3DS Max Exporters for BMS
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Pretty new to it myself
Iāll give it a go! and let you know!
Must catch up with you sometimeā¦
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Waheyā¦ā¦veyā¦Dave, you the man!
Have F4 cockpit, F4 DOF and F4 switch under modifiers and the option to export to Falcon4 LOD V3 (*.LOD, *.BLK)
I ran your installer then copied the contents of plugins to pluginsā¦anything Iāve missed?
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This exporter includes animations, or bone assignments as well? Canāt recall the correct lingo off the top of my head, also, I currently use the student version of 3ds, not sure how much longer my account will remain active though. The pit that I was originally working on is lost, but Iāve become fairly proficient in 3ds, so it wouldnāt take long to make a new model, would just need to brush up on UV mapping again when it came time to do so. I had spoken with ya some time ago when I was looking into creating a new pit for one of the other falcon flavors and I remembered visiting your site and seeing how simple it was to set up switches or other animations in 3ds max.
Iām also wondering if itād be better to get a ā.xā converter? Plugins are available for pretty much any sort of 3d modeling program out there for .x;
Also, Iāve begun my programming classes which has taken away some time from my other activities which has side tracked me into designing some of my own stuff but when I get proficient at C++ I could look into making a converter for .x to lod unless thereās one alreadyā¦ which there may be, but I thought I remembered seeing something like that awhile back. If I ever got around to that, Iād just have to get with you so I could see the structure of falconās lod, but that would be a few months down the road if I were to tackle that.
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one of the other falcon flavors
Was that the flavor thats FREE???:uham:
Waz up KR, lol
RAM22
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Whatās up! Figured Iād find ya over here eventually! Oh, and of course it was the free flavor!
On overload currently, networking, programming, and of course the pregnent lady, lol. This C++ is got me hooked currently, taking away my study time from my networking classes, but begining to get a grasp of c+, already got a atmosphere program going, just spitting out statistical numbers to me right now but looks promising. Going to be a rocket scientists here shortly as well with all the research Iāve been putting into propulsion, aerodynamics, and other related equations, lol.
Only got two days left on my 3ds though, sent out a thing to reactivate but hasnāt been approved yet, sucks because Iāve got a unfinished model that I was planning to test things out with. Wonāt be able to get a dx class until next fall though and they use XNA which uses C#. So, Iāll have to teach myself C++ and dx over these next few months, if I donāt understand it all then Iāll have to take the xna class.
Definitely curious to see what this version of falcon could turn into though! The foundation of it all looks promising.
But this little guy will be dead if my 3ds expires, no time to finish it right now and probably wont be able to touch it for another month atleast. Sucks too, because with Dave updating his exporter it shouldāve been fairly simple to slap it into BMS if needed once I got around to texturing it. Which reminds me, anyone know if weāre able to use DXT5 instead of DXT1, what about the alpha layers as well? Or, if someone already has the info to these sort of questions, would be so kind to post a link, I searched, found nothing or perhaps over looked it.
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Yeah, that is a little guy. I thought when I clicked on it it would, uhhhhh, grow, but I guess you didnāt give it any ENLARGEMENT Pills.:D
Nice work. PM inbound.
RAM22
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Thank you Dave!
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Waheyā¦ā¦veyā¦Dave, you the man!
Have F4 cockpit, F4 DOF and F4 switch under modifiers and the option to export to Falcon4 LOD V3 (*.LOD, *.BLK)
I ran your installer then copied the contents of plugins to pluginsā¦anything Iāve missed?
Great news. Just make sure that the DOF and Switch numbers are visible in the panels. There are some data files that should have been installed also.
Do a test export and see if you get a LOD. If so all is well.
Regards
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But this little guy will be dead if my 3ds expires,
If you have a login for students.autodesk.com then grab yourself a new key, it should last for 3 years now.
Which reminds me, anyone know if weāre able to use DXT5 instead of DXT1, what about the alpha layers as well?
Yes you can use DXT5 but unless you have a good reason to itās best not. No point making a 2048 texture even larger (file size) than needed just for some small transparent area. I always have one DXT1 texture and if I need a DXT5 I will make another one, that way I can keep the DXT5 smaller.
This exporter includes animations, or bone assignments as well?
No bones system, you have to use the DOFs, see the user guide.
