Problem with my new mdl file

**Latdonine** · 10-09-2008

well the editor says this when I'm trying to spawn my brand new stug 3g...

So how can I fix this?

**mp5_sd** · 10-09-2008

Latdonine, please post a bigger resolution picture....to see better, or type manually the error text.

**Zeke Wolff** · 10-09-2008

Check your .mdl file. It seems that you´ve forgotten to add some numbers...

If my eyes doesnt fail me (hard to see at that resolution... :P ) that part of the .mdl file deals with the emit code (ie. where the crew enters and leaves the vehicle).

Usually these emit codes look like this

{bone "emit1"
{Matrix34
-1 0 0
0 -1 0
0 0 1
67.6649 26.235 0
}
{visibility 0}
}

or like this

{bone "emit3"
{Position -69.6576 23.9011 0}
{visibility 0}
}

The Matrix34 part of the code appears only if your crewmember will sit in a tilted (in any direction) or face another direction that straight front.

Another reason for this error to appear, is that you have forgotten to add a crucial "{" bracket or a just as crucial "}" bracket somewhere in the code.

~Zeke.

**Latdonine** · 10-09-2008

Originally Posted by Zeke Wolff

Check your .mdl file. It seems that you´ve forgotten to add some numbers...

If my eyes doesnt fail me (hard to see at that resolution... :P ) that part of the .mdl file deals with the emit code (ie. where the crew enters and leaves the vehicle).

Usually these emit codes look like this

{bone "emit1"
{Matrix34
-1 0 0
0 -1 0
0 0 1
67.6649 26.235 0
}
{visibility 0}
}

or like this

{bone "emit3"
{Position -69.6576 23.9011 0}
{visibility 0}
}

The Matrix34 part of the code appears only if your crewmember will sit in a tilted (in any direction) or face another direction that straight front.

Another reason for this error to appear, is that you have forgotten to add a crucial "{" bracket or a just as crucial "}" bracket somewhere in the code.

~Zeke.

Sry for the low res pic I took that in 1290x960 widescreen and seems like Imageshack reduced the resolution...

And zeke I'll try that out tomorrow too late now and I got school tomorrow

I'm not really good in these stuff but I'll get better

Too bad that my swedish homework took many hours to make so I couldn't focus on that fully

**Latdonine** · 29-09-2008

Ok new problem but this time with another vehicle:

Code looks like this:

Code:

		{bone "emit4"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
				1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-38.5976	35.8060	0.6250
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit6"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-18.8690	-33.8438	-0.5907
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit5"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-39.1245	-33.8438	-0.5907
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
	}
}
{Volume "trackleft"
	{Box 107.225 5.70835 21.2906}
	{Bone "WheelsL"}
	{Matrix34
		-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
		0.0000	0.0175	-0.9998
		-0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
		-8.6027	-2.3995	1.6915
	}
}

How can I fix this? :typing:

**Zeke Wolff** · 29-09-2008

Please add a full view of your troublesome .mdl file. I can´t help you otherwise.

~Zeke.

**Latdonine** · 29-09-2008

Code:

