I've tried to import a new weapon model ( the weapon uploaded by november dobby ), but when i click compile current asset only in assetmanager it says: Couldn't find material[demo_weapon_skin] in D:\Games\CoD 4\raw\material_properties.
Someone please help me !

Have you made the material in asset manager too? You need to convert that first.

Ok I'll try that, but I need to ask you another question: If I've compiled the asset using assetmanager, where do I have to put the files in my mod to get the new gunmodel working.

The tutorial explains it, assuming you've made a mod.ff before. You need to include the weapon in mod.csv using:

weapon,mp/wepname

and the weapon textures an iwd\images folder, they're placed in cod4\raw\images after conversion in asset manager.

oh and put the updated weapon file in iwd\weapons\mp.

Ok I've done what you said and everything worked. But when I try to start a map it sais: "No Xmodel loaded for item index 8, weapon index 8, model index 0 ()". But the compile process was successful and I can see the model in raw/xmodel/. What can I do to fix this error. I've already tried putting it in my mod.iwd/xmodel, but this is not working.

hm

post your weapon file in [cοde][/cοde] tags, might see something there

No problem:

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I've just found out, that I can open the xmoden in editor, so the problem can't be the xmodel i think it has something to do with the settings I used in assmen are you sure that I have to set the drop down list to animated.

edited on May. 2, 2009 01:32 pm by TFD|Gumpi

try rigid instead

i've tried using rigid but I get the same error. Now I've tried using a different weapon file, but if I do so I see a big red fx in my face. How can I fix this?

TFD|Gumpi writes...

What is the name of your new weapon? All the weapons in COD4 are indexed from a couple of .CSV files, and the game "recognises" them from them. The .CSV files used for this purpose are:

statsTable.csv
classtable.csv
offline_classtable.csv

And the weapons are "given" to the player according to its place in rankTable.csv.

If your weapon has an entirely new name, and isnt in any of those .CSV files, the game wont be able to recognise the weapon. This seems to be what is happening because of the error "item index 8". If it was a weapon already listed, then it would give the name - not some strange generic index name.

If your weapon has an entirely new name, you will need to edit the .CSV files I've mentioned, and include the name. (you can get all the stringtables from downloads dotted around the COD community, or ask Dobby for them as he does most of them)

If Im off-base here, then I apologise.

edited on May. 2, 2009 03:11 pm by DemonSeed