q3 model editing

[j3st3r]

Not really what topic implies but I was wondering how you go about setting up a new shader for a stock model that doesn't effect other maps in game. An example would be changing the color of a texture in a model but having the effect only take place in the map you are making. I have the color change part down but do not know how to isolate it just to my map.

[obsidian]

From the entities menu with Quake 3 Extras installed:

_remap : Used to remap textures/shaders in the model. To remap all shaders to a given shader, use "*;models/mymodel/mytexture". To remap a specific shader, use "models/mymodel/old;models/mymodel/new".

[j3st3r]

Do you place the new shader file in your scripts folder for the map? Also would you place the new texture in the model folder or in a new directory?

[obsidian]

Doesn't really matter as long as you aren't overwriting anything, but for organization it's probably best as follows:

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yourmap.pk3
    /models
        /mymodel
            mymodeltexture.tga
    /scripts
        mymap.shader
        mymodels.shader

And the optional shader script in mymodels.shader should read:

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models/mymodel/mymodeltexture
{
    [shader stuff]
    {
        map models/mymodel/mymodeltexture.tga
        rgbGen vertex
    }
}