Ogre Exporter & 3ds max7 - valid object

[boabhan]

hi!

i created a object as scatter (compound object), attached a multi/sub-material and converted it to a editable mesh in 3ds max 7. now i wanted to export it with ogre exporter 1.19, but there is always the error message "You have to choose a filename and a valid object". a tried different names and folders and always selected the editable mesh object. nothings changed. could someone tell me what a valid object would be?

[xavier]

No clue, but if you need to export the multiple components into a single .mesh file, neither the MaxScript exporter nor oFusion will be able to help you. The plugin-based exporter I am working on (which currently exports mesh and materials just fine) is available and has this capability...or, if you don't need all the meshes in the same file, just use oFusion.

[Lioric]

The ogre engine .mesh file format dont support multiple separated objects in a single file, its by design

[xavier]

Sure it does. I export them just fine. Unless you have a different definition of "separated" than I do -- I mean single models made up of multiple submeshes (each based on the same origin point).

[Lioric]

I said "mutiple seprated objects" not mutiple "sub-objects"

In this case, why you say that oFusion wont?

oFusion uses compilers for the exported structured data, it dont uses what max supplies in a 1:1 representation, it internally compiles the data to create optimized structures to be used by ogre, and of course it creates sub-meshes based on materials

[xavier]

I said "mutiple seprated objects" not mutiple "sub-objects"

In this case, why you say that oFusion wont?

Because the model I am using during development, which is made up of 21 submeshes, all with the same material, gives me 21 .mesh files when I export it from oFusion.

[Lioric]

That is not possible, seems you have a different definition of sub-meshes

[xavier]

Perhaps; I am not a Max modeller so if there is an extra preparatory step I am missing before export, I wouldn't know.