Interest for ltb animations

I've used the extractor and just about everything i've opened (hh model, bodies, gear) thats from ca either crashes the ltb converter shortly after opening the file or the ltb converter takes up a ridiculous amount of ram.
When i tried files from another game, the main model files caused the converter to crash as well, but the hh was the only thing that was sucessful

Im saying what happens to me, not you

Same problem. Nothings from CA would open for me, but some old contract jack files would open, but only the HH files, not the in hand models.

I get certain errors too with it. it wont convert the Anibase or PVMLA versions of the files, just the files that are with the world.

How to use ltb_to_lta.exe:

From the exe itself
Example useage for world models:
Example usage for view models:
If everything worked ok, you should see something like "Saving... ", and will have '****a' model file at the same place as the '****b'.

Note: If you are NOT using a Combat Arms model chances are you will need to CHANGE THE MESH TYPE. If the game is not listed, try using the various mesh types listed here first before letting me know, as these cover other games as well.

If you get an error popping up then it means the converter failed. Try another mesh type, or try the '-view' option. If none of these work then the model is not yet supported.

The Batch Files:
I have included two batch files with the converter to ease the usage.
First you have to edit them to change the path from C:\ltb_to_lta.exe to the path wherever you have placed your copy of it, eg 'C:\User\Documents\ltb_to_lta.exe'. After this initial setup, all you have to do is drag the model you want to convert onto the appropriate batch file.

to_lta_CA.bat, is for world models.
to_lta_CA-VIEW.bat, is for view models.

If you are using other games, you will either have to change the batch files' mesh type, or better, create an additional pair for the new game with the appropriate mesh type.

Hopefully this will help people having problems..

Version 2.3 Updates:

• Knows what version of ltb it is (No need to pass game type, only -view)
• Added new compression types (Adds support for more models, eg Army Rangers game)
• Fixed missing mesh data for some mesh types (issue with guns not in hand)
• Minor error handling (if it tries to read out of bounds, still doesn't catch bad values yet because I am too lazy to code in checks for them all right now)

NOTE: when using the 'auto detect' for what version of the ltb, there are a few models that it won't work with and will require a manual override with the game type that it actually is.

Please let me know of anything that did work that now doesn't (includes the manual override cases) so I can see whats going wrong.

Version 2.4 Updates:

• Extracts render style
• Extracts render priority
• Extracts number of textures used
• Extracts texture id's
• Extracts additional mesh type data (helps in identifying the type of mesh)
• Changed the process to adjust for new data
• Other misc backend changes

These new texture id's should help with the problem people had with some guns using the hand texture instead of using their own texture.

I had a few issues with some models (but have since been fixed), so let me know of any problems you have with this version over the last.

Also as I am going back to work, I won't have the time to be working on this as much. So after a day or so if there have been no problems I will release this out for everyone, it's not completely finished but should be good enough until I get a chance to work on it again.

where do we get the link for the download?