/pack in blender some of the UV faces change orientation and distance generating distortion in the UV

[last parcel]

right yea don't do buildings like that use Masks instead and do it like BI did it, its much easier

[neat canopy]

You defently should do that 😅 . Also make windows and doors or lamps there own object and add them later to your object as prefabs.

[neat canopy]

Have you applied location, rotation and scale to you building in Blender? After that the uv packing should be better.

[neat canopy]

Also use Masks aka Multitextures/Multimaterials for texturing like @last parcel recommended.

[leaden chasm]

If i have a model, which uses 3 different materials, does it matter performance-wise if textures for these materials are in separate bitmaps or in one atlas? Even with atlas it is still gonna be 3 drawcalls. So does it make any sense to bother compiling textures into atlas?

[unreal sable]

How I do that inside blender, is the same as pin the UV?

or is there an addon that helps with UV unrawp, packaging and making sure all is grouped efficiently

[neat canopy]

To apply scale, rotation etc. You have to select your object and press STRG+A

[neat canopy]

There are addons but most of them don´t come for free.

[unreal sable]

here is my test on pack islands together

but the UV got distorted, so I will need to retexture it

[neat canopy]

Did you apply the scale like I described above? The big squares in your UV still don´t look right

[neat canopy]

What do you mean by atlas?

[neat canopy]

Ah ok

[leaden chasm]

this or three separate texture files

[sly bridge]

the lower the number of individual materials/textures the better

[unreal sable]

Ok, I applied all the transforms, now should I try to select different elements (All first floor for example) and then pack islands?

[neat canopy]

Yes, also unwrap again and then pack the islands, otherwise the transformations are not applied to the UV

[leaden chasm]

i know that, but given i have no option going below 3 materials (3 guaranteed drawcalls), does combining textures of these materials into single file/atlas makes any sense performance-wise?

[eager hill]

It doesn't. GPU stores all used textures as one big image

[sly bridge]

just load time into vram

[modest hemlock]

Little update friend, I'm getting reforger to register the colider but it still dosen't seem to have collision. (I walk right through it) I'm hoping there's something as simple as a tick box that I'm missing lol

[sick shard]

Have you setup the geometry in the import section of the model?

Should be in where you go to reimport the .xob

[modest hemlock]

i have it set as the wood floor for surface properties and prop for the layer preset. same as exported from blender. i’m trying to import a wooden walkway. do i need to set mass or margin under geometry or should i be using a different layer preset? (im trying to import structures for fishing village models)

[neat canopy]

Have you used the naming Conventions (Prefixes)?

[neat canopy]

Wood should be good. Use something like BuildingView or BuildingFireView

[modest hemlock]

I used UCX instead of UBX for a cube shaped collider 🤦‍♂️ that's probably my issue

[neat canopy]

Could be. If still Not working, use UTM_ . Then your collider only has to be a triangulated mesh, the shape is not important then.

[woven swallow]

I just made this in a couple of minutes. any inputs?

[modest hemlock]

Much better than anything I could come up with in a couple of minutes

[woven swallow]

thanks

[woven swallow]

Another variant. trying to creat the oil painting effect by generating a normal map lol
any inputs are appreciated.

[spiral hedge]

Hello guys, i have a small problem with my new helmet. The Model itself and also the collider works well. But if i remove it from the Character or replace it with another one, it stays in the Air and does not drop to the ground. I also played arround with the ItemPhys in the prefeb settings, but nothing work.

[iron brook]

Do you have an item version configured? The item version needs to have a model wich is placed on the ground. you cant use worn version for item.

[spiral hedge]

Just used the same. So, i need the model without Bones and put this in the Item Model Slot of the Prefeb?

[sly bridge]

nais. can you show the roughness?

[modest hemlock]

I exported it using UTM and exported from blender with the “triangulate faces” box checked. i think it’s something between my export and importing into arma. it detects the collider but it doesn’t give it the priority of being static and i still can’t walk on it. i know it has to be a checkbox somewhere im not hitting but even following the arma tutorial im still missing whatever it is.

[neat canopy]

You Need to add the Riged Component to your model/prefab in Reforger Workbench.

[modest hemlock]

Now I think I know where I'm messing up. I need to add an armature? I don't have any bones for my model

[neat canopy]

No, you dont need a Armaturen

[modest hemlock]

I apoligize for being so new at this. Thank you for your patience

[inner girder]

It’s a little gritty looking verses oil paint strokes with brushes is my only input. (I paint and draw for a living if that helps)

[woven swallow]

Thanks for the input!

[inner girder]

Looks great though good job 👍🏼

The wood grain and the weathering on the frame looks legit.

[modest hemlock]

I got it to work by adding rigid body as a componet in the world editor

[neat canopy]

Yeah, thats what I meant. Nice.

[modest hemlock]

I knew I was missing one thing! lol. That's what happens when I get in over my head on stuff.

[fast notch]

The model has the UTM extension, but when I add it to the game, it is not visible. What should I do?

[neat canopy]

You need two objects in your Blender file. One is the UTM_YouName wich handels collision later on.
But you also need one object that represents your actual model. This one has to be named YourName_LOD0 (LevelOfDetail 0).

Thats how the LODs work and what for they exist 😉
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Level_Of_Detail

[unreal sable]

Hi, I'm about to import my first building in enfusion, tried to do the best I Can. Whish Me Luck.

I dont know what are volumetric boxes, I didnt includ them

also I added some boxes in each window and door as light portals

[unreal sable]

seems my colliders are bad: Non orthogonal transformation on collider 'UBX_InnerWallPrimerPiso12'

how can I solve this?

Forget it, I appliead transfomrations

Hy Guys what means Wrong GUID/name for resource

[unreal sable]

😄

[vale cradle]

Hiya anyone got the list of the bone that Hideable here ? or it is using bone name

[modest hemlock]

it’s coming

[unreal reef]

True

[bleak depot]

Beyblade?

[fast notch]

Thanks very much

https://youtu.be/NW0u6V7Kkh0
Why can't you go through the wall? There is a void in the blender in this place

[neat canopy]

If you use UBX_ it will always make a Box shaped object out of your model collider. Instead use UTM_
To work for that, your collider needs to be a triangular mesh

[modest hemlock]

The most symmetrical rice farmer hat you've ever seen actually 💀

[lost narwhal]

Ice cream mod

[rapid turtle]

Vietnam UNDEFEATED

[fast notch]

Please tell me how can I do two sided render on the plane?

[shell hedge]

go to material and change culling

[granite marsh]

Current wip anyone know if it possible to import multiple materials for objects with multiple meshes

[modest hemlock]

SCORE BOARD

[tacit eagle]

i think it has too much polygons.