{Skeleton
	{animation
		{sequence "start"}
		{sequence "stop"}
		{sequence "fire"}
		{sequence "open" {resume}}
		{sequence "hit" {speed 0.6}}
	}
	{bone "Basis"
		{Orientation
			1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
			0.0000	-1.0000	0.0000
			0.0000	0.0000	1.0000
		}
		{bone "Body"
			{parameters "ID=body;"}
			{animation
				{sequence "repair" {file "body_r.anm"}}
			}
			{Matrix34
				1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				0.6694	0.6404	20.9010
			}
			{VolumeView "Body.ply"}
			{bone "FXfire1"
				{Matrix34
					-0.0175	0.0000	0.9998
					0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
					-0.9998	0.0000	-0.0175
					-31.2375	2.7233	8.8708
				}
			}
			{bone "FXshot"
				{Matrix34
					-1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					0.0000	-0.0000	1.0000
					0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
					-4.4015	0.0709	-1.6245
				}
			}
			{bone "FXsmoke1"
				{Position -54.8742	8.7971	11.0102}
			}
			{bone "FXsmoke2"
				{Position -55.2424	-7.0316	11.0102}
			}
			{bone "seat04"
				{Matrix34
					0.3944	-0.9058	0.1550
					0.9184	0.3943	-0.0326
					-0.0316	0.1552	0.9874
					-17.1896	-19.3630	3.7782
				}
			}
			{bone "seat01"
				{Matrix34
					0.7299	0.6815	0.0526
					-0.6813	0.7316	-0.0241
					-0.0549	-0.0183	0.9983
					-22.0558	22.2718	0.5310
				}
			}
			{bone "seat02"
				{Matrix34
					-0.3270	0.9191	0.2200
					-0.9450	-0.3180	-0.0761
					0.0000	-0.2328	0.9725
					-37.6009	17.5756	7.2410
				}
			}
			{bone "seat03"
				{Matrix34
					-0.0651	-0.9979	0.0000
					0.9979	-0.0651	-0.0000
					0.0000	-0.0000	1.0000
					-36.7757	-18.5123	3.4127
				}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelR1"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					-0.0000	-0.0000	-1.0000
					0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
					45.9264	-20.1685	-8.0848
				}
				{VolumeView "WheelR1.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelR6"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					-0.0000	-0.0000	-1.0000
					0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
					-49.9047	-20.6232	-10.1095
				}
				{VolumeView "WheelR6.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelL1"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					0.0000	0.0000	-1.0000
					-0.0000	-1.0000	-0.0000
					45.9264	20.5058	-8.0848
				}
				{VolumeView "WheelL1.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelL6"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					0.0000	0.0000	-1.0000
					-0.0000	-1.0000	-0.0000
					-49.9047	20.9605	-10.1095
				}
				{VolumeView "WheelL6.ply"}
			}
			{bone "Visor2"
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	-0.0000	0.0000
					0.0000	0.9998	-0.0175
					-0.0000	0.0175	0.9998
					35.9798	0.6636	6.7868
				}
			}
			{bone "engine"
				{parameters "ID=engine;"}
				{Matrix34
					-0.0012	0.0000	1.0000
					0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
					-1.0000	-0.0000	-0.0012
					-37.2818	0.1713	-1.4087
				}
			}
			{bone revolute "Turret"
				{parameters "ID=turret;"}
				{animation
					{sequence "repair" {file "turret_r.anm"}}
				}
				{speed 0.012}
				{Position 9.5432	0.1960	11.5163}
				{VolumeView "Turret.ply"}
				{bone revolute "Gun_rot"
					{limits -10.0000 15.0000}
					{speed 0.0100}
					{Matrix34
						1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
						0.0000	-0.0000	1.0000
						-0.0000	-1.0000	-0.0000
						14.5371	0.0464	6.9759
					}
                {bone revolute "Gun_rot"
                    {limits -10.0000 15.0000}
                    {speed 0.0100}
                    {Matrix34
                        1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
                        0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
                        0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
                        9.0371 0.4464 3.3759
                    }
                    {VolumeView "Gun_rot.ply"}
                    {bone "Gun"
                        {parameters "ID=gun;"}
                        {Matrix34
                            1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
                            0.0000 0.0000 -1.0000
                            0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
                            14.6191 0.6286 0.0103
                        }
                        {VolumeView "Gun.ply"}
                        {bone "Foresight1"
                            {Matrix34
                                1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
                                0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
                                0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
                                2.2685 0.1621 0.1494
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                {bone "Cover"
                    {parameters "ID=turret;"}
                    {Position -0.7542 -6.9997 9.0115}
                    {VolumeView "Cover.ply"}
                }
                {bone revolute "Foresight3"
                    {limits -10.0000 15.0000}
                    {speed 0.0100}
                    {Matrix34
                        1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
                        0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
                        0.0000 -1.0000 0.0000
                        15.5633 3.2557 3.2241
                    }
                }
				{bone "Visor1"
					{Matrix34
						1.0000	-0.0000	0.0000
						0.0000	0.9998	-0.0175
						-0.0000	0.0175	0.9998
						7.2725	-1.7087	14.2154
					}
				}
			}
			{bone "FXdeath21"
				{Matrix34
					-0.0087	-0.0000	1.0000
					-1.0000	-0.0000	-0.0087
					-0.0000	-1.0000	-0.0000
					9.2650	-5.4951	1.0208
				}
			}
		}
		{bone "WheelsR"
			{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
			{Matrix34
				1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0000	-1.0000
