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Title: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 21, 2013, 08:40:19 am
Hi everyone, if someone has this tool, I'd be extremely grateful. I've been trying to get by Blender (.dae) file into PCS2, but from what I read I need the version of PCS2 that allows Collada importing, and I've only got the regular one. I've found several links to the Collada-capable version on the site, but they all seem to be broken or out of date, I don't suppose anyone knows of an alternate source, or has a copy of the tool please?

Many thanks in advance! :)
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: The E on June 21, 2013, 09:27:23 am
The link in this topic (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=77292.0) should always work.
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 21, 2013, 09:34:55 am
You diamond, that's the one :D a thousand thanks!
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: Droid803 on June 21, 2013, 11:06:07 am
That version is not up to date. IIRC that one still has the subobject radius issue (causes crashes and debug errors!) which was fixed in a later vesion.
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 21, 2013, 12:06:27 pm
Ooh, in that case do you know where I can lay my hands on the latest version?
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: rhettro on June 21, 2013, 12:32:49 pm
Isn't the link in Spicious' signature always supposed to be the latest? If so this should be it, unless he has a beta version he's testing.

https://googledrive.com/host/0B_qLK7VGhoIydUY1RFlzOVNMdGc/pcs2.7z
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: Droid803 on June 21, 2013, 02:14:37 pm
The one in Spicious' signature is the latest.
However, it also has bug. When you export to DAE it can't be open in certain modelling program like 3DSMAX or it crash
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 21, 2013, 02:40:08 pm
Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated, although it's gotta be said I'm having a lot more luck with 2.03 at the moment, the newest version is crashing whenever I import a .cob. Still green at all this...!
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on June 22, 2013, 12:19:32 am
COB? Why use COB when you can use DAE? :confused:

AFAIK, COB support has been all but dropped in PCS2, as everyone stopped using it when DAE became available.
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: MatthTheGeek on June 22, 2013, 02:47:30 am
Pretty sure cob worked fine back in my HWBP days. It was the easiest way to convert stuff to obj without going through a modelling program.
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 22, 2013, 11:32:42 am
Quote from: FreeSpaceFreak on June 22, 2013, 12:19:32 am
COB? Why use COB when you can use DAE? :confused:

I tried a DAE file made from Blender, but it just came in blank in PCS2. I think I'm just doing something wrong at the fundamental level... might have to go back to basics and make sure I'm doing things right.
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: MatthTheGeek on June 22, 2013, 11:45:18 am
You need to name your subobjects correctly. Try http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Blender_to_POF_Conversions
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 22, 2013, 11:47:55 am
Quote from: MatthTheGeek on June 22, 2013, 11:45:18 am
You need to name your subobjects correctly. Try http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Blender_to_POF_Conversions

See, this is what I'm talking about :) Running before I can walk! Thanks a lot for this, will pore through it now!
Title: Re: Can't find PCS2 with DAE support
Post by: oliacym on June 22, 2013, 12:16:09 pm
Quote from: MatthTheGeek on June 22, 2013, 11:45:18 am
You need to name your subobjects correctly. Try http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Blender_to_POF_Conversions

Awwwwwwwwww yeah. Now things are cooking. Successful import with hierarchy with no goofy converters in between! Thank you sir!