[last parcel]

I can already tell you if that model is ripped from war thunder you will recive no help from here and that won't be allowed on this discord.

[calm rune]

That is stolen.

[tacit eagle]

yup it is i guess

I'm just asking question what if put this thing into arma. i'm not expecting finding some help or something. of course i'm not gonna make a mod with stolen modelings.

[tacit eagle]

I just got confirmed from who sent this model, it's definitely ripped model.

well, screw it, im not gonna use it

[tacit eagle]

is this real life?

[granite marsh]

no lol

its based on real life

[tacit eagle]

impressive

[spiral hedge]

Hey, i have a small problem with "Mesh hiding" - I have a Combat Shirt (Rolled Up) where i hide the upper Arms and Torso in the Prefeb. But if now PickUp my new Vest, the Hiding will override/rest. Is there a way to set Priority of Mesh hiding?

[sly bridge]

don’t use / post and even think about using ripped models if you want to stay around

no mate, i meant the roughness channel :))

[tacit eagle]

Sorry about that, I'll be more careful next time.

btw, I never said I'm gonna using ripped model tho

[jade mason]

I'm a ripped model 😉

[stable hemlock]

Is it somehow possible and allowed to get buildings from DayZ SA into Reforger?

[thorny cobalt]

not allowed no

[leaden trench]

Any update on Arma 3 licensed data package?

[thorny cobalt]

negative

[spiral hedge]

@thorny cobalt DO you know somethin about "Mesh hiding" in reforger?

[thorny cobalt]

no

[stable hemlock]

Any chance that we get a SampleMod for new buildings and a tutorial into the wiki? Havent tried out anything by now, but I think doors and windows will be a problem

[thorny cobalt]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sullen sable]

If I bought these models, how hard would it be to import into enfusion?

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/turkish-egypt-arab-desert-ancient-sumer-babylon-house-collection-model-2075530

[faint scarab]

Hi, I would like to replicate this glow in the eyes of the NVG, does anyone have any advice?

[dusty plume]

RHS has nvgs like that, maybe they would be able to help?

[leaden trench]

Make light with distance very small like few centimeters

same like you would put any light expect it's on character slot

[shell hedge]

theres a limit of like 30 (citation needed) dynamic lights at a time so using light here might make things like random lanterns in cities not working

[native forum]

oh no, a3 light limit ptsd kicking in

[mint hollow]

This is not like A3. If you hit the limit, lights further away are replaced by some faking of the light. You never have the same as A3, were all lights disappears, 😄

[faint scarab]

so, could it be a solution to create an emissive material on the lenses? And how can I direct the emissive light towards the operator?

[sleek forum]

How do I add my models to Gamemaster?

[sly bridge]

afaik emissive mats don’t shine on other objects

[tacit eagle]

When adding retextured clothing to characters in the BaseLoudout component, the engine seems to completely ignore the material and apply the default. Is there any way to fix this? I know it probably has something to do with the deflated model, but I can't figure out how to get around it. Adding my own prefab to the deflated also causes issues

[sick shard]

is scr_destructionmultiphase broken or something it used to work and now the model just ether disappears or I'm just not allowed to attach to it objects like helmets anymore?

[grizzled kayak]

This might be the wiki page you are looking for to get models to show up for gamemaster. If its not the right one I think it also links back to some other gamemaster wiki pages.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Asset_Browser_Mod_Integration

[spiral hedge]

Hi, have a small Problem: "HeadClipping_A.edds" does not work on Slot components of the Helmet. So, they show up in First-Person view.

[unreal sable]

Does anybody how to create pbr multi materials?

because for a bulding i have like 24 materials weighting 300mb

[sleek forum]

So how do I make my models placable via GameMaster?

[shell hedge]

you already got a response to your question when you asked it here

[spiral hedge]

I get a Error, that my Shirt does not have a Collieder... But original does also not have one?
ENTITY : Create entity @"ENTITY:1" ('GameEntity','Assets/Characters/CombatShirts/CombatShirt1.xob') at <0.000000 0.000000 0.000000> RESOURCES (E): Trying to create RigidBodyComponent on model @"Assets/Characters/CombatShirts/CombatShirt1.xob" without geometry

[tidal latch]

original is using _item variant in MeshObject, which has collider

[spiral hedge]

So, i can use _item Version on Mesh?

[tidal latch]

in MeshObject component, yes

[wicked jasper]

How do you set that up?

[sleek forum]

@grizzled kayak 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks

[spiral hedge]

Is there currently a bug with Texture overwriting? I Set different textures in the Prefab and they will show in the Editor. But inGame the model just use the regular one.

[fast notch]

Hi. What could be the reason that the arrows are not in the center of the object? Although in the Blender Set Origin in the center of the object

[spiral hedge]

Applyed Transforms in Blender?

[fast notch]

this?

[spiral hedge]

Yes

[last hill]

Inflated and deflated model clothing item?

[spiral hedge]

i disabled deflated

[last hill]

Applied to prefab and made sure to set the texture override to the right slot in the worn item material override?

[spiral hedge]

OMG

There is a + by worn Model 😦 shame

Ok, so now the Itam on the ground and the worn is right.. the Preview Render (inventory) is still wrong?

Ok, the problem is: There are the original Boots from BIS Set as Preview-Model. But i cant remove it. Update: Removed it in Notepad++

[woven swallow]

WIP: Some one wants to go hunting?

[calm rune]

When do we get to see something in engine?

[young shard]

Probably when the High/Low poly models are done and textured.

[calm rune]

Well that is a given. Just wondering because we have seen multiple posted over the last Year but nothing in engine yet.

[young shard]

Of this shotgun?

[calm rune]

Yes plus multiple other things.

[young shard]

Hmm

I see he does have a lot of stuff.

[woven swallow]

I'll put something in game when I want to. I've been looking for interested projects to join and help but so far nothing to see. I got invited to join other studios and i rejected them cause their project wasn't interested to me. I learn to model for fun and I ain't modeling something i don't like. plus I've been on and off.

[young shard]

Sounds like the same with me.

Ive got one active group that I'm in.

But do a lot of stuff I want to do in the moment that later I end up stop doing.

[woven swallow]

I mean. I'm not trying to start an argument or drama but the only reason i haven't toch the engine is because I have no use for this models in game for now.

I get bored and keep switching to other unfinished models.. but then again nobody is pushing me haha

I do have finished models tho

[young shard]

I've got maybe a 100 unfinished projects.

[woven swallow]

haha yeah

I feel ya

today i felt like working on my shotgun..

tomorrow i could work on my house model

and so on

[young shard]

Just like how I'm currently making a BF 109.

