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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Blender and DBPro

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PirateJohn
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 06:21
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I have been using AC3D for all of my modeling thus far and, although it's great software for making static models, it cannot animate or make limbs, so I tried downloading Blender, but I'm having problems with it.

When I export a Blender file to .3ds and try to use it in a DBPro file, it causes my program to crash. And, although I have seen references in this forum to using Blender to export to the .x file format (which is what I have been using with AC3D), it looks like the current Blender version doesn't support the .x file format. Does anyone know if there is an add-on for Blender that lets me export to .x or why the .3ds files aren't working in DBPro? Or, for that matter, if there's other free software that I can use?
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Burning Feet Man
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 06:54
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Wings3D is my favorite free modeling program. Check it out!

http://www.wings3d.com/

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MadBit
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 08:57
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Blender supports .x files. You must activate this ...
File -> User preferences ... -> Categories:Import-Export
Here you can activate .x-fileformat and dont't forget to save this changes (Save User Settings).

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Mobiius
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 16:26
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DBPro doesn't support .3ds any more. The format is too varied so they dropped it, but kept the references to supporting it.

This is my current project, check it out! [href]forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=204576&b=8[/href]
This is my website, check it out! [href]http:\\www.TeamDefiant.co.uk[/href]
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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 17:01 Edited at: 20th Jun 2013 17:02
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Quote: "DBPro doesn't support .3ds any more. The format is too varied so they dropped it, but kept the references to supporting it."


But a lot of 3DS still work in DB Pro. I haven't had one that doesn't work. I don't use Blender however.

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Mobiius
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Posted: 20th Jun 2013 17:22
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That will be sheer luck though. I use blender and.x files exclusively.

This is my current project, check it out! [href]forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=204576&b=8[/href]
This is my website, check it out! [href]http:\\www.TeamDefiant.co.uk[/href]
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PirateJohn
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Posted: 21st Jun 2013 01:13
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Ah, great, I activated the preference. Now I just need to... learn how to use Blender.
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PirateJohn
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Posted: 21st Jun 2013 01:13
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Thanks for all your help, everyone!
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Dragon slayer
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Blender cookie!!!
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Ortu
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Posted: 21st Jun 2013 02:59
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3d chat board here is a good resource as well, a few of us use blender extensively and have answered a lot of common questions/issues in using it for dbpro. may need to dig through the threads a bit but there is good info and help

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Chris Tate
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Posted: 21st Jun 2013 19:19
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Basic blender learning:

http://vimeo.com/channels/blendervideotutorials

Intermediate blender learning:

http://http://www.blenderguru.com/

Advanced blender learning:

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual

Make sure you give all of your objects materials, as well as applying textures in the UV editor. You will know what I am talking about the after watching the basic lessons.

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PirateJohn
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2013 01:13
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Thanks for the links. I bookmarked them.

I do all of my texturing in AC3D. Those should still be good once I import them into Blender, right? At the moment I'm trying to UV map my weightlifter. It's a bit slow going, so I'd hate to have to do it all over from scratch.
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Chris Tate
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2013 03:38
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When you import, usually the UV maps are retained. You will need to reassign the textures themselves which should not be difficult.

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