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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / help with .x models

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younis12
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Posted: 21st May 2010 08:33
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hi guys

i have models (3ds)

how i can convert them to x (so ican use it in dbpro)?
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Mobiius
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Posted: 21st May 2010 15:08
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There is a 3ds to x converter which comes with DBP. There are also a number of free apps online which can do it. I only know of Truespace and a think milkshape can do it also.

No doubt someone will reply with a whole bunch more of them.

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Posted: 21st May 2010 15:20 Edited at: 21st May 2010 15:21
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I've done various things to convert objects to what ever type i wanted.

E.g. one example is to use anim8or to export the .3ds to .obj, then I already have written something that converts .obj to what ever I want.

Why use .obj? because it's easy to read, it simply has the data types: v vn vt f
v = vertex position
vn = vertex normal
vt = vertex texture
f = face of triangle using v/vn/vt for 3 points of the triangle

You can read up on the .x format and decide weather you can write your own object converter from .3ds straight to .x if you desire.

I've written my converters in Darkbasic because of it's easy string manipulation and file handling, could have done it in any language really though

My advice is to store all the information in arrays, then simply create a small function to export it in the desired way


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ok thanks
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You can import 3DS directly into DBPro with no conversion using "load object"! I do it all the time then just save it as dbo for quicker loading...

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Quote: "You can import 3DS directly into DBPro with no conversion using "load object"! I do it all the time then just save it as dbo for quicker loading..."

Only a small proportion of 3ds file formats.

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i have done that

but its too slow

is there is something like db pro texture limit?
the program can only allow 3 textures?

because my version is trial and i will buy the full version next week
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Posted: 24th May 2010 10:38 Edited at: 24th May 2010 10:39
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Quote: "Only a small proportion of 3ds file formats"

Really, I didn't know that. I've used output from 3DS Max, Sketchup and even AutoCAD with no problems so far (maybe even a couple of other editors...)

Quote: "but its too slow"

That's why I usually save it as a "dbo" after loading it, the dbo version always loads a lot faster!

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The 3DS support was officially dropped due to the varying amount of 3DS formats. It may be that the software you're using just happens to be one of the formats for which an importer is supplied.

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That's worth knowing if anyone's having problems with 3DS... thanks Mobiius!

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No worries.

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