Interesting, I wonder if this could be used to make fangames using AC models... THough I guess we'd need to figure out how to apply a rig to all the pieces
Thank you for this tutorial! It works AMAZINGLY well, a few tips for anyone who wants to go at this: 1. I saw someone say you can't select individual objects in new versions of Blender, but you can, it just takes a quick extra step of separating the object group. 2. If you want sharper textures I recommend changing the filter mode on all materials to nearest (default is linear, which blurs them a bit). 3. Try adding some custom lighting and mess with camera/render settings for an updated look (if you want PNGs make sure to enable background transparency). You can easily look up how to do the things above, and none of them take more than a few minutes. Now I just gotta figure out how to rig the AC...
Thank you for this. Word of advice to anyone trying this with the newest Blender version (2.81 or whatever), it doesn't seem to let you individually select so go back to 2.79, otherwise it's a headache.
Just keep doing what you believe keep working hard to keep armored Core alive if things keep going better in my life I hope to make a fan version of the game at some point until from software gets around to it
Sorry but as I stated in the video, my knowledge with this program is pretty limited, so sorry, I can't help on that problem as that doesn't happen with me
Thanks a lot, TBM! These ripped models will be useful! Even though there might be some legal problems if I try and use it on monetized full-fledged animation, at least I can use them as a reference to make other custom AC-like models from scratch. Hmm... perhaps I'll make that chibi Latios model one of these days... That'll be a fun addition to your 3D casts.
Heavyarmored Some of the level geometry is also slightly improved on PS2. The best example is Rim-Fire’s place in Last Raven: on PS2 the initial hill has more polygons and textures, whereas on PSP you can see each flat-shaded chunk(The PSP games use an equilateral chunk-based version of binary space partitioning, explained here: th-cam.com/video/zb6Eo1D6VW8/w-d-xo.html)
You can actually render the model without the background and save it as a PNG. Also, don't use the compression, it usually introduces artefacts to the image. Also, I would suggest you stop using the stock render. I suggest you watch the beginners course on the Blender Guru channel. Especially the parts on shading and rendering. It's a very easy to pick up program and you can do wonders with it.
Ahhh I did not know those things, but I do want to say, thanks for the advice. I do have to say that I did not intend to extend much on this, this is the bare minimum I myself needed to know.
Buster TBM Gameplay Don't miss out on it, it's free. I assure you, in a week's time you'll be able to produce highly realistic images if you'll just watch some videos on rendering in blender. I mean, your AC models can look much better than this, it only takes some basic shader tweaking and HDRi. I would totally be interested in seeing what you could do with those models visually.
Can this also work in other 3D scenes? Like fighting an AC in the Arena for example? I would love to get my hands on Baby's Breath (AKA Not-Nineball) and Crow Predator (AKA Not-Evangel).
Only managed to barely get the background working you see on the last raven request video, it's been a pain and a lot of it was not working properly, and considering I do not know enough of blender, I couldn't do anything about it
I know this video's a few years old, but could you tell me which version of Blender you used here? I tried grabbing 2.7, and the interface doesn't seem to behave in quite the same way.
damn, I was looking for a method that didn't use jpcsp. that's quite literally the only thing stopping me from ripping models. On the bright side, the fact that I can't rip AC models means that I've been forced to make high-poly AC models from scratch in Blender. I'm half done with Sir Fire, and it's moderately game accurate. By the way, seeing as you're now ripping models, ever thought of making an animation like Limit Release?
While I can pose and rip, I won't be able to animate it, so sorry about that. And dang, that is too bad, I hope in the future you can somehow make use of jpcsp
Thing is, I probably won't be able to use jpcsp in the foreseeable future unless I buy a new computer. Also, that's a shame that you can't animate. Is it a technical problem or do you just not feel like you're ready to do that kind of stuff yet?
I feel I would not be able to do well with this and well, I know nothing of it, so to me, I'll just say, I'll let it slide, let others animate who have passion for it.
