Anyone managed to get 3D MAX models into Hammer yet?

[brisck1]

Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone who is using max 6-7 for there projects has managed to successfully get a model from MAX to Hammer yet?

Im still waiting for an exporter for MAX right now and im desperate to get started but so far I have no idea if anyone has successfully managed to get an exporter going from Valve's source code in the SDK.

I was given a link to an SMD exporter for MAX6/7 the other day but I have no idea as to how it works... I have sucessfully exported a simple object (sphere) to an smd file but due to lack of tut's and info I have no idea as to where I go from here (If indeed I can!)

Anyway any help is much appreciated!

 

[brisck1]

Oh man its so hard to find a step-by-step guide for beginners. I tried using that SMD exporter and followed this tutorial but my model just doesnt appear in model viewer at all...

The tut:
http://www.joespataro.com/html/props_tut_xsi.htm

I really would like to know how to set up folders in my mod directory so that I can compile all of my materials/models within this local folder.

Help meee!

 

[Angry Lawyer]

The SMDs have to be compiled into a MDL first, I think. You'll need to write a .qc to do that.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[SidewinderX]

http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/models/compiling_models.html

 

[badpigeon]

I went through the Valve tutorial, and all I could get was a model that has no textures in the model viewer... I think they left alot out in that tutorial, and it even says "when the full SDK is released" blah blah blah, and I dont see anything new? just the old CSS tutorial..

 

[brisck1]

Thanks sidewinder, I actually used that to start off with, but as im working in a new Mod folder it was very confusing.

however I did eventually find these tutorials which helped emmensly
http://www.off-limits.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=422
http://www.off-limits.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=423

These tell you how to set-up/prepare you Mod folder structure so that compiling model/textures will work effectively.

So now I have managed to compile both models and textures (or so it seems) but when I go to view my .MDL file in the HLMV nothing appears!!

Im not sure if it something to do with my MAX file but I can attatch it if anyone wants to look or try to compile it themselves?

 

[badpigeon]

Try holding right click and zooming out, maybe its zoomed in too far to see the model? I had that problem

 

[brisck1]

Yeah i tried playing with scale in Max and zooming in and out in the viewport in HLMV.

The view should fit the model into its view when it's loaded in though

 

[Mold]

Thanks for all of the tutortials on this... it took me a bit, but I created my .qc file and my 3 .smd's as well as my .vmf and .vmt files, but I can't get the studiomdl to create my .mdl file. I drag and drop the .qc file like it says and a quick prompt pops up, but then I look in my models folder and its empty :/
I skipped the part where it said to create an environment variable... is that necessary for this process to work?

 

[Mold]

i started from scratch and got it to work.. but now im having the same problem that brisck is. I cant see my .mdl in the model viewer! Did you happen to figure out what the problem was Brisck?
thanks