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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0006554DarkRadiantGeneralpublic13.08.2024 19:04
ReporterFrost_Salamander Assigned Toorbweaver  
PrioritynormalSeveritynormalReproducibilityalways
Status confirmedResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS Version11
Product Version3.9.0 
Summary0006554: Paintings face the wrong way in model chooser
DescriptionWhen choosing paintings in the model chooser, they face away from the mapper. This makes selecting skins for them very tedious as you have to rotate the model to see what the new skin looks like. On top of that, every time you select a new skin the model rotates back away from the mapper.

Apparently this is something to do with the origin of the model itself, so any solution would have to avoid changing that so existing missions would not get broken.
Steps To ReproduceOn any new map:

- right click and choose 'Create model...'
- choose models/darkmod/decorative/wall/painting01.lwo
- note the painting is facing away from the mapper
- rotate the model in the preview window so you can see the skin
- select a different skin
- note the model rotates back so it's facing away from you again and you need to rotate it again to see the new skin.
Additional InformationThis seems to affect all paintings except 'ornate_frame01.lwo'

Also raised in the forums: https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/3499-wishlist-for-darkradiant/&do=findComment&comment=495513
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orbweaver

orbweaver

13.08.2024 19:04

developer   ~0016812

The DarkRadiant issue here is that the orientation of models is being lost when you switch to a different model in the Model Chooser, which we should be able to fix.

Ensuring that models have the "correct" initial orientation is impossible because we have no idea what a model contains, or which part of it is the "correct" side. The only way to fix this would be either changing the model itself (a lot of work and it would break existing maps), or introducing some mechanism for content creators to tell DR which direction a model should be viewed from, e.g. with an additional config file in the model directory.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
04.07.2024 17:35 Frost_Salamander New Issue
04.07.2024 17:37 Frost_Salamander Additional Information Updated
04.07.2024 17:38 Frost_Salamander Additional Information Updated
05.07.2024 08:24 Frost_Salamander Description Updated
13.08.2024 19:04 orbweaver Assigned To => orbweaver
13.08.2024 19:04 orbweaver Status new => confirmed
13.08.2024 19:04 orbweaver Note Added: 0016812