Unable to get model setObjectTexture to work on custom model

[mindstorm 8]

So with the help of a realy nice guy called Alduric (from http://arma3coop.pl) I was able to finally get some of the models I have into Arma. 

 

I made my self familiar with blender and also managed to port a model myself (the same as Alduric did), also giving the model some colors. 

 

Now I would like to be able to change the object's color with setObjectTexutre.

Thus far I have been unable to achieve this. The model has the orignal colors I've set with blender, but they wont change when I use setObjectTexture.

 

This is my model

I made a selection called "pod", which I thought would make me able to change the colors.

 

This is my models config:

class CfgPatches
{
	class ref_entity
	{
		units[] = {"ref_droppod"};
		weapons[] = {};
		requiredVersion = 0.1;
		requiredAddons[] = {"A3_Characters_F"};
	};
};
class CfgVehicleClasses
{
	class r_ent
	{
		displayName = "Entity";
	};
};
class CfgVehicles
{
	class Land_DuctTape_F;
	class Helper_Base_F;
	class ref_droppod: Helper_Base_F
	{
		mapSize = 1;
		author = "";
		scope = 2;
		displayName = "DropPod";
		//simulation="thing";
		destrType = "destructNo";
		vehicleClass = "r_ent";
		hiddenSelections[] = {"pod"};
		hiddenSelectionsTextures[] = {"#(argb,1,1,1)color(0,0,0,0.1,ca)"};
		model = "ref_entity\droppod\droppod";
		accuracy = 1000;
	};	
};

At first I inherrited from Land_DuctTape_F, but after inspecting the spheres from A3_Misc_F_helpers I thought Helper_Base_F would do the trick. Without luck.

 

Could anyone point me in the right direction as to what I'm doing wrong, and why I am unable to apply different colors the the whole pod?

 

I'm fairly new at this, kind of proud I actually managed to get objects from blender in Arma myself. Now I'm only stuck at this part and I would really appreciate the help!

 

 

 

[da12thMonkey 1943]

You also need a model.cfg file with the name of your hiddenselections ('pod') written in the sections[] array of the CfgModels class.

 

At its most basic, I think this would work:

class CfgModels
{
	class Default
	{
		sectionsInherit="";
		sections[] = {};
		skeletonName = "";
	};

	class droppod: Default
	{
		sections[] =
		{
			"pod"
		};
	};
};

[mindstorm 8]

 

You also need a model.cfg file with the name of your hiddenselections ('pod') written in the sections[] array of the CfgModels class.

 

At its most basic, I think this would work:

class CfgModels
{
	class Default
	{
		sectionsInherit="";
		sections[] = {};
		skeletonName = "";
	};

	class droppod: Default
	{
		sections[] =
		{
			"pod"
		};
	};
};

 

You are my hero! Thank you so much man. So happy right now :D.

 

One more question, any idea on how to get the material to shine through, like the spheres? It seems like the original spheres don't use an rvmat so I suppose I need to change something in the object builder, but I have no clue what that would be.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Never tried to do it without a .rvmat but maybe one of the Lighting & Shadows options in the Face Properties window will do it (select faces/verts and press [E]) or the Lighting options in the Vertex Properties window (select faces/verts and press [Shift+E]), though the header vertex properties window suggests that the lighting settings there are "obsolete".