Invisible Lightsaber Glitch

[SecretApprentice]

Hi I was wondering how I could fix the invisible glitch on a certain model I have. It is a dark Jedi model ported from Kotor. It is one of my favorite models. If someone can tell me how to fix this glitch it would be much appreciated.

Note, if this requires modeling then I cant do it. If I could send the .pk3 to someone for them to fix it that would be good too. My Email:michael_moser@bellsouth.net

[Mr. Wonko]

We'll need more specific info on the problem, but it sounds like it might require modelling.

[SecretApprentice]

I load the model ingame, and the lightsaber is invisible doing no damage at all to anything. The hilt is still there but does nothing. I do think it requires modeling. If anyone is an expert on this I'll send the file to them right away!

[Mr. Wonko]

If the hilt is there, it should work, or it's a problem with the saber. The saber works correctly on other models?

[ChalklYne]

u need the original .xsi file. u need to open it back up and rename the hands to r_hand and l_hand. what are the hands called in the .skin file for him?

[Mr. Wonko]

Originally Posted by ChalklYne

u need the original .xsi file. u need to open it back up and rename the hands to r_hand and l_hand. what are the hands called in the .skin file for him?

If it was a tag problem (and changing their names is a simple matter of hex-editing) the hilt wouldn't be in the right place, would it?

[minilogoguy18]

If the hilt is there but the blade is not then it's a problem with the saber, try a different hilt, a base hilt.

Don't know why you aren't willing to even try to fix this OP, the unwillingness to try is the reason why there aren't many modelers. Not a single person who is or was part of this community was a "professional", they just took the time to learn using google. Myself included.

[SecretApprentice]

The hilt works perfectly fine on other models, and every single hilt I choose it all shows up invisible. I went into the skin files and I didn't see r_hands and l_hands all I saw were r_arms and l_arms. Does it have to be in the _hand format for the blades to show up? I stink at modeling I may or may not be able to pull this off. I can still send it by email if anyone would like to help but I'll try it by myself first.

[Mr. Wonko]

If you've don't have the Jedi Academy SDK, get it. Then open the model.glm with ModView (in the tools directory) and take a look at the tags. Compare them to other models. Is one amiss? That would probably be bad.

[katanamaru]

The problem is not the saber. It is the ported model. The saber bug only occurs when you run the playermodel in single player correct? There have been a number of models that have had this issue for the single player portion.

It is a rigging issue. When Hirman was making his Emperor model and letting me animate it I had that issue. He figured the problem was in the rigging and fixed it.