Yikes. Limit Break. Maaan, a child in me wishes we have more cooler 3d AC animation than that stiff as hell animation. Granted, its something at least. lol Btw, i think if youre REALLY determined, since that program can capture an entire scene, you may be able to make a stop motion out of it. I wouldnt have the patience tho. Are you? lol
Holy crap on a pogo stick..... A program that can "capture" an ENTIRE 3d files from a scene in a currently RUNNING program (in this case, the game). Thats some crazy shit man.... Now things make sense to me on how the hell did you manage to get a custom AC as a "preset model" rahter than building them part by part. lol Since i dont think the save file will even contain your AC model. If that WAS the case, THEN i wouldnt be surprised. But noooo lol Altho, in this moment i'd ask how thats even possible for a program to do that, im afraid i got zero clue about programs lol That JPCSP rocks. lol 👍 P.S: One more thing ; Where/HOW in HECK did you find/heard of this JPCSP program???? Where did you even heard of it? Ive never heard of a program with that capability. Thats impressive. And whats also pretty impressive for me is how the fuck did this program managed to stay in the dark? This thing shouldve been a famous program. lul
The program that captures stuff, is, in fact, the same one that runs the game, the emulator, some of them had added features like this, some require external programs like for PS2 games.
Huh weird, did you try to download the models I uploaded on twitter to see if it happens to those too? Either way, everything I said in the video is everything I know, if somehow it still doesn't work, I am too much of a novice to know what is going on
@Buster TBM Gameplay As someone who has been an aspiring 3d artist for some time now, i could make you a remodelled version of your ac based on this, with more detailled geometry and relistc textures, similar to how this looks: www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/7zmimh/what_is_the_name_of_this_head_i_cant_find_it_in/ that would be for free of couse, i would then use it as another portfolio piece.
I mean, that would be really neat, if you want to, go ahead, but I also dont want you to feel you HAVE to do this, if you are unable to eventually, then that is fine!
Sure, that shouldnt be a problem. Can you send me the exported model of your ac so i dont have to download the program per email? you dont have private messages enabled, i dont really want to post my adress here.
Did i just got Gary'd on a TBM video
Interesting, I wonder if this could be used to make fangames using AC models...
THough I guess we'd need to figure out how to apply a rig to all the pieces
Thank you for this tutorial! It works AMAZINGLY well, a few tips for anyone who wants to go at this:
1. I saw someone say you can't select individual objects in new versions of Blender, but you can, it just takes a quick extra step of separating the object group.
2. If you want sharper textures I recommend changing the filter mode on all materials to nearest (default is linear, which blurs them a bit).
3. Try adding some custom lighting and mess with camera/render settings for an updated look (if you want PNGs make sure to enable background transparency).
You can easily look up how to do the things above, and none of them take more than a few minutes.
Now I just gotta figure out how to rig the AC...
thanks for the update. I'll give it a try
Thank you for this. Word of advice to anyone trying this with the newest Blender version (2.81 or whatever), it doesn't seem to let you individually select so go back to 2.79, otherwise it's a headache.
Never knew I'd need such a thing! TH-cam recommendations can be a blessing sometimes. Thank you so much!
I've been looking to get into Blender for a while now, and this video has been very informative. Thanks! Keep it up!
This is incredibly useful, thanks!
Just keep doing what you believe keep working hard to keep armored Core alive if things keep going better in my life I hope to make a fan version of the game at some point until from software gets around to it
Dude, you're seriously amazing! If I'd seen this video earlier, my favorite AC would've been everywhere by now. Thanks a lot!
No problem man!
@@BusterTBMPlays I've an issue with loading the save data: once I click to load the data the JPCSP software freezes. Any way out of this?
Sorry but as I stated in the video, my knowledge with this program is pretty limited, so sorry, I can't help on that problem as that doesn't happen with me
@@BusterTBMPlays I managed to make it work. I tried a different version of JPCSP. Thanks anyways.
How the hell is a dutch nerd a better teacher about blender compared to most actual professionals? smh
welp, guess i have to grab blender again!
B O I
Thanks a lot, TBM! These ripped models will be useful!
Even though there might be some legal problems if I try and use it on monetized full-fledged animation, at least I can use them as a reference to make other custom AC-like models from scratch.
Hmm... perhaps I'll make that chibi Latios model one of these days...
That'll be a fun addition to your 3D casts.
Chibi ala SD Gundam or SRW? xD
Mecha Musume actually, the one I drew a few months ago.
I am going to use the sh*t out of this.
Thanks a lot
I cant believe i only heard of this shit NOW. This thing's revolutionary. lul
Oh btw, is JPCSP is only for PSP games? I guess?
