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new tool now available, w3dren [message #239220]

Mon, 15 January 2007 05:16

jonwil
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w3dren is a tool that can rename a w3d file and optionally a texture inside that file.

It can be downloaded from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rentools/
To run it type w3dren infile outfile [oldtex newtex]
infile is the name of the old w3d file
outfile is the name of the new w3d file
oldtex and newtex are optional and specify the old and new names of the texture to rename.

If anyone would like to see other w3d manipulation functionality added (e.g. renaming meshes), please let me know and I will add it if I can.

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Re: new tool now available, w3dren [message #239223 is a reply to message #239220]

Mon, 15 January 2007 05:34

Zion
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Good stuff!

So this can only rename the textures used on the mesh, not what mesh uses what texture?

If so, good, it'll mean you don't have to go back to the source and re-export with the 'new'/'fixed' textures. Big Ups

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Re: new tool now available, w3dren [message #239224 is a reply to message #239220]

Mon, 15 January 2007 05:52

jonwil
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It just changes the texture filename. Nothing else.

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Re: new tool now available, w3dren [message #239243 is a reply to message #239220]

Mon, 15 January 2007 08:25

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thnx

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Re: new tool now available, w3dren [message #239251 is a reply to message #239220]

Mon, 15 January 2007 09:44

Blazea58
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This seems very useful for a map like roleplay 2 where i have over 7000 objects, and nearly 1k textures which all have horrible naming. What if you are to rename an alpha channel with it, will it loose the alpha? Maybe you can add an optional thing for changing sizes of the texture? That would be handy for large tasks of resizing.

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Re: new tool now available, w3dren [message #239616 is a reply to message #239251]

Wed, 17 January 2007 13:32

Jerad2142
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Blazea58 wrote on Mon, 15 January 2007 09:44

That would not do much good if the texture was UMV wrapped.
But this program is going to be useful, even though it will get rid of some security that we would otherwise have (naming the 3D model with you initials or something like that for the smaller mods).