				-0.0000	1.0000	-0.0000
				7.2793	-19.7929	7.9314
			}
			{VolumeView "WheelsR.ply"}
			{bone revolute "WheelR2"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Position 23.2821	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelR2.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelR3"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{VolumeView "WheelR3.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelR4"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Position -24.0098	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelR4.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelR5"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Position -41.5923	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelR5.ply"}
			}
			{bone "FXtraceR1"
				{Matrix34
					-1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					-0.0000	-0.9994	-0.0349
					0.0000	-0.0349	0.9994
					19.4082	6.9844	1.0545
				}
			}
			{bone "FXtraceR2"
				{Matrix34
					-0.9659	-0.2587	-0.0090
					0.2588	-0.9653	-0.0337
					0.0000	-0.0349	0.9994
					-44.7871	7.2410	1.1512
				}
			}
			{bone "TrackR"
				{parameters "ID=trackright;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
					-0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
					0.0000	0.0175	-0.9998
					-5.9439	-3.8984	2.1085
				}
				{VolumeView "TrackR.ply"}
			}
		}
		{bone "WheelsL"
			{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
			{Matrix34
				1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
				-0.0000	0.0349	-0.9994
				0.0000	-0.9994	-0.0349
				7.2793	21.8511	8.6583
			}
			{VolumeView "WheelsL.ply"}
			{bone revolute "WheelL2"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Position 23.2821	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelL2.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelL3"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{VolumeView "WheelL3.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelL4"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Position -24.0098	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelL4.ply"}
			}
			{bone revolute "WheelL5"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Position -41.5923	-0.0000	0.0000}
				{VolumeView "WheelL5.ply"}
			}
			{bone "TrackL"
				{parameters "ID=trackleft;"}
				{Matrix34
					1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
					-0.0000	0.0175	-0.9998
					-5.9439	-2.9344	2.1253
				}
				{VolumeView "TrackL.ply"}
			}
			{bone "FXtraceL1"
				{Matrix34
					-1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
					-0.0000	-0.9994	-0.0349
					0.0000	-0.0349	0.9994
					19.4082	1.7348	0.7974
				}
			}
			{bone "FXtraceL2"
				{Matrix34
					0.9659	0.2588	0.0000
					-0.2588	0.9659	-0.0000
					-0.0000	0.0000	1.0000
					-44.6951	7.1548	0.7998
				}
			}
		}
		{bone "emit2"
			{Matrix34
				-0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				-1.0000	-0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				34.0811	-33.8486	-0.5908
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit1"
			{Matrix34
				-0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
				1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				27.4775	35.7882	0.6247
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit3"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
				1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-18.8690	35.8060	0.6250
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit4"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
				1.0000	0.0000	0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-38.5976	35.8060	0.6250
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit6"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-18.8690	-33.8438	-0.5907
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
		{bone "emit5"
			{Matrix34
				0.0000	0.9998	0.0175
				-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
				-0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
				-39.1245	-33.8438	-0.5907
			}
			{visibility 0}
		}
	}
}
{Volume "trackleft"
	{Box 107.225 5.70835 21.2906}
	{Bone "WheelsL"}
	{Matrix34
		-1.0000	0.0000	-0.0000
		0.0000	0.0175	-0.9998
		-0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
		-8.6027	-2.3995	1.6915
	}
}
{Volume "trackright"
	{Box 107.225 5.70835 21.2906}
	{Bone "WheelsR"}
	{Matrix34
		1.0000	-0.0000	-0.0000
		0.0000	-0.0175	0.9998
		-0.0000	-0.9998	-0.0175
		-8.6027	-2.3978	1.5904
	}
}
{Volume "Turret"
    {Polyhedron "Turret.vol"}
    {Bone "Turret"}
    {Matrix34
        1.0000 0.0001 0.0087
        0.0000 1.0000 -0.0087
        -0.0087 0.0087 1.0000
        -5.5999 -0.7876 -5.6453
    }
}
{Volume "Gun"
    {Cylinder 2.01259 15.05910}
    {Bone "Gun"}
    {Matrix34
        0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
        0.0000 0.0000 1.0000
        1.0000 0.0000 0.0000
        -5.8167 0.0917 0.0611
    }
}
{Volume "Engine"
    {Box 19.8380 24.7471 14.8053}
    {Bone "engine"}
    {Matrix34
        -0.0175 0.0000 -0.9998
        0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
        0.9998 0.0000 -0.0175
        -0.7186 0.0000 -12.4887
    }
}
{Volume "Crew"
	{Box 14.761 16.3401 20.7453}
	{Bone "Body"}
	{Position 12.2758	-0.4735	2.0430}
}
{Volume "Inventory"
	{Box 24.0605 15.2712 17.6252}
	{Bone "Body"}
	{Position -11.8240	-0.4735	0.4503}
}
{Volume "Body1"
    {Polyhedron "Body1.vol"}
    {Bone "Body"}
    {Matrix34
        1.1195 0.0000 0.0000
        0.0000 1.0000 0.0000
        0.0000 0.0000 0.6801
        -2.0391 0.0000 -19.8967
     }
}

Here it is

btw I borrowed BT-7's MDL file and edited it with SoEdit to look good. :typing:

EDIT: Ok I got it to work. SOEdit didn't actually save it eventhough I pressed save. So I used Save as and it works now

**Zeke Wolff** · 29-09-2008

Glad to hear that you got it to work.

When using SOEdit, use SAVE AS and then immidiately afterwards, terminate the software. If you doesnt, then SOEdit wont save your new .mdl file correctly. It only saves everything correctly when you quit.

~Zeke.