MDLX Converter

[Moderator]

» Wolverabid «
Date: 5th of November, 2007
Approval status: Approved
Rating: (4.5) Excellent!

Main points:
[x] The tool is stable and performs flawlessly.

 

[DesKaladA]

make it convert to .3ds or obj and back.

 

[nosebaer]

Very nice tool 10/10!

Can you also construct a tool for converting the .gmax-files into mdx-files please?
would be great.
ty nosebaer

 

[tomv8]

lol i like it..

 

[diosilva16]

works on vista?yobgul's doesn't

 

[SuPa-]

It works on Vista

 

[WhenNubEZAttack]

Is it me or this program is retarded when i press convert i choose the file all it says it converted:dranai.mdl it didnt convert it. it kept it as the same file then i tried and mdx file its the same shit wtf!

 

[Guessed]

WhenNubEZAttack: It should keep the file you told it to convert, but there should also be an MDX/MDL (whichever type the old one wasn't) in the same directory, which will be the converted version.

 

[NatDis]

Hey, it is even better than Magos' War3 Model Editor. I tell myself that I 36-times an imbecile not to have downloaded this thing before. 5/5

 

[KUENAI-KUNOICHI]

Yes it converts MDX to MDL but my WE wont load the MDl file and i cant use the model :/ any1 want to help me? if this is a dumb question im sry im pretty new to computers in general

 

[Statharas]

Ok just to keep in mind.....ALL WC3 ITEMS WORK ON VISTA!!It might say that it isn't compartable with windows NT but it is!Vista can use everything....(it gets anoying though....game freezes etc.)

 

[roguo]

what formats can this one convert??

 

[Dalvanara]

it go's back and forth from MDX and MDL and it works! 5/5

 

[Shiroaisu]

Great resouce. ty for uploading

 

[legolas00]

Hey, it is even better than Magos' War3 Model Editor. I tell myself that I 36-times an imbecile not to have downloaded this thing before. 5/5

... but magos Model thing needs md2 files? how did you get it to work

 

[John Yoon]

What's the difference between mdl and mdx?

 

[beadhanger]

10/10 Very easy to use... Just 2 buttons to think about

 

[Statharas]

Yes it converts MDX to MDL but my WE wont load the MDl file and i cant use the model :/ any1 want to help me? if this is a dumb question im sry im pretty new to computers in general

Biggest post fail ever. The WE uses MDX files, not MDL. MDL are best used with Notepad and Oinkerwinkle's tools to edit, and must be converted to mdl to be used.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

This tool does not work properly when a model has omnilight. It makes the light cover the whole map.

 

[SOangeldust]

I love you!

 

[xorkatoss]

lol i don't get the point of this program >_<
by any chance...
Does anybody knows how to convert tft maps to roc maps and being able to play them?
because with protectors tft maps become roc maps but they are not playable :S
if anybody knows pls let me know !!! ;p

 

[andreasaspenberg]

seems that somebody have removed the download link. can someone please upload it again. this tool is important to me because i need it to use the models i download from this website. update: it is back. the point with this program is that most of the models uploaded here is mdx while the world editor require the models to be in mdl format. though it might have worked with mdx files earlier.

 

[Cool.]

does this convert TFT maps to RoC maps, and if not can u tell me what can?

 

[Anknaton]

I have a question... I can convert de Half-life model files with this tool? Just asking... Because a friend of mine made some freak'in models to my Half-Life, I asked to him, he doesn't like WC3... Then I want to use that models in WC3... With his permition ofcourse...

 

[delta1020]

Good tool

 

[Retera]

While converting with this tool, I had some BoundsRadius/Light Intensity type values "lose" information by becoming values in millions and billions instead of like 10 or 100.
Other than that, this tool is great. Does anybody know what it is about this tool that causes that problem, or if it might be able to be fixed? I've gone back to YobGuls for the past while, because I like to operate at a level where my final product is free of errors like indefinite supplies of light (YobGul's uses wc3 dlls so I assume that it is functionally the most true and accurate converter?).

 

[MasterTrainer]

I'm going to use this alongside the MatrixEater.... thanks for uploading this!

 

[Retera]

So... all that stuff about light values not working when you use this program...

A guy here (http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=91130) claims to have just up and fixed it, and the original creator of this converter just never adopted the fixed version (1.04) as his own, I guess.

So, if you want to fix your omni light problems, download the fixed version from the link above.

 

[MasterTrainer]

What is an omni light?

 

[MURDER KING]

Hey it's not working to convert blp file into mdx file. Why not?

 

[Xonok]

BLP is a texture file. MDX is a model file.

 

[MURDER KING]

Now i do.

 

[pyf]

So... all that stuff about light values not working when you use this program...

A guy here (http://www.wc3c.net/showthread.php?t=91130) claims to have just up and fixed it, and the original creator of this converter just never adopted the fixed version (1.04) as his own, I guess.

So, if you want to fix your omni light problems, download the fixed version from the link above.

Sorry for necrobumping

For easier access to ProFeT's unofficial 1.04 fixed version (with sources), please click here.

Retera's link leads to the top of the thread, which might be confusing / annoying.

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

This tool should not be used and not approved, because it messes up omnilight in models (as reported before). Here's also my bug report thread:
Model lights up the whole map

 

[pyf]

@Tommi Gustafsson: does it also happen with the unofficial 1.04 version by ProFeT?

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

@Tommi Gustafsson: does it also happen with the unofficial 1.04 version by ProFeT?

I need to check it. Thanks for pointing out. I did not read the whole thread.

 

[Tommi Gustafsson]

I tested and the 1.04 version works ok.

Edit: Uploaded working 1.04 files to this post.

 

[LISBOAH]

This tool helped me greatly.

Thanks!

 

[Regno]

Anyone knows why this error pops up?

 

[Retera]

I know what a matrix is, and I know what a closing } is, but I don't have your model file so I am not able to tell you whether the automatic diagnosis is correct in this case.

 

[RanchBurner]

The model's armature isn't "lost" in the conversion process, right? Just trying to verify...

 

[ThomasEddington]

works perfectly 5/5 - useful, since we no longer have a vertex modifier program

 

[Retera]

why don't we have a vertex modifier program?

 

[ThomasEddington]

why don't we have a vertex modifier program?

From what I've found, we no longer have one that works. I searched around yesterday and realized the vertex modifier program needs updating, and it's not clear who will be able to.

 

[RanchBurner]

Can't vertices be modified within 3DS Max or Blender? I think I do it all the time.

 

[ThomasEddington]

I do not know all the tools well enough; sounds like you have some experience with this, so you're probably correct. I am just learning myself how to use some of the tools, and I brought up the vertex modifying program because I read a tutorial that recommended the program "vertexmodify", which has been outdated now for several years, and the thread for that one looks dead. Glad to know there are workarounds.

 

[Retera]

I rewrote the exact likeness of vertex modify, but I named it Matrix Eater and made it for newer computers.

Later I used the same codebase to write Retera Model Studio. That's why I asked. I was making fun. I've got a vertex modifier that not only works, but it works on Reforged night elf models specifically. That one is called Retera Model Studio Reforged Hack.

 

[ThomasEddington]

Thanks man - I know so little about all this stuff, I'm basically learning by doing it. I will keep this in mind.

I really like this community - everyone is so chill

 

[Ole]

love it! Gj