just wanted to show this guy around here however, i have a question


Is there a way to make an automatic player model, as in you don't need to manually define him in the code strictly to use him? Studying the DEF files, player models look strictly defined where you can't just toss a pk4 in and expect it to be added like Q3A, but restricted like HL2.

right now he's working because I replaced player_corpse.md5mesh with my thing.

not sure if there is an answer, as i dont follow it too close, but try reading this thread.

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2....r+model

nice model btw

In quake2 to add a player model you put it in c:\quake2\baseq2\players\*modelname*

MaybeQuake 4 has a similar way to detect models

Q4 will load any decl's that are defined in .def files regardless of the name. I'm pretty sure all you need to do is include in your pk4 a def/your_model.def file which has the appropriate decl in the same style as those in def/player.def.

eg, something like this (assuming its fundamentally a marine in terms of animations):

model model_player_underwear_marine
{
  inherit model_player_marine
  mesh models/characters/player/yourm_model.md5mesh
}
entityDef model_player_your_model
{
  "model" "model_player_your_model"
  "def_head" "head_model"
  "skin" "skins/multiplayer/marine"
  "team" "marine"
  "description" "Your Models Long Name"
}

Cool, it works, sort of. You can't pick him through the list, though ui_model model_player_brak works. Probably.

Raven could make a player model detection feature in the next patch.

I'm pretty sure it should work through the gui too if you get the .def right. Maybe you need some more bits from player.def (iirc theres the defmodelXX bits, which maybe you need to do).

For some strange reason, I can't apply a new death sound on my model in the def files. Always plays the standard marine death sound every time. (Yes, i've got a sound shader defined)

Are you associating it with snd_death in the models definition? ie in a similar way to player_marine does (you'll inherit the marine one if you dont).

As far as I can see, thats all that should be necessary, since the code doesnt reference a filename, but snd_death, and thats coming from the .def file.

here follows my awesome def file

model model_player_brak
{
 inherit model_player_marine
 mesh models/characters/player/player_brak.md5mesh
}

entityDef model_player_brak
{
 "model" "model_player_brak"
 "skin" ""
 "team" ""
 "description" "Brak"
 "snd_death" "player_sounds_brakdeath"
}