hessi's Maya SMD exporter

[hessi]

ok what do you think?

wouldnt it be nice to have a working HL2 exporter for maya version greater than 7.0? and one that works with EP2 and EP1 content? and that works under windows vista?

[dux]

This thread needs more whine at valve.

[e-freak]

best ever

on the engine-switching: I would save the details for that stuff in an easy accessable txt file (or cfg whatever) so you can easily adapt to randomly changing directory-structures

[-HP-]

ah ah ah, epic!

[hessi]

best ever

on the engine-switching: I would save the details for that stuff in an easy accessable txt file (or cfg whatever) so you can easily adapt to randomly changing directory-structures

if i actually finish this, i would open source it. so modifications would be possible for everyone!

[Pericolos0]

cool stuff =). That credit tab is really really stupid though. Switch to another engine if you really hate valve that much!

[⌐■_■]

cool stuff man..

[wacko]

cool stuff =). That credit tab is really really stupid though. Switch to another engine if you really hate valve that much!

he speaks the truth in the pipeline sucking and I fund the credits tab be informational. Valve has always lacked in providing any sort of tools that make stuff like this easier. I support such a project and hope in the end it actually gets finished.

[⌐■_■]

i actually think this is one of the scarse ways devs can give feedback in a way it reaches both professional developers and amateurs..

[Defrag]

Looks good. The credit tab makes you look really childish though, regardless of whether there's any truth in it (which there is [the pipeline / tools being sub-par])

[robert.briscoe]

Nice one! Fancy making one for Max too?

[Ginger Lord]

Nice one! Fancy making one for Max too?

http://www.wunderboy.org/3dapps.php

[Psy]

...but you don't get the QC generator with the Max plugin.

[hessi]

since i started working on some code fragments, this shall be my next project. a working 1 click exporter for maya.

what did i do today:

- implement the base of the "generateQC" MEL command. the syntax is set and works.

- the GUI is partially connected to MEL commands which do the dirty work (those come with my Plugin)

what will my next steps be:

- connect the generateQC MEL command to the gui which basically means querying attributes

- write wrapper MEL commands for vtex and studiomdl including their parameters

- connect these commands to the full compile procedure and do some dummy compile (which includes: VMT generation, traversing the DAG and scanning for attribute connections within the materials)