Custom Skin for Blackjack

LarryG on 17/8/2013 at 19:04

Right. You're supposed to rename the bin you choose so that it overrides the original bin. So you don't need a cal file; you have the original.

Daraan on 17/8/2013 at 19:28

Can't download from this site it justs reloads hoping for another mirror.

So would the solution for sneaky be that he has to rename the bjarm copy the normal .cal and rename it likewise?

LarryG on 17/8/2013 at 20:33

I just tested the package and found there was a problem with transparency on the blackjack arm texture. So I fixed that and I rotated the texture for the blackjack on the arm, which somehow had gotten turned upside-down (??). I then tested the proper procedure to use these models and documented it in the readme. You can download the revised package (http://www.adrive.com/public/zgKb8t/NewBJs BJHands.zip) here. (I also fixed the link above to point to the fixed package. If you downloaded it before, please re-download.)

INSTRUCTIONS (Tested & verified to work on my machine.)

There are 4 bj arms to choose from in the Mesh folder:

armbj2_01.bin - original blackjack arm, one texture
armbj2_02.bin - 3ds for modified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack mesh, orig BJ texture
armbj2_03.bin - 3ds for modified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack mesh, EP BJ texture
armbj2_04.bin - 3ds for modified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack shape, new BJ texture

Pick one of them to put in your MESH folder and rename it to be BJACHAND.BIN and copy the corresponding texture(s) into the MESH\TXT16 folder if it uses a new texture. (Hint: armbj2_02.bin uses BLACJAC2.GIF, armbj2_03.bin uses BLACJAC3.GIF, and armbj2_04.bin uses BLACJAC4.GIF)
- Don't rename the texture.
- Use hex edit on the bin to see which texture corresponds, if you need to be sure.

There are 4 bj's to chose from in the OBJ folder:

BLACJACK_01.bin - original blackjack object
BLACJACK_02.bin - resized blackjack object to match arm, orig BJ texture
BLACJACK_03.bin - resized blackjack object to match arm, EP BJ texture
BLACJACK_04.bin - new blackjack object to match arm, new BJ texture

Pick one of them to put in your OBJ folder and rename it to be BLACJACK.BIN and copy the corresponding texture(s) into the OBJ\TXT16 folder if it uses a new texture. (Hint: BLACJACK_02.bin uses BLACJAC2.GIF, BLACJACK_03.bin uses BLACJAC3.GIF, and BLACJACK_04.bin uses BLACJAC4.GIF)
- Don't rename the texture.
- Use hex edit on the bin to see which texture corresponds, again, only if you need to be sure.

These are meant to be drop in replacements, but that only works if you rename the replacement bin files to have the same names as the LGS originals.

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For those who want to mess about with the 3D models:

armbj2_01.3ds - 3ds for original blackjack arm, one texture
armbj2_02.3ds - 3ds for mofified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack mesh, orig BJ texture
armbj2_03.3ds - 3ds for mofified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack mesh, EP BJ texture
armbj2_04.3ds - 3ds for mofified blackjack arm, two textures, new blackjack shape, new BJ texture
bjachands.an8 - an8 with all models (arms and blackjacks)
BLACJACK.3ds - 3ds of original blackjack object
BLACJACK_02.3ds - 3ds of resized blackjack object to match arm, orig BJ texture
BLACJACK_03.3ds - 3ds of resized blackjack object to match arm, EP BJ texture
BLACJACK_04.3ds - 3ds of new blackjack object to match arm, new BJ texture

Use at your own peril.

sNeaksieGarrett on 17/8/2013 at 21:22

Yandros and R Soul:

From my previous post:

Quote:

Edit: Nevermind, looks like thief was being picky about the file. I just recompiled it with 3ds to bin and called it armbj.bin

So yeah, I got it fixed. Again, just so everyone is clear, I ended up using .tga textures instead of the included .gif textures. Don't ask me why it didn't just work renaming the .bin file, but after rebuilding the bin with 3dsToBin using armbj2_04.3ds it's fine now.

Also, BLACKJACK.3ds is missing from this updated package, Larry.

LarryG on 17/8/2013 at 21:49

You don't need it.