I just got done with my first model ever. It's of an ISD and all it needs is a texture.

 

So..on that i was wondering if any one of you would texture it for me. Mainly because i suck at texturing

 

I'll put the file up for download if i can figure out how. I made it in gmax if that is of any importance.

 

Thanks

Hmm, thissite has a backup of the old SWMA models and their textures.

You should give it a try

cool, thanks mask.

 

You wouldnt happen to know where i could get that tempest plugin for gmax i read about in the modeling tutorial, would you?

 

i've looked all over and cant find a working link

that's where i got it from:

 

http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax

Thanks, that helped alot

 

but im having problems trying to convert the .3ds into .x files.

i have the tutorial but it says to use the conv3ds program?

i cant seem to find it or make any other program that came with it to work

 

 

p.s. hehe...my first time

hehe... same problem here...

first time for me, too...

Umm, guys ... it's on my webpage, under 'Rebellion'

 

Keep on modelling, the more the merrier

Umm, jah, I found it (before your post but thanks anyway).

 

I'm trying to convert SFC .mod to .x, is there anything I should know for doing that?

Pfff, umm ... I think Cain asked me that as well, a few days ago.

 

You need Milkshape 3D and the import plugins from http://www.assimsoft.com, that should enable you load the SFC models.

I just tried the old Enterprise, since I'm still in the middle of preparing for my exams

milkshape - check.

plugin - check.

lots of .mods - check.

 

well, learning by doing!

I don't recall at the moment, if you had to select all the objects, you wanted to export, or if simply hitting the button would suffice.

 

But you know the saying: give a man a compilation tape and he will dance for a night.

Teach him to scratch and he will dance for generations

Hmm...conv3ds gives me a 'file fca.3ds unreadable' error message.

I tried it with another model as well, my scratchbuilt akula destroyer...same thing

Hmm, what did you select in Milkshape's export options ?

 

Can the models be loaded in Lith ?

That might be the point...

I exported it as milkshape ms3d and loaded it with lithunwrap, then saved it as 3ds there.

No no no, save it as 3ds directly in Milkshape.

The export plugin has a funny name there and might be easily overlooked. I think it's called 'Autodesk 3ds ...' or something.

done. conv3ds still can't read it.

 

*banging head against keyboard* - ARGH! It won't work.

*banging Admiral Fishface's head some more against the keyboard* darn, why doesn't it work ?

 

Have you chosen any fancy filenames with spaces or something else inside ? If that's the case, write the filename like this "filename with spaces...3ds"

Thought of that as well... fca.3ds isn't that fancy, is it?

 

*collapses and begins to weep, wailing 'Ich hasse dieses Modell!'*

ok, so i did everything that i was supposed to but when i try to import the stuff it says it doesnt have textures.

 

what did i do wrong?

 

if i leave it that way, will it show up right in rebellion?

 

[edit]

ok, it shows up but.....theres 2 problems....

all white

the ship isbigger than the planet.....

Adm. Fishface: I tried it yesterday, after I was too sleepy to learn, or in other words: on 0400AM. But for me, it worked.

I just imported the fca (Kirk's Enterprise) and exported it again with the Autodesk 3ds exporter.

Then I copied the conv3ds tool in that folder, opened a DOS prompt there and typed my usual command:

conv3ds -m -v2 "nameofthemodel.3ds"

 

It converted the model without any complaints.

 

 

Shushoni: well, the answer's almost within your own post then.

1) at least one of the three LOD models doesn't seem to have a material or the right material (wrong name ?) assigned.

2) you didn't resize at least one of the models in 3dsmax/gmax to the right proportions. Most of the time I import ships like the ISD (1.6km) and measure the size of the new one that way.

This is exactly what I did.

*sigh*

I give up...for now.

Ok, I can't see you suffer like this.

 

PM me your email adress and I'll send the converted fca your way, somewhere between when I was supposed to learn for the next exam ...

Those inbetween tend to be longer than the actual studying time

et tu, Trejus ?

 

Come on, I need something to occupy my mind besides all these humdrum scripts. Otherwise I'd go completely mad