[woven swallow]

BF 109 ?

[calm rune]

WWII fighter

[young shard]

German WW2 plane.

[woven swallow]

the plane?

a

right on

[young shard]

Im probably gonna end up abandoning it though lol.

[woven swallow]

I do have a plane model somewhere (Unfinished model) haha

this is my lastest finished model haha nothing crazy..

[young shard]

It is very nice.

[woven swallow]

thanks

[woven swallow]

When a model gets a bit frustrating or boring I just switch to another one haha

So today i touched my Ithaca model 37 shotgun "trench gun" and here's an update. any inputs?
(those are just place holder textures "not final" ).

[sleek forum]

also is it ok to leave LOD factors as they are? or is it better to change them? For FPS?

[sleek forum]

this made me confused when checking out these two vanilla assets. Can someone explain please...

[young shard]

Same. Or I just start a whole new model.

I want to try and make some unreal environment art so I can get a portfolio up.

So Im probably gonna start doing that.

[slim knoll]

Are there any good tutorials on how to make turrets? I tried to make one but it doesnt spin or do anything. I know I got the model rigged correctly ("v_turret_01" and "v_gun_01") but I am at an impasse right now.

[wary inlet]

wind on the vegetation material looks a little jank on fronds, but overall looks decent in engine despite my dreadfull screenshot skills 😆

[sleek forum]

hey do you know mby if you can somehow flip pbrtreecrown wind animation so that is at the bottom rather then on top?

[wary inlet]

i have no clue how it works, i just tone down default values, is there a map specifically for vertex motion?

[sleek forum]

idk... also one more question if you could help... been looking for interaction layer to add colision sound and I cant find it xD it is the interaction layer for sound right?

[wary inlet]

i think so? i havent dealt with this sort of thing before so i am guessing that it would have to be in there

[sleek forum]

yeah but I cant find where are these settings 😂 Well thanks for the help, trees look great btw! Great job!

[fast notch]

No, it didn't help

[wary inlet]

thx

[spiral hedge]

Do you have already setup colliders?

[fast notch]

I don't quite understand what it's about

[spiral hedge]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Prop_Creation

[fast notch]

Do you mean UTM and LOD0 model format? If so, they are there. A collision was added through the Reforger Tools addon

[spiral hedge]

And its also centered in Blender?

Does anyone know how i can tranform the Value 120 to -120 in the Animation Editor?

[fast notch]

Okay It is clear that the model should be in the center of the blender stage, thank you.

[surreal ore]

• -1

[spiral hedge]

Yeah, already got it TY

[plush shard]

https://tenor.com/view/beyonce-ego-dance-gif-7398321344875737413

[blazing agate]

Hey, I have a problem, I've made a simple prop, but I do not get it to have collisions. I think everything is "correct".

when placing the prefab on a worldtest

still passingthrough the object

if any more info is needed to know what's going on, I'll provide it

[wicked jasper]

Can you screenshot your setting of the RigidBody?

[blazing agate]

yep

[blazing agate]

It's embeeding the Props_Base.et

[blazing agate]

As shown here

[wicked jasper]

Tick Model Geometry and try again

[blazing agate]

okey

Now is working

thanksç1

!

[wicked jasper]

👌

[covert rune]

Hello, i want to try to import Jackal to Enfusion just for learn how to make a car.
I have installed blender 3.6 and the addon for blender inside Arma reforger tools.
I have import the p3d and after i want export them in FBX. But i have this error.
I have to rename to remove all " . " in Scene collection to work ?

Thanks for your help

[surreal ore]

all of those materials have "." in the name. Remove the Invalid character from the names.

[wary inlet]

first time making helmet cover

[plush shard]

Nice, you should throw it in zbrush after retopo and give it some fine details 😄

[inner girder]

Almost ready for substance painter once I get the subframe on

[woven swallow]

Done modeling parts. next UV's and textures.|
Any inputs?

[spice topaz]

Good, was about to say the texture but then I reread 😂

[covert rune]

Hello,
I have some problem with my assets in fbx to import in workbench. I have read somewhere Reyhard said it's a wrong game materials assigned to colliders. But like you see in my screenshot no material are used. What i can do for resolve this ? Thanks for your help 😉

[tidal latch]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Arma_Reforger:FBX_Import#Physical_material_.28Game_material.29 see blue infobox

ah, you don't have any materials at all - this is not allowed too. You need to assign there something - otherwise some default material might get randomly assigned

[covert rune]

Thanks, for the answers. Problem solved. Let's go next step to import this Jackal in Enfusion 🤣

[plush shard]

can you show me the layout of the helmet /2d pattern view, just curios how you put yours together

[wary inlet]

took a lot of inspiration of how m1 helmet covers are actually stitched together, trust me it isnt much, most of the excess bottom mesh will be cut off due to the liner occluding the view underside

also yes i eyeballed the vegetation slits 😆 they dont look too bad though tbh

[plush shard]

nice man 🤣 looks really good

[wary inlet]

lmao i dont use marvelous very much so thats the best you will be getting from me most likely 🤣

[turbid tendon]

Does anyone have a suggestiong for a good weapon modding tutorial? The wiki is good but is still lacking

[wicked jasper]

I dont think you will find a better one tbh. The wiki for Weapon Creation/Weapon Modding is far more detailed compared to e.g the vehicle creation one

[zenith quartz]

Streamlight Sidewinder flashlight I did real quick.

[calm rune]

This is how you are suppose to use MD. Stitch your items as you actually would irl.

[reef sun]

Why is this entrance floor not in the UTM_FG_brick collider? Is this intended? {B054B8C437B0154C}Assets/Structures/Houses/Town/House_Town_E_2I03/House_Town_E_2I03.xob

[wary inlet]

its nice hearing that from the master 😉

[indigo halo]

Hello there model makers! Coming to you for support about an issue I’m experiencing. I have a uniform model I’m creating, I’ve made for it 4 custom parts: 2 patches on the arms (left and right) and 2 patches on left and right pectoral. I’ve skinned them assigning the vertex groups, I’ve given them armature modifier with preserve volume feature and I’ve placed them properly so that the texture are placed right above the jacket touching it but not intersecting. Then I joined the meshes and the result looks nice on paper. However as soon as the model is loaded in game right arm patch gets distorted by the arm movement and right pectoral patches gets so distorted that the text in it moves out of it. What am I doing wrong? Any idea on how I could make it so that it moves naturally with the jacket without being distorted with movement? Thank you in advance for your support!

