What I did was create a Mali folder under the DLC Expansion folder. I then changed a leader's scene file to point to my MUSA.fxsxml ( thats in the zip) instead of the regular leader.fxsxml
I copied your Musa folder to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC\Expansion\DLC\Expansion\Musa
And then edited C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC\Expansion\Leaders\Austria_Maria_Theresa_Scene.xml as shown above but nothing displays in game.
I'd like to figure this out as at the moment I can test any 3D Leader stuff. Is there a easy way to do this via a mod?
I copied your Musa folder to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC\Expansion\DLC\Expansion\Musa
And then edited C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC\Expansion\Leaders\Austria_Maria_Theresa_Scene.xml as shown above but nothing displays in game.
I'd like to figure this out as at the moment I can test any 3D Leader stuff. Is there a easy way to do this via a mod?
I put the MUSA folder in the leaders folder. But I didn't think folders matter.
EDIT:
Danrell had this note in his tileimp
Code:
Please put the folder "Expansion" to :
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\DLC\Expansion\DLC\[B]Expansion\Test_Improvement\Airfield_Model [/B]<---must not be wrong
then open the game you can test it !
(delete or move it if you don't use it)
the stuff in bold are the folders he created. I think its something with the DLC structure.
but putting your MUSA folder in "leaders" should work and you should copy the Austria scene then edit that one.
So I decided to start with Simon Bolivar. One of my first leaders for Civ4 so I thought -out of tradition - to do it with Civ5.
My model made it in game but as you can see its deformed.
Don't mind the texture I just did a quick merge to get a solid mesh in game.
I think its deformed because either the fbx->gr2 exporter (but it looked fine in granny viewer) or its an issue with adding vertices in blender. In my case I took a mesh with a skeleton and moved it to the civ5 skeleton. It no longer had the root skeleton but all the vertices remembered. So this could have the deforming effect.
Don't worry I'll keeping trying just letting people know that work is being done.
I think its deformed because either the fbx->gr2 exporter (but it looked fine in granny viewer) or its an issue with adding vertices in blender. In my case I took a mesh with a skeleton and moved it to the civ5 skeleton. It no longer had the root skeleton but all the vertices remembered. So this could have the deforming effect.
I've got my first non-FBX imported Unit working in game. It's so much nicer working with something that gives exactly the same result every time.
Still have some rigging issues to sort out with Leaders.
Here is my latest test with the Wu leader. These are the steps in my test:
1. Export Wu Leader to .nb2 from Nexus Buddy 2.
2. Import .nb2 into Blender.
3. Changed Wu's hairstyle.
4. Exported to my new .br2 format from Blender.
5. Opened .br2 in Nexus Buddy 2. Note - perfect meshes!
6. Assigned materials and textures then save.
You can see the rigging issues when I test in Nexus 3D Viewer. It should be possible to fix this.
I'll see if I can fix these rigging issues and then I'll upload a new Nexus Buddy 2 and scripts.
The rigging problems were a red herring - I realised that not even the vanilla leaders animate properly in Nexus 3D Viewer.
Anyway, I have a working technique now. I realised rather than trying to calculate all the skeleton stuff accurately, I could just overwrite the mesh data in any existing .gr2.
My new technique is similar to before but I'm only taking the mesh data from my .br2 file:
1. Export chinese_wu.gr2 to .nb2 from Nexus Buddy 2.
2. Import .nb2 into Blender.
3. Changed Wu's hairstyle.
4. Export to .br2 format from Blender.
5. Make a copy of the vanilla chinese_wu.gr2 and open in Nexus Buddy 2.
6. Use new Overwrite Meshes from BR2 function to replace all existing mesh data with the data from the .br2.
7. Assign materials and textures and save.
You can test Leader animations in Granny Viewer if you open and save the animation .gr2 in Nexus Buddy. So I've tested that my modified Wu animates correctly.
A few issues with the shaders/textures - I was trying to use all the same ones as the original Wu - but the main thing is the 13 meshes are all good and animates properly in game.
I should be able to allocate new memory so that you can have as many meshes as you like - I'm doing that already in lots of places in my code. I'll try and get that working before I upload the new tool.
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