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DIFF to OBJ or whatever

by Brian Mitchell · in Artist Corner · 01/12/2010 (11:10 am) · 9 replies

Greetings all GG peoples!

I currently have a ton of old DIFF objects that where made in Quark. So the dilemma is that Quark doesn't export it's models in a format I can use in other 3D packages like Maya or 3ds Max. Or perhaps I don't see a plug-in for Quark that does this; or a program that can import a DIFF, or a plug-in for Maya or 3ds Max that can import a DIFF.

Any suggestions or known solutions are much appreciated.
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Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#1
01/12/2010 (4:10 pm)
You would need the .map file that goes with that dif to export it to a different format.

Torque Owner Brian Mitchell
#2
01/13/2010 (12:29 pm)
Thanks for reply Mike. Yeah I'm seeing I can open the .map file in constructor now to export out into light wave then to object format. Unless there is another program or plug-in that can open .map files? Really wished Constructor exported out to object format so I wouldn't have to jump through these hoops, but can't really argue with free.

Thanks again for reply(s)

Torque 3D Owner Steve
YP productions
#3
01/13/2010 (12:39 pm)
I don't know if this will help you at all but there is a .map to 3ds utility called map23ds. Look for it here: torque.abigholeintheweb.com/public_system/artists/exporter_related/max/

Torque Owner Brian Mitchell
#4
01/13/2010 (1:02 pm)
Thanks for link Steve. I'll mess around with that; any help is much appreciated thanks.

Torque 3D Owner Steve
YP productions
#5
01/13/2010 (2:01 pm)
Oh I forgot to mention, the easiest way to use it is to drag your .map file and drop it on map23ds.exe. This here is the original post:
www.torquepowered.com/community/blogs/view/5909

Torque Owner Brian Mitchell
#6
01/13/2010 (2:03 pm)
Ah, OK that helps speed things up a lot. Thanks Steve.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#7
01/13/2010 (8:56 pm)
You can import your .map into Deled and export it as an obj or collada. Deled is going opensource soon and will be free for everyone.

Torque Owner Brian Mitchell
#8
01/14/2010 (10:34 am)
Thanks for the link Mike. I'll definitively try it out. Much appreciated.

Torque Owner Giorgio Zanetti ( JoZ )
Corona Team
#9
01/18/2010 (10:47 am)
Would be nice if Constructor will be updated to export also .DAE (beside .OBJ)... But not too confident it will be... I have to say I prefer a lot BSP editors then 3D apps like 3DSMAX or MAYA for buildings but this is probably because I'm still a nob with 3DSMAX...