about the Blizz Importer

[HappyCockroach]

The Blizz importer is a script to 3dsmax 4-5 you may know.
But there is something weird about it. It only works with blizzard models or some few models, otherwise it crashes.
I searched for some readme, or some help about it, but nothing got rid of my doubt.
What is required in a model to be acceptable and importable?

 

[skrab]

It works for all blizzard models.
It doesn't work when people use some sort of particles (i forgot the name of the error D but it still imports everything else.

Post the model you can't import.

 

[Mechanical Man]

It won't import most of vertex modified models.

And it screws visibility modifiers, which is particularly hurting at models using lot of particles, especially buildings.

 

[BlinkBoy]

nah, particles won't change anything. The importer crashes when the vertices are canonized.

Art Tools exported meshes conserve the separations that the meshes which conformed then had, other exporters like NeoDex and Guess's don't do that since they use different skinning systems.

You may be saying "oh okay, you are right, but why does the importer crash?"

The importer had been made to be compitable with Art Tools, thus it tries to detach the big geosets into the original mesh. When the mesh is canonized, the importer fails at trying to detach the geoset into pieces and so on it crashes.

Examples of Canonized and Not Canonized:

NOT Canonized:

Canonized:

 

[HappyCockroach]

Hmm... an example of Canonized mesh rigging would be the gmax/3dmax6+ Skin Modifier with vertex selection?
The MDX import script seems like it was made like a backwards MDX Export from Art Tools. This is what limits it...?
Well whatever
Thanks BlinkBoy and Mechanical Man.


Is it possible to convert these into each other?

 

[BlinkBoy]

you mean to canonize and uncanonize?

only canonization can be done directly using MDLVis.

For uncanonizing the model you must import the mesh, uncanonize it, export it as a single mesh, replace it in the original file, synchronice the matrices and try once more to import it.

I would suggest to follow my tutorial for importing canonized models:
How to Import Models to Art Tools with Animations - Wc3campaigns

 

[HappyCockroach]

I can't get Temple of the Tides into 3dsmax5. Here's the MDX file, if anything:

(Using the script you suggested in your tutorial the UVW Wrap isn't imported)

 

[skrab]

here
you just have to remake visibility and particle emitters
and add materials

 

[HappyCockroach]

Thanks! What script did u use?

 

[skrab]

This one
BlizzImporter - Wc3campaigns