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Extinct Animals For The Lab Problems; Animals for the Lab & egg problems
Topic Started: Aug 22 2008, 07:26 PM (2,448 Views)
Professor Nature
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I'am making a Tarbosaurus from the T. rex with A.C.T. (Animal Creation Tutorial) but I've run into two problems; (1.) A.C.T. does not tell my how to making fossils for the Dino. (2.) I can't quiet undestand the part about eggs(5-Entities folder 2c), it tells me to look for its egg files, but all I can find are Dinosaur Nest files. And what's the jazz of keeping same number of characters? I need some
advice please!
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Professor Nature
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More trouble... <_< When I enter the game, the Tarbosaurus' icon is white, with no name, no zoopedia, and invisible. When I place it, the game crashes. Can't anyone help me please!!! :blink:
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Why dont you start by checking out the common problems thread and hopefully that will help :)
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Professor Nature
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I did what you said, I found that I did spell Tarbosaurus: Tarobsaurus a couple times, so I fixed those. But when I entered the game, it was not in the menu anymore. Say, I downloaded a JPDilophosaurus from Zoo Tek Phoenix a while back, and it works in the lab. Would it be alright if I use that is a reference....not to copy anything, but use to compare my files to see if I Have everthing? :unsure:
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Generally it is a good idea to ask the creator to use their files before you go looking through, but usually they don't mind as long as you don't copy anything like you said :)
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Professor Nature
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Ok, I think I'll wait before I look though MarineManiac's JPDilophosaurus. Anyway, I did everything A.C.T. told me to do, but I think it is a little out of date, because it only has files up to Arfican Adventure. Is'nt there a tutorial on how to make marine and extinct animals?
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Yes, you just have to gather the files yourself from x200_000.z2f for MM and x210_000.z2f for EA.
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Professor Nature
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I know where the files are, its just the coding I trouble with... well, there is one file I can't find; the .nif file for the gift. The only .nif file for gifts I find was the Triceratops Gift. Are the rest stored some where else, or are they .bfb files?




Edited: I found the gift file it is a .bfb file. I also figured out the egg part, but all my files are messed up. I'am going to start from the beginning. :( I think I'll focus on getting the Tarbosaurus to work in the game before I add the lab files.
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Professor Nature
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Ok, things are better now but I still have a few problems which I'll explain one at a time. First of all; the Tarbosaurus icon appears in the menu, but both the male and female animals is invisible and when I place it the game crashs. How do I fix this?
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Try checking out the common problems topic at the top of the forum first ;)
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Professor Nature
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I already checked the Common Animal problems, in fact, I looked at it as I was coding. The Tarbosaurus is still invisible and it crashes when placed! is there another thing I'm forgeting that causes invisible and crashing? :(
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It definitely has something to do with the nif or bfm. Did you edit the nif? How did you edit the bfm? Or if you are using a bfb did you edit it?
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Professor Nature
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No, I did not edit the model in the .nif file itself, but did open it with a hexediter and replaced TyrannosaurusRex_M.dds with Tarbosaurus______M.dds (I put in more underscores because Common Animal Problems; it said in a hexediter, you need to keep the same number of characters).

As for the .bfm, I only changed in notepad the first line above the animations to:

<BFM modelname="entities\units\animals\Tarbosaurus\Tarbosaurus_Adult_M.NIF">

And the the first line below the animations to:

<Graph name="Tarbosaurus_Adult_M" version="1">

Are these Correct?
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What is the name of your nif file?
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Professor Nature
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Tarbosaurus_Adult_M.nif

Tarbosaurus_Adult_F.nif

Tarbosaurus_Young.nif



How am I doing so far?
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