I've used Gildor's umodel before to export static meshes (.pskx) before from the cooked TWI packages, but I only know how to export the base LOD meshes. Can someone explain to me how one should extract all the LODs?
Extracting LOD Meshes from Cooked UPKs
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3dRipper runs in XP64 (DirectX9). May not work properly in Win7x64, unless it has been updated to work with DX11. Been awhile since I used it last.
Load the model in the static mesh viewer, force a LOD, and hit F12.
Load the model in the static mesh viewer, force a LOD, and hit F12.
Hmm, doesn't look like ROGame.exe works with 3D Ripper DX, or at least not on my machine (Windows 7 x64). Do you know if umodel can be used for what I want? 3D Ripper DX seems a bit overkill just for exporting LODs.
Turns out 3D Ripper DX does not work with 64 bit executables (SDK). Wonder if in Max, you explode/ungroup a mesh extracted by Umodel, it will unlock the embedded LODs? Would guess they are there, or does the import wipe them out?
I'm not sure. I do know that when I import the .pskx that umodel extracts, all I can see is the base LOD. Perhaps I need to have a better look at the ActorXImporter plugin. I've sent a PM to Xendance of the Rising Storm Team to ask for the source files of the LODs of some certain meshes, so hopefully I won't need to figure some fancy workaround to get the LODs out of the packages.
Good call
Meshlab is good for decimation of surfaces and preserving UV's. For vegitation it doesn't do the job as the radical change of the model itself from surfaces+planes to only planar geometry.
Unfortunately, I am trying to make better-optimized versions of the meshes in ENV_RS_Bamboo so LOD generation methods are out of the question. I just want to make a fourth LOD level which is just the bamboo stalks without any leaves. Bit of a wierd optimization, I know, but it suits my particular purpose well.
Well, the big "IF" is you can get the missing two before adding your own.
Taking it a step further... recommend taking 2x printscreens at 90 deg of the bamboo in the mesh viewer, make two planes (2 polys each) and make a new low rez/ no transparency (128x128) LOD texture+material from your screenies. Apply them to the sheets and you have a 4 poly bamboo shoot. True the engine has to unload the previous material/model, but the gains are worth the expense IMO.
I thought of doing just that, but then I thought it might look sort of odd and the LOD transition might be a bit jarring since the bamboo meshes are clusters of slightly-curved shoots rather than single isolated straight trees. I think the card-trees would work well for things like conifers and other straight trees, but I don't think that it would work well with the meshes in ENV_RS_Bamboo.
This isn't an optimization that is absolutely essential to get my map to work (it's set at night time, with the same fog setup and color lookup table as Guadalcanal to limit the max draw distance), but I think it would be nice to make better-optimized meshes so I can get those 150m+ engagements.
This isn't an optimization that is absolutely essential to get my map to work (it's set at night time, with the same fog setup and color lookup table as Guadalcanal to limit the max draw distance), but I think it would be nice to make better-optimized meshes so I can get those 150m+ engagements.
Well..
I tried 3DVIA printscreen and Ninja Ripper, neither were able to extract anything. Ninja did load the editor, with an interface very similar to 3Dripper, however yielded no exports with any/all settings selected. Even gave Game Assassin a go, but it is in Chinese and have no idea what does what. Be cool if umodel included LOD extraction, yet it is the only tool that seems to work at this time for even base models.
Guess making your own LODs is the way to go, unless your requests were answered.
I tried 3DVIA printscreen and Ninja Ripper, neither were able to extract anything. Ninja did load the editor, with an interface very similar to 3Dripper, however yielded no exports with any/all settings selected. Even gave Game Assassin a go, but it is in Chinese and have no idea what does what. Be cool if umodel included LOD extraction, yet it is the only tool that seems to work at this time for even base models.
Guess making your own LODs is the way to go, unless your requests were answered.
Ah, I see. It's a shame umodel doesn't have that feature. I'll have to go and bother RST some more then.
Thanks for taking the time to check this out for me, Twrecks.
Thanks for taking the time to check this out for me, Twrecks.
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