.sm creation

[Pat Pattle]

.sm model creation. (These are what the game used for the autogen scenery - trees, houses etc)

Does anyone remember/know how to do this? I have the sdk tools but can't get it to work.

Thanks

Pat

These are the words from the SDK docs;

mksm tool


Converting an M3D to a scenery model is done using the mksm tool, located in the Tools subfolder. The usage for this tool is as follows:

usage: mksm out.sm model.m3d texture_path sheet.dds [fReverseWinding 0/1]

out.sm – the output file; the extension is SM.

model.m3d – the input file.

texture_path – the path to textures referenced by the model. Textures are loaded during the conversion process to retrieve some data. This path ensures they can be loaded.

Sheet.dds – The name of the texture sheet to which the textures will be added. All of the textures used by all scenery models are placed on one or more texture sheets.

fReverseWinding – A flag to reverse the triangle winding order. This should be unspecified (false).

 

[NachtPiloten]

Help-

Bob Park - PM me and I'll give you his address.

 

[vonOben]

Hi

I've asked Pat about this but he hasn't been able to convert any sm models yet.

Is there anyone that knows how to do it?

Is it possible to copy a SM model to use it as another model and changing its skin to get some more variety in the landscape?

If it is, how is that done?

:ernae:
Cheers

vonOben

 

[rbp71854]

Clive

Check out the team forum. If you like, send me the files and I will try some different variations of the batch file command line. It is either the reverse winding entry or the path to the textures which is not right.