Umodel - Where to find weapon's materials?

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Hi, I'm using Umodel to export models from this game, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find the materials for the guns. I found the gun's mesh just fine, but I don't know where the matching materials are. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. Thanks in advance.

[Draekus]

what you're looking for is located at
Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Borderlands > WillowGame > CookedPC > Packages > GameData > Weapons > gd_weap_shared_materialparts.upk

note : you're gonna need a .upk extractor
here's a link :
http://www.gildor.org/downloads
you can either use UE Viewer or scroll down a bit and use Unreal Package Extractor

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Originally posted by Draekus:

what you're looking for is located at
Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Borderlands > WillowGame > CookedPC > Packages > GameData > Weapons > gd_weap_shared_materialparts.upk

note : you're gonna need a .upk extractor
here's a link :
http://www.gildor.org/downloads
you can either use UE Viewer or scroll down a bit and use Unreal Package Extractor

Thanks for replying. I got everything unpacked just fine, but there's a bunch of various "definition" files, a few package files. I tried looking up how to open/convert/unpack those, but I found nothing, except some stuff about the Sims, for the package files.

[Draekus]

for looking into the Definition files, you'll need to invoke the Built-in Editor.
Google how, as i've forgotten.
note : using the Editor with the Steam version of Borderlands has been known to cause crashes.
if you're lucky enough to have a working Retail version, that would be better ( more stable ).

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Yes, I looked it up, and I saw what you were talking about, but...Where is it in the files? I looked and I couldn't find it. If you don't remember that's alright. Thanks for helping.

Oh, and I don't have a retail version of Borderlands, but that's ok. I wasn't planning on modding/creating guns, I just wanted to export some of the guns material files. I wanted to port some of the guns to Source Filmmaker.

[Draekus]

so after vacuuming and cleaning the dust from my Brain. i remembered you need this patch to invoke the Editor :
http://modsreloaded.com/zbl-patch
just put the files in the associated directories.
then, create a seperate Desktop shortcut from Borderlands.exe
and THEN go to Properties for the shortcut and enter -editor after the quote marks. be sure to add a space between the quote mark and -editor.
Note : using the Editor will reset WillowEngine.ini to default settings. so you'll have to redo your resolution etc.

not too sure about how to go about exporting the Material files though.

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Ah, I knew I was missing something. Thanks for your help!