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angus454
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Genesis3D export script available
Posted 02-May-2003 10:49 AM
i found a maxscript that allows for the export of Genesis3D formatted meshes from Gmax. Genesis3D is a long-ruunning open source 3D engine and toolset that is surprisingly powerful...I used it for a quite a while and enjoyed the experience. Grab the script from the tools page on my site by clicking the link below.
Jeff Hanna
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Genesis3D export script available
Posted 15-May-2003 5:30 AM
Angus,

Any idea how that script is getting around the GMax MaxScript limitation of no writing to the HD? I noticed the script has a command, "flushStringStream" that isn't a command in regular (i.e. 3ds max) MaxScript. I haven't been able to find a gmax MaxScript reference help file (even though Discreet says one is in the download section on their site). So I don't know what the command does.

I'm just curious how the script author gets around some of the file creation limitations in gmax MaxScript.
angus454
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Genesis3D export script available
Posted 15-May-2003 5:48 AM
Honestly, I don't know enough about Maxscript to be able to answer your question in depth. I believe what it does is output the model data to the maxscript listener window and then ( after a cut and paste to a text file) you save it as the format you need. This technique is used for a few different formats and games. Discreet did put out a white paper regarding the detailed capabilities of GMaxscript in comparison to Maxscript. I'll do some digging around to try to find the maxscript info for you.
krouer
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Genesis3D export script available
Posted 16-Jul-2003 2:54 AM
The script write all data on the listener window and you will have to copy/paste to notepad and save text files. After, with the AStudio tool, you compile the text files into genesis3d actor.

It works also for the Jet3D engine as they share the actor creation tools.

NB: I'm a Genesis/Jet user, not the script writer.
Taelon
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Genesis3D export script available
Posted 16-Jul-2003 4:01 PM
Oops I forgot about this topic, although I researched and found the answer a while back (thanks for bumping it).

This is from the MaxScript Reference under StringStream Values

quote:
close <stringstream>

flush <stringstream>

The close() and flush() functions are provided for consistency with file I/O but are not necessary for StringStreams and do nothing if called.
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