Can irrlicht handle animated .3ds?

Albert · Post by **Albert** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:25 pm

I can't do anything with animated .3ds. I must use this format. If it's not irrlicht's capability then I will search 4 other engines (dont want 2

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Acki · Post by **Acki** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:02 pm

Since when does .3ds support animation ???

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:07 pm

Acki's right. 3ds has never supported animation.

Irrlicht handles md2 animated models and .X

Soulil · Post by **Soulil** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:30 pm

3ds has never supported animation.

.3ds does support animation

i have already animated a mesh and exported it from 3DSmax in the .3ds format and you can believe me it keeps the animation data of objects but not bones.
You can animate only seperated objects, you can have groups of object to facilitate animation.
i made a robot walking :

http://ben.kicks-ass.net/Screenies/SimonSqueUp.3DS

how do you think people would do years ago when there was not so many formats to go around and export with ??

also i found this script which seems to export anim for 3ds though i haven't tried it .

http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone10/cat97/6116.htm

Electron · Post by **Electron** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:09 pm

Irrlicht can't handle it. I recommend using .x. Is a better format than .3ds anyway

Quall · Post by **Quall** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:21 pm

3ds conflicted with a game I was trying to create. .X worked perfectly. I was use .x to avoind any future confliction.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:24 am

I've created many things in .3ds... Can it be converted -> .md2 or .x? Show me a free tool (if it exists), plz!

Quall · Post by **Quall** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:31 am

What program are you using to creat the .3ds model? There might be an exporter.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:02 am

Quall wrote:What program are you using to creat the .3ds model? There might be an exporter.

It's 3ds max 7 and no way to export to .md2 or .x

Albert · Post by **Albert** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:02 am

Quall wrote:What program are you using to creat the .3ds model? There might be an exporter.

It's 3ds max 7 and no way to export to .md2 or .x

markus · Post by **markus** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:44 am

Hi,
one of the earlier DirectX SDKs contained a 3DS->X convertor.
I think it was DirectX 7.

It is still downloadable as part of an extra package.
The name of the exe was something like convert3ds if i remmber correctly.

Greetings
Markus

Lucifer · Post by **Lucifer** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:36 pm

I've also run into similar problems. Most of the conversions from 3DS to X do not load. i've tried the Direct X converter and deep exploration. Can someone tell me why? And what animation tool can I use to create X files?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:57 pm

Well, you're right, 3ds does support anims...

But many utilities, I'm using, doesn't in-/export anims from/to 3ds, maybe this is the reason why I thought 3ds doesn't...

I'm using DX meshes, anyway...

Quall · Post by **Quall** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:02 pm

Albert, there is a .x exporter for max here:
http://www.andytather.co.uk/Panda/directxmax.htm

It works perfectly after you get the settings right.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:05 pm

Say it again: The converter must support animated .3ds -> .x or .md2. Cause I guess that many conveters support only still mesh.

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