[coarse peak]

That be a weight paint issue by the looks of it

That’s just a trail by error fix until you balance the painting the way you want it to react in game

@indigo halo

[indigo halo]

Mmm ok, I weight painted it the same way I did for other equipment pieces following the guide. At this point I think i have to change something. Like maybe reducing weights on the parts that should be more flexible?

[indigo halo]

My mesh is all blue, shall I paint it toward red to avoid it deforming?

[surreal ore]

You shouldn't be manually weight painting. You should transfer weights to begin with then alter them to get the desired results.

[calm rune]

Like Zelik said, transfer the weights then tweak certain areas.

[indigo halo]

Aye I did a full transfer weight, what I did not do up until now is assign it to specific vertex groups

Dunno if it might help

[surreal ore]

Transferring weights creates the vertex groups and assigns portions of the model to those groups.

[indigo halo]

Mmm fine, then I’m at a loss on how I could fix that 🙁

[lucid crystal]

in regards to tansferring weights, so i have all these other vertex groups that aren't relevant to the items i wanna import over. Question is, am I supposed to delete them? Would there be any negative-drawbacks of leaving them? or deleting them?

[indigo halo]

This is the distortion I’m having just to give you reference

[indigo halo]

Last resort is that I’m going to paint it directly on the mesh without giving it a physical dimension

[woven swallow]

then thats the problem.

show UVs

[tacit eagle]

How is it weight painted? For something like a shoulder patch you pretty much just need a single vertex group for the most appropriate placement

So if I wanted a patch on the left side of the chest, I'd use strong weight paint to rig it to the left pectoral section

[rapid turtle]

What happened to your friend I killed that guy . HE CRIED LIKE A BITCH, VIETNAM

[indigo halo]

What I did was weight paint it starting from Body LOD0. So it has aaaaaaallll the vertex groups that body lod0 used in the Bohemia tutorials has. That’s where my limited knowledge stops

[tacit eagle]

Delete all of them, find the most appropriate section of weight paint on your character model, and weight it to that section only. You just create a new vertex group, give it the same name as the section you want and then paint it

[indigo halo]

Will give it a go thank you 😊

So in principle is the same I did for the weapon when skinning the bolt

Will try to apply the same principle

[tacit eagle]

How the hell i put textuers on this

[karmic adder]

You drag them into the BCR and NMO slots, if they exist.

If you don't have textures made specifically for that object, you will either need to create them (which is another topic), or to create multiple materials and assign them to triangles in your 3d software of choice.

[indigo halo]

did anyone else notice that colliders are not being imported from Blender anymore?

[ember fable]

check the log, export settings, import settings

[indigo halo]

no error in the log but it doesn't get in whilst it did in previous objects i built the same way 😦

[delicate condor]

You'll want to create multimaterial for that

So properly set up uv mapping, creating mask to project correct materials on correct places and so on

[surreal ore]

Validate that the geo is correct, otherwise it won't import.

[indigo halo]

Thanks mate! It did help. My collider wasn’t correct so it was not being carried over

[covert rune]

Hello, someone have already Import assets from Arma 2 ? I have try for the Jackal but it's Hard i think (and im a big noob too 😆)

[tidal latch]

Hello, one of the official samples is ported vehicle from A2 😉 https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples/tree/main/SampleMod_NewCar

[covert rune]

Thanks, i look at it. Next step is learn and hope i can make my Jackal work 😜

[karmic hill]

Hello everyone , i need to know if the part of tha animation of weapon is incoming on the wiki ? i realy need documentation for continue to work on my weapon project.If somones have information or tuto for me that's be cool

[fast notch]

Hi. Please tell me if there is any way in the Arma engine to change the size of an object along different axes, and not the entire size as a whole? For example, in height or width

[tidal latch]

In import settings of source model

Other than that no

Although you can use some script hacks to achieve that

[faint scarab]

HI. I'm having this problem with some backpacks I've imported into the game. I've also tried doing manual paint weight but that doesn't seem to fix anything. So, imho, maybe I didn't do a good job with the weight paint or is there some other kind of problem that I don't understand? Some advice?

https://youtu.be/la9U7WdJN5Q

[tidal latch]

perhaps this part (single vertices over there) are weighted to more than 4 bones?

[faint scarab]

So, i just discover that the model fit with a bounch of bones, and the bones that have direct effect in the backpack are 7: Spine 5,4,3,2,1, and the shoulder. I delete two Spines (1 and 2), and it works better. Now i think to delete ore subtract paint in the Spine 3, hope this solve the problem!

[faint scarab]

@tidal latch solved. THX for help! Now i can finally import all the Backpacks!

[tidal latch]

its not component, it is a special material inside of the mesh

check materials assigned

[acoustic vessel]

Hello I'm currently making some custom clothing for reforger in blender. It's the first time I've went through a process like this but I'm making decent progress. I've got to the stage of having a few clothing items complete and wanted to start importing in to enfusion. Does anyone have a good guide on armature rigging or knows of anywhere I can find a usable rig?

[tidal latch]

Hi, take a look here https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Character_Gear_Creation

[acoustic vessel]

Ahh perfect I missed that part on the wiki thanks!

[reef sun]

You can hover over that number: "inherited prefabs count". So how many inherited prefabs deep the component comes from. e.g if you add a new component on the top prefab its 0

[topaz cargo]

thank you sir

[inner girder]

Can anyone from Bohemia chime in on this? Is there going to be a helicopter example mod we can download in the near future like the car and gun one?

[wicked dirge]

There are helicopters in-game that you can just open in workbench, why have a seperate mod?

[spice topaz]

I mean same reason for all the other example mods, as an example.

[wicked dirge]

All game files are there in wb tho, what's in the sample mods thats different?

[spice topaz]

I guess just to show it can be done, I mean I agree it’s in the files but why not yk?

[sand pagoda]

whats the difference?

[last hill]

Guessing because if it was a sample, it could be loaded directly with models in Blender to apply directly. Rather than looking at the xob and prefabs. Not sure why it's a problem to ask for samples to learn from. 🤔

[silk monolith]

Are there any new optical packs on the workshop any know of? 😭 we need some spice if not! Lol 😂

[lucid crystal]

Hey guys,
So making lods for my clothing model.
Facecount:
LOD0 = 95833
LOD1 = 45432
LOD2 = 22689
lOD3 = 10424

Would this face count be feasible in regards to LOD performance in arma reforger?

[sand pagoda]

100k for a clothing is a huge overkill

[lucid crystal]

Well, it's a belt and gloves with some attachments on said belt. More-so asking what good and balanced face count look like(Using decimate function) is really the crux of my question.

[karmic adder]

The ratio seems mostly fine, but that's still a lot of triangles

I would also recommend having a lot less triangles for your last LOD, so in your example maybe <5000 tris for LOD4, just in terms of ratio.

