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| Author | Topic: GMax to 3ds Max? (8 messages, Page 1 of 1) | ||||
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 nihao123456ftw Joined: Mar 24, 2012 |
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 06:02 AM
Msg. 1 of 8
I want to move to 3ds max now seeing as how slow it takes to export files to jms through the listener in gmax, but I can't find a way to import my models to 3ds max. How do I convert gmax files to 3ds max files (that does not involve exporting to obj and then copy and pasting a million times from the listener)?
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HaloExtreme117 Joined: May 5, 2012 
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Posted: Nov 11, 2012 07:31 AM
Msg. 2 of 8
Quote: --- Original message by: nihao123456ftw I want to move to 3ds max now seeing as how slow it takes to export files to jms through the listener in gmax, but I can't find a way to import my models to 3ds max. How do I convert gmax files to 3ds max files (that does not involve exporting to obj and then copy and pasting a million times from the listener)? Just export from gmax to obj, fbx, 3ds or any other format that Max recognizes, then import it. |
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nihao123456ftw Joined: Mar 24, 2012 |
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 04:45 PM
Msg. 3 of 8
Quote: --- Original message by: haloextreme117 Quote: --- Original message by: nihao123456ftw I want to move to 3ds max now seeing as how slow it takes to export files to jms through the listener in gmax, but I can't find a way to import my models to 3ds max. How do I convert gmax files to 3ds max files (that does not involve exporting to obj and then copy and pasting a million times from the listener)? Just export from gmax to obj, fbx, 3ds or any other format that Max recognizes, then import it. I can't. Gmax only exports to .p3d format and saves in .gmax format, 3dsmax doesn't read any of those formats for some reason. There is a maxscript I found that can export to .obj but it didn't come with a grablistener like with chimp. My map is extremely large so it would take ages to copy and paste the code into a text document and saving as obj (not to mention that gmax restricts the amount of code you can highlight in the listener window at one time....) Edited by nihao123456ftw on Nov 11, 2012 at 04:46 PM |
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Disaster Joined: Dec 16, 2007 
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Posted: Nov 11, 2012 05:41 PM
Msg. 4 of 8
I haven't used Gmax in a few years but the way I did it way back when was use chimp to export and then compile with tool. Then use a .gbx model importer to open up the mesh in 3ds.
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nihao123456ftw Joined: Mar 24, 2012 |
Posted: Nov 11, 2012 07:04 PM
Msg. 5 of 8
hmm I will try that method later, hopefully it doesn't screw anything up. Maybe there could be another way to trick chimp's grablistener into exporting the obj file as well (hopefully if the 1st method screws up the model then I can try the second method anyway)
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ally Joined: Jun 23, 2010 
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Posted: Nov 11, 2012 07:20 PM
Msg. 6 of 8
http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/gmax/import-gmax-models-into-max.php
http://community.simtropolis.com/topic/14459-tutorial-gmax-to-3ds-max/ there was another way, darkhemisphere i think the program was called. sorry can't remember for sure. edit: righthemisphere was the name. http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/ Edited by ally on Nov 11, 2012 at 07:25 PM |
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nihao123456ftw Joined: Mar 24, 2012 |
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 09:15 PM
Msg. 7 of 8
I haven't had the time to test all the solutions yet, but @ally I've seen the first two links already. I got an error while trying to export from gmax but i might try again later along with the 3rd link method
Edited by nihao123456ftw on Nov 12, 2012 at 09:17 PM |
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ally Joined: Jun 23, 2010
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Posted: Nov 15, 2012 04:20 AM
Msg. 8 of 8
did you get this exported from gmax and into 3ds max okay?
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