Help with bringing an outside model into the game

Hello tampaguy28,

did you also try to use the scrips from msaeluk ?

What vesion of Blender do you use?

What kind of mod will you make -> a static prop or a character?

Hey Fraas,
Yep, I have tried msaeulk's scripts and they work the same.
I have 2 versions of Blender installed..I have:
-2.67
&
2.49
when I try to import the mesh into The Movies editor, I get the following errors:
-selected file is either invalid or is corrupt
-Mesh contains an invalid texture: all mesh textures must be DDS (which I did covert all the textures into the DDS..I tried twice..using dotnet and gimp)

thanks!

ok good news! I managed to get the model in (apparently the model I was using was not compatible for some reason and I was able to extract a different one)
my problem now is..that when I bring the model into the editor, the textures do not work properly. For example, I have the model with the textures..but say that the entire body assimilates a single texture (ex. the entire body looks white since it took the pattern of the hood).
Is there a tutorial for this? I cannot find any tutorials online for it? thank you

Adding textures with Blender isn`t very easy...

Perhaps this tutorial could be helpfull for you?

Did you first try to get a "simple" model into TheMovies (like a cube) before you try to get a more complex model into the game?

Well, good news and bad news.
I learned how to texture my model on Blender and get it into the Movies Editor.
Here is a screen shot:
http://imgur.com/IaCUIt4

However, when I try to select the costume in the game..it crashes. Any suggestions?
thanks again

Great work! I think you will finish your mod very soon.

Try this tutorial and follow the steps as seen on the pictures. Perhaps you can translate the german tutorial with google translator if the pictures won't help.

Here is a video-tutorial how to get a model from an other game into TheMovies. This tutorial is also a german tutorial. But perhaps the shown pictures will help you. (Sorry for this late hint)

thanks for the tutorials!
Unfortunately, I have windows 7 and it gives me trouble when it comes to running Direct X 9 files so I need to work around it to run the application.

Try to use the Windows XP Mode in Windows 7: Tutorial

Your mod won't work if you don't use the mashmanip.

so I pulled out my old laptop that has Windows Vista and got the program running.
I followed the tutorial and it did not work.
As you can tell from the screenshot..the bones are there but some reason..they are..facing a different direction and they are VERY VERY tiny.
What do you think?

Your 3d model is to big.
It should match with the tiny bones. Then export the model again and without the bones. Do the same steps again with the mashmanip.