[lucid crystal]

Well i only got the LOD0, 1, 2, 3. I should add another level? will the engine even pick up more than the first four levels?

[karmic adder]

I just meant making your last LOD a lot less complex than just 50%.

[lucid crystal]

right so keep LOD3 under 5000k faces then?

[karmic adder]

It was just an example for ratio

Compared to the numbers you listed

For the actual numbers, I would suggest looking at the official assets

[lucid crystal]

okay gotcha

[karmic adder]

For example, Jacket_Pilot_USSR_01 has these face counts:
11000, 5000, 2500, 1250, 250

As you can see it decreases by 50%, but then for the last one by over 75% (basically skipping one)

It also shows that 100000 is a lot, you'll want to heavily decrease this even for LOD0

[lucid crystal]

okay thanks. So my statistics for my model look a little something like this. This includes the belt, attachments, and gloves that are attached to the armature. To simplify, what should my values for
Vertices:
Edges:
Faces:
Triangles:

look like for arma reforger?

[shell hedge]

as low as you can before it starts looking like ps2 graphics

[lucid crystal]

aheem aheem

[shell hedge]

there are no precise target numbers, make assets have similar fidelity to vanilla

[lucid crystal]

Hmm, i see, alright, time to figgagle with this then. Thanks top g

[shell hedge]

you can probably reduce this a lot without it being visible by just decimating up to 1 degree angle or whatever it is you guys do in blender

[surreal ore]

Also the pistol and mags shouldn't be a part of the clothing. Should make those separate and attach them

And if you use my character mod I have slots for gloves 😉

[karmic adder]

You can do a lot with fairly few triangles. This is LOD4 of that jacket I mentioned, it has just 250 triangles but still looks good.

[lucid crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/bullwhip-hell-yeah-hell-yeah-brother-bull-celebrate-gif-23744975

Get outta here, get! get!

Nah i would, but i wanna make this fit into vanilla as much as possible without relying on another mod. but thank-you.

[lucid crystal]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-gif-338783462287106063

okay this clarifies alot. thank-you.

[lucid crystal]

Got it, thanks big dawg. That's why you're one of the goats.

[shell hedge]

Idk how it works in blender tho

[lucid crystal]

Alright so reduced everything down significantly. I think this should be good.

[last hill]

Decimate modifier can cause issues once you attempt to actually use the model in engine, so be wary of that.

I would also suggest looking into learning how to retopologize from a high poly to low poly model, allows massive detail to be baked in with lower poly counts.

[lucid crystal]

Like messing up the weights im guessing?

[last hill]

It can, because the vertices it's painted to won't exist and/or be in a completely different spot.

[lucid crystal]

Alright, So I'll just transfer the weights again and see if that corrects it.

[inner girder]

For the sample rig more than anything but also to show the prefabs and submeshes etc etc.

[wicked dirge]

but isnt it already possible to see in workbench?

[inner girder]

I’m not smart enough to distinguish between a bone and memory point so I need to see how it’s done. Low IQ problems on my end require example mods 😅

The example mods have been incredibly helpful

[wicked dirge]

i want aware that the samples came with full blender models, makes sense

[shell hedge]

doesnt it import unweighted joints as "memory points"?

red icon thing

or maybe it imports "memory points" as unweighted joints

[crimson nexus]

not so much blends but a GitHub repository with all the source files for the sample mod, so the fbx files and textures. Real nice to have all the bones and dummies laid out already, wish there was an example one for the Mi8 and/or UH1... over 80 odd parts to the base rig, not to mention the rotors, etc (having example collisions up to date would also be nice)

[crimson nexus]

dummies and unweighted joints look the same to me, I just don't know if the engine will deal with them equally or if it would cause issues

[shell hedge]

I've only ever used joints in my mods but I don't know what the difference is

[crimson nexus]

all those dummies (one highlighted in orange), enfusion tools sorts into a 'memory points' collection in blender, and the rig/armature goes into a skeletons collection

[calm rune]

Like Aussie said the decimate modifier can cause some serious issues once you get down to the appropriate vert count. You need to have good edge flow in areas that bend like the knees, elbows, waist, etc. The decimate modifier will take good edge flow and destroy it. As for the belt you shouldnt have this issue because it can be all weighted to one or two bones. That being said 30k tris for a belt at LOD0 is still extremally un-optimised.

[lucid crystal]

Right, so what are some things i can do to optimise it more? and i get what you mean by the joints and etc. So essentially try to retain more vertices at places like elbows, knees, knuckles and etc?

[calm rune]

You dont need more verts just nice edge flow. Notice how my edge flow in the knee area(whole model to be exact) for LOD0 is nice and tidy. Now look at the edge flow as soon as I use a decimate modifer on it. These areas will not bend smoothly and youll notice stretching in your textures.

[lucid crystal]

Alright, back to the drawing board then. So what are some tools or techniques i can use to ensure good edge-flow? any guides on it?

[calm rune]

The best way is to learn how to retopologize your high poly models then bake the details from the high poly into the new low poly that you create by retopologizing. Retopoflow 3 is a great blender addon for it. You can buy it or download it for free from github.

[lucid crystal]

Aheem, aheem, aheem, whimper. Aight, I'll check it out and try it out. Thanks bruv' appreciate ya.

[karmic hill]

yop guys i need help for fix this , i want make rolled version of shirt but the arms is transparant ?https://imgur.com/a/UsTf6E2

[last hill]

Prefab settings in the clothcomponent for override meshes to hide, remove arms and see if that unhides it.

[karmic hill]

@last hill is working but i have this result

[last hill]

Can't view the image mate. 404

[karmic hill]

https://imgur.com/a/peU4yTR

i need to addapt my shirt now ?

[karmic hill]

Is okey , thank you

[leaden trench]

On the topic of Blender add-ons, I can recommend mesh-online.net's bakers. Great for lazy people like me who can't be f*cked with weight painting and just want some buttons to click and get good results.

[untold halo]

Hello Guys it's possible to remove some character in this game ? Because all time i make the weight painting , some of them appear good on the character and some time when the character change in game the 3D Model just get broke , but if i rework on it my model is not addapted for other character who appear great , with someone have an solution ?

[pure kayak]

hey mate, would you mind if you have time to take a pic of the pocket on the pants in this image? i struggle to get my topology right with nice flow on pockets so that may help me a bit

[surreal ore]

Like 3 clicks in Blender will get you good results. Transferring weights is pretty easy. I think most of the problem is, people are trying to make things for Reforger in Blender without any experience using Blender. That's like trying to write scripts without knowing what OOP is.

