[TOOL] Quick model material swapper

BeigeAlert

Hey guys, so this is a little python script I threw together just now to make material swapping much easier, and more flexible.  Until now, your only option to change a .model file's material was to change the name of your material to match the length of the existing material, then change the string with a hex editor.  YUK!  Well that's all in the past now.  With this handy utility, you drag+drop a .model file onto it to run it, it'll spit out a list of the materials currently applied to the model, and all you have to do is enter a number (material index) and the new path surrounded by double quotes.  Then just type "SAVE", and it'll save the file with "_modified" added onto the end of it, so you don't go overwriting anything important!

EDIT:  You'll need Python 3 installed.  Version probably isn't too important, not doing anything too advanced with this, but I have 3.1.4 installed for what it's worth.

Choose the model


Drag it onto the script


Enter the new path


Save it


And you are good to go!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/187piu1ntfsx7wp/model_material_renamer.py?dl=1

EDIT2: Here's a video demonstration

MauvaisVitrier

This is going to make a mapper's dick rock hard

MasterG

Are there any special things that I need to have installed to use this? Because drag+drop doesn't work.

EDIT: I got it working by installing python 3.4 and then making a batch file to execute the script from.

Awesome tool, thanks a bunch!!

N@uralBornNoobist

sum of deese commentz off end me as im a young child, full of innocence...yu jus ruined all dat...thanks in advance. and i get warnings for saying thank you 3 times...look at yourself in the mirror and really think about what your doing...this isnt right...this isnt wrong...just another name for another song.

BeigeAlert

MasterG said:

Are there any special things that I need to have installed to use this? Because drag+drop doesn't work.

EDIT: I got it working by installing python 3.4 and then making a batch file to execute the script from.

Awesome tool, thanks a bunch!!

Huh... should work to just install python.  Not sure why you'd have to make a batch file for it.  Oh and needless to say, it's Windows only.

N@uralBornNoobist said:

sum of deese commentz off end me as im a young child, full of innocence...yu jus ruined all dat...thanks in advance. and i get warnings for saying thank you 3 times...look at yourself in the mirror and really think about what your doing...this isnt right...this isnt wrong...just another name for another song.

Good question.  Yes.

MauvaisVitrier

N@uralBornNoobist said:

sum of deese commentz off end me as im a young child, full of innocence...yu jus ruined all dat...thanks in advance. and i get warnings for saying thank you 3 times...look at yourself in the mirror and really think about what your doing...this isnt right...this isnt wrong...just another name for another song.

burp

Archie

Got any videos of it in action(?) i find these most helpful, making some videos myself!

Soul_Rider

Why now Beige? Why Now? hahaha

Seriously great work, shame you couldn't have made it a couple of years earlier... haha

BeigeAlert

nizb0ag wrote: »

Got any videos of it in action(?) i find these most helpful, making some videos myself!

Added a video to the OP.

Soul_Rider wrote: »

Why now Beige? Why Now? hahaha

Seriously great work, shame you couldn't have made it a couple of years earlier... haha

Sorry . I'll try to be 2 years faster with everything else I do.

2cough

Well if I knew anything about code, modding... etc... I think this would probably make me jizz a little bit. Nice work there.