It has taken many months, years maybe, but here it is. A working importer for alo/ala files for 3D Studio Max 6, 8 and 9. Capable of importing models and animations from Empire at War, Forces of Corruption and even Universe at War.

 

Get it from my Mod-Tools site.

 

Be sure to read the instructions carefully on how to set it up and use it.

ALLL RIGHT!!! I have been waititng for this for you have no idea how long!!! Now I can recover the models I lost in my PC crash from my mod folder!!!

 

Edit: Hey, I just thought of something...now I can extract the walker models from UAW and use them to help finish my Quadraxis model!!!

 

Edit 2:  It worked!!  Thank you Mike, you have no idea just how you have made my week!!  Ithought I had lost the ability to tweak my .max models forever when my hard drive crashed....but thanks to you, the .alo backups can now restore them!!!  My mod's release date just jumped at least a month closer!

Edited June 18, 200818 yr by Lavarider

Wow, I can't believe... so now people can give stormtroopers E-11's without making new animations?

Wow, I can't believe... so now people can give stormtroopers E-11's without making new animations?

EPIC!

I gotta hurry up and stick him ingame then

... Alright I will give One Million Dollars to the man who makes a E-11 Stormtrooper

... Alright I will give One Million Dollars to the man who makes a E-11 Stormtrooper

You probably shouldn't have said that. He's making one right now.

Yeah, lol. Unless you really mean it

Im using max 9 and I followed your install instructions carefully.

but im getting an error.

 

" -Type Error: Call needs function or class,Got:Undefined "

 

Also are the hard point bones supposed to look like random blobs ?

You couldn't have followed my instructions because it says that you need the Alo Exporter as well, which hasn't been released for 3dsmax9 yet (it will come with the Universe at War mod tools, if and when they're released).

I have a problem, When I load the model I don't see textures or shaders but everything is in their correct shaders.

You mean the model does not appear in the viewport? And it only happens on skinned models (e.g., infantry)

 

If so, that's a problem with PG's shaders. Change the shader's render mode, or download my fixed shaders.

 

Otherwise, please post a picture of the problem.

This is what I get even with the fixed shaders:

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/333Super/Accl.jpg

 

but

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/333Super/shad.jpg

Edited October 2, 200818 yr by Mr.Caine

You gotta set a shader directory.