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2023-09-12T00:58:43Z

Cleaning up unused materials: Fixed weird spam of non-breaking space that caused note to go off page.

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	#Press 8 to open up the Explorer.		#Press 8 to open up the Explorer.
	#Press M to switch to Materials view.		#Press M to switch to Materials view.
	#Select~~ ~~and~~ ~~delete~~ ~~(using~~ ~~the~~ ~~Delete~~ ~~key)~~ ~~any~~ ~~materials~~ ~~that~~ ~~you~~ ~~do~~ ~~not~~ ~~need.~~ ~~A~~ ~~“<Not~~ ~~used>”~~ ~~indicator~~ ~~refers~~ ~~to~~ ~~unwanted~~ ~~materials~~ ~~but~~ ~~if~~ ~~you~~ ~~are~~ ~~not~~ ~~sure,select~~ ~~the~~ ~~material~~ ~~and~~ ~~Press~~ ~~7~~ ~~to~~ ~~call~~ ~~up~~ ~~the~~ ~~Render~~ ~~Tree~~ ~~to~~ ~~help~~ ~~you~~ ~~decide~~ ~~whether~~ ~~it~~ ~~should~~ ~~be~~ ~~deleted~~ ~~or~~ ~~not,~~ ~~and~~ ~~whether~~ ~~you~~ ~~need~~ ~~to~~ ~~switch~~ ~~materials~~ ~~around~~ ~~(to~~ ~~apply~~ ~~a~~ ~~different~~ ~~material~~ ~~to~~ ~~the~~ ~~mesh,~~ ~~just~~ ~~drag~~ ~~that~~ ~~material~~ ~~from~~ ~~Explorer,~~ ~~onto~~ ~~the~~ ~~mesh in the~~ ~~viewport).		#Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure,select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should be deleted or not, and whether you need to switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just drag that material from Explorer, onto the mesh in the viewport).

	''Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.''		''Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.''

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	= Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips =		= Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips =

Centaurianmudpig at 06:03, 1 October 2016

2016-10-01T06:03:24Z

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	1) Freeze the model.		[[XSI_Freeze\|Freeze]] the model.



	2) Freeze the mesh’s transform values. This is done so that the mesh does not end up being offset from all the meshpoints in-game. To do this, under the “Transform” Panel, go Transform > Freeze All Transforms. This should change all the ~~Scalingvalues~~ to 1 and all the Rotation and Translation values to 0, if they weren’t already at those values.		'''Freeze the mesh’s transform values'''. This is done so that the mesh does not end up being offset from all the meshpoints in-game. To do this, under the “Transform” Panel, go Transform > Freeze All Transforms. This should change all the Scaling values to 1 and all the Rotation and Translation values to 0, if they weren’t already at those values.



	3) Cleaning up unused materials:<br/> a) Press 8 to open up the Explorer.<br/> b) Press M to switch to Materials view.<br/> c) Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure, select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should  be  deleted  or  not,  and  whether  you  need  to  switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just  drag  that  material  from  Explorer,  onto  the  mesh  in  the viewport).		= Cleaning up unused materials =

	Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.		#Press 8 to open up the Explorer.
			#Press M to switch to Materials view.
			#Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure,select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should be deleted or not, and whether you need to switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just drag that material from Explorer, onto the mesh in the viewport).

			''Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.''



	4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips:		= Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips =

	a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar~~<br/> b)~~ under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.~~<br/> c)~~ In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.~~<br/> d)~~ Expand the Clips >Images folder and delete any unused image clips. Image clips are just texture instances.		#Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar
			#under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.
			#In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.
			#Expand the Clips >Images folder and delete any unused image clips. Image clips are just texture instances.

	Note:  Any “noIcon_pic” clips/images are integrated  into  XSI and cannot actually be deleted.		''Note: Any “noIcon_pic” clips/images are integrated into XSI and cannot actually be deleted.''



