3DMF Models?

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:02 pm

Hi,

I'm looking for the Oolite ships in 3DMF format. Does anyone know where I can get them. I could also use a way to translate .dat to .3dmf or .obj. Thanks.

Flying_Circus · Post by **Flying_Circus** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:13 pm

Depends which ships you need. I believe I'm not giving any state secrets away by saying that many of the basic Oolite ship set are available in wings and some other formats on the trunk of the CVS repository. I certainly have access to Alias's Maya, so if you specify which Oolite ships you need, I could probably provide a 3dmf file for you, eventually, via a roundabout route.

May I ask why you need 3dmf, specifically?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:07 pm

Is there anything that uses 3DMF these days? Interesting. *Adds to list of stuff to support in Dry Dock some year*

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:35 pm

It doesn't neccesarily have to be in 3dmf. I can take the following formats:

.3ds
.ac
.dae
.off
.lwo
.md2
.bvh
.ndo
.flt
.raw
.obj and
.wings

3dmf would be okay, but wings and obj would be even better.

I plan to take the models and make animated stories with them. If I could get the station and buoy models that'd be great too.

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 9:54 pm

As Flying_Circus said, the source files for all models used in Oolite are available in the repository. To get them, first install Subversion if necessary, then use this command to retrieve the models:

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svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/oolite-linux/trunk/Asset%20Source oolite-assets

There are also Python scripts for converting between Obj, Meshworks and Oolite DAT format.

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svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/oolite-linux/trunk/tools oolite-tools

If you happen to be working on a Mac, Dry Dock may also be useful.

Selezen · Post by **Selezen** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:40 pm

.wings version of all the ships are on Oosat.

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:27 am

Thanks Ahruman, I succesfully imported the ships with Dry Dock. Now I can finally animate them.

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:52 am

Yay! The first render!

Also being used on the Oolite Wiki[/img]

Murgh · Post by **Murgh** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:29 am

congrats.
will you be making movies of acrobatic exhibition shows?

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:45 am

How could I resist?

If anyone has special requests for pictures I don't mind making them.

Murgh · Post by **Murgh** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:22 am

how about this, an Adder Derby Race scene with spectators and pomp (and disaster).

before Arexack drowned in schoolwork, he had a mad dash creating a big league's worth of AdderRacer skins that he passed on to me, and I got some RaceOfficial and AdvertDroids if yer interested..

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 11:29 am

They would help indeed. If push comes to shove, I can model my own ships, but Oolitish textures would be hard to get. As for the spectators, do you mean just other ships floating around and watching the race? Or do you want actual stands set up somehow?

Murgh · Post by **Murgh** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:13 pm

I'll pass them on once I've prepped them with .dat's then..

Mirad Grameron wrote:
As for the spectators, do you mean just other ships floating around and watching the race? Or do you want actual stands set up somehow?

both, I was thinking. the other day, Jonnycuba suggested racing-spectator-stands-ships

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:35 am

Okay, I got the ships down. You can just send me the textures next time, I don't need so many models of the adder.

A problem did come up. The textures were misaligned on some of the models:

Don't worry about it, I'll realign them myself and send the files back to you. Can you take .obj? I can do wings too, and I'll try for .dat, but Dry Dock is still an alpha so it might not work.

P.S.

Sorry I couldn't answer this earlier. I'm in a play and rehearsal takes like six hours.

Mirad Grameron · Post by **Mirad Grameron** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:47 am

One texture realigned: