[MaxScript] Model Exporter

[tommah]

I use 2011 and I get errors every once and a while during the exporting parts step

[Deleted]

Got 2013.

Going to see if I can rework the script to spit out Case Zero textures.

[solidcal]

Jul 11, 2012 23:38:41 GMT -5 @maddacheeb said:

Got 2013.

Going to see if I can rework the script to spit out Case Zero textures.

lt would be wsome if you can get it to do that.

[Deleted]

This thread is so clogged I can't tell which version of his script is the newest. Can someone send me theirs? I Would greatly appreciate it.

[tommah]

Jul 12, 2012 3:52:34 GMT -5 @maddacheeb said:

This thread is so clogged I can't tell which version of his script is the newest. Can someone send me theirs? I Would greatly appreciate it.

I posted the latest one that I was told on the first post

[Deleted]

Thanks tom.

Edit: turns out 2013 is the unicode version and as such, all current 3DSMax plugins that are not built for 2013 do not work.

I am downloading 2012 now.

[tommah]

Jul 12, 2012 13:23:11 GMT -5 @maddacheeb said:

Thanks tom.

Edit: turns out 2013 is the unicode version and as such, all current 3DSMax plugins that are not built for 2013 do not work.

I am downloading 2012 now.

wow, that sucks

[Deleted]

Jul 12, 2012 14:11:14 GMT -5 tommah said:

Jul 12, 2012 13:23:11 GMT -5 @maddacheeb said:

Thanks tom.

Edit: turns out 2013 is the unicode version and as such, all current 3DSMax plugins that are not built for 2013 do not work.

I am downloading 2012 now.

wow, that sucks

Not too much of an issue, actually, turns out you can download more than one version of each software on an Autodesk Student account.

Right now I'm deleting the valve skeleton from a model I'd like to inject. It uses the skeleton your l4d models came with, Tom. You have to remove it right?

Edit: LOL NOPE, shouldn't of done that.

Anyhow now how do I chop up my model into bits? I need one for pants, one for chest, etc. But chopping by material doesn't work for me seeing as how it's a source model so it uses like 4 textures total: arms, face, head and body.

[Deleted]

Okay, having some problems.

I hacked a model of Shepard from Mass Effect 3 onto Sullivan's rig and then loaded up the game. The game crashed as soon as I got into the safehouse. Anybody have any tips on what I should check to see if I did it right?

[Freako]

First try putting just a hat in the game.

Once you succeed with that, then try something bigger.

[Deleted]

Jul 13, 2012 2:35:27 GMT -5 Freako said:

First try putting just a hat in the game.

Once you succeed with that, then try something bigger.

One fedora coming right up.

[djlarryt]

Jul 13, 2012 10:33:04 GMT -5 @maddacheeb said:

Jul 13, 2012 2:35:27 GMT -5 Freako said:

First try putting just a hat in the game.

Once you succeed with that, then try something bigger.

One fedora coming right up.

Cheeb, if you're adding a brand new character into the game, you will need to add references to the model files in the .big file menu so the game knows where to go get them.

I've ported several non-OTR chars into OTR successfully (RE5 Barry, L4D2 Francis + Nick, Duke Nukem, etc) and even created a few new ones (UFC fighter, Prize Fighter Boxer....) and have written brand new missions around them as well.

This is the best way to go step-by-step to make sure they get into the game properly.

1. Pick another character model to use as a base. I chose boss_postman because i) he has several model parts that are available to match the model parts of the character you want to import, ii) the textures maps are big, and iii) there are also alpha-channel maps if you need them.

2. Bring your mesh of the new model into 3Ds using MarioKart's tool. Make sure it has NO skeleton or skin attached. HIDE IT.

3. Import boss_postman.big into the project and save it.

Then you need to reset the Xform of your model. Create a box on the floor at 0, 0, 0 and make sure it's an editable mesh. Attach your model to it and verify the position is 0, 0, 0 of the entire thing. Then go to editable mesh and select the box by polygon. You can just delete the box and the model should still have co-ordinates of 0,0,0. THIS IS IMPORTANT as it will prevent the model parts from flying out into space when you attach it to an OTR skeleton/skin.

