exporting cal3d from 3ds max

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:46 am

I'm trying to export my model. I can export the skeleton, animations, and materials no problem. However whenever I export the mesh a box pops up that says I have not selected a mesh. But I have selected a mesh. If I select a bone the program crashes. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Dances · Post by **Dances** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:52 am

try edit->select all then export.

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:01 am

I tryed it while the bones were frozen and got the same error. Tried it with nothing frozen and it crashed.

Dances · Post by **Dances** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:46 am

Have tried selecting the mesh in Mesh, Poly, and Patch? Perhaps one of them will work...

omar shaaban · Post by **omar shaaban** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:50 am

mm why would u try b3d blitz3d format it is the best or .x !!
and what 3dsmax version u are using!?

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:00 am

mesh had the same result. Patch and Poly crashed it. I'm using 3ds max 8. I'm using the cal3d mesh so I can use cal3d animation blending tools. Can you do blending with blitz or x?

Dances · Post by **Dances** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:14 am

... I'm starting to run out of ideas... try re-downloading your exporter? Or another one all together? Maybe it is corrupted.

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:25 pm

redownloading it didn't help. I tried a previous version, but there arn't any for max 8. This is really getting me mad

Dances · Post by **Dances** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:05 pm

Can you contact the developer of the plug-in? They will know more than I do... I'm sorry I can't think of anything else.

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:53 pm

thanks for trying

linkoraclehero · Post by **linkoraclehero** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:53 am

Doesn't this NOT belong in the Irrlicht forums? XD.
Anyway, we're nice people here so what the hell.
Personally, I do my complex modeling in Maya 3D, export it, then open it in Milkshape 3D. Because Milkshape is such a simple interface program (No workarounds to loading), if it loads in Milkshape, it loads in mostly everything. From there, you have 40 or so formats to export to (Almost all 100% successfully

). On top of that. MS3D ASCII files ARE supported in Irrlicht

CameroKid · Post by **CameroKid** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:12 pm

sorry for posting in the wrong forum. I did get the export to work in milkshape, but I don't like milkshape's animation program. What file type do you export from maya to ms?