export_gs_mdl7_static.py
export_gs_$$m.py

with those scripts you can export whole levels from blender. it is an early version which needs cleanup, fool proofing, a gui and support for some more entity and surface flags but it already works.

make your settings in export_gs_$$m.py here:
scale = 32
mapcompiler = "d:/wwmp2wmb.exe"
engine = "d:/acknex.exe"

all selected objects with a name which starts with "__" will be exported as mesh, the other selected objects will be exported as model.

features:
- it supports two uv-sets for models (but the engine doesn't load the second uv-set yet)
- it supports model instances
- it supports modifiers without having to apply them (so you can use the edgesplit modifier to achieve correct smoothing for example)
- it supports custom properties for skills, flags, action, material
- it supports point lights

notes:
- creating mipmaps for mesh textures is slow with python (you could use dds textures which already have mipmaps but the map compiler seems to have a problem with dds at the moment)

Hey vent...what have you done again!!!
This sounds like a huge step foreward in leveling workflow...definately heaven for 3dgs-blendies.

With "instancing" do you mean a "__model" object wich is copied and pasted in a blender scene will only "produce" a single mdl?


Thanks for the great work...and definately keep working on it! You should get some money from conitec as this also makes 3dgs a lot more "leveler-friendly" thus first choice for many indies

For me this takes away the last psycho-gui-hurden...let's learn Blender now!!!

yes, instanced objects in blender (duplicated with alt-d) will produce only one mdl file.

level geometry (object names with "__") won't use instancing of course since all level geometry is unique. (maybe i will think of a better solution than using "__" for specifying level geometry in the future.)

i think there isn't much missing now to make blender a full alternative to wed.

Wow, great I definatly need to improve my blender skills.

great, i started to learn Blender this week. This will make me more happy with it.

Hi ventilator

Do you what to build the same for Modo? They use Python and have a SDK for import/export

Do you have Modo?

the same could be done for modo but it would be more effort. blender's python api is more powerful than modo's. i would have to write a lot of code for things that can be done with a few lines in blender. and it seems like there aren't that many modo users here so it wouldn't be really worth it i think. someone would have to pay me. :p

wow! excellent job. I dont use Blender but thats an awesome contribution for people who do.

it would be great if duplicated objects, could all be saved as 1 mdl file that would be placed around the wmp.

yes, that's what instancing does. objects which are linked to the same mesh data (which happens if you duplicate an object with alt-d) and which don't use modifiers which alter the mesh shape will only produce one mdl file. doesn't it work for you?