Model editing?
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Model editing?
Hello, is model editing possible? I'd like to whip up some high poly Chao models.
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Re: Model editing?
Yes and no.
SA2's model editing is extremely undeveloped, mostly because the format for what I believe is the overwhelming majority of the models (if not all) has not been fully figured out.
SA1's (or as far as I'm concerned SADX PC 2004) model editing however, is very developed in comparison.
That said I can't give the specifics on the limits of said editing.
And I haven't seen a high poly Sonic model or something like that for any version of SA1 after all this time yet so...
SA2's model editing is extremely undeveloped, mostly because the format for what I believe is the overwhelming majority of the models (if not all) has not been fully figured out.
SA1's (or as far as I'm concerned SADX PC 2004) model editing however, is very developed in comparison.
That said I can't give the specifics on the limits of said editing.
And I haven't seen a high poly Sonic model or something like that for any version of SA1 after all this time yet so...
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Re: Model editing?
I see. Are high quality textures possible outside of Chao? I see HD texture packs exist for Chao, but I'd like to do some for stages and characters as well.chaoadventures wrote:Yes and no.
SA2's model editing is extremely undeveloped, mostly because the format for what I believe is the overwhelming majority of the models (if not all) has not been fully figured out.
SA1's (or as far as I'm concerned SADX PC 2004) model editing however, is very developed in comparison.
That said I can't give the specifics on the limits of said editing.
And I haven't seen a high poly Sonic model or something like that for any version of SA1 after all this time yet so...
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Re: Model editing?
Yes. That said, I tried making an HD Sonic one time for SA2 and I didn't notice much, despite their size. Stages might do better though.
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Re: Model editing?
Yeah, since the characters are mostly block colors, the things that would make the most difference are things like shoes and clothing as well as stage textures.chaoadventures wrote:Yes. That said, I tried making an HD Sonic one time for SA2 and I didn't notice much, despite their size. Stages might do better though.
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Re: Model editing?
In regards to SADX, most of whose hacking is for the 04 version, it's my understanding that while the SA1 model format is understood, Character models are stored in a .dll for which extraction/replacement of contents is less well developed, making even swapping in DC models difficult. Most other models are stored in more easily access places in SADX04, and the biggest reason, best I can tell, for why there hasn't been a complete model port from the DC version is that the models have to be extracted from disorganized bin files on the DC side. That said, there is a mod currently in development with regular updates for making the PC version look more like the DC version, some of which goes beyond model and texture editing(if I'm reading the discussion right, quite a bit of progress has been made lately in understanding the DC version's lighting system, which is implied to be far better than the GC/PC versions. The mod is called Sonic Adventure DX 99 Edition. Apparently, SA1 took quite a dip in graphical quality between the GC and original PC porting.