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Convert .OBJ to .MESH?

October 13, 2009 9:20:11 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Hey,

Does anyone know how to convert, say, an .OBJ model to .MESH format for Sins?

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Reply #1 October 13, 2009 10:10:39 AM
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loading into xsi or max (with tool) and exporting it. I don't think anyone has witten a specific obj to mesh converter yet.

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Reply #2 October 13, 2009 8:42:30 PM
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The most success i had importing models into XSI was converting them to direct X format first. Then going over the mesh using "MVIEW" it is a direct x model viewer that can validate and repair direct x format mesh's

XSI seems to have the least amount of trouble importing direct x mesh's least from my experience.

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Reply #3 October 13, 2009 9:15:12 PM
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how about going from .mesh to .obj or something that XSI can see

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Reply #4 October 13, 2009 9:29:34 PM
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Quoting Ryat,
reply 3
how about going from .mesh to .obj or something that XSI can see

 

Cant be done. No reliable converters exist yet.

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Reply #5 October 14, 2009 6:31:21 AM
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Quoting Major Stress,
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Quoting Ryat, reply 3how about going from .mesh to .obj or something that XSI can see
 

Cant be done. No reliable converters exist yet.

 

Define 'reliable'? What does that mean to you?

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Reply #6 October 14, 2009 8:32:22 AM
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Quoting Major Stress,
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Quoting Ryat, reply 3how about going from .mesh to .obj or something that XSI can see
 

Cant be done. No reliable converters exist yet.

 

Try 3D Object Converter... http://web.t-online.hu/karpo/ ... take a look at the format list ( seek for "sins of solar empire" )... you will find a entry for the binary and text .mesh file... have use it for convert a lot of sins ship in .obj ... geometry and UV are converted in a reliable way... but hardpoint are not converted...

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Reply #7 October 14, 2009 9:27:45 AM
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Quoting Thoumsin,
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Try 3D Object Converter... http://web.t-online.hu/karpo/ ... take a look at the format list ( seek for "sins of solar empire" )... you will find a entry for the binary and text .mesh file... have use it for convert a lot of sins ship in .obj ... geometry and UV are converted in a reliable way... but hardpoint are not converted...

Do I want to convert the .OBJ to an "ASCII" .MESH or a "binary" .MESH?

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Reply #8 October 15, 2009 3:33:36 AM
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From .mesh to other format, use 3D Object converter

From XSI to .mesh format, use the Stardock converter

Both software work only in one direction for the convertion...

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Reply #9 October 15, 2009 5:47:09 AM
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Reliable to me means it will convert the mesh with all Faces, mesh points (hardpoints), smooth groups, and UV's intact. Also something that wont quit on me in 30 days. So far not ONE converter/importer passed my test.

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Reply #10 October 15, 2009 6:06:42 PM
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Quoting Thoumsin,
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From .mesh to other format, use 3D Object converter

From XSI to .mesh format, use the Stardock converter

Both software work only in one direction for the convertion...

Well, I have .obj format now.  Is there a free program that can convert that format to .mesh?  Or is that XSI? 

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Reply #11 October 16, 2009 12:49:37 AM
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Use XSI... the modtools version is free... for hardpoint... and use the Stardock mod package for convert to .mesh

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Reply #12 October 16, 2009 4:59:13 PM
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Quoting Thoumsin,
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Use XSI... the modtools version is free... for hardpoint... and use the Stardock mod package for convert to .mesh

Is there a tutorial I can read that fully explains that whole process?

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