Tool for attaching vertices to bones?

[Hermit]

Are there any free modeling tools/programs that can attach vertices to bones? I use MdlVis, but it always messes up normals of the model. Model Editor can only attach entire geoset to a single bone as far as I know. I also read somewhere that maybe it's possible to do it with Notepad, but I have no idea how.

EDIT: I found a way to fix normals in Notepad. It turned out to be much easier than I expected. Case closed.

 

[Heinvers]

If you use MLDVIS there's an option for reverting back the normals as I know.

 

[Hermit]

They don't work (for me).

Never use any tools related to the Normals with Mdlvis, they are particularly buggy.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Unfortunately, you'll have to use a real 3D model editor for proper bone assignment. The good news is; there's some that are free, like GMAX.

 

[Hermit]

Unfortunately, you'll have to use a real 3D model editor for proper bone assignment. The good news is; there's some that are free, like GMAX.

Thanks for the info, but GMAX looks a bit too complicated for me...(I don't even know how to open models with it)
Perhaps a better question is: Are there any free tools that can I could use to manually adjust the normals that always get messed up in MdlVis?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

I don't know about any tools that are compatible to mdx files by default other than vertexmodify and mdlvis.

Don't get scared by Gmax. There's plenty of tutorials on this site about modelling with Gmax or 3dsmax (both basicly work the same, as Gmax is just a very old version of 3dsmax). You're just wasting your time if you try to do complex stuff like bone rigging with mdlvis.

 

[Hermit]

I don't know about any tools that are compatible to mdx files by default other than vertexmodify and mdlvis.

Don't get scared by Gmax. There's plenty of tutorials on this site about modelling with Gmax or 3dsmax (both basicly work the same, as Gmax is just a very old version of 3dsmax). You're just wasting your time if you try to do complex stuff like bone rigging with mdlvis.

I searched for some tutorials, and found that I need to run some kind of script in order to open .mdl files, but where to get it and how exactly to use it? Could you maybe give some links?

 

[Zwiebelchen]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/neodex-2-5-mdlx-toolkit-gmax-3ds-max-239059/

You will probably also want this, in case something bugs animations:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/tools-560/mdlx-converter-62991/

MDLs are usually easier to import.