How to convert units of ROME TOTAL WAR to CIV IV? tnks.

[Edecon]

Hi, How to convert units of ROME TOTAL WAR to CIV IV? . I have 2 files: .cas and .dds. Any guide? I cant find it. tnks

 

[SaibotLieh]

Hi, How to convert units of ROME TOTAL WAR to CIV IV? . I have 2 files: .cas and .dds. Any guide? I cant find it. tnks

I think you will have to import the units mesh (which should be the cas file) into a 3d modeling program like 3d Max or Blender. Then you have to import a Civ4 unit as well in order to rig the Rome unit to the Civ4 unit's animation "skeleton". Then export the unit as a nif and fiddle a bit with it with NifSkope. Then you should be set.

Of course this all steps take some work. If you somehow get the Rome unit into Blender I can help you with that. I sadly don't have any experience with 3d Max. Maybe you could look into some Rome Modding Forums which programs they use and how they import the units.

 

[Edecon]

I think you will have to import the units mesh (which should be the cas file) into a 3d modeling program like 3d Max or Blender. Then you have to import a Civ4 unit as well in order to rig the Rome unit to the Civ4 unit's animation "skeleton". Then export the unit as a nif and fiddle a bit with it with NifSkope. Then you should be set.

Of course this all steps take some work. If you somehow get the Rome unit into Blender I can help you with that. I sadly don't have any experience with 3d Max. Maybe you could look into some Rome Modding Forums which programs they use and how they import the units.

I know get the Rome unit into 3dsmax,but I don't know continue. I only need tranform the rtw's head.
Certainly,Do you know how to convert Civ V's units to Civ IV? There exist many units of rtw converted in civ V.I would like transform these units for Civ iv. tnks.

 

[The_Coyote]

I know get the Rome unit into 3dsmax,but I don't know continue. I only need tranform the rtw's head. Certainly,Do you know how to convert Civ V's units to Civ IV? There exist many units of rtw converted in civ V.I would like transform these units for Civ iv. tnks.

As long as there is a blend file included in the download, you can also use the civ5 uploads as starting point. In this case use Blender to open the blend file. If you import the RTW units directly in max, you can also start from here.

Starting from this, you can use the niftools export scripts (or for some Max version also the official scripts) to get nifs. But most likely some adjustments to the models are necessary before the resulting export will be really civ4 ready. E.g. - to provide one example - it could be necessary that you must rerig the models if you use the civ5 units as starting point. The existing civ4 tutorials should help you to understand which steps are necessary (converting is similar to the "normal" civ4 unit creation, you only start already with a mesh and a texture).

One last remark, civ5 models have all parts of the unit merged into one mesh (body, shield, sword), civ4 nifs have (or also need) them often as separate objects.

 

[Edecon]

As long as there is a blend file included in the download, you can also use the civ5 uploads as starting point. In this case use Blender to open the blend file. If you import the RTW units directly in max, you can also start from here.

Starting from this, you can use the niftools export scripts (or for some Max version also the official scripts) to get nifs. But most likely some adjustments to the models are necessary before the resulting export will be really civ4 ready. E.g. - to provide one example - it could be necessary that you must rerig the models if you use the civ5 units as starting point. The existing civ4 tutorials should help you to understand which steps are necessary (converting is similar to the "normal" civ4 unit creation, you only start already with a mesh and a texture).

One last remark, civ5 models have all parts of the unit merged into one mesh (body, shield, sword), civ4 nifs have (or also need) them often as separate objects.

HI, any tutorial ? tnks.

 

[SaibotLieh]

HI, any tutorial ? tnks.

You can find a lot of tutorials in the respective subforum:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=177

Otherwise there are tons of tutorials for Blender on the internet.