Trying to customize model from Mods

[rain cedar]

I'm trying to import and customize models in mod such as Epic Fight Mods weapons to use them on BBS mod for animation.

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[polar mesa]

unless they are in a readable format inside the assets folder of the mod's .jar file (when opened with any zip program) there is no way feasible way to get them afaik unfortunately (besides asking the mod creator)

[rain cedar]

Ah so best we to do it is to ask the creator?

[polar mesa]

if the mod file doesn't have them as .json models included, yes

[rain cedar]

weirdly enough, it is as .json files but when I try to open it on Blockbench nothing happens

[polar mesa]

Show one of the .json files

[rain cedar]

as in drag it here?

[polar mesa]

yes

[polar mesa]

k, the reason Blockbench can't load that is cause it's using forge specific syntax to have different models for different displays

but in general both the GUI and the model in hand are just an extruded texture

So you can just do File > Import > Extruded Texture and load the item texture from the mod (extracted into a normal folder first ofc)

[rain cedar]

doing this on BlockBench?

[polar mesa]

yes

actually, if it's for another mod you can just copy whatever is in "base" for your copy of the model

So like

{
    "parent": "item/generated",
    "textures": {
        "layer0": "epicfight:item/uchigatana"
    },
    "display": {
        "thirdperson_righthand": {
            "rotation": [0, -90, 55],
            "translation": [0, 13, -1.5],
            "scale": [1.7, 1.7, 0.85]
            },
        "thirdperson_lefthand": {
            "rotation": [0, 90, -55],
            "translation": [0, 13.25, -1.75],
            "scale": [1.7, 1.7, 0.85]
        },
        "firstperson_righthand": {
            "rotation": [0, -90, 25],
            "translation": [1.13, 9.2, 1.13],
            "scale": [1.7, 1.7, 0.85]
        },
        "firstperson_lefthand": {
            "rotation": [0, 90, -25],
            "translation": [1.13, 9.2, 1.13],
            "scale": [1.7, 1.7, 0.85]
        },
        "head":{
            "rotation":[0,180,0],
            "translation":[0,13,7]
        }
    }
}```

[rain cedar]

well it's for a mod call BBS

[polar mesa]

yeah, idk what that one requires or how you use item models in that one to animate them

[rain cedar]

I'm sorry but I'm a bit slow, when I click on the File I didn't see the Impost options

[polar mesa]

Open a new Block/Item project first.

Alternatively just put the example I sent somewhere within the models folder of the extracted copy of the mod's assets folder. Then drag and drop that file from there into Blockbench.

[rain cedar]

ahh I see i see

Thank you so much for helping me!

[rain cedar]

I'm sorry but when I did this it still doesn't show up

I even put it in a different folder, and it doesn't show at all

[polar mesa]

Loading this as a .json file (properly placed in the same pack as the texture) into Blockbench should show you a model

[rain cedar]

ahh I see