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T.K. Sax
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posted 02-04- 08:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for T.K. Sax   Click Here to Email T.K. Sax     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I so I have a .3ds model for a plane I would like to do.. how do I get the 3ds model in to and .sm file? Do I have to take it to .lods first? if so How do I got from .3ds to lods?
Thanks

Sax

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Laika 801
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posted 02-04- 11:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So if you got a 3ds model (with high, medium and low detail lods ) you just need a programm wich converts 3ds files to a file
format used in sm files/OpenPlaneStudio.

There are two ways I know:

Get 3DMAX (V3 is the best) import your 3ds file and export it with the MAX2OBJ export plugin and the scripts from Bryan Russell (who maked OPS) to obj format. There are alot of topics related to this (just search the forum for "MAX" or "OBJ" or something like this).

Get ACD3D for 40$ and read Svīs tutorials (You should read them anyway - they helped me alot - good stuff !!!)

Also read the OpenPlane documentations at the OpenPlane side to learn something about the structure of sm files and OpenPlane.

The hardest thing is to get all the parts imported to OPS in the correct position. You could position them by hand but thats not so easy (for me).

I hope this helps you to get started.

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T.K. Sax
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posted 02-04- 01:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T.K. Sax   Click Here to Email T.K. Sax     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well I was able to export the .3ds file to a .acs and then convert it to a .sm fiel... have not had a chance to fire up open plane studio and see what I got...

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Laika 801
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posted 02-05- 03:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You did what ? How did you export from 3ds to asc ? Dont mix up the 3ds asc format hippies(?) asc format !

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