Help required with weapon hardpoints

How do I add new ones to existing models?

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Hello people,

I have been working on creating my own Sins Rebellion experience for quite some time, yet I have always wondered how I could add extra hardpoints to existing ship models that are used in Sins. I have been looking at this web page for help, but I can't figure out which program I need to edit the hardpoints on the model.

Could someone tell me which program is best (in your opinion) for adding new hardpoints?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

PS: I'm using Windows 7.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

That guide assumes you have the model in XSI or other 3D model format. For the Sins models, you only have the .mesh. No program can directly add points to that.

I get around this by opening the model in notepad from the reference files, copying a hardpoint, and then open up the dev.exe to show mesh points. I can then manually change the X,Y,Z coordinates and the dev.exe will reload the model, showing the new position. Repeat until your hardpoint is where you want it.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks guys, I'll see where I get with the manual way of editing the hardpoints in the .mesh files first.