The 1.0.1 release is having problems? If it is then this is bad news. What exactly is it doing? Is anyone else having problems with it?

There isn't a debug version of this release out. Email me ([email protected]) and I'll be happy to send you one.

Reven,

It's crashing on exporting the cmp and in the maximize windows mainly .. it also simply crashes sometimes. I'm running it on windows 2000 SP3 with an AMD 1.4 Athlon and 1 GB Memory.

When I remove the importer plugin .. everything works fine. This was happening with both versions.



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It would be Excellent if you could make a ship/weapon export utility .

btw: how is mesh data stored in a cmp file? Any idea how its done in a sur file?

Mesh data in .cmp files is stored in the VMeshData segment in the .cmp which you can export as a file via the UTFEdit util by HCl. The basics its layout are to be found here. There are a few errors in that description tho relating to start/end vertex/vertex reference numbers and multiple group objects (i.e. weapons/ships composed of multiple components).

The data in .sur files is stored in a simlar format : File header, n x(object header + object triangles), vertex coordinates, file footer. Obviously no texture mapping for a .sur file and no vertex normals either. Interestingly both the triangle formations and vertex locations differ between a .sur file and the corresponding .cmp. While a difrrerent triangle formation would be expected as the .sur models are simpler than the visible component they represent, the dirrerence in vertex locations (not by much) suggests a different model was used to derive the .sur files.

Every time I start milkshape it crashes, displaying: "ms3d.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." every time. Why?

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Is 3dms what you use to view .cmp files with? there's a ship I want to tinker w/ as far as thruster drain rate. I'm not sure how to go about it.
help please?

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You do that through code not by editing the ship model.

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Ya I just tried Milkshape and it crashes immediately if I've installed your CMP importer.

'MS3D page fault'

What did you guys use before this CMP importer?