[Avenger33]

I was wondering if there is any simple reskinning utility for .w3d models like Half-Life Model viewer for HL's .mdl files...
I actually wanted to make a new unit and use an existing model but different skin for it. I searched google for such an utility, but found nothing, and after I got really annoyed, I used possibly the most lame way to accomplish it, I opened .w3d file in a hex editor, sought out the texture name and changed it to the name of the new texture.
It worked, but isn't there a better way to reskin and save a model?..

[Waspo]

You mean Re-mapping the faces or repainting the textures?

If you mean repainting the texture, just open the TGA file in PS.

[smurfbizkit]

Other than importing the w3d, then reexporting...hex editing is the only other way to do what you are asking.

[Avenger33]

Waspo, well, I know how to edit a texture, but you see, I want to use a unit with an edited texture as a separate new unit, which won't work, as a .w3d file stores a texture name within, and so it would use the same texture. Too bad there isn't any other way besides hexediting..

[Silent_Killa]

erm, just save the model with the new texture under a different name... that's a much easier way to do it

[Avenger33]

You mean save it in RenX, right?.. Import it to RenX, change the texture, and export it back to .w3d?.. Are you sure it's easier?..

[Silent_Killa]

yup, if your skinning with PS that's the way to do it... I don't understand hex editing though... you might have to UVW map it though... depends if you just edited the existing texture or made a completely new one

[TylerD]

Hex edit's the easiest, by far, as long as you have a decent hex editor, w3d imports arent always perfect.