Having trouble importing xmodels =[

[Migroo]

Hello fellow COD4 mappers.

I am fairly new to COD4 mapping and I have a problem with my xmodels. About 3 months ago when I set up the mod tools everything worked great then a while back when I would import xmodels there would be no preview of the model and now there is no preview and they wont import. I get this error when I try to import it:

Loading model prefabs/mp_strike/planter_cube.map...ERROR: xmodel 'prefabs/mp_strike/planter_cube.map' not found
ERROR: Cannot find xmodel 'prefabs/mp_strike/planter_cube.map'.
faild.

Does anyone know what is causing this? I am hopping to get a map ready by the 27th for a LAN party but this is a bit of a snag.

Thanks in advance.

-Migroo

[Drofder2004]

At a guess the prefab folder is in one place and but radiant is trying to find it somewhee else...
What is your folder layout structure?

[Migroo]

[root_directory]\map_source\prefabs\mp_strike\planter_cube.map

Is that what you're after?

[Drofder2004]

Not really, your exact and full tree.

So, where is radiant installed, where are your maps files saved and where are your project settings pointing.

[Migroo]

Here is where my radiant in installed: C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\bin

My maps are saved here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\map_source

Project settings:
basepath (.EXE location) - C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
mapspath (.MAP location) - C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare\map_source
entitypath - .\cod4.def
game dir (aka "fs_game") - [Blank Field]
base game dir ("fs_basegame") [Blank Field]

Is that more what you are after? Sorry I'm new to this.

[Drofder2004]

Ok, my bad. The error is not what I thought.

After a quick re-read, the error is caused by the way your are trying to open a model.
Previous games stored model as a model file and collision maps as map files.
CoD4 now simply skips the process.

So, to load a model, you use "Misc<Prefab" not "Misc<Model".

[Migroo]

Thanks! That works great. Would you happen to know why there is no preview image? If not thats fine they are importing now which is awesome.

[Drofder2004]

Previews only work with models.

So Misc<Model

Then navigate to "raw/xmodel" and then you shall have previews, but you may not have collision with them (unless you do it manually. (Test for yourself, haven't done any mapping in a long time).