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Who knows how to import a model along with its skeleton? I managed to import the skeleton into Maya the other day, but I don't understand how it should all be "organized" so that the editor doesn't produce errors.

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I created a creature for NCF, modified the geometry and texture, and the alpha channel stopped working – in the game, it displays as black. I checked the settings in the xdb files for the same creature; the settings in (Material) and (Texture) are identical. I revert to the old texture, but the alpha channel still doesn't work. Previously, I created alpha channels for models, and they worked. I also created a 2D image with an alpha channel for icons, and it works fine. However, the model I edited doesn't seem to work; maybe someone knows what the problem is.
If needed, here's the mod: https://yadi.sk/d/Uf-zoZEjjV_L7Q
NCF_Ice_Demon-RU - The mod itself
HornedDemon.(Character) - To view the model and animations in the map editor in advanced mode. Run Characters\Creatures\Inferno\HornedDemon.(Character).xdb, and the Fire Demon will be replaced with the Ice Demon.

Could you please provide more details about the model converter? Did you convert it using Archangel with the skeleton, or through an editor? This is how your model looks to me; it's clear that the problem isn't with the texture, but rather that when the animation plays, nothing is displayed except the shadow.

Does anyone know how to import a model with its skeleton? I managed to import the skeleton into Maya the other day, but I don't understand how it should all be "organized" so that the editor doesn't produce errors.

I exported the *.smd model in Archangel into a file that the game can read, but only the mesh. Older versions of 3ds Max support the skeleton; you can open older versions of 3ds Max and the animations. I have a friend who used to open animations, but he doesn't remember the details of the process anymore, and I couldn't do it. Here's what the model looks like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVL2Z7NOhl8
The alpha channel doesn't work on the teeth; where it should be transparent, it's black. If I set AM_ALPHA_TEST – it reads the alpha channels, making them transparent or semi-transparent; the texture from the model completely disappears.

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In Archer_model, you have the mesh, and in Archer_skeleton, you have the skeleton. I checked. You don't need to export them separately; you can export them as a single *.mb file.
Don't forget about skinning, or the mesh won't be displayed. When exporting, you need to specify the main bone, the global one.
Did you create the skeleton yourself, or did you extract it from the game?

Then I don't know how to help, the only thing I noticed is that the last parameters in your geom file are not quite correct (I compared it with what the editor gave me after exporting). In general, here is the model and geom from the editor.
And I extracted the skeleton from the game, but it doesn't matter whether it's 1 MB or 2, I always get this error:

The red text indicates that the material is missing textures; this is a minor issue. I can try exporting it myself and recording a video showing the steps I took. If successful, I'll show the result. However, I might not have time because I'm leaving home and won't have access to a computer for a month or so.

The error is in lines 5 and 6, below the materials.
I extracted the skeleton like this: Archangel > SMD > 3D Max > FBX > Autodesk Maya 2017 > MA > Alias Maya 6.0.1. You need to "downgrade" the MA scene so that Alias Maya can read it, and the dimensions will be messed up in Maya, but this is a minor issue that can be easily fixed: where Scale X, Z, Y is set to 2.54, set the parameters to 1, and that's it. And when importing the SMD into 3D Max, the X, Z, Y coordinates get messed up; I first rotated it 90 degrees and then set the coordinates to 0.
The problem is not with the Mesh, but with the fact that you only have 1 Item specified in MaterialQuantities, and you have 2 Meshes, so it's logical that the material won't be read at all.

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If anyone has 3D Max 7 with support for importing/exporting the gr2 format, they can open the skeleton, delete the "global" bone, and export it to a gr2 file.

Isn't it a problem that this is the main support, and if it's removed, the whole structure will collapse?!

I don't need this anymore; basically, here's the situation: I managed to completely export the model (skeleton, skinning, geometry, and I don't need to create new AI geometry; the model works great with the old one), but in the game, the dimensions of the model itself are somehow larger than the standard one. I don't know what's causing this.

Can you show it in the game or in the editor?!

In the editor, the dimensions are standard; most likely, the sizes of the bones themselves are large, as I did everything through FBX.

Can you show it in the game next to the standard one?