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A Matter of Proportion?
selden:
Unfortunately, when I try to import your model into Anim8or, it complains about a missing LWOBJ. I don't have LightWave. What version of it do you have installed? (I'm assuming that's what's needed.)
Can you provide the .an8 file?
RudySchneider:
Yes, indeed, it's a LightWave model:
selden:
Well, this is the Anim8or forum. :)
I managed to import the LWO into Blender and export it as OBJ. (Format conversion is about all I ever use Blender for, I have to admit. It's way too complex for me.) No surface texture images were associated with the materials in the model's .mtl file, so they have to be associated manually in Anim8or. The .obj model loaded into Anim8or as a single mesh with no subgroups, which is going to make for more manual work.
I used Anim8or's material menu to associate the wing surface textures with appropriate materials, but the textures were not oriented properly so far as Anim8or was concerned: the wings were drawn solid grey. See the 1st image below.
In "Point Edit" I selected the Right Wing's surfaces and used the UV tool to scale and position the surface texture for the Right Wing. See the 2nd image below.
I then exported the model as a CMOD and created the directories and SSC file that Celestia wants. Although the model was drawn, the wings were transparent. Apparently the PNG images have transparency enabled. As a quick fix, I converted them to JPG images since JPG doesn't support an opacity channel. Now the top of the right wing looks OK. See the 3rd image below.
I'm not sure what problem you were encountering, but certainly managing to get the model into Anim8or with the correct format is a stumbling block.
argo34116:
Here is a bottom and top view as seen in anim8or (I converted the file to 3ds via online converter before using it in anim8or and then just added the textures to the model)
argo34116:
.....And this is how it appears in Celestia. The idea is that I want the model to appear in Celstia as it does in anim8or. I also want to create three hammerheads flying in formation. I copied and pasted the model,but still get the problem with wing markings,etc. As you can see here
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