Exporting from Obj to MDX problems

[GhostWolf]

I made a model in 3ds Max 9, then exported it as .obj and then to .mdx.
This is the only way I can export to MDX since I don't have access to MilkShape.

Anyway, I assigned to it a texture in 3ds + I made it be half transperant.
When it was imported to the WE, it didn't play its animation (just a one animation that should be played all the time), it didn't have its texture, it wasn't half transperant, AND (!!) there was like a part of the model that was moving randomly around the model

Anyone knows how to export a model properly from 3ds to warcraft ?

 

[BlinkBoy]

look for Dexporter, it exports directly to mdl; look for it in this forum in a thread called "Warcraft 3 Modellers, a must have"

 

[GhostWolf]

Lal there is another way...

Anyway, why would converting to MDL instead of MDX save me ?

 

[ElectricSaiyan]

Because an .obj to .mdx doesn't retain any of your animations and it may not retain the UVs. Dexport is like Guesst's Milkshape exporter but for 3DS Max.


Give it a try, it should work for you.

 

[GhostWolf]

Err... how do I use it ? it just opens a huge file of text.

Ok... Run instead of Open lol.

 

[GhostWolf]

It seems like it didn't work.

I gave it the model, an animation called Stand (just want the model to run it always, when standing/moving/whatever).
It made a VERY small file (333 bytes), then when I opened it with Magos and saved as MDX it stayed very small (~800 bytes) instead of being 50 kb or so.

Can't see any model, its just nothing >.<

 

[ElectricSaiyan]

Pretty sure you save that as an MDL and then export.

It should work, if not, google help for Dexport.

I've only used it with Gmax once and I hated it because you had to manually copy/paste a tiny bit at a time

 

[GhostWolf]

Can't make it work... it always exports a file with nothing in it at a size of 333 bytes.