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Posted by RedDragonDaBeast on Tue Jan 11th at 8:20pm 2011

Ok I have been tampering with Hammer for a Lil while now still need to learn a few things before i can do what i need to but my main ? would be can I use a Maya model and put it in Hammer or do I need to use a different program. I been looking over and over on youtube but cant seem to find a good video about models any suggestions?


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Posted by G4MER on Tue Jan 11th at 8:30pm 2011

You will have to convert the model.. Dont use MAYA so I am not sure the process, but with Blender they have a plugin that does that for you.

Save the model as an SMD, then use StudioMDL to convert the SMD to MDL and then it can be used in the HL engine.

StudioMDL is included in your SDK files. SourcesSDK/BIN/EP1/BIN/studioMDL.exe



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Posted by RedDragonDaBeast on Tue Jan 11th at 9:12pm 2011

Well never used blender before but it looks interesting may need to learn it. I have found a few videos about Saving the model as an SMD thanks for the info ill let ya know how it turns out.


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Posted by Riven on Tue Jan 11th at 10:03pm 2011

I urge you to take a look at the Valve Developer Community: Link--> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

The most technical information is all archived there, even with advanced tutorials to do exactly what you want to do. Also, be sure to check out our links page (at the top) for other useful resources for mapping in Source.


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Posted by RedDragonDaBeast on Tue Jan 11th at 10:21pm 2011

Quoting Riven
I urge you to take a look at the Valve Developer Community: Link--> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Main_Page

The most technical information is all archived there, even with advanced tutorials to do exactly what you want to do. Also, be sure to check out our links page (at the top) for other useful resources for mapping in Source.


Thanks for this out of the hours of searching the web I never came across the valve site Found just what I needed Thanks


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Posted by G4MER on Tue Jan 11th at 10:56pm 2011

Was I close though?

"Save the model as an SMD, then use StudioMDL to convert the SMD to MDL and then it can be used in the HL engine.

StudioMDL is included in your SDK files. SourcesSDK/BIN/EP1/BIN/studioMDL.exe"



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Posted by Le Chief on Wed Jan 12th at 12:16am 2011

No no Maya is perfectly fine to use. You need this


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Posted by RedDragonDaBeast on Wed Jan 12th at 12:42am 2011

Quoting aaron_da_killa
No no Maya is perfectly fine to use. You need this

Thank you this is the exact plug-in that i need

Quoting "Muhnay"
Was I close though?

Yes you hit it right on the head the plug-in allows you to save as an SMD model


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Posted by sgtfly on Fri Feb 18th at 6:55pm 2011

Just an interesting point, Valve is using Modo now but I know nothing about Modo.


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Posted by omegaslayer on Fri Apr 1st at 8:52pm 2011

Not taking credit for this find someone else here on the pit pointed it out to me:

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Propper

Read up, there are a lot of cool features. At the very least you can make the mdl file and decompile it and hand it over to an actual modeler to touch it up.



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Apr 1st at 9:01pm 2011

I think we scared this guy off. He ain't been here since the beginning of Feb. smiley



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Posted by omegaslayer on Fri Apr 1st at 9:15pm 2011

Quoting Orpheus
I think we scared this guy off. He ain't been here since the beginning of Feb. smiley

Yeah thread necrofelia, but just in case someone else comes by this thread he can be directed to propper.



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Apr 1st at 9:20pm 2011

Yeah, good call. I just wish these guys would hang around AFTER they get their cookies and milk. smiley



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