ROM Hack [WIP] The Fourth Dimension: A Super Mario 3D land level editor

[exelix11]

How do I go about getting a fresh CCNT?

From an unmodified RomFs of the game it's the file SystemData\CreatorClassNameTable.szs

It hangs on the process. I tried my Windows 10 laptop, and it works.
But, now, I have an even greater problem. When I import ANY model, when I try to Generate now (CollisionsMng) I'm greeted with this: View attachment 53379

No matter what I type, it says "file not found, error" or something. This does it with ANY model I import.

*edit*

Fixed when you put your obj to the desktop... Weird... Needs a fix, I think.

That's s dos limitation, looks like i forgot the quotes in the command args, use a path without spaces and special characters. If you don't want to move the file to another folder, manually drag your obj over CollisionsMng.

On the other pc the problem may be that you don't have .net framework 4.5.2 (or directx since it uses 3d rendering ?) installed, and if you have switchable graphics card, try running it with the high performance one.

Your stage1.zip level freezes for me, dude.

What region is your game ? Did you copy everything and then patched the CCNT ? If you copied both stages files and then patched once it won't work, the second stage's patch file overwrote the one for the first stage

error: wrong magic number when importing an szs game model :|

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View attachment 53395

wrong magic number appears when the file you are loading isn't a byml (if you're opening a szs the byml inside it isn't a byml, probably it's corrupted), what file are you trying to open ? From File-> Open you must open stages, not models

 

[mustafag32g]

Hey exelix, do you know if there is support for vertex coloring ?

 

[exelix11]

Hey exelix, do you know if there is support for vertex coloring ?

If you use the official toolkit to convert models it should support them,if converting with EFE i'm not sure.

 

[ILoveUnity]

From an unmodified RomFs of the game it's the file SystemData\CreatorClassNameTable.szs


That's s dos limitation, looks like i forgot the quotes in the command args, use a path without spaces and special characters. If you don't want to move the file to another folder, manually drag your obj over CollisionsMng.

On the other pc the problem may be that you don't have .net framework 4.5.2 (or directx since it uses 3d rendering ?) installed, and if you have switchable graphics card, try running it with the high performance one.


What region is your game ? Did you copy everything and then patched the CCNT ? If you copied both stages files and then patched once it won't work, the second stage's patch file overwrote the one for the first stage


wrong magic number appears when the file you are loading isn't a byml (if you're opening a szs the byml inside it isn't a byml, probably it's corrupted), what file are you trying to open ? From File-> Open you must open stages, not models

i went to other modding creatorclass then loaded an szs i made

 

[exelix11]

i went to other modding creatorclass then loaded an szs i made

Merging from file works only with another CreatorClassNameTable (szs, xml or byml is because it can be in those formats,like the CCNTPatch.xml from my levels), to add an entry you write the name you choose for the object in the Object name field, then click add and then save, if you are adding a level model the class must be "FixMapParts".

 

[exelix11]

To everyone who has the app crashing at startup without any message, with the power of google i discovered that's there is a way for me to check what's wrong: dump files.
If you add to the System register the reg file i put in the attachments every time the editor crashes a memory dump will be saved to C:\T4D_Dumps\ if you send that to me i can try to fix it.
Dumps are about 100mb, but with a good compressor (i use 7zip) you can reduce them to 25mb or so.
Even if you don't have the crash at startup, you should consider to add this key, so if the editor crashes for an unknown bug i can fix it quickly.
Dumps are generated by windows itself, don't contain any personal information, only some details about the computer, like timezone, architecture, the path of the editor and the list of modules loaded at runtime, if you use this, make sure the editor name is "The4Dimension.exe" or else it won't work.