[shell hedge]

I don't use blender but it's quite rare for me to have poly reduction significantly damage weights in c4d (but I hope blender is better)

[surreal ore]

And I use Blender often and don't have those problems either.

[leaden trench]

Idk why Blender has different terminology for everything; It's confusing coming from other software where Blender has some stupid name different to the rest of the industry for every function.

[shell hedge]

isn't it the same with autodesk? c4d, blender, autodesk call some things differently

[leaden trench]

A little, less extreme

[shell hedge]

even worse, blender uses the wrong letter for up axis

it's like countries that drive on the left side of the road

[calm rune]

Hope this helps

[calm rune]

Never tried that one before. Been using simplygon for the last year. Just signed up for the free trial of InstaLOD so waiting to get my license to try that now. The pioneer license is free.

[leaden trench]

It's nice to find a Blender add-on to replace other tools in your workflow just so you're doing less import/export

[calm rune]

Simplygon has given me great quick results but after looking into InstaLOD it looks so much more powerful so I am excited to try that.

[leaden trench]

Interesting it uses Unreal. I'm using an Unreal plugin to bake tree/vegetation billboards for Reforger

Or maybe it doesn't I Just googled instalod and first result was blurb about unreal ol

Houdini Poly-reduce SOP is best LOD tool I've used

It can preserve quads and edge flow

[calm rune]

Okay this is what i'd like to have if it can do that. Is it a paid subscrition?

[leaden trench]

$270 a year. Not worth it for one SOP lol

[calm rune]

Yeaaaaaaah, next, hahahah

[leaden trench]

There is a free "apprentice" version but it doesn't have any export SOPs so you can't get your model out of it. Maybe worth a try just to marvel at; it's an incredible software with a unique node- based workflow.

[spiral hedge]

Hello, im new in Blender (Learning since 4 weeks). I have a small problem with my normals. Can someone please explain why all looks fine in Blender, but if i import i have this strange edges?

[calm rune]

Are you adding the weighted normals modifer before exporting?

[spiral hedge]

No, no modifiers

[calm rune]

Add a weighted normal before exporting.

[spiral hedge]

Any special settings?

Model looks just sh*t now, but edges are still there

[calm rune]

Make sure when you use the modifier you use shade auto smooth

If it still looks bad then it probally your edgeflow.

[wooden whale]

Idk if this is the right place to ask but how do you make the body/head go invisible/hidden when wearing something - to prevent clipping. I.E I want to hide the head/neck seams when wearing a helmet

[deft owl]

Under the cloth component there is an array of meshes to hide

this refers to the mesh on the character

[wooden whale]

amazing thank you

[crimson patio]

What could be the reason that when I import .fbx models there just show lots of code?

[woven swallow]

are you baking your normals?

plus I wouldn't be using blender for texturing..

[sick shard]

is there anyway to give an item a stackable quantity on the prefab with out scripting?

[last hill]

Because you need to right click the FBX and click import and register in Workbench. That will make you an xob file readable and workable in the tools.

[sick shard]

Got this sort out 🙂 if anyone in the future wants to know

[surreal ore]

@sick shard it's best to just share what you've figured out so anyone wanting to know can see what you've done.

[wooden whale]

Can you use any rig or do you have to use the new reforger rig? A friend told me any rig works but I havent been able to get other rigs to work

[spiral hedge]

I baked in Substance Painter.

[woven swallow]

Then there's something wrong with your mesh.

[spiral hedge]

Ok thanks. i try to rebake it tomorrow, otherwise i check my vertex

[woven swallow]

Check for duplicates and flipped normals too.

[hazy vault]

Does anyone have a reforger refrence model like to show how tall a person is

[wary inlet]

you can get a character model in the enfusion samples, it comes complete with character rig, mesh and other kit, great for making animations or in your case getting a good sense of scale 👍 go here: https://github.com/BohemiaInteractive/Arma-Reforger-Samples you will find the character model in the folder "modded character" you should be able to append the file with ease in blender

[hazy vault]

Awesome thank you for the help!

[winter magnet]

Hello everyone, does anyone know how to remove the visibility of the headgear in first person?

[crimson nexus]

add the opacity map to your material (.emat) and check off these two options in general

[wooden whale]

im trying to hide the lowest part of the neck but all the neck options I've tried havent worked (neck 1 to 4) does this lower part have a different name? I couldnt find it in the bones category or in blender

[last hill]

Yes, if you go into the xob itself, then look at the mesh components. I believe it is called Head_Neck

The bone names on the model sample are for the skeleton bones, not the mesh itself.

[sleek forum]

Why cant I move my objects in GM after placing them down?

[wooden whale]

It was head neck a I found it in the end, much appreciated

[shell hedge]

dope

[crimson nexus]

did you place the objects while in GM or while in workbench? if the latter, did you put down a prefab or prefab-editable? (E_prefab.et) if prefab, that would explain it... just a hunch, don't ask how I know 😄

[sleek forum]

I put it down in GM

[crimson nexus]

it was a long shot, oh well - I've had trouble with objects before that didn't have colliders, don't know if that will help or not. Maybe someone else has the answer.

[wooden whale]

Is there a way to make someone taller or anything like that? like if I wanted a uniform to make someone like a foot taller or anything like that?

[shell hedge]

nope

well, yes, but not with a button press

[wooden whale]

would I need to enlarge the skeleton or something like that?

[shell hedge]

a lot of the animations have absolute bone positions so just making everything chonkier doesn't really work

so the result is dudes get enlarged horizontally and not vertically

so the only thing you can do is a ben swolo character this way

[wooden whale]

damn

thanks for the help

[shell hedge]

I haven't tried resizing the character by editing the transformation matrix though

[shell hedge]

ok its "possible" by setting the scale every frame which is very inefficient...

colliders seem to get buggy though

colliders dont seem to scale

so, not worth it probably

[hazy vault]

How hard is it setting up cars? I’ve been thinking about importing some that I have from A3

[wary inlet]

kick him! harness the true power of ragdolls

[deft owl]

that is terrifying

[shell hedge]

this is what happens when you resize the character mesh and the armature #enfusion_configuration message

[latent moon]

Demn Goliath

[midnight path]

eh its not easy but also not too hard

theres somewhat of a tutorial for it

[tacit eagle]

Oh shit, child soldiers mod. Win

[wary inlet]

I promise that this day forward, I will never think again about trying to make additional character heads for reforger, my skills seem to be a few arma series out of date 😆

[wary inlet]

lmao there seems to be hot demand for this mod

[grizzled pivot]

Honestly I would love this to be in the game, if we had a bunch of low poly ps2 soldier running around

[shell hedge]

I low key want to make a potato graphics mod

[grizzled pivot]

I’d use it

[open tree]

Victor B, Spectacles, Adam, Pitch 1.0

perfection

[tacit eagle]

Anyone knows why i have a huge sphere in my prefab 😄

[hazy vault]

is it okay to use boleans on models?

like buildings etc

[tacit eagle]

I generally avoid bools

[sly bridge]

topic please

[sly bridge]

sphere without collapsed modifiers before export?

