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3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:30 pm
by GottaLove88s
Guys,

When you're creating new units (for example, Merr's Hetzer is seriously cool) what software do you use?
Are there any programs/apps that can "read in" a current BA unit 3d model/skin and let us modify and save it?

Thanks for any advice!
GL88

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:46 pm
by pipfromslitherine
There are a few stickies at the top of the forum here. We use MAX, and there is an exporter script in the 3D pack you can grab from the wiki/STUB docs. There is also an exporter for Blender that works. I also recall that someone (I want to say Rich?) came up with an exporter for gMAX which he used. I'd need to find the thread.

The pack includes a number of sample units to let you see how it all hangs together. We don't have the ability to import into any packages from the s4f files - it's actually somewhat trickier than exporting because of the way we store the data.

Cheers

Pip

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 3:00 pm
by enric
You're only talking about PC software, right?

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:24 pm
by pipfromslitherine
I think so, yes. Although there could well be a Blender version for Mac?

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:40 pm
by GottaLove88s
Yup, was just looking around... There's a Blender for Mac and Linux... http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender... For freeware, this looks pretty darned amazing!

So you said that there's a 3d pack somewhere that we can drop some units back into Blender and experiment?

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:47 pm
by enric
GL the link you posted did not work.

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:47 pm
by pipfromslitherine
Blender Exporter: viewtopic.php?f=104&t=21328

3D unit details: http://www.slitherinebravo.net/GameWiki ... _3d_models (though some of the info is for MAX).

Cheers

Pip

Re: 3D tools for designing new units?

Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:48 pm
by pipfromslitherine
enric wrote:GL the link you posted did not work.
Got truncated:

http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/

Cheers

Pip