so here i am again...still working on this same gun

i just added textures, and i can export the file as a .jms
but now i'm getting this:


11.17.09 01:12:21 tool pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
11.17.09 01:12:21 reference function: _write_to_error_file
11.17.09 01:12:21 reference address: 42ca20
11.17.09 01:12:21 Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
11.17.09 01:12:24 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:24 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:24 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:25 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:25 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:25 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:26 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'
11.17.09 01:12:26 failed to create new tag '.shader_model'

i searched on here and google but...it doesn't seem like this error exists
any ideas?

I think it's missing a shader tag. If the GBX model compiled, check the shader references, and see if they match to anything, if not reference a random shader to test.

well now i'm really confused...

the gbx model compiled, but the textures are all wrong in game. they look fine in max, but in game there's a lot of black, it's like halo decided to say "screw it," ignored my uvw unwrap and just threw textures onto the model

have you made proper shaders for the textures?

see that's probably my problem...

i don't know how to do that

well, basically, for a really simple shader, in guerilla, make a new shader_model tag with the same name as the corresponding material in max, then in the map field reference a bitmap (these are made by compiling .tif images in tool using the bitmaps command)

if you want more info, search for a tutorial

ok, for starters i'm an idiot

the gbx model isn't compiling...at least i don't think it is. when i run tool it comes up telling me that there's degenerate triangles, and then asks me to chose a type for the shader, it will then say "failed to create new tag '.shader_model' no matter which option i chose and after 8 attempts it says "failed to import model"

that's because you haven't made any shaders, which i explained in my previous post how to make.