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3DS Max Half-Life SMD Exporter v1.0
June 2003 |
This is an unofficial utility and is not supported in any way by Valve Software. Please do not contact them with any questions about this script.
This exporter will not work with gmax.
This is a 3DS Max 4.2 or later MAXScript utility for exporting Half-Life SMD files. Currently, Max bones and the skin modifier are used for exporting animation: future versions may include support for Character Studio.
I've been reliably informed that this exporter works better with the skin modifier and my SMD Importer script than the Valve SMD exporter plugin. This exporter should be a handy tool for those without Character Studio or who wish to re-export imported models.
To install, just drop SMDExporter.mzp into your 3DS Max scripts\startup folder (eg. c:\3dsmax\scripts\startup), run Max (if it's not running already), go to the "MAXScript" menu, and select "Run Script...". Choose SMDExporter.mzp which you just placed in your Max scripts\startup folder, and click OK. Select the utility command panel (the one with the hammer icon), click on the "MAXScript" button and the MAXScript utility rollout will appear. In it you'll see a little drop down list box entitled "Utilities". Open it up, and you should find "SMD Exporter" listed there. Click on "SMD Exporter" and the interface should appear somewhere below or above the MAXScript rollout. Note that you might have to scroll the utility panel down to find the interface. You're ready to go!
As you placed the script in your 3DS Max scripts\startup folder, it will automatically be installed each time you run 3DS Max. If you don't like this, just put it into your scripts folder instead and run it manually as described above each time you need it.
To uninstall, just delete SMDImporter.mzp from wherever you put it.
Using the exporter should be fairly self-explanatory. Pick your model using the "Pick Model" button, and then either select "Reference Pose" to export a single static reference pose or select "Animation Sequence" and set the "First Frame" and "Last Frame" spinners to the animation range. Just hit "Export SMD...", choose a filename and you're done.
Copyright (c) 2003 Chris Cookson Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
In brief, this MIT-style license means that you can copy/sell/publish this script
as much as you like but
Written by Chris Cookson.
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