Converting 3d files

Mon Nov 17, 2003 5:08 pm by E-N

I have TONS of 3d ship files, ranging from the "green bug" from red dwarf to virtually every starwars/star trek/babylon5/Homeworld1+2/Freespace etc ship there is! Problem is I have Lightwave and Milkshape 3d and the ships are all 3d Studio Max

well I have a couple in Lightwave

So I guess what I am really asking is how do I get a ship from 3D Studio Max, or Lightwave for that matter into a format Freelancer will recognise as a valid ship? I am trying to get into 3d model design and as such have,

Adobe Photoshop 7
Paint Shop Pro 7
Flash 5 + MX (I do web design as well)
Lightwave 7
Milkshape 3D

So all I need is time and practice, but practice is no good if you dont know what u are doing LOL so any help would be appreciated. All work I do I would gladly share with anyone

Once I finish my mod I will upload it for all who want it. I am basically tring to get HUNDREDS of new ships into the game, usefull for LAN games

Its better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.

Mon Nov 17, 2003 8:22 pm by giskard

I take it you downloaded most of these off the net ?

It will not help you learn 3d model making unless you make them your self.

However, I will say 99.999999% of all downloadable models on the net are not low poly models and thus useless to you if your modding for a game. However any low poly max or lightwave model will important into milkshape just fine.

For lightwave 7 the second lwo import option works best. For max its 3ds.

Giskard

Tue Nov 18, 2003 4:38 pm by E-N

Yeh I got them off the Net, but they are not low polly, they are HIGHLY detailed, so to big for online play, but ok for LAN. I do plan on making my own ships, but I got those files so I could see their maeup and try2 disect them, thats how I started on web design, now i can do Flash, cgi, php and DHTML

Cheers for the help

Its better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.

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