Maimer Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Anyone got one in the works, sigget looks like hes making a lightwave one. The txt files the verts are stored in remind me of the mdl files used in nwn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 I don't know really. I hope sigget will make a 3dsmax one (as well as the lightwave one) since I believe that is what most modders use. How about it sigget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strahd Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 What about Maya? That's the only 3D programe I know how to use (somewhat anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Well, as we discussed earlier 3dsmax, Maya and Lightwave are probably the most common ones. Still think 3dsmax is THE most common though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strahd Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 True! But there are few of us that only know how maya works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incarnadine Posted January 30, 2004 Report Share Posted January 30, 2004 Well, as we discussed earlier 3dsmax, Maya and Lightwave are probably the most common ones. Still think 3dsmax is THE most common though...not to mention that you can get Max for free (G-Max) and that Max is easeir to use then Maya and has better mesh tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strahd Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Max is easeir to use then Maya Don't generalise this things! I find Maya veary easeir to use than Max. It mostly depends on what one starts with in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incarnadine Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Max is easeir to use then Maya Don't generalise this things! I find Maya veary easeir to use than Max. It mostly depends on what one starts with in my opinion. No, it actually depends on whether or not you actually know either program well enough to form an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maimer Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 its generally the artists preference, either one can meet the needs of any artist, but some started with one or prefer one and therefore stick to it. If we could also get a plugin for gmax that would be great, it would increase the amount of people capable of modeling for the game. Only advantage in this case that 3dsmax users would have over the gmax ones is that they can render their works for display. TMK, the maya PLE doesnt allow plugins so if there were one for it it would be limited to the full version users. And incase anyone is gunna accuse me of usiog warez i have a legal copy of 3dsmax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Actually, it is not possible to make a plugin for G-Max just like that. You have to buy a license from Discreet and this costs about $30k, so that's why only some games do it. It would be however possible to do this in two steps: you could use some official plugin for G-Max, e.g. Tempest that uses an open format (Quake II in this case) and then write a converter from that format into our format. I know this is not the most straightforward solution but this is a solution that has no legal problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigget Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Flexporter is widely used to export from 3dsmax, i have no idea of the legality of this but i guess its legal as long as you dont use it for commercial purposes. The other way as martin says is to convert from another format. The problem is that in every step of conversion things get lost, every format supports its own set of features and has its own conventions. what we need is a format that is supported by most programs and that carry at least the funcionality that ufo:am needs. I dont have time to work on this, but i have looked at the ufo model format. If someone decides to give it a try id be happy to assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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