[Krallis]

I noticed that the exporter was for 3DS Max. Does anyone know if their is a version for Softimage XSI because that is the modelling programme that I use and it would be nice to export from that into freespace.

[Water]

Try Collada export instead http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,54757.0.html

[Droid803]

I can't for the life of me find the actual plugin or exporter on that thread...

[Scooby_Doo]

For Studio Max:

http://www.feelingsoftware.com/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,80/lang,en/

You may need to log in, but theres logons on bugmenot that work for it.

[Water]

I can't for the life of me find the actual plugin or exporter on that thread...

Sorry it's in Spicious's sig  http://the158th.hard-light.net/spicious/pcs2.7z It's PCS2 with Collada import/export

[Droid803]

I have fudged somethign up. That version of PCS2 says that it was installed incorrectly and refuses to open...

[Spicious]

It needs a number of dlls, even more now that I've tried merging it into the latest version of PCS2 and it only builds with the dynamically linked build of wx. Try putting this in the same directory.

[Droid803]

Thanks.


EDIT: Still not starting. I've already placed it into the original PCS2 directory as well.

[Spicious]

VC2008 Redistributable?

[Droid803]

Yep, that was it
Much thanks!

EDIT:
Well, I'm getting an "instance_geometry not found for detail0" error now...
Good thing is PCS2 starts, and I can see the texture list.

EDIT2: HELP?

[Scooby_Doo]

You have to a.) move the pivot point to the center of the model. b.) move the model to (0,0,0). c.) do a reset x-form.

Techinally a & b aren't needed, but doing them will save you from a headache latter one.

[Droid803]

Got it to work.
Though it still didn't fix the lighting problems I had with the max exporter...(and lol I hijacked the thread).

[Krallis]

So how. Is it possible to export SCENE files from SOFTIMAGE XSI. to .POF format.

I need to know all the programmes I need and a guid on how to do it, as ive only ever exported as .psk with ActorX in XSI before.

[Droid803]

Check if Softimage XSI can export to COLLADA (*.DAE). (google)
If it can, then just follow the links in the thread to get Collada and the version of PCS2 that supports it.

[Hellbender]

I haven't tried it out, but XSI Mod Tool supports Collada through the Crosswalk application included with the Mod Tool installation.

[Krallis]

I got POF 2.0.3 and it wont import my .DAE file.


Ok aswell on the wiki it says things like gun banks should be children of a "node" called gunbankXX. It does this aswell for thrusters etc.

-What are these nodes (Im using XSI and I have a feeling that I should use nulls. But I i'd like to know what hes rederring to by nodes so I can see what he means.)

-Does this children/parenting thing doen in the modelling programme.

-How Can I get 2.0.3 PCS2 to actually find my .DAE files.

[Droid803]

You need to download the version of PCS2 in THIS thread (or in Spicious sig).
Then it should import your DAE files.

[Krallis]

The one from Spicious' sig wont work because its zipped up as a .7z file.

[Angelus]

The one from Spicious' sig wont work because its zipped up as a .7z file.

You could DL 7zip, it's free. The latest Winrar should also be able to handle 7z archives, i rarely have corrupt files after extracting.

[Krallis]

Ok, wont 2.0.3 version of PCS2 work with collada.