Author Topic: POF exporter for MAX - Need people with MAX 4, 5 and 6 for testing (Read 281585 times)

Turey · **Reply #560 on:** December 02, 2006, 02:25:42 am

Anyone managed to pick up max 9 and try it with this yet? I'm not getting it until January.

Styxx · **Reply #561 on:** December 11, 2006, 01:25:30 pm

Anyone interested in an auto-LOD-generator for this? I don't know if I can fix the bugs already mentioned (well, I can, but it would take too much time

), but my whole MsC project is related to model optimization and ways to automaktically reduce level of detail with as little visual loss as possible, once I'm done with my papers and dissertation I can try to plug the code into the converter.

Vengence · **Reply #562 on:** December 11, 2006, 01:38:13 pm

Wow! Yes yes do so! It would be awesome!

aldo_14 · **Reply #563 on:** December 15, 2006, 04:20:38 am

Quote from: Styxx on December 11, 2006, 01:25:30 pm

Anyone interested in an auto-LOD-generator for this? I don't know if I can fix the bugs already mentioned (well, I can, but it would take too much time ), but my whole MsC project is related to model optimization and ways to automatically reduce level of detail with as little visual loss as possible, once I'm done with my papers and dissertation I can try to plug the code into the converter.

I doubt I'd ever use it, to be honest.

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #564 on:** December 15, 2006, 04:59:59 am

A cob exporter would also be nice

I wonder if the smoothing would be preserved.

aldo_14 · **Reply #565 on:** December 15, 2006, 07:36:00 am

Quote from: Scooby_Doo on December 15, 2006, 04:59:59 am

A cob exporter would also be nice
I wonder if the smoothing would be preserved.

Ummm, I think a) PCS already serves as the cob exporter (and I'd imagine Styxx has never worked with TS exporters before, so it'd be a no go for him), and b) I believe the cob format doesn't preserve information that'd allow smooth groups (albeit not sure about varied angles of smoothing)

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #566 on:** December 15, 2006, 06:15:44 pm

Actually what i meant is a Cob exporter in Max, so you can skip 3ds. Actually if done correctly you could skip truespace even

Omniscaper · **Reply #567 on:** December 29, 2006, 05:18:37 am

Styxx, does FS2 insignias run on a different UV coordinate system? I attempted to make a more elaborate insignia mesh broken up into different pieces (but still the same object) placed on different parts of a fighter. Each insigina segment were UV'ed different parts of the same UV space. The conversion to POF creates a mess.

Does anyone know if the insignia system even supports UV coordinates? If its a plane with a texture, it must have UV coordinates.

StratComm · **Reply #568 on:** January 01, 2007, 04:45:15 pm

There's a polygon limit on the insignia. Each one needs to be no more than something like 8 or 10 polys, but you can have as many of them as you need. Make each insignia piece its own subobject first and try; if that doesn't work then you'll actually have to break them up. At any rate, this is an engine problem, not one with the converter (other than that it doesn't check or warn you in some way).

And the only potential problem with the insignia UV would be it being backwards for some reason. Probably needs to be within the [0,1] range but I don't think that's your problem.

DaBrain · **Reply #569 on:** January 13, 2007, 02:09:12 pm

I have small problem with the exporter. It's easy to set up glowpoints, but they do not show up in-game unless I edit the POF with PCS. (Type, Ontime, everything to "0")

Is there any way I can set all those things up in MAX? Or can somebody send me a *.max file with working glowpoints?

StratComm · **Reply #570 on:** January 16, 2007, 11:18:41 pm

If there is, I never found it. That's bank based though so it could be worse, at least you no longer have to go in and zero out the normals one by one.

Turey · **Reply #571 on:** January 27, 2007, 11:45:26 am

I've got a problem with this. It doesn't like max 9. I tried both the .dle in the main zip, and the one in the max 6 folder. It gave me this error message for both:

"DLL <C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 9\PlugIns\pofexp.dle> is not made for this version of the program - not loading"

It worked fine with Max 8. Any help?

Taristin · **Reply #572 on:** January 29, 2007, 09:02:17 pm

9 is significantly different than 8 is. Especially the 64-bit edition.

aldo_14 · **Reply #573 on:** January 30, 2007, 04:38:48 am

And I don't think Styxx has a compiler for Max9, natch

Turey · **Reply #574 on:** February 04, 2007, 08:55:29 pm

Quote from: Taristin on January 29, 2007, 09:02:17 pm

9 is significantly different than 8 is. Especially the 64-bit edition.

Quote from: aldo_14 on January 30, 2007, 04:38:48 am

And I don't think Styxx has a compiler for Max9, natch

So there's no way we're getting a max 9 plugin?

Because Max 8 hates me. I've got a legal license, but when I put it in, it works for a day, then gives me:

and then:

I've tried re-installing, but it just does this again a day later.

Taristin · **Reply #575 on:** February 05, 2007, 02:21:51 pm

I would contact Autodesk/alias/whatever theyre called today about that.

Nuke · **Reply #576 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:21:33 pm

not sure if this things still being developed or not but can we get unlimited heirarchy of subobjects. i find this nessicary for animation stuff.

ForceX · **Reply #577 on:** February 19, 2007, 11:32:33 am

Is there a 3d studio max 9 version of the exporter?

aldo_14 · **Reply #578 on:** February 19, 2007, 12:02:38 pm

'fraid not.

Taristin · **Reply #579 on:** February 19, 2007, 12:24:38 pm

Perhaps one of you who can get the max SDK's can try to get the source stuff from Styxx and try to make it work?

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