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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?

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.

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

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).

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

Lioric wrote: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.

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

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