Cheetah to Torque

[Magicraoul]

Ok, I know there is no direct exporter from C3d to .dts (unless the post I looked at was outdated, in which case could someone please point me to where I can find it), regardless, I would still like to try and take advantage of the fantastic C3d capabilities and turn it into a great gaming experience aswell. I have tried to export models from in .obj format and load them into blender, from where there is supposed to be a .dts exporter, I installed it, but it doesnt seem to work. From skimming the web it looks like most of the other exporters are for programs that run on windows only , and my access to a pc is rather limited. So...is there an easy way for a mac lover to convert something made in C3d to .dts?

Providing this is possible...I am curious about how to set up a "mount point" on my model (that obviously will be read by the torque), is it similar to a skeleton joint or something? how do I specify it?

Thanks

[fused]

I thought torque x could use fbx?

[Magicraoul]

I guess the apps i'm using might be a little outdated. I'm using the torque showtool to view existing models in the game I am attempting to design for. They are .dts and showtool only seems to be able to read .dts. I just tried the fbx, but It wont read it.

[Martin]

Originally Posted by fused

I thought torque x could use fbx?

Hi,
that's good to know. FBX support was mentioned in a developer blog a log time ago but since then I haven't hearned anything about the release of that feature. Where have you found that?

Bye,
Martin

[fused]

Originally Posted by Martin

Hi,
that's good to know. FBX support was mentioned in a developer blog a log time ago but since then I haven't hearned anything about the release of that feature. Where have you found that?

Bye,
Martin

Hi Martin,
Here's the announcement: http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/x/

and here's the quote:
Torque X 2.0 also works with Visual C# Express and all variations of Visual Studio 2005 on Windows XP and Vista. Torque X 2.0 can load and render a variety of 3D model formats, including GarageGames' .dts, .x, .fbx, and .xsi model formats. Animation support for other formats is in the works.

Andrew

[Targos]

This is no help to you in an immediate sense, but be sure to give the unity demo a spin sometime:

unity3d.com

Its really nice to use, although a bit of a teenager in some ways, but a sensible teenager, so it has a good future ahead of it.

Cheers, see you round
AaronC

[podperson]

Originally Posted by Targos

...although a bit of a teenager in some ways...

Unlike Director, which is a senile and morbidly obese...