3d model converter/loader

Filed under: Game Maker

I wrote this ages ago and it didn’t receive much publicity but unless things changed, it’s the most powerful tool you have to get high end models into GM. Not feature-rich, but powerful. This will overcome vertex count limitations. And this will work on models which have more than one surface , and it will automatically convert textures to .bmp (although since gm7 this might not even be needed anymore). It loads 3ds, x, and b3d formats.

Oh also, now that gm has a function to save and load models, you can overcome the long load times by having a gm script import an .i3d mesh and save it as a gm mesh, and from then on only load that one.

One bug I noticed is that due to the way it handles loading, you can’t keep it too ‘deep’ on your harddrive. The path where the model sits must be short. Like c:\temp\rah\model.ble worked for me and c:\gdev\gm\stuff\temp\model.ble failed.

Model Loader

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Tags: 3d, development, tools