Cannot convert OBJ to DAT in both Win and Linux

Commander Learner · Post by **Commander Learner** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:48 am

I have installed Python 26 and tried converting an obj file to a dat file using obj2dattex.py, but it just can´t be done! I go Start-->Run-->CMD-->cd\python 26--->obj2dattex.py brick.obj-->enter--->It tells me that it could be an external command etc. What do you all do?

Post by **another_commander** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:57 am

I think I have seen some discussions about newer Python versions not playing very well with obj2dattex.py. You may want to try installing Python 2.4 or 2.5 and see if this helps.

Commander Learner · Post by **Commander Learner** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:02 am

Thanks. And sorry about the 2 year apart post, didn't want to post a new topic about something already posted

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:31 am

And on Windows, you don't need to be in the Python directory to run things. Just put the obj2dat.py and your obj/mtl/png files in the same place, cd to that directory and from the command prompt do obj2dat.py <filename>.obj.

But as A_C says there are some issues with v2.6, but slightly earlier ones certainly work. Also I think I'm using (successfully) obj2dat.py, not obj2dattex.py . These of course may be the same file just with a re-name along the way somewhere...

Post by **Kaks** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:43 am

Yep, they all need converting to run successfully in 2.6 ( they were developed and work fine in 2.4), they're indeed different scripts, some developed earlier than others. Obj2dattex.py is slightly more complex than obj2dat, which serves as a valuable reference if you need to twiddle the converstion files...

Btw, python is an interpreted language, so those .py files are just text. If you're interested, you can edit them ( upgrade them to 2.6, anyone? ) in notepad++ already!

pmw57 · Post by **pmw57** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:44 am

Thargoid wrote:
But as A_C says there are some issues with v2.6, but slightly earlier ones certainly work. Also I think I'm using (successfully) obj2dat.py, not obj2dattex.py . These of course may be the same file just with a re-name along the way somewhere...

On a related matter, I had to downgrade Python 2.6 to 2.4 due to 1.73.4 dev source tools python debug console requiring tcl8.4

Post by **Kaks** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:56 am

Yep, that's why we provide the js console as a precompiled executable in windows. It neatly sidesteps most of these issues; besides, the average windows user would be stumped by having to install python in the first place...

pmw57 · Post by **pmw57** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:06 am

Glee!

This being available not from the oolite.org site, but from berlios.de instead. from http://prdownload.berlios.de/oolite-lin ... le-1.0.zip

<stimpy>Squeal!</stimpy>

Commander Learner · Post by **Commander Learner** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:07 am

Another Problem (Sheesh..) Can't save shipdata file as plist.

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:11 am

Commander Learner wrote:
Another Problem (Sheesh..) Can't save shipdata file as plist.

A plist file is just a text file with a different extension. So worst case scenario make a .txt file (using a suitable editor that will write a vanilla text file without adding all sorts of hidden/special characters in it, ie not Windows Notepad) and then rename it from <foo>.txt to <foo>.plist.

Commander Learner · Post by **Commander Learner** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:12 am

Isn't it Wordpad that adds all those hidden stuff? Thanks anyway.

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:15 am

No, Wordpad is fine (it's what I 50:50 use in parallel with Notepad ++) again as long as you're saving to text files of course.

It's Notepad that screws things up (mainly in relation to carriage returns and line feeds iirc).

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:04 pm

Y’know, there must be someone in the commoonity who knows their way around Python and can upgrade our various scripts. Come on, someone! There’s a listing in the illustrious Official Contributors File up for grabs!

Zieman · Post by **Zieman** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:28 pm

Funny, I've had no problems with objtodattex.py & Python 2.6 on my machine (Win XP pro SP3).

As long as you have UV-mapped the model and have:
objtodattex.py
.obj
.mtl
.tga
in the same directory, and type objtodattex.py *yourmodel*.obj in command prompt (having navigated to correct directory there) + hit enter.

Commander Learner · Post by **Commander Learner** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:18 pm

Yeah...could do it already, many ships a'coming this way. Thanks for the help everyone

. Say, I don't see my ships anywhere in the game.....do they need a shipyard.plist file in the config or just the shipdata file?