	5) Cleaning-up the Scene_Root. Go to the Scene_Root in Explorer and delete any extraneous objects from your scene. Nothing under the Scene_Root except:		= Cleaning-up the Scene_Root =

			Go to the Scene_Root in Explorer and delete any extraneous objects from your scene. Nothing under the Scene_Root except:

	*the camera (XSI requires that you have at least one camera object)		*the camera (XSI requires that you have at least one camera object)

Centaurianmudpig at 04:23, 30 September 2016

2016-09-30T04:23:51Z

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	1) Freeze the model.		1) Freeze the model.



	2) Freeze the mesh’s transform values. This is done so that the mesh does not end up being offset from all the meshpoints in-game. To do this, under the “Transform” Panel, go Transform > Freeze All Transforms. This should change all the Scalingvalues to 1 and all the Rotation and Translation values to 0, if they weren’t already at those values.		2) Freeze the mesh’s transform values. This is done so that the mesh does not end up being offset from all the meshpoints in-game. To do this, under the “Transform” Panel, go Transform > Freeze All Transforms. This should change all the Scalingvalues to 1 and all the Rotation and Translation values to 0, if they weren’t already at those values.



	3) Cleaning up unused materials:<br/> a) Press 8 to open up the Explorer.<br/> b) Press M to switch to Materials view.<br/> c) Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure, select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should  be  deleted  or  not,  and  whether  you  need  to  switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just  drag  that  material  from  Explorer,  onto  the  mesh  in  the viewport).		3) Cleaning up unused materials:<br/> a) Press 8 to open up the Explorer.<br/> b) Press M to switch to Materials view.<br/> c) Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure, select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should  be  deleted  or  not,  and  whether  you  need  to  switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just  drag  that  material  from  Explorer,  onto  the  mesh  in  the viewport).
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	Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.		Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.

	4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips:~~<br/>~~ a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar<br/> b) under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.<br/> c) In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.

			4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips:

			a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar<br/> b) under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.<br/> c) In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.<br/> d) Expand the Clips >Images folder and delete any unused image clips. Image clips are just texture instances.

			Note:  Any “noIcon_pic” clips/images are integrated  into  XSI and cannot actually be deleted.



			5) Cleaning-up the Scene_Root. Go to the Scene_Root in Explorer and delete any extraneous objects from your scene. Nothing under the Scene_Root except:

			*the camera (XSI requires that you have at least one camera object)
			*the model’s mesh
			*the rootpoint null
			*and all the meshpoints nulls under the rootpoint

	[[Category:Modeling]]		[[Category:Modeling]]

Centaurianmudpig at 04:09, 30 September 2016

2016-09-30T04:09:56Z

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	4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips:<br/> a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar<br/> b) under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.<br/> c) In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.		4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips:<br/> a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar<br/> b) under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips.<br/> c) In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.

			[[Category:Modeling]]

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1) Freeze the model.

2) Freeze the mesh’s transform values. This is done so that the mesh does not end up being offset from all the meshpoints in-game. To do this, under the “Transform” Panel, go Transform > Freeze All Transforms. This should change all the Scalingvalues to 1 and all the Rotation and Translation values to 0, if they weren’t already at those values.

3) Cleaning up unused materials: a) Press 8 to open up the Explorer. b) Press M to switch to Materials view. c) Select and delete (using the Delete key) any materials that you do not need. A “<Not used>” indicator refers to unwanted materials but if you are not sure, select the material and Press 7 to call up the Render Tree to help you decide whether it should  be  deleted  or  not,  and  whether  you  need  to  switch materials around (to apply a different material to the mesh, just  drag  that  material  from  Explorer,  onto  the  mesh  in  the viewport).

Note: When you are done, there shouldn’t be any unused materials, as these are going to be exported into the *.mesh file, needlessly bloating its file size.

4) Cleaning-up unused textures and texture clips: a) Press 3 to switch to the Render Tool Bar b) under the “Get” section, go Clip > Delete Unused Image Sources and Clips. c) In the Explorer, Press O to switch to Sources view. Expand the Sources > Images folder and delete any unwanted texture references.