Transferring 3D models

[rabidrage]

I've finally gotten some decent editors onto my computer and have decided to learn to make my own levels. Between Doom Builder and Slade I've been having a great time--I've put in the Doom 64 monsters and the Playstation Nightmare Spectre, some textures from various other wads...it's fun. And of course if I want to publish it I'll get all the required permissions and give credit to the people whose content I've used. In the meantime...

I've found a pretty good pack of 3D models and would really love to be able to replace the Wolfenstein SS guy, because he doesn't mix with the other monsters. How do I move the model out of GZ-Models-r16 and into my wad? When I try, he's invisible! What's going on?

I hope you all are merciful and help me out. This wad could be pretty epic if I spend enough time on it. Like--a year. :P

[Kappes Buur]

Have a look here
http://forum.drdteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=6109

Also, I recommend GZDoom Builder which has support for models.
http://devbuilds.drdteam.org/doombuilder2-gzdb/

[rabidrage]

That first link goes a bit over my head, at least for the time being. I suppose I should be more specific as to what I've done:

I've copied the SS models and modeldefs into my wad, by copy-pasting them from the model pack PK3. As far as I can tell, it's not telling me anything is "not found". I fixed other errors that cropped up, like "path" not recognized, etc. No luck, though, they're still invisible.

If I load the PK3 and the wad into ZDoom together, it works exactly the way I want it to, but I'd love to be able to put everything into one file and have complete control.

[Kappes Buur]

Package your file as a pk3. For example.

[Kappes Buur]

And the editor view

[rabidrage]

Nice! That seems to have fixed my problem with the Unmaker laser as well. I copied that model into your PK3 example, and voila! Now the question is how to copy my map into the PK3 so that it actually works. There's a ton of custom stuff in there, not just the map itself...or if I ever distribute it I could just distribute it as two files, one WAD and one PK3...

[Kappes Buur]

If you have that much custom stuff to add, I recommend to check out Enjay's Gene-Tech
with Slade 3, as to how to properly package a pk3 structured map.

Also: http://zdoom.org/wiki/Using_ZIPs_as_WAD_replacement