Meta program trouble

[merit]

hey everyone i have just downloaded the meta program to rework the way items, armor, and weapons look and i tried something small like a dagger and i got the dagger to the way i wanted but for some reason when i saved and tried importing it back into the model view it wouldn't show my changes so i was wondering what i am doing wrong or a step im missing any one that has used this program please lend me a hand and help me out.

[Deo]

Re: Meta program trouble

when you File>MQO to DAT>select projectname.mqo

do you get a "File Not Found" or "Please select the item you wish to convert" ?

Those usually mean that you changed the base item. You'll need to have the item equiped before changing it.

It also doesn't work if the base item's file is missing, if you moved/renamed from backing it up.

[PotentPotables]

Re: Meta program trouble

Yeah, on top of makins sure it's equipped before trying to import it back into Model Viewer, make sure that you also didn't change the name of the file that you sued when you converted it from Model Viewer.

Also, a little quirk I've noticed with MEta is that most of the time your can't just File>Save. You actually have to File>Save As and make sure you overwrite the file you changed. For some reason, especially if I CrtlZ something, I always have to do this because if I just Save, it won't give an error and looks like it's saved, but then actually doesn't save your work.

[merit]

Re: Meta program trouble

ok this is what is does when i open the model viewer and go to convert from mqo to dat i get a pop up saying please select a model to be converted and on the right it says the MQo file failed to open

Double Post Edited:
oh this is also what i did when i converted from dat to mqo i named them main

[Deo]

Re: Meta program trouble

Yeah, that's exactly what I was talking about. You need to select the same dagger as the one that was modified. If you're shown with something else on the screen, it will give you that error.

Also, make sure the sub is the same weapon, you might have converted the wrong dagger.

[Imkindalost]

Re: Meta program trouble

Oh, yea like deo said it has to replace the dagger you used... But once you import it, you can actually take the dat file and replace whichever dagger you wanted with it. Just make sure to back up the origionals of both before doing that.

Lemme clear that up a bit, lol...
Say you exported the bronze dagger and you modified it to your liking and you wanted it to replace a onion knife, you have to import it as the bronze dagger, but after its imported agian, you can just swap the modified dat of the bronze dagger with the onion knife dat. But make sure before you do that you make a backup of the 2 dats.

Should make better sense :p