Creating Unit Graphics?

[Flak Fox]

I've been searching all over the site now for about 45 minutes and I still can't find a tutorial on how to create unit graphics.

I have a lot of free time on my hands at the moment so I kind of want to learn something new for modding Civ IV.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Dresden]

Sticky in the Tutorial Forum:
Getting your units in Civilization IV: A guide for anyone with Max and determination

Results from searching the Tutorial forum for "unit" in thread titles:
[TUT] how to make a unit (with blender)
[TUT] Neener's 3DS Max Unit Creation Guide

Results from searching the Tutorial forum for "units" in thread titles:
[TUT] Using NIF Viewer to edit units (long)
[Tutorial] Adding Team Colour / Changing Units Shader with NifViewer
[Tutorial] Damage States for Custom Units with 3DS MAX
TUT:Complete Guide to Creating Units in 3ds Max

Something from one of those should be enough to get you started.

 

[Flak Fox]

Thanks for that info, I'm going to work on it now, but one issue I have.

My unit is a submarine. The subs in regular Civ IV have the lower half that is below the waterline look like it is under water and some animations bring it fully under water. Any idea how that works when making the model?

 

[Refar]

They are animated to submerge.
It's the same as any other moving part on any unit - just a bit easier, because the whole model moves. The usual and most easy way to achieve that is to pin toyr new model on the anims of the existing sub. Should be covered in the tutorials above.
The water plane corresponds to 0 on the z-Axis (in nif-scope or other tools) - where the coordinates axes cross.

 

[Wolfshanze]

Thanks for that info, I'm going to work on it now, but one issue I have.

My unit is a submarine. The subs in regular Civ IV have the lower half that is below the waterline look like it is under water and some animations bring it fully under water. Any idea how that works when making the model?

Not sure what sub(s) you want to model, but there's already about a dozen different custom subs made by Coyote (of WWII vintage) that sit on the surface and submerge correctly (and are far superior models to the default).