From Silenthillmodifications Yahoo group by perdedork
Level/Model Viewer
“This program loads the level files for SH2,3,4 and displays them, allowing the user to move around the level using the mouse and arrow keys. This is an initial release, so there may be some bugs.”
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/silenthillmodifications/
Go to the yahoo group for more info and support. I didn’t make it, I don’t have all the answers (but I will try to help if you ask me to). I just have it linked here because it’s awesome.
I can export to other formats?
FAbian
February 4th, 2010
It depends on the game. I have had no trouble with exporting SH3 model files. It can also dump SH3 levels files, but I haven’t been able to open these. I think there is a converter that lets you open them in 3dsmax.
February 4th, 2010
hi i have a problem
I can not open all levels Why?
February 11th, 2010
eehh not necessary
delete my post
sorry :’(
February 11th, 2010
Use game archive unpacker with plugin – http://www.totalcmd.net/plugring/gaup.html
Extracted SH3 and converted all TEX to DDS. The SH 234 viewer i have doesn’t seem to dump the game mesh, just textures – is there a version that will do this?
March 25th, 2010
When I open the SH 234 viewer, it loads something on my screen, but everything is white, except for the background (which is black). The levels are white, the models are white, everything is without textures! Also, if I stay in the SH 234 viewer for more than a minute, it starts making an error noise that goes off once every half a second, then the program closes. What am I doing wrong?
September 5th, 2010
I’ve had that happen with earlier releases of it, you could maybe try the modifications yahoo group for other versions to see if they work on your computer. Closest that happened to me was actually that when I was in sh3 looking at the amusement park, just the robbies and the hanging bodies were white, and then a couple things in the hospital. When I started using a different build of the model viewer, the problems stopped.
September 5th, 2010
Thanks for the quick reply. I posted a message on the Yahoo! Group so hopefully they’ll get back to me soon.
September 6th, 2010
Also, for dumping the meshes, try
3d ripper dx. the only models I’ve dumped with the other programs were from sh3, and that was with an older version of the model viewer, not the level/model viewer, which is mainly good for viewing levels/models and dumping textures, not dumping models/levels.
September 6th, 2010
Do these modding programs work on the SH3 demo?
December 11th, 2010
The texture explorer (on the utilities page) should, but I have no idea about the level viewer. It’s a small file though, shouldn’t be too much trouble to try it and see, just make sure the path to the folder is correct in the .cfg file.
December 11th, 2010
There should be a feature so people could edit where they want the viewer to look for the files
August 3rd, 2011
True dat, but I don’t think the dude is making updates for it anymore.
August 3rd, 2011
Oh, if you mean what directory, you have to edit that in the cfg file.
September 22nd, 2011
How can I Extract the animation? (Monsters)
October 11th, 2011
As far as I know, you can’t. I mean that there isn’t a tool for doing that, I don’t think.
October 12th, 2011