3D Files.

ERPP8 · 01-02-10, 10:46 AM

What are the 3d file types for SHIV. While you're at it what are all the basic file types ( i.e. 3d, sound, config, textures) and how do you edit them?

G2B · 01-02-10, 08:04 PM

You may want to post these questions over at the Fleetboat workshop forum,

DarkFish · 01-02-10, 08:59 PM

or you may want for me to read your post

for editing SH4 objects you need the excellent program S3D. You can edit virtually everything that can be edited on an object using just this one little program!
You can't edit 3d models in S3D itself, but you can use it to extract/insert models into the .dat files SH4 uses.
S3D supports the .obj file format, you can use an external 3d editor to edit the objects.

EDIT: YEAH! Got promoted to XO!

jerm138 · 01-02-10, 10:41 PM

Blender is a great 3d modeling program, and it's FREE (open source)! And it's portable, so you can run it from a thumb drive.

You can import .obj files to it too, so it should work for this application.

http://portableapps.com/apps/graphic...ender_portable

ERPP8 · 01-03-10, 10:21 AM

Where can i download S3D?

01-03-10, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ERPP8

Where can i download S3D?

thats what G2B was telling you

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Originally Posted by G2B

You may want to post these questions over at the Fleetboat workshop forum,

that forum has lots of everything your looking for so check the sticky thread .

this forum is usually just for general basic stuff and not for specific mod questions

DarkFish · 01-03-10, 02:23 PM

Blender is a very powerful 3d modeling program yeah, but it's got the most confusing GUI I've ever seen in my life.
I recommend Misfit Model 3d, it's a bit more basic than blender but you can do all simple modeling and texturing work very easily. It's got such a very intuitive GUI a lobotomized blind man could model in his sleep.

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Originally Posted by ERPP8

Where can i download S3D?

just follow the link i put in my 1st post.

jerm138 · 01-03-10, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFish

Blender is a very powerful 3d modeling program yeah, but it's got the most confusing GUI I've ever seen in my life.

I've never tried Misfit... I'll have to check it out.
I agree that the Blender GUI is confusing... at first. But once you get used to it, it's one of the most efficient interfaces I've ever encountered in a 3d program. But yeah, it takes a few hours of frustration to get there.

01-02-10, 10:46 AM	#1
ERPP8 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: My House Posts: 608 Downloads: 161 Uploads: 0	3D Files. What are the 3d file types for SHIV. While you're at it what are all the basic file types ( i.e. 3d, sound, config, textures) and how do you edit them?

01-02-10, 08:04 PM	#2
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	You may want to post these questions over at the Fleetboat workshop forum, __________________

01-02-10, 08:59 PM	#3
DarkFish Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stinking drunk in Eindhoven, the Netherlands Posts: 1,844 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	or you may want for me to read your post for editing SH4 objects you need the excellent program S3D. You can edit virtually everything that can be edited on an object using just this one little program! You can't edit 3d models in S3D itself, but you can use it to extract/insert models into the .dat files SH4 uses. S3D supports the .obj file format, you can use an external 3d editor to edit the objects. EDIT: YEAH! Got promoted to XO! __________________

01-02-10, 10:41 PM	#4
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Blender is a great 3d modeling program, and it's FREE (open source)! And it's portable, so you can run it from a thumb drive. You can import .obj files to it too, so it should work for this application. http://portableapps.com/apps/graphic...ender_portable __________________

01-03-10, 10:21 AM	#5
ERPP8 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: My House Posts: 608 Downloads: 161 Uploads: 0	S3D Where can i download S3D?