To disable this you just need to remove the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\The4Dimension.exe" key with regedit

 

[ILoveUnity]

uh I added me model into the creator class name thing and when putting it in the level it shows up as a blue suare not as the model

 

[exelix11]

uh I added me model into the creator class name thing and when putting it in the level it shows up as a blue suare not as the model

This has been said other times in this thread,rename your .obj model to the name you set to the object and copy it in the models folder.
Don't rename the mtl and the textures folder, you just need to copy them to the models folder ,it will work the same

 

[ILoveUnity]

Ok so model just isn't there in game
I added it to the creatorclassname thing and set the clipping ratio to a high number dudes

 

[ILoveUnity]

@exelix11 Ok so model just isn't there in game!
I added it to the creatorclassname thing and set the clipping radius to a high number dudes and put the szs in the folder with the name
model shows up in editor

 

[exelix11]

Just wait, i'm not 24h on 24 here.
Is the collision there ? How big is the object szs ? did you check the model scale before importing ? If you changed the object scale in the editor it won't work, the scale property isn't implemented in this way in the game.
Did you use a bcmdl or an obj ? obj to bcmdl converter doesn't always work, you should try to convert it with the nw4c toolkit

 

[ILoveUnity]

Just wait, i'm not 24h on 24 here.
Is the collision there ? How big is the object szs ? did you check the model scale before importing ? If you changed the object scale in the editor it won't work, the scale property isn't implemented in this way in the game.
Did you use a bcmdl or an obj ? obj to bcmdl converter doesn't always work, you should try to convert it with the nw4c toolkit

i used a bcdml from a 3ds game so the size should be good, I DID NOT RESIZE IN EDITOR IT WAS RIGHT SIZE ALREADY. i dunno what to do

 

[exelix11]

i used a bcdml from a 3ds game so the size should be good, I DID NOT RESIZE IN EDITOR IT WAS RIGHT SIZE ALREADY. i dunno what to do

how big (filesize) are the bcmd, kcl and the whole szs ? Did you copy the szs in the ObjectData folder with the same name you added in the CCNT ?
Looks like not every game are using the same bcmdl format, right now i'm trying to import a model from mario kart 7 and i have the same issue, i'm checking where could be the problem.
From what game is your bcmdl ?

 

[ILoveUnity]

how big (filesize) are the bcmd, kcl and the whole szs ? Did you copy the szs in the ObjectData folder with the same name you added in the CCNT ?
Looks like not every game are using the same bcmdl format, right now i'm trying to import a model from mario kart 7 and i have the same issue, i'm checking where could be the problem.
From what game is your bcmdl ?

same as yours (Cart 7)

 

[mustafag32g]

when my models do not show up in the editor, even though i put obj in models files. I usually just dele the models file and open up 4dimension and restart the process where it converts my models to obj. It should work then :-)

As long as you have the edited obj.szs in the objectData folder :-)

 

[ILoveUnity]

when my models do not show up in the editor, even though i put obj in models files. I usually just dele the models file and open up 4dimension and restart the process where it converts my models to obj. It should work then :-)

As long as you have the edited obj.szs in the objectData folder :-)

know some good objs?

 

[exelix11]

when my models do not show up in the editor, even though i put obj in models files. I usually just dele the models file and open up 4dimension and restart the process where it converts my models to obj. It should work then :-)

As long as you have the edited obj.szs in the objectData folder :-)

They don't show up because the editor once has loaded the model for an object keeps it in memory, so if the object is duplicated it won't load the model again from the disk, you just need to restart the editor and it will work

For the mario kart 7 models i still can't make it work, i guess the problem is the size, once i convert the obj to kcl i get a 500kb file, which is far bigger than the biggest kcl in the game.
Now i'm trying to convert the mario kart 7 kcl to a 3d land kcl

 

[ILoveUnity]

They don't show up because the editor once has loaded the model for an object keeps it in memory, so if the object is duplicated it won't load the model again from the disk, you just need to restart the editor and it will work

For the mario kart 7 models i still can't make it work, i guess the problem is the size, once i convert the obj to kcl i get a 500kb file, which is far bigger than the biggest kcl in the game.
Now i'm trying to convert the mario kart 7 kcl to a 3d land kcl

zelda model pls? download for obj in description

 

[exelix11]

zelda model pls? download for obj in description

The model has too many polygons, if you give me a very simplified version of it i'll convert it

 

[ILoveUnity]

The model has too many polygons, if you give me a very simplified version of it i'll convert it

I dont kno how but @DarkFlare69 made a model in MK7 of this so he might have made a simplified version.... uh
maybe the one from here? http://www.models-resource.com/gamecube/legendofzeldathewindwaker/model/417/