Iām also wondering if itād be better to get a ā.xā converter? Plugins are available for pretty much any sort of 3d modeling program out there for .x;
Not sure what you mean by this. To use .x files the graphics engine would need recoding to use a different format. Iām not even sure .x files would support the DOF and Switch structures the model currently use.
I could look into making a converter for .x to lod unless thereās one already
Not sure why you would want one. If you want to use different software e.g. Blender then write an exporter for that rather than trying to convert a .x to .lod
Regards
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Great news. Just make sure that the DOF and Switch numbers are visible in the panels. There are some data files that should have been installed also.
Do a test export and see if you get a LOD. If so all is well.
Regards
DaveI jumped the gun Dave, exporting to LOD works, file opens in LE, though OGGLOD only renders the first 25%. Also selecting F4 switch generates an error, PM sent with detailsā¦.
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If you have a login for students.autodesk.com then grab yourself a new key, it should last for 3 years now.
Was having problems with the email going through to my college account, so I had to upgrade to 2012 in order to get everything working.
Yes you can use DXT5 but unless you have a good reason to itās best not. No point making a 2048 texture even larger (file size) than needed just for some small transparent area. I always have one DXT1 texture and if I need a DXT5 I will make another one, that way I can keep the DXT5 smaller.
Well, if the alpha layer is only going to be used for transparency values, then your right.
And for the .x, I completely forgot how lodās worked, a real pain, but the way you got it in 3ds right now seems to be the best option weāll get for working with lodās.
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WDā¦.? Stefāā¦? Dirty Bastardā¦? JanHasā¦?
:eek:
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WDā¦.? Stefāā¦? Dirty Bastardā¦? JanHasā¦?
All in one thread, hereā¦!
Iāve had the lights on at home, waiting up and worried for you and youāve been HEREā¦!
Hanging out with this ROUGH crowd led by Hammer and goodness knows who elseā¦!
Did I see that terrible boy Ratty hanging around down thereā¦?Iām worried for my little boys, but - a Mother-Gorn has to know WHEN to let goā¦
@Dirty Bastard - the CH Gear and TIR is (once again) coming out of retirement.
So - itās my regular āthanksā againā¦Donāt be strangers, FFSā¦!
Aragorn.
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.X format is dead
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I have a doubt when I download any of this files; my computer tells me it is a threat and would not open this file if is a virus anyone can tell me if it is dangerous or not?
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I have a doubt when I download my computer tells me it is a threat and would not open this file if is a virus anyone can tell me if it is dangerous or not?
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@Araā:
WDā¦.? Stefāā¦? Dirty Bastardā¦? JanHasā¦?
All in one thread, hereā¦!
Iāve had the lights on at home, waiting up and worried for you and youāve been HEREā¦!
Hanging out with this ROUGH crowd led by Hammer and goodness knows who elseā¦!
Did I see that terrible boy Ratty hanging around down thereā¦?Iām worried for my little boys, but - a Mother-Gorn has to know WHEN to let goā¦
@Dirty Bastard - the CH Gear and TIR is (once again) coming out of retirement.
So - itās my regular āthanksā againā¦Donāt be strangers, FFSā¦!
Aragorn.
I missed you !!!
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@Araā:
Hanging out with this ROUGH crowd led by Hammerā¦
Erā¦ LOL.
I was on drugs when I typed that last night.
I remember I was associating the sound of āBANG BANGā with a āHammerā.Hammer was - in a convoluted and chemically circuitous way - referring to āBangerā.
Thatās the bad boy I meantā¦
Stefā - Youāve gotten stuff into BMSā¦? Good on you.
I didnāt even know you were working on this, you SLY Italian dogā¦!E-Mail me again, boytchā¦!
Araā
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@Araā:
Stefā - Youāve gotten stuff into BMSā¦? Good on you.
I didnāt even know you were working on this, you SLY Italian dogā¦!E-Mail me again, boytchā¦!
Araāmail sentā¦ !
the āpitbullā Heās here, you know whereā¦ !
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@Araā:
@Dirty Bastard - the CH Gear and TIR is (once again) coming out of retirement.
So - itās my regular āthanksā againā¦Donāt be strangers, FFSā¦!
Aragorn.
My pleasure C, GOOD to see you around :D, hope lifeās treating you well?
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