Cinema4D | animated .x | irrlicht | doesn't work

Holiday · Post by **Holiday** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:09 pm

Hi,
I am using Cinema4D R10 as a modeler and i have some troubles here.
Since Irrlicht doesn't support animated .3ds (the model is animated, 20 frames), i try to export it to .x.

But when i load the mesh, irrlicht says, that no material was found in the .x file.

(When I export it to .3ds, it works all right, but not animated. .x doesn't work at all..)

Any suggestions?

Kalda · Post by **Kalda** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:34 pm

It uses different type of X file. Use XPort plugin:

http://213.239.195.198/~philipp/download.php

In C4D 10 use version for C4D 9. It works fine.

Georgian · Post by **Georgian** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:37 pm

if you have 3Ds max you could import your .3ds file and than export using Panda Exporter or DX Exporter which comes with DX SDK i use second one all the time because Panda Exporter needs to be resaved using DXViewer i am a bit lazy so i use one wich comes with SDK , the animation for it works ok.

Holiday · Post by **Holiday** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:59 pm

Yeah, thank you kalda.

The exporter seems to work (havent tried anim yet)

Now, why are all the objects in the .x are aligned to [0][0][0] ?
I mean, that all the separate objects (like, lets say we have a tank, head, wheels, doors..) are at [0][0][0] ?

If you know what i mean..

Kalda · Post by **Kalda** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:21 pm

Yeah...

I don´t know. Try covert objects to polygonal if isn´t in C4D.

Holiday · Post by **Holiday** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:16 pm

Gee,
I converted all objects to polygonal and works.
Well, it doest, but only for static meshes.

When i set that i want to export frames, it alignes to the center again..

Holiday · Post by **Holiday** » Thu May 24, 2007 1:58 pm

Oh..
I read the tutorial and it says that only bone animations are to export,
which is not good.. Is there any format for animated 3d meshes, where bone-animating is not necessary? (I would like to use rich animation capabilities of cinema 4d, that i've used to)

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:21 pm

You can use MD2 or for keyframe based animation, but you are only allowed one material. I think MD3 is keyframe based too

Dances · Post by **Dances** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:10 pm

Last time I loaded an MD3 I couldn't move, rotate, or scale it with Irrlicht. Converted it to 3ds and I could.... so MD3 could be hard to work with. Just a heads up.