How do I get model formats to work?

IrrNoob · Post by **IrrNoob** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:23 pm

Hello all. I have a simple character rigged with animations in blender.
I was wondering how to export an animated mesh with or without rigging. I'd rather have rigging tools to use, but I've looked at the tutorial and it seems odd that i can get a .obj to load with texture, but no animation, and i cant figure out how to get .mds exported for Irrlicht either. I even tried the ms3d txt but no luck.

any help on setting up exports in blender for use in irricht would be appreciated, keeping in mind I'm wanting use blender for basic content
creation.

CuteAlien · Post by **CuteAlien** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:18 pm

I'm just learning to use Blender (spend most of the weekend reading the manuals and doing simple tutorials) and haven't tried exporting animations yet, but I guess the best format to use for that is the .x format. The .obj format is only for static meshes, it does not save animation data.

gogo · Post by **gogo** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:27 am

It can be said silly to use a model maded by blender as exported data. For it is not only hard to use itself but its exported data are almost impossible to load on every engine.
So I guess it better to buy 3Dmax or Maya than to continue Blender. Give up Blener and Milkshape as for irrlicht.

SwitchCase · Post by **SwitchCase** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:15 am

gogo wrote:It can be said silly to use a model maded by blender as exported data. For it is not only hard to use itself but its exported data are almost impossible to load on every engine.
So I guess it better to buy 3Dmax or Maya than to continue Blender. Give up Blener and Milkshape as for irrlicht.

I advice you ignore this completely.

B@z · Post by **B@z** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:14 pm

i'm using milkshape for irrlicht, and have no problem with it. (even so it's a very ugly and full of bugs, difficult-to-use modeller..)

IrrNoob · Post by **IrrNoob** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:52 am

Thx everyone for the replys.

I got the md2 format to display a custom mesh in Irrlicht even with a small 'hand wave'animation and uv mapped with texture.

Now I've figured out how to use blender to export md2 files i am having trouble with the quake 3 maps not wanting to load. I almost certain its a
compiler configuration issue, but I don't know how to get the comiler to link a quake 3 map into blender. Whats more is Blender exports quake 3 maps with a .map extension, which seems odd. I'm not sure if it will export correctly as the md2 format did.

I have milkshape, but its interface is so strange and unintuitive, I'll probably never be able to get into it like blender.