Milkshape ms3d to ogre converter [WIP]

[:wumpus:]

I needed to convert some ms3d models to ogre, but as I don't have milkshape this was a problem. After running out of other options I wrote a converter that directly converts from ms3d to Ogre .mesh and .material. It already reads the bone structure so animation is quite easy to add.

As you can see from this guy it already works kind of:




I'm not sure with which versions of the format it already works, but if this is useful for other people I'll add it to the OgreAddons.

[jacmoe]

IMO it's always useful to have command-line utilities for converting between formats - especially formats for which you don't have the editor.
Now non-milkshape owners can convert ms3d to mesh - that's cool.

(I think the 3ds2mesh utility should be hosted also).

[RoundSparrow]

Yes, yes, we need this! It is useful! We just happen to have a library of 50 objects we need to convert.

[RoundSparrow]

Dopefish?!

[:wumpus:]

Don't remember him from the commander keen series?

http://www.dopefish.com/

Anyway, I'll try to add this to the ogreaddons soon.

[RoundSparrow]

Yha, I know dopefish cool.

Please post here once up on CSV... or even drop us a copy in email ( Stephen@IPCoast.com ) if you get a chance.

Thanks again, this tool is just what we need.

[:wumpus:]

Do you need skeletal animation? If not, I could just upload the current sources. (I still have some trouble converting the x,y,z rotation from MS to plain quaternions)

[sinbad]

Do you need skeletal animation? If not, I could just upload the current sources. (I still have some trouble converting the x,y,z rotation from MS to plain quaternions)

The approach used in the Milkshape exporter should work ok direct, I would have thought?

[:wumpus:]

Ahhh of course, thanks for mentioning I'll look into that.

BTW, the source is in ogreaddons now. Module ogreaddons/ms3d2xml

[RoundSparrow]

thanks Wumpus.

[Gray]

When well the compiled version with skeleton animations included, be availble? The plugin for Milkshape doesn't seem to work correctly for me, so I hope this one will

[sinbad]

When well the compiled version with skeleton animations included, be availble? The plugin for Milkshape doesn't seem to work correctly for me, so I hope this one will

The compiled one works fine (all the animated meshes in the distro were exported using it), I think you've played your animation wrong (see your other post).

[Gray]

When well the compiled version with skeleton animations included, be availble? The plugin for Milkshape doesn't seem to work correctly for me, so I hope this one will

The compiled one works fine (all the animated meshes in the distro were exported using it), I think you've played your animation wrong (see your other post).

ah ok sorry, my mistake, and thanks a lot for the help !

[dannomite]

(I think the 3ds2mesh utility should be hosted also).

Where can I find 3ds2mesh and it's source code?

[haltendehand]

Sorry for posting in a 5 year old thread, but is this tool still downloadable? I can´t seem to find it anywhere...

[jacmoe]

/* looks in ogre_src/Tools/MilkshapeExport ... */

[haltendehand]

I hate the Windows Explorer search function... thank you, jacmoe