by peugeot407

Her Majesty says: "I had deeply terrifying news this morning. Even though I ordered every sergeant to explain the Royal Army's superior equipment to every soldier, it seems some are still unaware with it's features. I found this so worrying, I decided to take matters into my own hands."

"Now all show your Granny Viewer! What? You don't have it? Report to the Royal Armoury at once!"

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A worthless Frenchman says: "She can be un peu forward at times, I hope you don't mind. Non? Allez!"

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Her Majesty says: "Can somebody remove that French piece of lower class uselessness from the room? Where were we now? Ah, I remember. The Granny Viewer is a very simple tool that enables you to see what's inside those annoying little .gr2 files you'll find everywhere in Age of Empires III's Art folder. It's main screen should now look familiar to you, but here it is anyway:"



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Her Majesty says: "The main part of the granny viewer is the model preview screen you see in the top right corner of the screen. Well, when I say corner of the screen, it actually covers most of it. Below that you'll find six tabs filled with all sorts of information, though most of it will only be understood by those a few social classes above yours. To the left is what's generally referred to as the 'Main Menu'. It contains some very interesting options, as well as slightly less interesting ones such as 'Exit Granny Viewer'."

"Shall we continue? It seems many of you do not quite know where to find which textures are attached to a said Granny model. I am pleased to say Granny Viewer has a solution for that. Jolly good, now isn't it? And it's all just one click away. A click on the 'Texture List' tab, that is. Because I deeply doubt if any of you will be able to fully understand this, I have had a picture drawn to show it very clearly."



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Her Majesty says: "We are almost at the point of fully understanding those things you need to know about the Granny Viewer. There's but one thing that stands in our way. Well, actually there's more than one. They're called 'bones'. No, not those that you lot seem to find still in the meat you seldom eat, but those to which objects can be attached. Though most units and buildings in Age of Empires III share a number of bones, to know exactly which unit has which bone at which position (are you still following?) you'll have to take a look at the Granny Viewer again. Click on the button called 'Skeletons' in the Main Menu, then enable bones to be seen by clicking the appropriate buttons."



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Her Majesty says: "Now it seems you have finished this tutorial, and with that you should now know how to properly handle your modding equipment. I doubt you will not have to read it again, but if this makes you a better modder, I suppose it'll be necessary. I guess I'll just return to the Palace now, I tend to find it's inhabitants slightly more agreeable people than you."

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Side note I by Robert Faber, a humble sergeant in the Royal Modding Army: Please use this information wisely, so it will no more be needed to ask these questions in separate threads. Dismissed!
Side note II by Robert Faber, a humble sergeant in the Royal Modding Army: I hope that, and would want to ask if, Colonel Tahattus, being of higher rank than me in the Royal Modding Army, won't mind me using his style of tutorial-writing.


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[This message has been edited by peugeot407 (edited 09-05-2010 @ 10:38 AM).]