DBO to B3D converter
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| Can anyone suggest a good DBO to B3D converter? |
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| If you know how the dbo file is structured and what it contains, you can probably recreate your mesh inside Blitz3d ( even bones and influences, see : http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=105408 ) Else you can use Fragmotion. (not sure if the import/export is clean, you will have to test..) |
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| Thanks RemiD. I'm really not knowledgeable into 3D file format so this one is tough for me. I did look into Fragmotion but it does not import properly because the UVs are kinda messed up. :/ I was thinking if someone already made a utility here that I have not checked out, since DBO is an old file format. |
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| Since DBPro appears to have gone partially-free as well (not fully the way B3D has), the simplest way to do the conversion one-way might be to find some B3D saving code in the archives or around the forum and try to do a line-for-line port to DBPro (or ask a DBPro user nicely), then use DBPro's builtin LoadMesh, or whatever its equivalent command is, to open the file before saving it again with the ported code. That way you can rely on native handling of the original data rather than having to reverse-engineer the DBO format. |
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| Thanks. I already searched their archive or "codebase" but still no luck with that.. http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=codebase_list I did ask for help and posted about this topic as well earlier. Hoping there are more solutions to find for this problem. |
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| There is also the tool "ultimate unwrap 3d" which is famous for converting meshes, maybe it can import dbo and export to b3d without errors. |
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| Yes RemiD, I have a demo but sadly it does not import dbo models.. *sigh* |
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| UU3d seems to support dbo: see formats I highly recommend you buy it as it really is a great, cheap tool. |
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| Thanks munch and RemiD! I forgot to check out the 3rd party plugin section and will definitely give this a try. |
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| Do you have a .dbo file to share or any clue on the structure ? |
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| Hey Flanker, here's a sample lightmapped dbo scene. thanks! http://www.mediafire.com/download/fcygy7xvv4uk2vg/LMScene.zip |
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| I found the source code used by barkbasic to open DBO files but it's in c++, and it's pretty huge... Format specification would be more useful but can't find anything. |
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| I found a smaller size version in tgc community, not sure if this is the same as you got: http://www.mediafire.com/download/u5l1q49qoqi5le3/dbo_object_source_code.zip ..also this guy selling some sort of version that imports to dbo and saves in dbo.. in B3D?? http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=98060 it's really weird |
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| not used B3D for dbo imports, but another vote here for Ultimate Unwrap 3D, works great for Blender to B3D. |
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| not used B3D for dbo imports, but another vote here for Ultimate Unwrap 3D, works great for Blender to B3D. thanks BP |
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