It’s been discussed some in the “new character†thread how to get models from POTC into modeller programs (such as Max, Maya, C4D etc.) and back – so far only doable with either the Maya Plugins or the tool, and what’s really needed is a file format that would enable us to export/import models including bones, skeletons and animations.
So far I’ve heard about
- Lightwave lwo (the most promising candidate, but I couldn’t find out how it handles bones).
- Doom md5 (was told it could do bones, but I really know nothing about it)
- X (same, should be able to do all we need, but I don’t know how)
- some selfmade or existing XML-based format (Lass did you say there was an XML format C4D could read or write?)
- obj has also been much discussed, and would be doable for meshes, but AFAIK it can’t handle bones
- besides I’ve been a long time ago working on a Milkshape plugin, but it also can so far only do meshes. I think (though not sure) Milkshape can handle bones, but again don’t know how.
- and lastly, I think it would also be possible to make an exporter for GMax – however only plaintext formats.
Anyone know about any of these formats/programs? Any suggestions what would be best ?
So far I’ve heard about
- Lightwave lwo (the most promising candidate, but I couldn’t find out how it handles bones).
- Doom md5 (was told it could do bones, but I really know nothing about it)
- X (same, should be able to do all we need, but I don’t know how)
- some selfmade or existing XML-based format (Lass did you say there was an XML format C4D could read or write?)
- obj has also been much discussed, and would be doable for meshes, but AFAIK it can’t handle bones
- besides I’ve been a long time ago working on a Milkshape plugin, but it also can so far only do meshes. I think (though not sure) Milkshape can handle bones, but again don’t know how.
- and lastly, I think it would also be possible to make an exporter for GMax – however only plaintext formats.
Anyone know about any of these formats/programs? Any suggestions what would be best ?