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need advice for retro Blender/TGE.dts setup

by james burch · in Artist Corner · 07/14/2013 (5:36 pm) · 7 replies

Hello , GuysnGals Current/Future systems anylists <big word I know but a friend of mine is one of those )
I am new and attempting to set up an older version of TGE and Blender on my older computers .

I have TGE 1.1.2 ready to rock . I need the recommended blender version and a link to the dts exporter for it , if the latter is still actually available .
Im not %100 sure but , it looks like the jsgreenwalt link is not useable , please , correct me if I am wrong also , I did see the link to hgabighole games <something like that- but , Im hoping to make sure
that I get the version that Ill need for this older TGE 1.1.2 . So , any advice will be gratefully appreciated .
the older desktop is a
celeronD , 1 gb Ram , XP , ATI Xpress200 graphics

this is just for casual fun so dont sweat it .
Thank You for your time and have a nice day

About the author

Bare-Bones beginner , 49 yrs old , sooo im setting my sights on becoming an accomplished hobbyist with the patient cooperatin of the kindly knowledge folks . and THANK YOU :)


#1
07/14/2013 (6:01 pm)
I use Blender 2.44 with dts exporter 0.964 --- though there is a later version.

A quick search of teh interwebz brought up this: forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=157886.0
#2
07/14/2013 (10:42 pm)
Mr. Acaster ,
I am pleased to have the opportunity to thank you for this excellent direction . I downloaded the programs recommended on the blockland forum as well as the ones you listed and I would be very interested in reading whatever more you might add about the programs you use for dts export for tge , using blender , if and when you find the time to add to this , already , most excellent response . I greatfully appreciate your help , Sir . THANK YOU

I downloaded
blender 244 , 249b , 257b - all .exe's
exporter 0.97 beta3 , 0964
#3
07/15/2013 (5:30 am)
www.narcissisticstudios.com/tutorials/pmodel.htm

That's an old bookmark on character rigging in Blender for TGE. I had plenty of others but they all seem to be dead links these days ...
#4
07/15/2013 (4:38 pm)
Mr. Acaster ,
THANK YOU , for taking your time and helping me . Ill take these sweet goodies and see what I can learn to do with them before I come hollering back for help with exporting issues , in order to , hopefully , learn to do so properly and efficiently . I hope that I can .
Thank you Mr. Acaster and have a nice day !
#5
07/15/2013 (5:38 pm)
and Ive added blender 2.37a
and Mr. Yoon's hack exporter
to my horde . This looks like the perfect place to stsrt IMO .
THOSE LINKS are very excellent !
#6
07/15/2013 (6:14 pm)
Glad it was useful.
#7
10/26/2013 (11:33 pm)
249b + 097 = ++
well , I just wanted to touch back on this , so .
By the time I got the jist of this , the fun formula had "evolved" to this mega cool set up !
Blender 2.49b installed to its default location in Program Files
Blender to DTS Exporter 0.97 placed in the Blender\Scripts folder
Pyhton 2.6 installed to its default location at C\
and WHAM! I am already feeding the 1.1.2 Beast the Cool Little Goodies it craves :) well , you know what I mean , in the statiky sense , of course :/
The supporting powerful combo consists of :
GIMP 2.6
QUARK 6.3
Literally , this all runs quite nice on the old desker .
So , I guess Ill be carousing for enlightenment on rigging and exporting ,from blender , something other than a cool little static .
MUCHAS GRACIAS , GAN Xie niN , THANKS and Have a nice day !