MDL exporter for Blender

[nemyax]

rijklau

I haven't updated the exporter for Blender 2.8* and later. Blender 2.79b is the latest supported version. Can you run your models through 2.79b?

[rijklau]

13 hours ago, nemyax said:

rijklau

I haven't updated the exporter for Blender 2.8* and later. Blender 2.79b is the latest supported version. Can you run your models through 2.79b?

I'll try 2.79b and let you know. Last version I tried was 2.76, which worked when I was using 32 bit system. Now it don't.😔

**When trying to download 2.79b, I noticed that I've download 2.79, which did not work.

Thanks.

[rijklau]

 

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I haven't updated the exporter for Blender 2.8* and later. Blender 2.79b is the latest supported version. Can you run your models through 2.79b?

nemyax:

Version 2.79b works! Thank you! But before I exported to A:M, I need to select deep into the hierarchy of the model until it reached the body. I didn't remember doing that before.

 

Cheers,

Rijk

[nemyax]

I have updated the script for Blender 3 and edited the first post accordingly.

[Fuchur]

Very cool

Thank you very much.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[DrPhibes]

Are there any plans to include bones as part of the export plugin in the future?

[nemyax]

DrPhibes

It already exports bones. See the documentation:

https://sourceforge.net/p/blendamajigs/wiki/Animation_Master_model_exporter/

[MAYAman]

Guys, I have downloaded a new install of AM onto a new laptop and tried downloading the plugin again.  When I install the importer shows up but the exporter no longer shows up.  When I go to the download link for the Blender to AM exporter it says the link is dead.  

Does anyone still have this tool?  I use it quite a bit and would be crippled without it.  I'd pay the dev for it gladly.

Thanks

[robcat2075]

2 hours ago, MAYAman said:

Guys, I have downloaded a new install of AM onto a new laptop and tried downloading the plugin again.  When I install the importer shows up but the exporter no longer shows up.

I don't know about the dev status of the plugin-in, but a model you make in v19.5 can be loaded into and exported from v19.0 if that is where the export plugin still works.

[MAYAman]

1 hour ago, robcat2075 said:

I don't know about the dev status of the plugin-in, but a model you make in v19.5 can be loaded into and exported from v19.0 if that is where the export plugin still works.

I'm speaking of the Blender specific plugin.  The plugin allowed you to import into Blender and export out of Blender.  The import into Blender link is live and still functions.  The export from Blender link is dead. 

Does anyone still have it?  Can you email it to me?  Please. 

 

[robcat2075]

15 minutes ago, MAYAman said:

I'm speaking of the Blender specific plugin.  The plugin allowed you to import into Blender and export out of Blender.  The import into Blender link is live and still functions.  The export from Blender link is dead. 

Does anyone still have it?  Can you email it to me?  Please. 

 

So... how about just copying it from old computer to new computer?

[MAYAman]

10 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:

So... how about just copying it from old computer to new computer?

I cleared out my downloads and other "non essential" files because I had run out of space.  The 3D scan files from the EinStar 3D scanner are gigantic.  I create aero parts for automotive and I scan them with the Scanner.  Dump those scans into Blender, and then export them into AM.  AM is still my favorite modeler by far, 

So when I got the laptop I deleted a ton of stuff from the Desktop.  Doh!

[robcat2075]

6 hours ago, MAYAman said:

  When I go to the download link for the Blender to AM exporter it says the link is dead. 

We should flag @nemyax since he's the one who can solve this.

[Fuchur]

For me both seem to work?

- https://sourceforge.net/projects/blendamajigs/files/io_scene_am_mdl/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/blenderbitsbobs/files/

[MAYAman]

15 hours ago, Fuchur said:

For me both seem to work?

- https://sourceforge.net/projects/blendamajigs/files/io_scene_am_mdl/
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/blenderbitsbobs/files/

Go ahead and download it.  The export back to AM doesn't work any longer.  Only the import.  I downloaded those yesterday and the export to AM doesn't work. 

[Malo]

Hello,
The addon from version 2.7 is no longer valid for the latest Blender versions.
Nemyax has updated them on this page, which can be found in the 'code' tab : https://sourceforge.net/p/blendamajigs/code/ci/master/tree/

[Fuchur]

Ah I see... I thought you talked about the download itself.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[MAYAman]

On 7/10/2023 at 4:28 AM, Malo said:

Hello,
The addon from version 2.7 is no longer valid for the latest Blender versions.
Nemyax has updated them on this page, which can be found in the 'code' tab : https://sourceforge.net/p/blendamajigs/code/ci/master/tree/

Thank you!

[MAYAman]

On 7/10/2023 at 4:28 AM, Malo said:

Hello,
The addon from version 2.7 is no longer valid for the latest Blender versions.
Nemyax has updated them on this page, which can be found in the 'code' tab : https://sourceforge.net/p/blendamajigs/code/ci/master/tree/

Thank you! 

[Fuchur]

Hi guys,

what would be the most current version of Blender the  plugin works with at the moment?
Here are the legacy blender releases to be downloaded and I tried a few, but I do not get the right combination as it seems.
(I want to convert an FBX file to MDL and this is likely one of the best ways to do it)

Ok, found the right combination:

- Blender3.0   
- Newest version from this threads entry post.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[TopsyTriceratops]

Hey fellas, I'm in a pickle.

I just want to import the mesh of my models into Blender so I can redo the skeletons, but the indicated plugins and downloads don't work or result in errors. Best I got are the skeletons without the meshes, is there a step I am missing? These .mdl files are extremely old, and I lost my disk for A:M. I'm not sure what to do.

[nemyax]

6 hours ago, TopsyTriceratops said:

These .mdl files are extremely old, and I lost my disk for A:M

Maybe someone here can resave them for you with an up-to-date version of A:M?

[robcat2075]

13 hours ago, TopsyTriceratops said:

 These .mdl files are extremely old, and I lost my disk for A:M. I'm not sure what to do.

I'm not sure what you are doing. You're exporting something from something that is not A:M?

[TopsyTriceratops]

My models were exported from A:M over a decade or two ago, super old. I wish to at least get the mesh of such models into Blender, so I can re-rig them.

Sadly, when they get imported with the add-ons found on this form it only imports the broken bones / rigs and no mesh is brought in. 

If anyone thinks a newer version of A:M would fix this issue, is anyone willing to take these relics and try to re-export them?

[robcat2075]

Send me one of them in a PM

[hobbestheprince]

Do you have to download all of the files?  If you just wanted to export the .mdl from Blender is it only the export one or do you need all of them to make it work?  I’m not used to doing this stuff.