You may need to resize your _Shepard model to fit over top of the boss_postman skeleton so it will operate OK in-game. Just select the model by vertices and use the global resize tool (the yellow triangle) to match them as close as you can to the boss-postman model.

Select_Inverse and freeze/hide the boss_postman model/bones/skin.

Then make sure _shepard is broken into pieces that you can match onto existing pieces that the boss_postman has (Max tools to detach items to objects) like hands <=> hands, feet <=> feet, head <=> head, eyeballs <=> eyeballs (believe me, you save yourself a LOT of trouble doing this). Any additional pieces of mesh you can attach as the "mailbag", "belt", etc it doesn't matter, whatever's leftover.

THEN NAME (eg "_shepardHands","_shepardBoots", etc) AND HIDE THE MODEL PARTS as you do them.

4. NOW... once you're done, there should be nothing showing in the screen. Open the boss_postman texture multimap (the checkered ball with all the patterns on it) and then UNHIDE your _shepard parts. Select All and then apply the multimap to the _shepard parts.

5. The model will look all messed up so you will need to re-map the textures before you attach to the boss_postman. Remember the same map you use for the postman bodypart is going to match the same bodypart you intend to align it to. Also remember that the _shepard bodypart ALREADY has mapping co-ordinates, so you can just copy/paste the shepard map in Photoshop for the item you're texturing over the current map being used by the postman and it will look correct when its saved.

You might have to go into editable mesh/faces/ select all per bodyPart and change the mapID (halfway down the screen) to the proper ID value (1, 2, 3, etc whichever one it corresponds to in the texture Multi-map ball). I know in the postman Id 1 = arms/hands, 2 = face/head, 3 = eyeball, etc.

6. OK now here's where you make sure what you're doing is going to work before you waste a ton of time on frustration...

As Freako said, pick a bodypart and try exchanging it. The head is a good place to start.

Select the boss_postmanHead and copy the name of the item to the clipboard. Then right-click on the skin and "copy" it. Go back to the model and DELETE the boss_postmanHead because it HAS to be removed before you can re-assign the skin/bodypart to your model.

Now select your model and select the detached component which should be "_shepardHead". Paste the boss_postmanHead ("geo_HeadShape" or something like that) name over the old name you gave it and then past the skin in the modifier stack.

If you're comfortable using the animation tool you can check to make sure it's attached to the bones properly, I don't have time to explain that here.

Now as a quick check you can export the new head into the unpacked boss_postman.big file onto the "persistent.big" file and overwrite the current one. Make sure you port your new texture into the boss_postman.tex file too, or it will still use the postman face map on your new model and look bizarre.

Re-pack the .tex and .big file and put back into npcs.big and then repack that (make sure you SAVE a COPY of the original postman file, or just rename it to "boss_postman.big.ORIGINAL" or something like that.... OTR won't care if there's unused files in the npcs.big file, it only cares if it's looking for a file that's not there.

Now go to the mission "postman" and when the postman runs out, he should have Shepard's head. if this works, go back into your Max File and finish off the rest of the body parts.

If you have leftover parts from the postman model, just select them one-at-a-time by polygon and delete all polygons EXCEPT one. Shrink the one polygon to almost invisible and re-inject back into the .big file. There has to be a 1-to-1 match for every component part in the expected model file.

If you want to add the file as a new character, rename it (eg "srv_Shepard" and make sure you add an entry to the .xml file in npcs.big.

Then you need to create a "srv_Shepard" item in "items.txt". Now you can refer to the model in any missions, so the character doesn't have to replace the postman any more.

Then you can create a new mission and use your new character.

Hope this helps.

[Deleted]

Thanks man, I'll take a crack at it tonight.

[matexterminator]

Hey, recently i started learning max and after rigging a couple of models i remembered this game and the script, i ripped Commando Chicken from killing floor and tried to rig him.


After a couple of hours of trial and error i managed to make something somewhat decent and replace sullivan, but i have a couple of questions, as you see, it's not textured, its using allens chest texture, so, do you know of any preferably free program that can edit or create dds files? And, when extracting and repacking the tex file, do i use gibbed's tool or the script? If i use gibbed's tool most files come out without extension, but i had to use it to open the big file, otherwise, my game crashes when imported.
Any help would be aprecciated.
Sorry for my possibly bad english, i'm spanish.

