Tutorial:Making an asset from start to finish

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Creating a game ready asset

You can use this at any time during your asset creation to refer; and to troubleshoot. This is a step by step guide to creating the cool mods you see in game. This tutorial, is not for the faint of heart. Proceed at your own discretion.

Specifications

Length: Varies by user
Difficulty: Intermediate
For version: Every version

Steps

Step 1 - Choosing the program

Despite popular belief, this is not an important step. Any old program will work. The main ones:

3ds Max (Good to go)

Maya (Good to go)

Blender (Steep learning curve, needs .DAE importer/exporter)

Wings 3D (Cannot import .DAE models nor texture)

Sketchup (Needs a .DAE importer/exporter)

Cinema4D (Doesn't auto unwrap by powers of 2; exports do not function)

Step 2 - Understanding Folder Design

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General Folder Layout

Creating your part is nothing if it isn't set up correctly.

To get your part in game you must set up a part folder accordingly;

[1]{Folder=Partname}-{Folder=Textures};{Part.DAE];{Part.CFG}]

Things to keep in mind:

Your texture must be in the folder labeled Textures. That "s" is important, tiny things like that will corrupt your part.

Your part.DAE is simply your exported mesh and it's collision.

And your Part.CFG is your text file correlating all of your names (case sensitive) so the game can run from the locations.