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@Phanjam thank you, once I figure out how to compile my own mods (getting there) I'll make it available... somewhere...?@Anarch16sync thanks! Couldn't have pulled it off without your help, though I will say I am also glad I managed to get the model into 3ds Max because that texture layout is... rough....

Yeah all things considered the particle approach seems like the safest option, in regards to interacting with other systems at work...?Anyway because I'm good at using my time responsibly here's the end result, since while I liked my choice of weapon, the colour scheme didn't match any of the Zealot textures. Doesn't really match TL2's texture style but that was to be expected, I guess. Been a while (since I've textured anything, that is)...

I had the bright idea to copy and make changes to the Netherim Glaive particle. I... It's showing up on the model, for sure, but that's... not quite how swords're supposed to work...As an aside I'd gone ahead and shuffled(that is, renamed) animations around in anticipation of the Zealot having a weapon, using the .XML converter and Notepad, such as renaming the Polearm to simply Attack and Rwand to Special_Cast1 (not sure what tags apply to animations honestly) but the Polearm and Rwand animations are... disabled? in GUTS...It's all quite confusingEDIT: Alright, I got it.  And I'd forgotten to update the names in the Zealot.ANIMATION file, maybe that's why?EDIT 2: Updating the .ANIMATION file did the trick. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Anarch!

Ah, I've found what you're referring to!Quote[ANIMATION]      <STRING>FILE:netherim_ranged.skeleton      <STRING>NAME:Bind      <FLOAT>DURATION:0      [KEY]         <STRING>NAME:SPAWNPARTICLE         <FLOAT>FRAME:0         <STRING>LAYOUT:media\particles\monsters\netherim\glaive.layout         <STRING>BONE:tag_lefthand         [BONEOFFSET]            <FLOAT>X:0            <FLOAT>Y:0            <FLOAT>Z:0         [/BONEOFFSET]      [/KEY]I'm going to assume I can copy this into the Zealot's animation file (and making the necessary changes, ofc)? Thank you!EDIT: Alright! It worked! Now to find out whether .LAYOUT and .DAT/.BINDAT files are interchangeable as far as it's concerned? 🤔 EDIT 2: Okay I don't know what I'm doing. 😑 Changing the path to some other .LAYOUT file breaks it (or I picked a bad file?) I think I'm fundamentally misunderstanding the file types at work here...?

I've been replaying Torchlight 2 recently with (among others) the Xev's Pets mod enabled. The thing that's bothering me is that the Dark Zealot does not have a weapon.One of the mod's other pets (and the only one, I've since noticed), the ranged Netherim, has a weapon that is not part of its model by default 'equipped', so I opened it up in the Units Data Editor to try and figure out how to replicate that but... I can't find a reference to the weapon model anywhere? I've also tried looking at Monsters (replicating them didn't work), checking whether the TL1 model has the right attachment points (tags? in TL lingo, which it does), checking the .MESH and other files as .XML etc.What am I missing here? 🤔

Recently been replaying Torchlight 2, and making ample (or not?) use of the mods out there! Although I regret not getting into TL2 modding back in the day (I only briefly dabbled with TL1, too), I can't promise I will rectify that now, lol.As for my, uh, credentials? I modded Warcraft III for years (overlap's probably why I didn't get into TL modding; here's my best attempts) up until 2011-2012, and more or less haven't modeled anything of note since... I have been drawing more or less regularly most of my life, though, and you can find my more presentable art on Tumblr, ArtStation, or DeviantArt. I'm also on Twitter!So yeah! Hi!