RocketMan on 2/11/2007 at 07:24
NV probably has an ace up his sleeve but before he answers, don't use that tool for converting INTO 3ds. Use bintoe and eto3ds, which are tools provided in the shocked toolkit. They run in a dos shell, taking the model as an arguement. so take a bin and run it through bintoe and then run the e file through eto3ds. Then if that doesn't open nicely in max using the import feature, open and resave in accutrans and try again to import in 3ds. Once you get that far, do whatever model editing you like and when you want to convert back, then use 3ds to bin, with its GUI awesomeness. It will convert the .3ds file you EXPORT from max into a bin file with a couple clicks....very convenient.
Nameless Voice on 2/11/2007 at 10:16
3ds to bin will convert from .bin -> .3ds, too. Just go to open a file and select "Binary format Looking Glass object (*.bin)" from the Files of Type box.
Oh, and I seem to recall that there's a bug that it won't open files with the .BIN extension, they need to be lowercase (.bin). Unfortunately, I lost the source code for 3ds2bin so I can't fix that anymore.
Mercurius on 2/11/2007 at 11:12
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
3ds to bin
will convert from .bin -> .3ds, too. Just go to open a file and select "Binary format Looking Glass object (*.bin)" from the Files of Type box.
Oh, and I seem to recall that there's a bug that it won't open files with the .BIN extension, they need to be lowercase (.bin). Unfortunately, I lost the source code for 3ds2bin so I can't fix that anymore.
When I do this, it opens a window called "Conversion Information" which simply states "Not a 3DS file!"
I've had a few different responses opening various .bin files, however they all crash when I attempt to export to 3DS with a wide variety of messages such as "runtime error 13 - mismatch"
It would be nice if I could use the frontend for conversion as I'm allergic to command lines but I will also try the original program.
In the meantime, I'm going back to UV mapping hell :p
Inline Image:
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8154/mutiemo9.jpgPS: Sorry for hijacking your thread RocketMan, I wonder if the mods could split my noob questions into a new thread or something.
Nameless Voice on 2/11/2007 at 11:52
Quote Posted by Mercurius
When I do this, it opens a window called "Conversion Information" which simply states "Not a 3DS file!"
That happens if the file has an uppercase .BIN extension. Change the extension to a lowercase .bin and try again.
Mercurius on 2/11/2007 at 12:01
Quote Posted by Nameless Voice
That happens if the file has an uppercase .BIN extension. Change the extension to a lowercase .bin and try again.
Minus one point to me for blatantly ignoring your advice the last time D:
Seems I'm good to go for now, aside from not knowing which files to edit (what are all the mysterious abreviations?!) and being generally mystified by the texture setup. Hell, I can't even find the shotgun textures and it seems they're cut up into multiple files anyhow...
Kolya on 2/11/2007 at 14:57
That's a very colorful can opener. :)
Nameless Voice on 2/11/2007 at 19:34
You really need to look up the model names in ShockEd...
Here are some:
Pistol:
World: atek_w
Hand: atek_h
Assault Rifle:
World: ar15_w
Hand: ar15_h
Shotgun:
World: sg_w
Hand: sg_h
Wrench [mesh]:
World: wrench_w
Hand: wrench_h
Laser Pistol:
World: laser
Hand: lasehand
Emp Rifle:
World: empgun
Hand: empgun_h
Laser Rapier [mesh]:
World: rapier_w
Hand: rapier_h
Grenade Launcher:
World: gren_w
Hand: gren_h
Stasis Field Generator:
World: sfg_w
Hand: sfg_h
Fusion Cannon:
World: fsn_w
Hand: fsn_h
Worm Launcher:
World: al_w
Hand: al_h
Crystal Shard [mesh]:
World: shard_w
Hand: shard_h
Viral Proliferator:
World: viro_w
Hand: viro_h
RocketMan on 2/11/2007 at 20:02
Quote Posted by Kolya
That's a very colorful can opener. :)
He also doubles as Gordon Freeman when the original misplaces his crowbar
RocketMan on 3/11/2007 at 06:13
Ok ok we're sorry.....Mr. Whiskers it is.;)
