Madness Engine PC2/AMS2 - Include Character Material Shaders On MEB Export

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Madness Engine PC2/AMS2 - Include Character Material Shaders On MEB Export

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Hi @Oleg,

Would it be possible for Zmod3 to recognize the characters_basic (CharacterBasic) and skintest_translucent shaders from the Project Cars 2 and Automobilista 2 materials. These shaders are used on character meshes (drivers). I'm attaching a sample helmet .meb file and its mtx files. Please let me know if there's anything else you need in order to make this possible.

Many thanks!
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Re: Madness Engine PC2/AMS2 - Include Character Material Shaders On MEB Export

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Hello.

Send me some more models and .mtx files that use these shaders. Perfectly, including their variations that do not have "_translucent". May be variations that have different set of "define name=...." entries, so I can compare them one to another.
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Let me know if this works.
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may you upload some textures from "characters\textures" folder? E.g. a pack of "drv_suit_glove_8090s_****" textures.
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Here you go. If it matters, the one part that I'm most interested is the helmet.
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@Oleg - did you get the chance to look into this? Is there any hope to get this in a future version? Thanks!!
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Get an update. I don't have the game or game files to test, so I just made the material files to be loadable (prevent error on import/export).
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Re: Madness Engine PC2/AMS2 - Include Character Material Shaders On MEB Export

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Hi Oleg,

I'm still having issues with loading the materials and textures.

When exporting I'm getting: Cannot Locate configuration for adaptation "characters_basic" (CharacterBasic) on material ""
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are you sure you have updated ZModeler? the "characters_basic" should not get loaded as "Color" shader. The updated plugin version is 3.3.0.299
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Re: Madness Engine PC2/AMS2 - Include Character Material Shaders On MEB Export

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finally got the chance to try it. It works so far! Thanks
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