@@rinjaniii326 i just heard of this now too, is really cool.
I dont even know how it works but if it works it works, right?
Sounds about right i guess. lol
Yeah it's for PSP games only. You can still use the better textures from the PS2 games on the AC Portable models though.
Heavyarmored Some of the level geometry is also slightly improved on PS2. The best example is Rim-Fire’s place in Last Raven: on PS2 the initial hill has more polygons and textures, whereas on PSP you can see each flat-shaded chunk(The PSP games use an equilateral chunk-based version of binary space partitioning, explained here: th-cam.com/video/zb6Eo1D6VW8/w-d-xo.html)
You can actually render the model without the background and save it as a PNG. Also, don't use the compression, it usually introduces artefacts to the image. Also, I would suggest you stop using the stock render. I suggest you watch the beginners course on the Blender Guru channel. Especially the parts on shading and rendering. It's a very easy to pick up program and you can do wonders with it.
Ahhh I did not know those things, but I do want to say, thanks for the advice.
I do have to say that I did not intend to extend much on this, this is the bare minimum I myself needed to know.
Buster TBM Gameplay Don't miss out on it, it's free. I assure you, in a week's time you'll be able to produce highly realistic images if you'll just watch some videos on rendering in blender. I mean, your AC models can look much better than this, it only takes some basic shader tweaking and HDRi. I would totally be interested in seeing what you could do with those models visually.
Sick, I’ve always wondered how you did your thumbnails and videos that showed your AC in different poses!
RIP AND POSE!! RIP AND POSE UNTIL IT IS DONE!!
(Sorry, was listening to "BFG Division" while surfing TH-cam and this popped into my head.)
Holy crap how have I not seen this before?! This is literally the kind of stuff I do everyday!
You’ve opened up a Pandora’s box of potential AC shit posting, I must sincerely thank you
Can this also work in other 3D scenes? Like fighting an AC in the Arena for example? I would love to get my hands on Baby's Breath (AKA Not-Nineball) and Crow Predator (AKA Not-Evangel).
I could make use of this and make a private AC online game for hardcore AC gamers. I've always wished to battle other players around the globe.
dude, i didn't know i needed to know this.
i will be able to prin mi AC, thanks a lot!
Have you tried ripping AC levels as well? Could provide you with a background to put all those ACs on.
Only managed to barely get the background working you see on the last raven request video, it's been a pain and a lot of it was not working properly, and considering I do not know enough of blender, I couldn't do anything about it
I know this video's a few years old, but could you tell me which version of Blender you used here? I tried grabbing 2.7, and the interface doesn't seem to behave in quite the same way.
Wonder if one could do some high resolution 3d renders with this o3o
damn, I was looking for a method that didn't use jpcsp. that's quite literally the only thing stopping me from ripping models. On the bright side, the fact that I can't rip AC models means that I've been forced to make high-poly AC models from scratch in Blender. I'm half done with Sir Fire, and it's moderately game accurate.
By the way, seeing as you're now ripping models, ever thought of making an animation like Limit Release?
While I can pose and rip, I won't be able to animate it, so sorry about that.
And dang, that is too bad, I hope in the future you can somehow make use of jpcsp
Thing is, I probably won't be able to use jpcsp in the foreseeable future unless I buy a new computer. Also, that's a shame that you can't animate. Is it a technical problem or do you just not feel like you're ready to do that kind of stuff yet?
I feel I would not be able to do well with this and well, I know nothing of it, so to me, I'll just say, I'll let it slide, let others animate who have passion for it.
That's understandable.
Yikes. Limit Break. Maaan, a child in me wishes we have more cooler 3d AC animation than that stiff as hell animation. Granted, its something at least. lol
Btw, i think if youre REALLY determined, since that program can capture an entire scene, you may be able to make a stop motion out of it.
I wouldnt have the patience tho. Are you? lol
nice video i want to 3D print my own Ac so thank you a lot for that ^^
try doing one for the recent Armored Core 5/verdic day games
Can you drop the download link in your video description in case people wants to download the necesary version of JPCSP?
2:50 I think that's supposed to be a light texture. You'd need set it to use alpha as transparency
Can these be used for 3D printing?
