[Tool] JoroDox mod making tool

[Numring]

A question to Joror or any other more experienced user: Is there anything I can do when the model appears correctly in the preview (with textures etc.) but the geometry is distorted in game? Already exported to .collada and mesh and the problem remains.

 

[blckdrgn]

Is it possible to get this to look into existing .xac files? I'd like to try and make a custom frame for a map but I have no idea what the scope/size of the in game frame is and being able to reference the original would be a huge help.

 

[valrossenOliver]

I get how to convert from EU4 (mesh) to dea (tho blender messes up as Y is up when in blender Z is up), but I cannot get it to extract from CK2 (xac). Doing it wrong or doesn't work yet?

 

[SaintDaveUK]

I get how to convert from EU4 (mesh) to dea (tho blender messes up as Y is up when in blender Z is up), but I cannot get it to extract from CK2 (xac). Doing it wrong or doesn't work yet?

This tool can only extract .mesh format, not .xac. Models made for Charlemagne expansion and later use .mesh.

 

[blckdrgn]

Quick question when exporting the dae file, do you need to delete the camera and light as well or does the conversion ignore those?

 

[Numring]

Quick question when exporting the dae file, do you need to delete the camera and light as well or does the conversion ignore those?

If I remember correctly, no. At least I don't think I did so.

 

[blckdrgn]

Awesome, I'm going to be trying this all out hopefully soon, first time doing anything 3D and scripted so it's a brave new world.

 

[AKronblad]

Does anyone know how to get a 'coat of arms' on a unit sprite's shield through PdxMeshTextureAtlas PDX Shader? What is required?

 

[Skyllio]

If using this, You no longer need to use step 11 on the second post. It causes graphical issues with the reaper's due disease smoke graphics.

 

[Arsakes]

I'm exporting model for which i want to use Ck2 skeleton for english archer.
Currently I'm exporting it with Armature that belongs to english archers which leads to model being strangly rotated along with armature.
Is there any special thing to do here?

 

[tarzanofmars]

Sad that this was not made more use of, or if I'm wrong, what mods use custom models?

I'm looking for someone who would like to make mounted Native American models for a mod I'm currently making for the After The End mod for CK2. It's an overhaul and expansion of the Plains tribes and I need some warbonneted warriors on horses. The EUIV skins would work just fine if that's possible, or redoing some existing horse archers and lancers.

 

[HandicapdHippo]

Sad that this was not made more use of, or if I'm wrong, what mods use custom models?

Warhammer geheimnisnacht had models for all races ported from a medieval 2 mod iirc. Pretty sure one or both the warcraft mods use custom models as well.

 

[EU3lover]

Hello @Joror , and @Skyllio and thank you for this mod.
I am currently trying to mod in a new mesh for the game March of the Eagles. Apparently it's closest to CK2 or EU3 DW.
I got the model I wanted, saved it from blender, opened it in Jorodox, converted it to a .mesh, and then copied over some square .dds images to apply the diffuse, normal and specular textures, as seen here:

I didn't specify a normal map because it doesn't seem to make a difference. I also used the PdxMeshStandard for the shader. Then I went ahead and clicked "Save mesh changes to file".

I copied the mesh into the game and it appears on the map, but it's completely black and has no textures:

I changed the PdxShaders from the list, but anything else I select just makes the unit completely invisible. Then I went into the game's gfx/fx/pdxlua.fx, and I found a list of techniques, including one of them called "technique PdxMeshStandardSkinned". The other one was the "PdxMeshStandard" and a third one which when used also made the units inviisble.

I changed PDX shader to "other" and I set it to use "technique PdxMeshStandardSkinned". In game, the units actually somewhat show up, but they're simply a ghostly shadowy outline of where the APC should be. Also, unlike with PdxmeshStandard, the game doesn't ignore the animations, so I can see the black shadows "walking" around which is pretty funny.

Here's the code from the PdxMeshStandardSkinned:

technique PdxMeshStandardSkinned
{
pass p0
{
MipMapLodBias[0] = -1;
CullMode = CCW;
AlphaBlendEnable = False;
AlphaTestEnable = False;

VertexShader = compile vs_3_0 VertexPdxMeshStandardSkinned();
PixelShader = compile ps_3_0 PixelPdxMeshStandard();
}
}

Is there any way for me to export my mesh to work with March of the Eagles without it being completely pitch black??

Thank you so much!

 

[Reichadler]

I see Google are deleting your tool... is there another method to deploy it? Some of us live on your useful little utility.

 

[Elkar]

I see Google are deleting your tool... is there another method to deploy it? Some of us live on your useful little utility.

I'm in the same situation. Hope its author could make an update to make it compatible with current Chrome or at least in order to make Chrome think it's up to date.

 

[Joror]

I have posted a compatibility update - check out https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...-mod-making-tool.831597/page-17#post-29051897

 

[valkyrie1234]

Sorry to re-open an old thread - but does anyone have experience using this tool to add new building models? Specifically I'm trying to replace the 'castle' building with a sphere for a space mod I'm working on - but either the game crashes or the .mesh file doesn't load (i.e. in the error logs it says the file couldn't be read). Thanks !

 

[EU3lover]

Hello @Joror , I want to thank you again for making this tool.

I am running into some very, very niche issues with my models that have come around because of the scale reduction of my full map conversion.

Essentially, I'd like to know if there's a way to make a .mesh always face the player. When a unit is moving, the game forces the unit to look in the direction it's moving, meaning if I want to build in an offset into an animation (make an animation slightly displaced to the side), it will always displace to the side of the way it's facing, rather than always displace in the same direction no matter what.
I saw that there was a special shader that would make a mesh "always face the player" and got VERY excited... but it seems to not make any difference whether I export it with that shader or with the standard shader.

This is the problem I am trying to fix:

 

[Joror]

Hello @Joror , I want to thank you again for making this tool.

I am running into some very, very niche issues with my models that have come around because of the scale reduction of my full map conversion.

Essentially, I'd like to know if there's a way to make a .mesh always face the player. When a unit is moving, the game forces the unit to look in the direction it's moving, meaning if I want to build in an offset into an animation (make an animation slightly displaced to the side), it will always displace to the side of the way it's facing, rather than always displace in the same direction no matter what.
I saw that there was a special shader that would make a mesh "always face the player" and got VERY excited... but it seems to not make any difference whether I export it with that shader or with the standard shader.

This is the problem I am trying to fix:

Hmm that would be a bit tricky, since that rotation is given from the engine. Theoretically that could be 'ignored' by the shader, but it would require writing a new specific shader for that effect. (the one that always faces the player is the Coat of Arms 3D one, but that one also doesn't get rotated by the engine)

If you feel adventurous, you could see if you can create this new shader, but beware, shaders are a deep subject that will take some time to get into and understand.