wont export for somereason looky these pics:









why wont it work???
Edited by Yoda117 on Sep 3, 2007 at 04:06 PM

press the drop down arrow then re-select chimp, then scroll down under "Utilities"

i have a new problem now:

Here is when chimp is open:



here is error:



here is error

----------------------------------------
Chimp: Start...
----------------------------------------
Parsing Materials
Material 1: +sky
Material 2: Mtl #3
Material 3: cliff
Material 4: pepps_ground
Parsing Geometry
Processing Object 'skybox' (F:10400 V:5202)
-- Error occurred in i loop
-- Frame:
-- ChimpWarning: undefined
-- i: 792
-- Valid: undefined
-- called in ProcessGeometry()
-- Frame:
-- l: 792
-- n1: [2.44141e-006,-1,0]
-- n2: [1,0,0]
-- n3: [0,0,1]
-- nf: [404,455,403]
-- OrigObj: undefined
-- nv1: [8272.33,-7211.51,2500]
-- nv2: [8272.33,-6811.51,2500]
-- nv3: [7872.33,-7211.51,2500]
-- n: [0,0,1]
-- v1: [8272.33,-7211.51,2500]
-- v2: [8272.33,-6811.51,2500]
-- v3: [7872.33,-7211.51,2500]
-- i: undefined
-- k: undefined
-- Obj: $Editable_Mesh:ChimpClone @ [-127.667969,-11.507080,0.000000]
-- j: undefined
-- f: [404,455,403]
-- ObjName: "skybox"
-- called in i loop
-- Frame:
-- i: 1
-- called in export()
-- Frame:
-- i: undefined

Edited by Yoda117 on Sep 3, 2007 at 04:23 PM
Edited by Yoda117 on Sep 3, 2007 at 04:25 PM

You should have checked listener window instead of jms when you exported.

i got error on both anyway

You have linked to the frame, right?

You're material ids seem a bit wierd:


Material 2 needs to have the same name as the bitmap you were using, like you did for material 3 and 4.

yes its linked to frame

You look into the other half of my post? Check your material id's too if you haven't.

i didnt need to it worked but...where did it save it?

it took awhile to load and now what

after it was all the way done it didnt export it anyware that i can see so WHY DOES THIS THING LIKE TO GIVE ME ERRORS ALL THE TIME
Edited by Yoda117 on Sep 3, 2007 at 05:17 PM

Do you know what the listener that came with chimp is for?

no i dont

When you export in Chimp using the listener window it sends your jms information to it. After the export is done, leave gmax open, go to the listener app and double click on it. It will then ask you where to save your jms file - put it in your models folder for your map.

The next step is to go and open the jms file in notepad to edit out some text that chimp puts there when its listening for the jms. Geometric Geeks beginner gmax tutorial covers the use of chimp, you may want to watch that section again if you haven't got it.