[sly bridge]

ideally - nope (especially for game mesh)

[hazy vault]

So stick to loopcuts for windows etc?

[sly bridge]

yes (ish). You can further optimize these if you wanted to

[wary inlet]

YES! defeat the whole purpose of enfusion!

[tidal latch]

This is coming from one of the components - radio or supply iirc

[tacit eagle]

Awesome!

Thanks

[plush shard]

looks like something from gmod 🤣

[summer sierra]

hey not sure if anyone can help me in here. but essentially im trying to add Redlines minigun to my Blackhawk to no avail. it is worth noting im trying to copy the BTR turret situation as reference. Any ideas to get this to work right?

[shell hedge]

can you explain the problem?

[summer sierra]

i add the turret along the ways that the btr is setup but when i even try to teleport AI into the helicopter, it doesnt recognize anything other than the base passenger seats and pilot

the turret doesnt get recognized by the game when im test world

[shell hedge]

does the minigun turret work elsewhere? like on a hummvee or btr?

[summer sierra]

nothing to work off of

Redlines blackhawk would be the only one but its still down

or my Darkgru vics but also down

[shell hedge]

what about duplicating a vehicle and changing the turret?

[summer sierra]

i can try that

[shell hedge]

it would help to see if its an issue with the turret or your vehicle

[summer sierra]

turret it seems

doesnt work on btr

[shell hedge]

[covert dune]

Have you tried the "Slot Mappers" at the bottom ? The BTR also has those. I never messed with them, but maybe that's the key

Mentions stuff about a TurretCompartment and all

[summer sierra]

This is the update sofar, tried adding some components that were missing between the two

Got the ability for the helicopter to recognize the gunner spot but nothing happens when i occupy it. worth noting that the BTR turret is setup as a SCR_basemnager component or whatever and the miniguns to my understanding should be a slot manager

so i dont really wanna mess it up too bad

[open tree]

I'm not sure you're aware how faithful it is 😄

[twilit hamlet]

I’m experiencing an issue where after adding the M2 Gun mount to either vanilla or modded helicopters (same method as UAZ tutorial), causes the tools to crash.

Once I’ve adjusted the X,Y or X of the Turret the tool crashes and all attempts to reopen the prefab causes an instant crash

[granite marsh]

Slowly but surely learning blender, starting to look like a fence lol

[woven swallow]

lol that's why i don't like organic modeling lol

[fossil crater]

@wooden whale You can, I did it for DayZ a few years back. You have to do quite some work on the animation graph though (The entrie thing is done there)

It's the same setup in reforger, I had to do some smart things with blending and differential animations to get the animations to play nicely to shorter or larger characters

If you want it to work properly then expect to do quite some animation work as well

[wooden whale]

Ty

[fossil crater]

I might release it as a mod for both dayz and reforger

[wooden whale]

[fossil crater]

The main reason why I never did is because you have to modify the animation graph in multiple areas, and the animation graph is not moddable

It can only be replaced

meaning that I have to redo the entire thing on every update that changes the player graph

[wooden whale]

Damn

[fossil crater]

So it is a mod that is somewhat very expensive to mantain

[wooden whale]

I can imagine

[fossil crater]

I think it would be a nice thing to have in vanilla

i will mention it

[wooden whale]

I tried scaling the skeleton and uniform in blender but I just got lanky/wider depending on how I scaled

[fossil crater]

I did it before I joined BI, kind of forgot about it

[wooden whale]

But I appreciate the help

[fossil crater]

Yeah I did no scaling at all

The game does not support scaling well to begin with

You should never scale an entity at all

or scale a transform in this game

[wooden whale]

Just out of interest, is there a good way to make a gun fit base game animations?

I tried moving the guns in blender but didn't have any luck

[fossil crater]

ask in animation, that is more workflow and i have not gone too deep into weapon anim workflows

[wooden whale]

Will do, ty for the help regardless 🙂

[shell hedge]

yeah what I need is SetScale to persist

or something

[fossil crater]

Yeah but it is not supported in the game

A lot of things expect rhe transform to have a scale of 1

[shell hedge]

this is because of absolute position of bones in anim right?

wish I could just scale up the armature

[surreal ore]

@shell hedge player armature?

[surreal ore]

You have to recreate the bone hierarchy of the weapon you're trying to use animations for. And your model has to be pretty precise.

I just created a plugin to grab the bone data and spit it to a text file. Then made a blender addon to read said text file and create the bones in the correct orientation.

I may release a blend file containing the base weapon rigs at some point.

[bleak depot]

anybody knows where i can looking at for the real dimension of a ladder for Reforger? I think, i have seen it for a long time on the arma reforger wiki page...

[bleak depot]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Environment_Metrics

[indigo halo]

Are those downloadable somewhere? That’d be pretty useful while attempting to create a weapon. My attempt at creating the M27 was successful but extremely painful 😊

[woven swallow]

messing around with textures..

[shell hedge]

isnt there a sample weapon in github?

[indigo halo]

Aye and I started there following it step by step. It was quite the effort on my end but in the end it payed off, not without couple of struggles here and there. That works for rifles dunno if it might work for guns too and eventually heavier weapons like the M249 you did

Elaborating a bit: bone placement is vital to have the model working correctly and it has a huge role also on the animation part. If I want to make other custom weapons which are not rifles, but let’s say handguns or MGs, would that structure work as well?

I know I’m asking a lot of questions but I’m building my knowledge starting from 0 and sometimes i end up not knowing how to move forward 😊

[shell hedge]

you can see the bones in the xob preview, I don't know if there is a sample for a pistol

[indigo halo]

Aye that’s what I usually do, I was wondering if there’s a way to extract it somehow. Manually reproducing it in blender might lead to mistakes

[surreal ore]

If you're making custom animations then you don't need to follow the vanilla bone hierarchy. As far as recreating the vanilla rigs, it's not hard. Just a lot of adjusting and reimporting.

Pistol was the one I first recreated by hand. Then I did the M16.

[indigo halo]

I’m trying to use vanilla anims as a base whenever possible, I have to be honest here. I’m trying to go through all the tutorials and stuff I see but when it comes to scripting and animating it just melts my brain 😊

I’d need a teacher here I guess 😂

[surreal ore]

Modding is too broad of a subject to teach someone. Especially if the person you're teaching has zero foundation to build off of. I.e. if you don't know how to work Blender, then someone can't teach you to make animations without first teaching you how to work Blender.

