help with MAT file export!

Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:24 pm by Jaydn DragonHeart

okay, here's the deal.

I've got a ship, and it's textured in Ms3D.
I export it to CMP, then go to export MAT. It asks me what i should name it, and i do. Then it goes to selecting the textures. I select the first one, and when i press okay/open, it says "cannot open texture file"

The file is a .jpg file that worked on the model. I'm asking WTF is going on?

hope someone can shed some light on it.

Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:57 am by cjabates

You can only use TGA or DDS formatted textures in FL.

Chris Bates

Fri Apr 14, 2006 6:30 am by PantherX

Actually you can but the MAT exporter doesn't recognize it. DDS is your best bet, it's smaller than a corresponding tga file.

What image program are you using?

Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:56 am by Jaydn DragonHeart

thanks for the quick responses guys.

When i use the DDS file, milkshape CTD without any malfunction, it just DOES.

What do i do now?

Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:22 pm by cjabates

which version of milkshape are you using? I remember 1.6.6 had problems with DDSs, I'm using 1.7.4 without any problems

Chris

Edited by - cjabates on 4/14/2006 6:47:23 PM

Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:35 am by Jaydn DragonHeart

well, i'm using the latest version. I know that.

I'll keep trying, maybe something will happen..... :S

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