[Tutorial] Edit Jersey & Short Model - The "inject" Method

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[Tutorial] Edit Jersey & Short Model - The "inject" Method

Postby maumau78 on Fri Oct 07, 2022 2:51 am

As requested by many I will explain the technique used to edit the 3D Cloth model of a jersey or a short.

Let's take as example classic_shorts.iff

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- The STATIC mesh....I think it's pretty easy to edit with blender
- The CLOTH mesh...Is the tricky one

You have to take this into consideration.....the 3D model of the short is inside the CLOTH file....it's just a vertex list without faces.

So to edit the workflow is like the one below:

- Backup STATIC .model file
- 3D edit the STATIC model with blender and let's say make it bigger
- Now using HexCmp or a similar software just check differences between original static and 3d edited one

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This differences between the two is the 3d vertex list we want to apply to the CLOTH file: so we need to save them into a new file.
Also....the START hex values of the original STATIC model are the same HEX values we need to find on the CLOTH file....same is for END hex values.

Now we just have to open the CLOTH file and look for START / END hex values and "Inject" the new one.

That's all!
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Re: [Tutorial] Edit Jersey & Short Model - The "inject" Method

Postby sticky-fingers on Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:05 am

this tutorial was definitely needed for years
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Re: [Tutorial] Edit Jersey & Short Model - The "inject" Method

Postby maumau78 on Fri Oct 07, 2022 3:08 am

Welcome; If some parts need more in-depth explainations just post here (Y)

BTW as you can see the "SHORTS" point list is the same concept we saw on the "NET" file...but is this case we can 3D edit the shorts or jersey on STATIC and inject it....so no need to perform a double edit with Blender.

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.....a nice hint I personally use...look for start / end of padding bytes on CLOTH file to have START / END addresses quick...

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Re: [Tutorial] Edit Jersey & Short Model - The "inject" Method

Postby Young1996 on Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:09 am

Is there a video tutorial?
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