Trouble with exporting models.

[Lightskin]

Hello hive!

So I made some models (some really low poly models) for the game I'm developing with friends.

The thing is, they are so low poly and they are missing a lot here in the hive, but I've never got into the exporting of mdx or using ingame textures... I'm just plain bad about it, so I was wondering if anyone want to team up with me? The models are in .blend format and, of course I am using blender.

I have the models, see pics:

They are used in my game, but I am willing to share it with the hive for wc3 maps usage :3

So if anyone wants to help me export them to mdx and maybe make them a little nice texture (I am terrible at texture for I have no drawing pad atm and as I said already, I don't know how to use ingame textures).

Also if you want to give out some constructive support, go ahead I'm listening!

Ay ay mateys.

 

[Ardenian]

The problem of epxorting somehow from Blender files to mdx has a long history,
but Systemfre1 just showed up the solution here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/modeling-animation-276/blender-mdx-mdl-276511/
You have to manually enable the ms3d export/import in the Blender user preferences.
Then the W3 Model Editor can import the exported ms3d file and you can save it as mdx or mdl.

The mesh looks okay, I dare to say you might could cut away one or another tri, for example the rifle's handle,
the difference is not going to be visible in-game, I would say.
Texturing these should be very easy, no matter whether with custom or in-game textures.
A hint, you can wrap your texture in Blender and then import the model to mdx, then you already have
the texture coordinates and don't have to do nasty wrapping using Mdlvis.

 

[Lightskin]

thank you for taking the time to read check and write that!

but what do I do with the coordinates?

and about that tri, most probably you are right, will double check!

EDIT: Improved it!

 

[Ardenian]

I dare to say there are still too many tris.
The handle consists of three tri groups, but in-game I am sure there won't be a visible difference.
The .. I think trigger it is called ? The trigger should also consist of maximum 2 tri groups
( one tri group = two tris forming a rectangle, this is not an atcual modelling term, but
invented right now by me).
I am not sure, but do the rifle itself, the shooting part, does it consist of one rectangle per side ?

Think about that the texture is going to solve a lot of meshing problems.
It might not look like a rifle when you get close, but low-poly models highly profit from
using texture instead of additional triangles.

About texture coordinates, I meant you wrap it in Blender, when you export it then,
these coordinates are epxorted, too, so you don't need to wrap it again.