[solidcal]

Jul 15, 2012 17:06:45 GMT -5 matexterminator said:

Hey, recently i started learning max and after rigging a couple of models i remembered this game and the script, i ripped Commando Chicken from killing floor and tried to rig him.


After a couple of hours of trial and error i managed to make something somewhat decent and replace sullivan, but i have a couple of questions, as you see, it's not textured, its using allens chest texture, so, do you know of any preferably free program that can edit or create dds files? And, when extracting and repacking the tex file, do i use gibbed's tool or the script? If i use gibbed's tool most files come out without extension, but i had to use it to open the big file, otherwise, my game crashes when imported.
Any help would be aprecciated.
Sorry for my possibly bad english, i'm spanish.

Theres a script that you have to use to get the textures on your rigged model.Watch Mario's tut on YT and you will see how you do it

[tommah]

Jul 15, 2012 17:06:45 GMT -5 matexterminator said:

Hey, recently i started learning max and after rigging a couple of models i remembered this game and the script, i ripped Commando Chicken from killing floor and tried to rig him.

After a couple of hours of trial and error i managed to make something somewhat decent and replace sullivan, but i have a couple of questions, as you see, it's not textured, its using allens chest texture, so, do you know of any preferably free program that can edit or create dds files? And, when extracting and repacking the tex file, do i use gibbed's tool or the script? If i use gibbed's tool most files come out without extension, but i had to use it to open the big file, otherwise, my game crashes when imported.
Any help would be aprecciated.
Sorry for my possibly bad english, i'm spanish.

You can use Paint.net with the .dds plugin, that's what I use...

unpack .tex with Mariokart's tool and just copy and paste the texture over the texture the model is currently using, then pack with Mariokart's tool.

[matexterminator]

Thank you a lot
I'll try and fix the rig up now and release it.

[kamillho]

There's any way to load with this tool DR2 PC models with game weight?

[solidcal]

Feb 14, 2013 10:58:11 GMT -5 kamillho said:

There's any way to load with this tool DR2 PC models with game weight?

No theres no DR2 PC support. Unless someone can edit Mario's script and add support for dr2 then we nay be able to mod DR2 with model imports. But Mario hasn't been on here since last year. He is off doing other things that are more popular. So yeah unless you know or find someone who can edit the tool then we can't model import in to DR2 and extract the models out of it.

[kamillho]

Ech :/ I just wanted only import Stacey from DR2. I found ver DR2 mod for DR2 OFT, but it doesnt work ;/

[solidcal]

Feb 15, 2013 6:43:03 GMT -5 kamillho said:

Ech :/ I just wanted only import Stacey from DR2. I found ver DR2 mod for DR2 OFT, but it doesnt work ;/

It does work. I have tried that mod and it works fantastically. You've just done something wrong when installing it probably.

[kamillho]

I cant load her into 3ds max. I've got bad position 0,0 error :/

[ilikezombiesxd]

Can This .exe can make a model swap file.?

[solidcal]

Mar 21, 2013 1:16:05 GMT -5 ilikezombiesxd said:

Can This .exe can make a model swap file.?

I didn't understand what you just said then. Be more clear so we can know what you are talking about.

[Deleted]

After doing two successful hat imports to the game by some days working on it, I am doing a character to be used as Frank or a survivor. But I'm having hard time when I try to rig it, after all its my first try rigging stuff.
I know this is more a 3dsmax general question but, how I can weight the skin at the areas i cut to create a new group?

EDIT: nevermind I managed to get it work .

[wolf42]

hello i hope somebody can help me plase!!
when i try to import a .bin file to mod a clothe, there is a messaje that says "runtime error,array index must be positive number"and the window of the injector_4 is opened, most of the time i can import the files corectly but in some that messaje appear, what can i do to open them?
other question... how can i mod the textures? :S
if somebody can answer me would be great, thanks!!!

[Deleted]

Hi,

Im moddeler 3D and i have a problem when i import my file in 3ds max 2011 can you help me plz, thank you