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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / i make room in 3d studiomax, how to use it in DB Pro

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sinny
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my room is complex.
and i make light in 3d max and use material texture

please suggest me about to use my room in DB Pro
and how to set it to complete collision and complete light


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indi
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Posted: 5th Jun 2003 14:36
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you could try to deploy this model as a bsp map if its water tight.

kensupen has written some great x file height reading code so its possible to utilise this method.

a dll made by a home grown user (i cant remember off hand right now who developed it )for classic users gives you the ability to possess sliding collision in x files.

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Rob K
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BSP would be the fastest method. There is a BSP compiler that comes with DBP.

Failing that, just export to .X, load in and texture. Then use Automatic Object / Camera collision to handle collisions.

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SonicBoom
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Your room looks great but you must keep the polys down for game use.

I doubt your model would be compatible with BSP but you could try using the x->BSP tool that comes with DBPro.

I believe the best method would be to

1) Export your room model to .X format with all textures
2) Convert your lights to Something "real" & export to .X
2) Download & use the Collision dll from here: http://www.nuclearglory.com/developer/db/kdll.html
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sinny
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how to use kdll

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LoKiDeCaT
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There are a few .X exporters for 3ds max. I'm not sure what release of 3DS you are using.. but Effectware has one (that works crappy).. Panda has one that works well (but the brushes are such that the DBP BSP Converter chokes hard on it)..

But I'm certain there's probably a way to convert a 3DS .X file into a csg that'll allow for BSP conversion.

Hmm.. I just use Ken's .X code that indi reference (for obvious reasons).. keep your single model under about 1500 polys or it will slow down. Alternatively, go to your EditMesh modifier and use the "Detach" feature to create several objects from one. This way DBP's automatic "on-screen" code makes your FPS go up dramatically and you can make it almost any size.

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[img]http://www.darkbasicland.com/room2.jpg

This is My room after RENDER by MAX5

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sinny
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Again

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indi
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sweet render bro !

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The Big Babou
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museum meltdown
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Shadow Robert
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lol... i sure hope you're not expecting that level of detail in dbpro - cause that'd take some bloody good coding

as for a decent DirectX Exporter - once i finally get this useless junkheap working again i'll see about uploading my edited Microsoft DirectX Exporter for Max5, i worked out alot of the bugs it had suchas not exporting Skin&Bones from CStudio or IK Reference.
Plus the DirectX 8.1 features like multiple UV sets and such (can help with lightmapping and such)

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Kensupen
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The PandaX exports for Max is good. I don't know if it supports Max 5 yet. You could try it. Just search for pandax on Google.

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