static shape bounding box huge, why?

#1 Are you re-scaling it once you put it in Torque? If you make the tree larger in Torque, it also increases the size of the space between model and bounding box.

--Eric

#2 No, not doing anything weird to it, just loading it up. I will post a screen in a moment.

#3 Here is a screenshot. Hmmm I'm wondering if it's a problem with the fact that I'm using Max 5 as opposed to Max 4?

#4 I noticed 3DS Max 5 has some issues with exporting the bounding box. It works fine for the most part but really doesn't like you moving it off-center or scaling it at any point. Try deleting your bounding box in max and creating a new one specifically to fit your static. The way I tend to do it is just create a box of size (1,1,1), then set the absolute position to (0,0,0), then convert it to an editable mesh, go to vertex sub-object mode and move the vertices to where you want them... There's probably a better way to do it but I'm a programmer not an artist so I go for what works and not what's pretty. =)

#5 Ahhh thats great! Thanks a lot, all fixed now :)

#6 if you scale a bounds box without first going into a subobject mode (such as vertex) when it exports, it doesn't use the new scaled size...you either need to create a new one that fits, or change its size in a subobject mode.

#7 Stay away from the scale key. Using scale on objects in real time engines is a big no-no. Make sure the scale of all objects is reset before exporting.