To create new SHPs you can use SHP Builder too, though i would suggest Image Shaper.

You can edit SHP files with the OS SHP Builder. a cameo) or a whole unit like the titan with a number of frames. SHP: the 2d graphic file format used by the game. You can edit these files with the OS HVA Builder. HVA: every voxel file needs this file which stores the animation of the voxel sections or at least the position of the voxel in the selection box ingame. The position of them is defined in their hva file.Įvery file of them needs its own hva file! (unitname.hva, unitnametur.hva and unitnamebarl.hva) The game automatically places these files ingame together to one unit. While voxel mechs use separate sections in the vxl file, do tanks use a separate vxl file for their turret and barrel. The animation for those multiple sections is stored in a HVA file.

the main body of a tank), but they can also have several sections which normally represent different parts of a unit (e.g. Voxel files do normally contain only one section (e.g. You can edit these files with the Voxel Section Editor. This stores a 3d model of a unit as voxels ( volume pi xel, or easy 3d cubes). Note: If you install a mod make sure that your own mod doesn't shares the same numbers on the mix files. While the game reads vxl,hva and ini files directly from the main TS directory and also in expandXX.mix files (where XX is a number between 02-99), do SHP files work only in ecacheXX.mix files (XX is a number between 02-99) For that copy an original mix, rename it to ecache02.mix, open it, delete all the stuff inside and then add your own new files like vxl or shp. To make new mix files, you can use XCC Mixer too (Don't use XCC Mix Editor as this tends to corrupt mix files). With the Mixer, you can also extract files from them. You can open them with the XCC Mixer which is part of the XCC utilities. MIX: mix files are like zip files and work as archives for other files. There are several different filetypes used by the game. Some useful and simple tutorials for beginner Adding new stuff, common problems and newbie mistakesĤ.

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