LOD file format.
LOD file format.
Is the LOD file format published anywhere or is it possible to get it from the Devs?.
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sony tuckson
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Well the game must interpret the files to read
them in and I know that GulfKnights UMC2 can read in LOD files so he
must have gotten the info from somewhere.
I'm trying to write a program for designing target areas and would like to read in the LOD files so that I can portray the objects at their correct size.
I'm trying to write a program for designing target areas and would like to read in the LOD files so that I can portray the objects at their correct size.
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sony tuckson
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I understand your objective, but LOD files are peculiar to the game
I mean a lot of 3d games and flight sims have LOD files, they are all different, only the suffix LOD is in common
now one thing is that you can read some info with an hexadecimal editor (that's how we duplicate 3d objects to get different skins..(e.g. pilots)
texture name is one info readily accessible
I don't know about dimensions though
I mean a lot of 3d games and flight sims have LOD files, they are all different, only the suffix LOD is in common
now one thing is that you can read some info with an hexadecimal editor (that's how we duplicate 3d objects to get different skins..(e.g. pilots)
texture name is one info readily accessible
I don't know about dimensions though
Hi DarkAngel,
Sorry, we don't publish our LOD format.
Dimensions of models can be difficult to get from LOD files even if the format is published tho.... You'll need to go through all the heirarchy, apply all the 3d transoformation, and check all the vertices position and transform them ot world coordinates to get min/max size. Unless you already have 3d engine that can handles all that, I think it'll be a lot easier to just get the size of the objects by hand and create your own list.
TK
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Sorry, we don't publish our LOD format.
Dimensions of models can be difficult to get from LOD files even if the format is published tho.... You'll need to go through all the heirarchy, apply all the 3d transoformation, and check all the vertices position and transform them ot world coordinates to get min/max size. Unless you already have 3d engine that can handles all that, I think it'll be a lot easier to just get the size of the objects by hand and create your own list.
TK
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Hi DarkAngel,
Well, you need to ask the guy who did UMC2, although we didn't publish LOD format, we also don't stop people form reverse engineering it either
Its not encrpyted or anything, so its fairly straight forward to figure out...
As with any project, I suggest you take it one step at a time, and first, just have a text file that list target name and size. Anyone whos currently placing objects by hand should already have rough idea of the size of objects. Or if someone is releaseing new terrain with custom building, ask them to provide the size for those objects - if they have max file, its easy measure size in max.
Once you have that going, you can always go back and try adding getting size from LOD files.
TK
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Well, you need to ask the guy who did UMC2, although we didn't publish LOD format, we also don't stop people form reverse engineering it either
Its not encrpyted or anything, so its fairly straight forward to figure out...
As with any project, I suggest you take it one step at a time, and first, just have a text file that list target name and size. Anyone whos currently placing objects by hand should already have rough idea of the size of objects. Or if someone is releaseing new terrain with custom building, ask them to provide the size for those objects - if they have max file, its easy measure size in max.
Once you have that going, you can always go back and try adding getting size from LOD files.
TK
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