[The_Blind_One]

Okey so i got gmax and all the stuff that i need to edit models.

Now i loaded up the mig and gave it a new skin, the skin works fine and all but i want to know whats the use of that thing called PICKBOX around the mig?

1. Whats the use of it?
2. And how do i make it invisible ingame it keeps showing up as a cloudy irritating thing, or as a big block covering my mig?

[alasz11]

1) The pickbox was originally going to be the area you could select the jet with, because aircraft move so fast, it'd be easier to target one if the selection range was more forgiving

2) Put an alpha channel texture over it. All black (look at the muzzle flash)

[Flyby]

beeuuuttt... wrong answer on Q2 !!

Look under geometry options, on the W3D tool in the Gmax utillity tab.
Hit the "hide" option...

[The_Blind_One]

Okey thx

But what do you mean with ''originaly ment'' you mean it is no longer? or is still used?

[alasz11]

Originally Posted by Flyby

beeuuuttt... wrong answer on Q2 !!

Look under geometry options, on the W3D tool in the Gmax utillity tab.
Hit the "hide" option...

I think my way would work also, even though its more effort then necassary. I'm not completely sure about the properties of alpha channels yet though, so I could be wrong

[sage_inferno]

useally when i see a pickbox i define it as a bone in w3d options.

[tor3203]

alpha channel use much memory in game.
you shouldn't use where it don't need.
(as it said in documents I have read)

[mastermind2003]

Yeah, you can just hide the geometry by unchecking the export geometry option. Much less memory intensive.

[Henford_]

Originally Posted by Flyby

Look under geometry options, on the W3D tool in the Gmax utillity tab.
Hit the "hide" option...

Bzzzzttt! Wrong answer. In W3D tools, check the AABox checkbox.

[Flyby]

Originally Posted by Henford_

Bzzzzttt! Wrong answer. In W3D tools, check the AABox checkbox.

We're both correct, depending on what you want to do with it :

from the renegade docs :

AABox = This mesh is to be used as an axis aligned collision box.
Hide = Use this option to make your geometry hidden, e.g. a bounding box.