HI guys, in this article http://massassi.net/articles/df/enemy.htm it tells you to basicly add a rail det to a 3do of a mandalor to make a simple enemy. This seems like a fun way to make enemies and I'd like to give it a try but I don't know what I should be changing in the 3do file.

It says "Open "kyH4.3do" with a text editor and copy the information from "rldg.3do" into it replacing the information for the mesh "K_rhand" (Refer to the article on 3do editing in the October Issue of Darkness Falls)"

But sadly I there is no link anymore. Can someone give me a basic rundown of how to add the gun hand to the main 3do? I'm planning to make a few more enemies like a Stormtrooper leader.

Later on I plan to make more enemies the more advanced way but I need help with this first step. Thanks for reading.

After careful reading of an article on editing 3do I seem to have gotten it. I now have a Stormtrooper 3do with con rifle.

Yea, if you can understand how to do it in notepad, you can solve many troubles. The program JOKE is good for those types of things too, but I prefer to edit the txt directly. Be careful and make plenty of backups!

From my experience with 3do editing, editing 3dos in notepad is a REQUIRED skill because you can solve so many errors that way than trying to fix them using JED or Joke.

Here's a follow up question. I have the 3do and have made it work in the level as an enemy. I have it's own AI, Cog (that drops a con when he dies), pup and even a snd file. All these work fine.

But for some reason the mesh of the Concussion Rifle disapears unless you are right up next to the enemy. Does anyone know what is causing this? I'll attach the 3do as a text file if that helps.

Sounds like an LOD problem. Copy the mesh for the right hand to all the 3do's geosets (geoset 0 thru geoset 3), not just the first one (tip: you can use ctrl+f/Find to locate each rhand node.. just search for the name of the mesh)

Thanks, that solved the problem.