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Wintermute Engine => Scripts, plugins, utilities, goodies => Topic started by: tom.drin on October 27, 2005, 10:48:47 AM

Title: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: tom.drin on October 27, 2005, 10:48:47 AM: originaly wrote by Hanser:

There is no need of MS3D exporter or skining modifier tools and even Milkshape! All you need is .X file exporter:
http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax_downloads.aspx

and some editor,that is able to work with .X and .MS3D files...tested on fragMOTION:
http://www.fragmosoft.com.

Setting of the .X exporter could be the only one complication. But don't worry... First Reality labs. solved it. Here is the right setting:

3DS Max Objects: all checked except Flip normals, Optimized mesh set to "Optimized"
Animation: check Matrix, 3DS Max ticks and frame rate set to 24.
Texture & .fx files: by your consideration, I'm using basic settings.
X File Settings: depend on editor features, but I used basic settings.

Hope this will help somebody. When you find better way or get to some troubles, post it.

Bye!
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: holmss on October 27, 2005, 04:08:24 PM: Hm, do you animate characters with fragMOTION or with 3ds max and fragMOTION is just for getting 3ds to ms3d?
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: hanser on October 28, 2005, 10:14:29 AM: Quote from: holmss on October 27, 2005, 04:08:24 PM
Hm, do you animate characters with fragMOTION or with 3ds max and fragMOTION is just for getting 3ds to ms3d?
animate and model in 3ds max -> in 3ds max export to .X file -> in fragMotion import .X file -> in fragMotion export animated model to ms3d
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: gfx johnny on October 28, 2005, 01:08:30 PM: What about morph targets from max, will they survive this procedure? I'm looking for a comfortable way to do facial expressions.
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: hanser on October 28, 2005, 04:36:58 PM: Quote from: gfx johnny on October 28, 2005, 01:08:30 PM
What about morph targets from max, will they survive this procedure? I'm looking for a comfortable way to do facial expressions.
Unfortunately it's not possible. The .X exporter doesn't support morphing and I think ms3d couldn't handle it neither. I'm looking for a good way to animate facial expressions myself. It might help that we no longer need to use rigid mode, but also physique.

edit: translated by Mnemonic
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: hanser on December 31, 2005, 04:45:06 PM: !!WARNING!! - bug repair
In .X exporter options:
3DS Max Objects: all checked except Flip normals and Dummy, Optimized mesh set to "Optimized"
Title: Re: Export of 3d animeted objects from MAX to MS3D -effectively
Post by: leucome on January 27, 2006, 08:57:37 PM: I want to know if that's supposed to work with caracter studio because my Biped are converted to a realy strange mutant creature by this process.