Manipulating meshes
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just a quick view to show what i removed to manipulate a mesh in order to remove certain 3d data

once i deleted certain data (changed with empty chars) it deleted & removed parts of the mesh.
im just trying to show you here in the picture what i did to remove

i used a simple hex editor to do this & im sure using a hex editor it may well be possible to even change the shape of the mesh
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#2

Confusedhock:
Thanks.
How You know what lines removed ?
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#3

jolly changing the shape of it, would it just be like hawk's stretching of the nose and the rudder on the mkXIV?
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#4

That's stretching meshes in the plane itself. This is changing the shape of a mesh.
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#5

Quote:Thanks.
How You know what lines removed ?

through process of elimination.
Once you know where the 3d data is located you can remove any part you want.
for example i could have removed just the nose cone or i could have removed just one of the blades & left the nose cone intact if i wanted to.
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#6

Mr. Jolly this is very interesting, can you remove component file names from the mesh file so that they are not calling for mat files?

I have a situation where in order to get a certain gunsight I needed to use a [body] mesh which calls for a large number of files that I don"t want.

The result is that I have a bunch of mat files that are not wanted but need to be in my mod as place markers. I can render the unwanted parts invisible, but if they could be eliminated that would be better.

When I try to remove file name the mesh doesn't work anymore. If I were to remove the file name AND the 3D coding would it work?
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#7

Brilliant discovery
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#8

You Brits have always been good at breaking codes. :wink:
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#9

ROFL, yes poncho...u r right !!

Good discovery, very good Big Grin
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#10

you should guys work for military as code breakers, The mod team Big Grin
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Quote:Mr. Jolly this is very interesting, can you remove component file names from the mesh file so that they are not calling for mat files?

I have a situation where in order to get a certain gunsight I needed to use a [body] mesh which calls for a large number of files that I don"t want.

The result is that I have a bunch of mat files that are not wanted but need to be in my mod as place markers. I can render the unwanted parts invisible, but if they could be eliminated that would be better.

When I try to remove file name the mesh doesn't work anymore. If I were to remove the file name AND the 3D coding would it work?

i have been using a hex editor to create a fair few of the mods here for some time. using a hex editor you can easily modify or change the name of the file the mesh asks for & then create a the new file - this helps when you are creating new gun positions & you dont want it to conflict with another when you are sharing files with another gun position. Its hard for me to explain but i recomend you download a free simple hex editor & maybe play around with the files for il2
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#12

poncho Wrote:You Brits have always been good at breaking codes. :wink:

LMAO :lol: Good one poncho. I was just thinking that bud.
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#13

MrJolly Wrote:i have been using a hex editor to create a fair few of the mods here for some time. using a hex editor you can easily modify or change the name of the file the mesh asks for & then create a the new file - this helps when you are creating new gun positions & you dont want it to conflict with another when you are sharing files with another gun position. Its hard for me to explain but i recomend you download a free simple hex editor & maybe play around with the files for il2

Bloody hell! Now you have to tell me what you knew already inside the .msh file!
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Quote:Bloody hell! Now you have to tell me what you knew already inside the .msh file!

i wish i knew as much as you do! lol i dont know what i can tell you really other than what ive written here allready - i just slowly worked out where abouts the 3d data was contained but other than that my knowledge is very limitedcompared to you Smile
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#15

OK, Start from simple!

a) What mod you did?
b) As you said above, how to change the gun position(and in which file).
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