Wanted: An idiot's guide to...

Lorien · Post by **Lorien** » Fri, 9. Apr 04, 20:16

... loading in the ship models into 3DS Max 5. Anyone got one?

(The plugin initialises itself and the .dll's are in the system32 folder)

Commander Jamieson · Post by **Commander Jamieson** » Fri, 9. Apr 04, 22:52

If you mean EGOSOFT's own bob file ship models, you can't!

If it is a downloaded 3D model, it has to be in a max, 3ds or obj format (there might be others, just look in the import menu) to import into 3DMax 5. Then export it with the EGO dle plug in as a bod file per instructions in the Mod Kit's gfx.pdf file.

If the imported model has a very high polygon count, it will not be visible in the game after substititing it with another ship in the game (say the 0470.bob, the Nova)

Cheers

Lorien · Post by **Lorien** » Fri, 9. Apr 04, 22:55

Commander Jamieson wrote:If you mean EGOSOFT's own bob file ship models, you can't!

If it is a downloaded 3D model, it has to be in a max, 3ds or obj format (there might be others, just look in the import menu) to import into 3DMax 5. Then export it with the EGO dle plug in as a bod file per instructions in the Mod Kit's gfx.pdf file.

Cheers

Thanks. That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure that I hadn't missed something.

esd · Post by **esd** » Fri, 9. Apr 04, 23:34

CJ - I would be profoundly grateful if you could write a little walkthrough for replacing a ship ingame with another. There's a lot not covered in the PDF, and no matter what I try, I can't get it to work.

Please help!

SimonDR · Post by **SimonDR** » Fri, 9. Apr 04, 23:44

esd wrote:CJ - I would be profoundly grateful if you could write a little walkthrough for replacing a ship ingame with another. There's a lot not covered in the PDF, and no matter what I try, I can't get it to work.

Please help!

Try this http://www.egosoft.com/x2/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39577 .

Any problems let me know and i will be glad to help.