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Dracula
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Posted: 7th Sep 2007 06:44
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Does anyone know how to get .x files exported from c4d to play in a DBP application?

The animation is 100 frames. I used X-file export, but they won't play. The object and textures comes through fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks. Here's a picture of the settings:

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Aralox
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Posted: 7th Sep 2007 13:52
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Try using the directx export in c4d, it should be somewhere near the middle of the list


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Dracula
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Posted: 7th Sep 2007 16:09
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I tried the Direct3D exporter, which results in an .x file, but that doesn't give me textures or animations

I hate having a nice modeling program, but having to use something primitive like Milkshape just for animation...

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thank you!!!
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Dracula
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Posted: 7th Sep 2007 16:35
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aralox, what program do you use convert 3ds to .x? please upload. Maybe that will fix my animation problem.

Thank you!!!

this is a repeat from your other post, in case you didn't see that old one

Many thanks!!

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Posted: 7th Sep 2007 19:46
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I'm haveing similar nightmares with lightwave. I have to dump into milkshape to UV map. and that doesn't always work I've found.

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Aralox
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Posted: 8th Sep 2007 01:42
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Your best bet is to bake the texture into a single one, then texture it manually using dbp. im still trying to work out how to keep the uvs, as you can see in my other thread.


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Dracula
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Posted: 8th Sep 2007 03:06
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So, Aralox, are you able to model and animate in C4D and then play or loop the animations in DBP? What exporter do you use? Or do you use a third party converter?

Thanks!
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Posted: 8th Sep 2007 06:35 Edited at: 8th Sep 2007 06:35
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Im sorry i havent tried to animate in c4d yet , so i wouldt know. Ill try and see if it works some other time.
As for the exporter, i use the directx one that comes with c4d.
or you could just use dbconv (my website-links-dbconv)

EDIT: forgot to mention, dbconv converts 3ds to x


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Posted: 8th Sep 2007 11:16
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Drat, just tried animation, didnt work!
arrgh i hate problems like these!
i tried the directx export and the 3ds one, then converting it to x.

Anybody know how to remedy this?


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Blobby 101
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the animation from c4d seems to work with me.
i exported using the x-file xporter with the same settings as you, then in darkbasic just did 'loop object 1'. simple as that - it works for me.


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Aralox
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Posted: 9th Sep 2007 12:42
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What version of C4D do you have?


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Blobby 101
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i have r8.5


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Posted: 9th Sep 2007 12:56
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Hmm. ive got 10, that could be a reason.
Try and export the animation as a 3ds file, and see if it works.
hm..


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Dracula
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Posted: 11th Sep 2007 17:17
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blobby, how many polys in your model? how many joints? is it textured? did you use bodypaint, or something else?

Thanks!!
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858 faces, 26 joints, textured in paint separately then texture loaded into dbpro as an image.


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Posted: 18th Sep 2007 05:20
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blobby, could you upload your model here?


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