[indigo halo]

I managed to make an M27 which was working. I know something of blender having made some uniforms and equipment which I imported (and I’m using) in some mods. But I’m no expert for sure. As I said I did make an M27 with custom IK pose and few other anims I’ve made using the sample files. It works but I wouldn’t be able to tell if that’s enough to start something else from scratch 😊

[shell hedge]

no, there is not, either eyeball it or make new animations

alternatively make a script to log all bone positions and put that in your blender bones

[indigo halo]

That would be nice, if I knew how to do it 😊 I guess eyeballing is the way then!

[tulip nymph]

hello, I have question about collision model, I have a palm tree asset that has a UBX collider mesh, but for some reason collision is not working in world editor.

[karmic adder]

Did you just drag in the mesh? If so, you'll need to add a RigidBody component and check 'Model Geometry'.

[tulip nymph]

no mesh was already there, I got the model from a buddy, and he said the collider is not working, i opened the xob file in blender with enfusion blender plugin, and the collider is there and I asigned it its properties and in the workbench it recognizes the collider, but for some reason, the collider is not functioning in world editor, it acts as if collider is not there,

also, if i reimport the xob asset with new collider settings, will it automatically update for my trees in the forest generators?

if they are in prefabLlibrary

[tulip nymph]

nm you answered my question,

for some reason its all blacked out for the layers,

[karmic adder]

You don't have to select a layer

Just tick model geometry

[tulip nymph]

oh, gotcha give me a sec, do i do it to the prefab or the xob?

[karmic adder]

These layer options are already handled by what you selected in Blender

[tulip nymph]

oh cool, yep cause i see the properties are already there in the xob

[karmic adder]

When you drag the XOB into the world, it becomes an entity with MeshObject. When you drag an entity into the Resource Browser, it becomes a prefab.

[tulip nymph]

yes, so do i just delete the old prefab and drag this new one?

with same name?

to replace

[karmic adder]

I don't know what you're trying to do.

You can also edit the old prefab

Just select another XOB in the MeshObject component

[tulip nymph]

still not working lol

I want this tree thats already placed down to have collision, the tree is in a forest generator

[karmic adder]

If you are sure it has a RigidBody component with "Model Geometry" ticked, then I would recommend having a look at the collider type.

[karmic adder]

Then edit the existing prefab

[tulip nymph]

k

[tulip nymph]

still not working, i believe its the collision mesh.

I checked the reforger xob tree, this one that I'm looking at has 6 colliders

each for diff parts of the tree

[tulip nymph]

lol wierd physics stuff is happening, collision is working, but it seems to fall over when hit...

Do i have to specify its weight?

it should be around 500 kg

negative, it should be around 2000 kg

so it should not move when hit

WORKS, i had to make it a static entity. then set layer to TreeFireLayer

otherwise the tree has wonky physids

Thank u again Til! I will never forget your kindness

[surreal ore]

I'd suggest looking at vanilla trees to determine the proper layer presets your geos should have.

[midnight gulch]

Does anybody know how to convert a p3d to fbx?

I installed the blender tools but I still can't import the p3d into blender

[surreal ore]

What p3ds are you trying to convert? @midnight gulch

[midnight gulch]

weapon models

[surreal ore]

Be more specific

Where did you get them?

They're obviously binned otherwise they would import.

Which means you've probably gotten them from somewhere you shouldn't have.

[midnight gulch]

i got them from the steam workshop

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2678596002

[surreal ore]

Yeah, that's not how that works man. If you want to use models that belong to someone else you have to have explicit permission to do so.

[midnight gulch]

didn't know about that , im sorry

[sly bridge]

use only the models you own - either made by yourself or purchased from a legit store.

[midnight gulch]

I couldn't find this flux raider anywhere else so I thought I could use this model, I'm pretty much new here and didn't know about premission and stuff

sorry about that

[willow sand]

I'm trying to get the instrument in my mh-6 working but when I try to get it working the workbench keeps crashing

[tidal latch]

are you trying to animate it with proc anims?

If yes, then proc anims require collider - this is known bug

[willow sand]

I'm basically just replacing the uh1 cockpit xob

So I just need a Collider?

[tidal latch]

if there is proc anim then yes

I don't remember from top of my head how it is made

[willow sand]

Yeah that fixed it thanks

[coarse peak]

Figured out my issue

[faint scarab]

Hi and Happy New Year to everybody. Someone have tips about rigging gloves? I have two different models but both give me some problem and the method I'm using seems a little tricky and I don't think it's paying off!

[sick shard]

The hands are pretty tricky I ended up just hiding the hands since I was still getting a lot of clipping issues

[faint scarab]

In the end I tried that too, but I still see that it doesn't work well because it doesn't grip the objects correctly. The phalanges do not tighten as they should. So I tried to move each finger of the glove into the skeleton position, but it's still not working because basically the gloves lack a skeleton, so I should first create the bones for the gloves and then try to position them in the best way, but I It seems like a bit of a complicated process, I was hoping there was a less laborious method. Furthermore, Reforger's reference model has fingers affected by arthritis, they are all bent, while generally the hands of the other metahumans I've tested on are open... I don't understand the point of making things more complex than they should be. UX Designer, these strangers! 🤣

[calm rune]

All you have to do is form the glove to the hand then transfer the weights. You can then choose to hide the mesh or no in engine. If you decide not to hide and see some clipping just assign the material to the glove in blender, then go to scult then start inflating the glove model. I say assign the material so you can keep an eye on the texture as you are inflating it so you can see if you are destorying the texture. Worked for me.

[indigo halo]

Hey there! I’m reworking a model with patches on the arms and I would like to ask if anyone has a better method of attaching said patch to a model in blender (separate meshes) maybe with modifiers. Curved surfaces are a bit of a struggle to attach stuff onto, is there a way with a modifier which doesn’t require (much) sculpting?

[leaden trench]

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/modeling/modifiers/deform/shrinkwrap.html

[indigo halo]

Thank you Stev-E I tried that but results are a bit fancy. Will give it another go!

[leaden trench]

a couple of pointers; use "Project" wrap method, and make sure your patch has similar or higher density of verts than recieving surface. After projecting, move it very slightly above the surface of the mesh to avoid clipping.

[indigo halo]

Ok so I will start by subdividing it to increase the overall verts. I will try with your hint. Thank you very much!

Preferred method is on surface?

[leaden trench]

yea, each vert moves along defined axis until it hits surface of target mesh, then it stops