Exporting Ship Models

[Flashfire]

Arrr! Be thar a way ta export these ships ta 3D format? ...Arrr! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dunno.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="dunno.gif" />

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Using Inez Dias' tool (see the modding tools page on <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org" target="_blank">my site</a>) you can export the GM files to VRML. This works for PotC and probably should also work for AoP.

 

[sisko]

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Using Inez Dias' tool (see the modding tools page on <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org" target="_blank">my site</a>) you can export the GM files to VRML. This works for PotC and probably should also work for AoP.
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so here is my first pic from a exported model.

<a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank"><img src="http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/7416/pinnacejg3.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" /></a>

is here anyone they would build a new ship for aop ?

 

[Flashfire]

I can't figure it out. I get a ship with no sails or masts. I want to dump a textured model into a 3DS, OBJ or something so that I can use it in renders.

 

[Thor the Bassist]

I can get a ship to work in the game when I build it from scratch. The norm is to make your sail masts and other stuff as separate files and then use locators to tell the files where to place them on the ship. Check out the other ships and their locator positions etc.

 

[dab]

Hey guys, what 3d modeling program are you using? Also, is there a free version of it downloadable online? I've never done any 3d modeling, but I can't wait to get my hands on a few ships and start learning.

 

[Kazeite]

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That's because every single ship in AoP doesn't have masts or sails modelled. Masts are separate objects, placeed in apprioprate places via locators, so they can be removed when ship loses mast. The same basically goes for sails and ropes too.

So, if you want ship with masts and sails, you have to export masts as well and then make your own sails and ropes.

The reason you are not getting any textures is because AoP uses it's own texture format. Thankfully, we can easily convert it to .tga files using convertor released by Akella.