Comments on: 3DS Max 9 SMD Exporter Update http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176 - game modding for gentle folk Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deMon http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-659 deMon Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:41:55 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-659 I would love you for ever if you made a max 9 importer. Plus I got a little dough ;) I would love you for ever if you made a max 9 importer. Plus I got a little dough ;)

]]> By: Jed http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-658 Jed Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:33:11 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-658 OK well to answer your first point - I don't see the big problem with Export mode only exporting whats visible in the scene. I mean thats what pretty much every other Max plug-in does anyway. If you want all the bones just stick them on a layer and make that layer visible before export or just do layer select (or use a saved selection) to select what you need before export. I don't think it's <i>that</i> big an issue. Regarding the files you posted as a test - I opened them in Max 8 (as that version works with Cannonfodders SMD importer) and the AK47 ref seems to be screwed as the right hand bones aren't linked to the mesh. Hence, I can't really tell if its screwed because I can't see from what you were trying to export. I can tell if my exporter is causing a corrupt reference model or something else. However, your pistol I had no problem with importing the ref and anim models. The only issue, which is down to the SMD importer, is that any extra bones which come from things like helpers tend to get included in the Skin modifier envelope which can pull vertices out of whack. All I did was delete those erroneous bones and the animations were fine. When I tested the plugin I exported one of the HL2 player models and a set of anims and brought them into Max 8 and saved the max file. I then opened that in Max 9 and re-exported the anims and ref as different filenames. Max 8 had no problem importing the Max 9 SMD's and mixing ones made from Cannonfodder's and my plug-in. So with that said, I'm at a lost to exactly where the error lies. If the Ak47 was meant to be an example of a screwed reference, I need it as a Max 8 files so I can see what it should looklike exported from 8 and 9 to find the error. OK well to answer your first point – I don’t see the big problem with Export mode only exporting whats visible in the scene. I mean thats what pretty much every other Max plug-in does anyway. If you want all the bones just stick them on a layer and make that layer visible before export or just do layer select (or use a saved selection) to select what you need before export. I don’t think it’s that big an issue.

Regarding the files you posted as a test – I opened them in Max 8 (as that version works with Cannonfodders SMD importer) and the AK47 ref seems to be screwed as the right hand bones aren’t linked to the mesh. Hence, I can’t really tell if its screwed because I can’t see from what you were trying to export. I can tell if my exporter is causing a corrupt reference model or something else.

However, your pistol I had no problem with importing the ref and anim models. The only issue, which is down to the SMD importer, is that any extra bones which come from things like helpers tend to get included in the Skin modifier envelope which can pull vertices out of whack. All I did was delete those erroneous bones and the animations were fine.

When I tested the plugin I exported one of the HL2 player models and a set of anims and brought them into Max 8 and saved the max file. I then opened that in Max 9 and re-exported the anims and ref as different filenames. Max 8 had no problem importing the Max 9 SMD’s and mixing ones made from Cannonfodder’s and my plug-in.

So with that said, I’m at a lost to exactly where the error lies. If the Ak47 was meant to be an example of a screwed reference, I need it as a Max 8 files so I can see what it should looklike exported from 8 and 9 to find the error.

]]> By: xander http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-657 xander Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:09:16 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-657 actually i jusy did some more testing, my smd's all seem to not correspond with each other even when exported with your exporter? here are some examples, the skeletons in the ref dont match up right or something causing the animations not to work correctly: http://www.daellum67.com/tests.rar actually i jusy did some more testing, my smd’s all seem to not correspond with each other even when exported with your exporter?

here are some examples, the skeletons in the ref dont match up right or something causing the animations not to work correctly:
http://www.daellum67.com/tests.rar

]]> By: xander http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-656 xander Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:23:20 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-656 Is there a possibility of an option that will mimic the behaviour of the max 8 exporter when it comes to the heiarchy? IIRC that would just export all the bones, regardless of whether they were hidden or not, without dingling around with the heiarchy. These new exporters are working for me when I export all the animations in question with them, but I can't use it to make revisions to a single sequence in an old set without re-exporting the whole thing in 9. Is there a possibility of an option that will mimic the behaviour of the max 8 exporter when it comes to the heiarchy? IIRC that would just export all the bones, regardless of whether they were hidden or not, without dingling around with the heiarchy. These new exporters are working for me when I export all the animations in question with them, but I can’t use it to make revisions to a single sequence in an old set without re-exporting the whole thing in 9.

]]> By: dudethedreamer http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-655 dudethedreamer Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:09:01 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-655 sad that my mod was stuck becasue i cant export my models. thanks for this plugin, now i can continue making my game :) sad that my mod was stuck becasue i cant export my models. thanks for this plugin, now i can continue making my game :)

]]> By: Jed http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-654 Jed Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:54:40 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-654 Yeah, it's on my to-do list when I have some free time. Yeah, it’s on my to-do list when I have some free time.

]]> By: FrostedBitesCereal http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176/comment-page-1#comment-653 FrostedBitesCereal Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:33:02 +0000 http://www.wunderboy.org/blog/176#comment-653 Any chance of a 9 importer? Any chance of a 9 importer?

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