Your method doesn't work now with the new version of Blender, please, help
Use Blender Version 2.79 it will work
Is there any way to do this for ac1? I want to export those parts to use with a 3d printer
Would these digital models be able to be 3D printed?
I was kinda hoping for MT ripping and Background ripping.
Well still, thank you. Never thought it would use an emulator.
since this can apparently rip any model currently loaded that should certainly be possible.
Yeah, that's also what I'm thinking, but don't have the programs nor applications to test right now.
Yeah just go into a level and rip from there, should be fine
This certainly can rip anything, not just models.
how you make Jpcsp work?
Is it possible to rip models from AC (PS1)?
Not using this program, this program is specifically made for psp games
Hmm... I wonder if you can utilize this to 3D print parts to use for model kits?
If someone has a 3d printer, I am fairly certain they can do it
Buster TBM Gameplay I WISH I had one. I’d be the first to try it.
Someones already printed off some of them ages ago when this was first found out, looked neat.
Holy hell they did? got a link by any chance?
Surprised you did not know about it before this here :O
Thanks so much TBM
Does this work on the PSone games?
Holy crap on a pogo stick.....
A program that can "capture" an ENTIRE 3d files from a scene in a currently RUNNING program (in this case, the game). Thats some crazy shit man....
Now things make sense to me on how the hell did you manage to get a custom AC as a "preset model" rahter than building them part by part. lol
Since i dont think the save file will even contain your AC model. If that WAS the case, THEN i wouldnt be surprised. But noooo lol
Altho, in this moment i'd ask how thats even possible for a program to do that, im afraid i got zero clue about programs lol
That JPCSP rocks. lol 👍
P.S: One more thing ; Where/HOW in HECK did you find/heard of this JPCSP program???? Where did you even heard of it?
Ive never heard of a program with that capability. Thats impressive.
And whats also pretty impressive for me is how the fuck did this program managed to stay in the dark? This thing shouldve been a famous program. lul
I just pretty much had a friend go "hey man, is this what you need?"
Wow....that wasnt complicated at all.
Your pal is one knowledgable little fucker, i must say. lol
The program that captures stuff, is, in fact, the same one that runs the game, the emulator, some of them had added features like this, some require external programs like for PS2 games.
So were you using an emulator to run the ac game? if so what did you use?
The Jpcsp mentioned in the video, it's only for ripping, I find the emulator too unstable to play with as then I would go with ppsspp instead
You can easily transfer a ppsspp savegame to jpcsp
Hi. Nice to meet you. I am 32 years old and I am Han Seop Park Han Seop. Is it possible to print Armored Core n-wigx/v3d modeling?
when i export using jpcsps all i get is a file with 0kb size. anyone else having this issue?
what other emulators do this
Easiest way for me, import models to warcraft 3,
Vc podia conta a história do armored core
I don't quite understand why my AC's colors get rendered incorrectly? It's purely in pitch black, even though the colors show in the editor.
Sounds like you did not apply the thing on 5:03
@@BusterTBMPlays No, I tried that but it just made the colors look weird.
Huh weird, did you try to download the models I uploaded on twitter to see if it happens to those too?
Either way, everything I said in the video is everything I know, if somehow it still doesn't work, I am too much of a novice to know what is going on
@@BusterTBMPlays No, not yet. Thanks for you help still.
The problem is actually easily fixed: There are no lights. Add a light and move it around.
@Buster TBM Gameplay
As someone who has been an aspiring 3d artist for some time now, i could make you a remodelled version of your ac based on this, with more detailled geometry and relistc textures, similar to
how this looks:
www.reddit.com/r/armoredcore/comments/7zmimh/what_is_the_name_of_this_head_i_cant_find_it_in/
that would be for free of couse, i would then use it as another portfolio piece.
I mean, that would be really neat, if you want to, go ahead, but I also dont want you to feel you HAVE to do this, if you are unable to eventually, then that is fine!
Sure, that shouldnt be a problem.
Can you send me the exported model of your ac so i dont have to download the program per email?
you dont have private messages enabled, i dont really want to post my adress here.
There's a link on my twitter with a download to my AC along with others I myself ripped
Im almost done, but unfortunately i wont finish it before going on a one week school trip on thursday. you will have to wait until then.
Well, looking forward to it, I want to see people's creativity