M3 Importer Help

Saburouta

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I've noticed that the importer is extremely sensitive. I have gotten models to work for a few hours, and then not only can I not import that model with animations again, my saved max scenes no longer have animations! Just hours later!

What I am wondering is: is there anyone out there who actually has a setup of the tool that works? Can someone save max scenes for those of us who can't get it working?

I'm trying to mod the TruckSemi_0 model to "deploy" like the SiegeTank. The problem is that I can't export the animations. All the wheel rotations just get converted into scaling, which results in a bunch of wheels popping in and out of existence in the exported model. Also, the script refuses to recognize the SC2 material. I have even tried recreating it from scratch.

Update:

I now don't think it's a problem with the M3 tools. I've noticed that 3DSM has a bug related to rotating only parts of an object. I don't know why other people haven't seen that bug, but it affects Max20120 and 2013 for me. I thought it affected the m3 tools because rotating a bone rotates only part of a mesh. When the M3 tools ask Max to compose the animation, max screws it up. (It also happens even if I don't involve the M3 tools.)

Now I don't know what to do. :(((
 
MissKerrigan

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you must not export the animatons, open the editor and import them

(be sure you save it as the correct files)
 
Saburouta

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I don't think I understand you. Why must I not export a model I've animated? The galaxy editor cannot load 3dsmax files, they have to be exported to m3.
 
MissKerrigan

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it's not really export, you just must save them at the correct file, which can be imported by the galaxy editor
 
Siretu

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Which exporter are you using? I know there's a lot of custom made ones and there's also the star tools beta.

Also, I'm not sure how much experience MissKerrigan has with model editing outside the SC2 editor.
 
Saburouta

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Siretu said:
Which exporter are you using? I know there's a lot of custom made ones and there's also the star tools beta.

Also, I'm not sure how much experience MissKerrigan has with model editing outside the SC2 editor.
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Not the StarTools beta. I'm using the one from sc2mapster: "http://www.sc2mapster.com/assets/m3-export-plugin-3ds-max/"

So I've actually solved all the problems I had then. The problem I'm having now is that since I have HoTS, the galaxy editor crashes when importing my M3. Not sure what to do. I might be looking at a downgrading task here...
 
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