3DS Max 4.2 crash
by Sam Contapay · in General Game Discussion · 07/23/2003 (10:14 pm) · 11 replies
OK I had a problem exporting out using Milkshape so I figure.. eh must be me. So I IM a friend who has 3DS Max 4.2 and asked if he could export this file for me. I give him the appropriate DLE and I sent him a .3DS file. He brought it in tried to export, got an error. He then saved the file to .MAX from .3DS and tried export again and got "error". He wasn't too descriptive but anyone out there has MAX 4.2 and wants to try this file please let me know and I will email it to you. This is a file I pulled down from 3d cafe just to test out some features in RE.
Question is there more docs then Appendix A about how to export out to G3D? Thanks.
Question is there more docs then Appendix A about how to export out to G3D? Thanks.
#2
Just emailed it let me know if it works for you please, and what you did. Thanks!
07/24/2003 (9:44 am)
Thanks let me pull it down here its a model from 3D Cafe I was just using it to test. I will email it to you shortly thanks.Just emailed it let me know if it works for you please, and what you did. Thanks!
#3
07/24/2003 (10:54 am)
Are you sure it has the "bounds" node?
#5
07/24/2003 (11:49 am)
I didn't even know about the bounds box I just sent the file and the .dle to a friend with 3DS Max because being a hobbyist developer I can't afford 3DS Max :) I will have them place the bounds node, so its just a square over the model?
#6
07/24/2003 (11:56 am)
Ironically, unless you're doing some fancy animation techniques the bounds node just has to exist. It's location is the "center" of the part. It's size is irrelevant in most cases.
#7
07/24/2003 (12:43 pm)
Ugh so I just tell him to put a bounds box in the middle, or node? Will someone proficient in 3DS Max know what I am talking about? Is this information in Appendix A? =)
#8
T.
07/24/2003 (12:45 pm)
The funniest part, is the bounds node has no geometry in the .g3d file, but requires geometry in the model itself. It seems it exists *only* for the MAX exporter, I have no idea why it is even exported, but RE wont load the .g3d file if it's not there and in the right place in the file structure.T.
#9
Position the box at the center of the shape.
07/24/2003 (12:52 pm)
This is incredibly simple to do in max. Just create a box an label it "bounds".Position the box at the center of the shape.
#10
Yeah it kept crashing on me when exporting and the dump file was 0 so I couldn't look for anything.
07/24/2003 (1:03 pm)
Ah OK thanks again. I just wanted to know what to tell him, and I am at my "day job" ;) so don't have access to the help file.Yeah it kept crashing on me when exporting and the dump file was 0 so I couldn't look for anything.
Jim Chu