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Topic: importing obj files made from MAX into OPS???
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ArgonV
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posted 07-18- 01:35 PM
   
Ok, Ive ben trying to import obj files that were made in MAX into OPS. Ive ben getting illegal operations each time and Ive tried many things. What is the exact procedure to do this? Step-by-Step?IP: Logged |
Tailslide
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 02:53 PM
Hi Argon I posted the step by step procedure I use awhile back.. search the old tech info forum for "max" theres a ton of info you need to know there. TS IP: Logged |
Nat
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 03:45 PM
did you remember to convert the model in Max to an editable mesh? Also, use the Jonny Ow plugin not the Max2Obj plugin, using Max2Obj the texture gets all messed upIP: Logged |
Sv
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 03:52 PM
Where can one find the "Jonny Ow" plugin?-Sv IP: Logged |
Tailslide
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 04:25 PM
I use max2obj, the other plugin only exports triangles.IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 07:22 PM
I've always used Max2Obj and never had a problem.IP: Logged |
Nat
Pilot
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posted 07-18- 09:52 PM
OK, maybe bad info on the plugin, but I found when building the Scharnhorst that after texturing and exporting using Max2Obj, that the texture was twisted across the ships hull, although as soon as I tried the Jonny Ow it was perfect, I can't explain why, so I blamed the plugin since one worked and one didn't.Let me know if you want the Johnny Ow plugin, drop me a mail and I'll send it to you  ~Nat~ IP: Logged |
LLv34_Camouflage
Pilot
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posted 07-21- 03:57 AM
Hi Nat!I tried emailing your aol.com address, but it keeps bouncing it back. I just got 3DS Max 2.5 and I'm learning the ropes with it. I tried Max2Obj
but I can't get it to work. I'd like to give Johnny Ow a try, if possible.
Can you email it to me? My addy is ville.pitkanen@hut.fi. Any other tips how to get stuff ported between Max and OPS? Thanks! Camo ------------------
Camouflage
XO, Lentolaivue 34
www.muodos.fi/LLv34 "The really good pilots use their superior judgment to keep them out of situations
where they might be required to demonstrate their superior skill." [This message has been edited by LLv34_Camouflage (edited 07-21-2000).] IP: Logged |
Bryan Russell
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posted 07-21- 05:57 AM
If you search around the forum there is heaps of info on the do's and don't of using the Max2Obj with OPS.Specifically for the texture problem, MAX uses UVW mapping, SDOE (and OPS) only support UV mapping. Max2OBJ also only supports UV mapping but it appears to ignore the W rather than doing some intelligent processing. The solution to this is to make sure the that W parameter in the UVW mapping rollout is set to 0.0 *before* you start mapping. There is good and bad points about both the Max2Obj and the Johnny Ow plugins. Max2Obj does textures and colours OK but messes up the vertex normals (shading) Johnny Ow's doesn't support textures and colours but seems to handle the shading OK. This is one of the reasons I did the VRML plugin. Use that if you can and let me know if there are any problems with it. The one problem I know about is that Max doesn't export the max material reference properly when there is more than one material assigned to an object. Bryan IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
Pilot
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posted 07-22- 04:45 PM
Bryan, I'm considering starting to use your new VRML plugin. However got a few questions about it. When exporting to VRML 97 in Max when the dialog pops up with options (for example triangles or quads)for output, what do you recommend we check/don't check? Thanks. I've been using Max2Obj and it crashes me to desktop on every export. I loaded up Johnny OWs but my Max2Obj seems to insist on running and Johnnys won't. So a change right now would be nice.
[This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 07-22-2000).] IP: Logged |
Tailslide
Pilot
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posted 07-23- 05:36 PM
Hi Bryan, do you still have the Yak.wrl I sent you? The wings were coming in very strangely with one poly stretching out into infinity. TS
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