DeleD Community Edition

[Jeroen]

As import/export plugins can now be made for DeleD, the question is what fileformats you'd like to see supported by DeleD. Give us a list here!

[Mr.Fletcher]

As for me, 3ds or obj should be enough since i can convert them to (nearly)any fileformat i want to, with milkshape3d.

[dirkk]

Everybody who uses Gile[s] should be content with the .X format (though I agree that .3ds and .obj would be a godd idea), which works fine btw.

If DeleD was to have it's own lightmapper (but then again - why?) , then it would be preferable to have .b3d as an export format since it can hold uv coordinates and references to more than one texture.

[Jeroen]

[dirkk]

Got your point on lightmapping, and you may be right.

But one last remark - even Halo will give up on his own lightmapper (check his forum), and I guess it's because this issue is a worth a whole complete new program. And someone already wrote it.

[svs]

please make an x.fomat importer plugin
err thank you
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[SneakyPete]

It might be nice if you could import/export the .map file format which is used by most Quake/Half-Life based engines. These map files can then be compiled into BSP's and used with a large number of 3D engines . Here is a link to some specs for the .map file:

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?go=map_format

[dirkk]

He is right - you could catch quite a few Torque people with a .map export, too (like me They are all waiting for an easy to use editor supporting .map. Halo thinks about supporting it too in his next version of CShop.

Indeed - if you see a chance to implement this, that would be one great feature.

[Jeroen]

I've had requests for the .map fileformat before (somewhere in the old forum ) so I've moved that one up my priority list. Or maybe someone else is willing to create such .map import/export plugins?? Can someone send me a few .map files to play around with?

Ok, any more fileformats to be covered?

[SneakyPete]

No problem, I'll email you some .map files today

[cmoibenlepro]

I agree .map import would be very useful
map and deled would be complementary because map editors (like QuArK) support booleans (they call it negative brush) and other stuff
but DeleD is a better modeller for objects and other things like textures and also it can export to .x (and soon there will be lightmaps )

It would be a a good production pipeline for me.

Also .x import would be nice.

[sueastside]

Crystal Space XML map format....

http://crystal.sourceforge.net/tikiwiki/tiki-view_articles.php

The project lacks a good 3d editor,
although it has some export-scripts for Hammer, 3ds max and Blender...

Hammer: .map is oke, but it easily gets corrupted, when using more advanced shapes..
3ds max: expensive and too many buttons
Blender: I never like the lay-out and its hard to work with....

I just LOVE DeleD, in under a hour i was familiar with the GUI and created a nice looking building......something that would have taken me atleast a day in any other 3d editor.........


I can't thank you enough for this great editor, it made me make models that i never thaught i could make with an other editor, TY

Signed Sueastside.
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[SneakyPete]

Actually, some sort of generic XML export format might be a very good idea because this could be easily used by a lot of different 3D engines and programming languages

[cmoibenlepro]

here is another site explaining the specifications of .map files:
http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/quake/QDP/qmapspec.html

Do you want that I send you a sample .map file made with QuArK ?

[Jeroen]

I have added normals to the .X export function but I need it tested. Is there anyone out there who can test this for me (e.g in DarkBasic/Blitzbasic/your own engine)? Let me know and i'll send you a few .X files with normals.