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Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:33 pm
by kingtolson
where downoload the last version of this plugn.
and why in version 2.1 Textures are not displayed?
Sorry about my english.

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 6:34 pm
by kingtolson
Why import model displays a grid and the model and there is no texture

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:46 pm
by hdmaster
You may wonder why there are no updates yet.

A few posts earlier I posted that I moved the whole thing from MAXScript to C# and so I did. It turned out however, that a few essentially functions are unaccessible using the C# SDK. But when I realized this most of the work was almost done. The only work around is to rewrite everything in C++, using the official but very annoying 3ds Max API. I'm currently rewriting a few plugins in c++ for 3ds Max 2013, the 4ds Import has a stupid bug I need to fix. After that I'll release this one for testing. It's definetly better than the MAXScript version and also works for Mafia, Chameleon and of course H&D2 .4ds files. All other plugins (scene2.bin, tree.klz) will follow as soon as possible.

Besides I've written an univeral .DTA unpacker supporting Mafia, H&D2 (inc Sabre) and Chameleon. Requires .NET Framework 4.0. Download here: http://www.rprclan.com/index.php/had-2/ ... a-unpacker


@kingtolson:
I don't know why the textures are not loaded. To be honest I haven't had a look on my MAXScript things for months.

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:37 am
by Jason
Wow, sounds you have been doing some amazing work hdmaster! great to hear.

Awesome to hear that it will work for the other games as well. The unpacker is great, now we can get into Chameleon's stuff grin01 still trying to track down where I can buy a bunch of copies of Chameleon, anyone from Poland know?

Exciting times!

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:57 am
by Marvin (hun)
OMG. It's hard to imagine better thing (except the family :lol: ), than I see you are still working on the editor, our hdmaster :)))

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:40 pm
by hdmaster
Thanks for the kind words :grin:

I think I'll be able to release the 4ds Import beta today or tomorrow.

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:05 pm
by Marvin (hun)
Nice! And which 3dsmax version need for this? Only the 2013?

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:25 pm
by hdmaster
Yes it works only for 2013, because that's the only version of 3ds Max I have currently installed with the SDK. But I'll recompile it for other versions later. What version are you using?

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:55 am
by deux
hi hdmaster
i am 3D artist using 3ds max and one of the biggest fans of HD2 (since 2005)
im using 3ds 2012 but i have no problem converting to 2013
if i can help you somehow let me know

add me on ICQ 420326280
wir koennen auch deutsch sprechen ;)

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:00 pm
by Marvin (hun)
No deux, you are wrong: I am the "one of the biggest fans of HD2 (since 2005)" :grin: :grin: :grin:

Anyway, I'm happy to meet new faces who want to work on the editor. Welcome here! :lol:

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:44 pm
by hdmaster
So here's the import plugin compiled for 3ds Max 2013 x64. I have cut off some features, that will be available later, because it recently crashed very often. So use the plugin at your own risk :mrgreen: . Also it does not search for the materials/maps in any folder so they won't show up in the viewport, but as soon as you render you'll get a message saying that some files are missing. Just add your path(s) to the maps folder(s) there (it will let you search for directories) and you'll see the textured meshes in the rendered image. Importing can sometimes take up to 30 secs for big files like Africa5, but I'll try to make it faster grin01

To install the plugin copy the file into "3ds Max 2013\plugins\" folder and restart 3ds Max. You should be able then to select .4ds files in the default file import dialog of 3ds max.

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 6:22 pm
by betteryouthanme
Doesn't work for me. Maybe because i'm using the 64-bit version?
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Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:51 pm
by hdmaster
Hmm strange. Download this file http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32112219/LODCtr ... 5_1.0a.dlc and put in into the plugins folder, too.

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 7:43 am
by betteryouthanme
Now it get 4 error messages:
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error-1.jpg
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error-3.jpg
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And the one in my previous post :shock:

I'm using Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 64-bit student version

Re: 4ds files hacked

Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:35 am
by Marvin (hun)