Setup Static Object in Blender

Need to know

How to work in Blender
How to work with Blender X-Ray Addon
Familiarize yourself with the limitations and capabilities of the format *.object (because you may export to it more often than to *.ogf) to avoid errors
Familiarize yourself with Static Object model type

Static Objects can be used to create levels and its collision. They will not interact with game physics and will not be dynamic.

You must have a model downloaded or created by you.

You must have one UV map per mesh.

For my example, I’ll have a model with this UV map.

Model Example

Textures can be created in any program designed for this purpose, or you can simply download them.

Note

In X-Ray Monolith only the following texture maps are used:

Here you need to add your created textures in *.dds and *_bump.dds (if you have) format

As a result, in the Shader Editor Shader Editor svg-icon our textures should look something like this:

model-example-texture-shading centered

First, the model itself will be set up. You can start by positioning the model over the origin in this way

Tip

(The “Drop It” addon for Blender is highly recommended for such actions)

Then apply the coordinates with Ctrl + A > All Transform.

This will allow us (if you make for example a model library or work in the SDK) to drag and drop the model on the surface.

Static Object Placement centered

Select our object and go to the Material Properties Material Properties svg-icon tab.

Here we see the name of our material and a list of X-Ray Engine: Material with lots of items.

X-Ray Material centered

The items we need for the model now are:

Choose Engine Shader for Static Object

Compile Shader; Here are descriptions of the settings that the level geometry compiler uses

Choose Game Material for Static Object

Go to Object Properties Object Properties svg-icon .

In X-Ray Engine: Object select Static in the Type list.

This completes the setup of the Static Object. You can safely export it in the model format you need.