Hassle Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 OK i have been working on Models for some time now since i have had the game since the it came out. I have been reModeling the ships and have been adding about 5 new ships to the game. I have the Models themself almost done using AutoCADs MD 3D Modeling, has anyone found a way to import them into the game yet???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis11c Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 until better tools come out, it is impossible to put models into the game after editing them, so all modders can do is hope for a tool that automatically extracts and imports both skins and textures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingguru Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Riley75 and Luck3y have made some advancement in extracting meshes of the models, check the gametoast.com forums often for newest mod-ablility status. As far as a simple tool nothing for model adding - it doesnt exsit, yet. there is now at least the ability to extract the meshes for models, its a slow task reversing a game engine but whether its by us or the devs. I think we will have full conversion mod ability in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luck3y Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 From autocad, you will want to export them as microsoft .x directx format (use the text format if you get the option). You should be able to open the file in notepad after export. If you do get them exported, feel free to drop me a line and send them over, I'd like to get a look at how the final exported file looks from autocad. (I don't have autocad, nor do I know how to use it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luck3y Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/index.html Milkshape looks pretty good, looks like you can import a wide variety of formats and output directx meshes. I'm thinking of changing the extractor to output a different format than .x, thats dependant on me finding good documentation on some other formats etc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90SK Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 I suppose this removes the posibility of porting characters out/ in to the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luck3y Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 Originally posted by CaptainSkye I suppose this removes the posibility of porting characters out/ in to the game? no ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley75 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Right now, our ability to import models back into the game is prevented by the following: - A few unanswered questions related to the way models are stored. There are often two "almost-identical" vertex lists in each mesh segment, and unless luck3y has figured something out that I haven't, we don't know why yet. There are also some models that store some extra data (in sections marked VDAT / SKIN / shdw / GSHD, CSHD, SPHR). While we can make some good guesses about this data, we haven't gone into depth with it yet. - We don't know yet what the meaning of all the data in the collision chunk is (marked by "coll"). If we try importing a model back in without also updating or adding the collision data, chances are we'll get unexpected or unwanted results. - We need to talk with some of you artists out there! What programs are you using? What import / export features does your program have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luck3y Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Yeah, what I meant is that there is no reason yet why importing new models wouldn't work, its simply a matter of time & effort... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psych0fred Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 The models were created using the professional version of XSI but there is no reason you can't use XSI EXP to create the models. They are exported with a custom Add On for XSI created by Pandemic that saves files in a .msh format. These models are then compiled into LVL files that are then wrapped up inside other LVLs which are all wrapped up inside the side.lvls and world.lvls. The .msh files contain all data about the model and animations such as hardpoints, collision, and firepoints, and also reference the textures. The animation and model properties are defined by Object Definition Files (ODFs) which are also wrapped up in the lvls. The ODF names typically correspond to a msh file but often, as in the case with units, they share a base geometry across a class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt. Bannon Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 that should definately help the modelers/modders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rends Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Psych0fred, can you post or email me(send me a PM then) the XSI export plugin so i test it if it works with XSI EXP ? I just wonder how the plugin works because the export function has been disabled in the EXP version. But i don´t know if it also blocks plugin export functions. Edit: From the Readme: File Export ExportAction has been disabled. ExportdotXSIFile has been disabled. ExportIGES has been disabled. Both the standalone and built-in Flipbook executable has been removed however, the FXTree will be able to provide this function in the XSI EXP. C++ API SDK data accessor methods have been blocked which may hinder the function of most compiled plug-ins. Doesn´t sound promising. Maybe a 3ds,obj file or any other common file to .msh converter would be a better idea. Rends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZ_3D Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I added the Star Wars BattleFront .msh loader module to the 3D Object Converter and I uploaded the latest developer package (non beta) to my web page. You can download it using the following link: http://web.t-online.hu/karpo/3dc32390x_dev_20070217.zip I converted any original .msh files into .Wavefront's .obj format. http://web.t-online.hu/karpo/reconverted.zip Original .msh files: http://web.t-online.hu/karpo/msh_examples.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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