.obj -> .sur converter
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I think the most important point here is that the tool should first of all handle vanilla models and create surs for them as perfectly as possible, because many custom models are poorly made, exceed the maximum poly counts, and have non-standard naming of parts and groups.
Many large custom models have been “cobbled together” from two or more cmp files. This is not a good criteria to judge or debug the tool.
Once it operates seamlessly on large vanilla surs (there are many battleships and landscapes etc) then it can be used against custom models and if real bugs are found (not due to imperfections in the model) and can be reproduced, they might be fixed.
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Skotty tested the RH Battleship today with another person in MP and it nearly behaved like the vanilla one. I found the last bugs responsible for this, but I will have to change the GUI since more options for the groups are needed. So there were no big errors, he just mistook a vanilla behavior for a bug of the .sur file
All in all it looks very promising. The hard work will be making it usable for the average modder, I am not sure whether this really is achievable 
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Hope the GUI is easy to understand. Some things are still needed to be fixed though. At least you get an idea how the development progresses
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For me it looks very good. Understandable options.
Just don’t ask about the Static and Moveable thing. It’s nearly the same but Vanilla seems to make a difference between static and animated multipart groups.
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Looks awesome here!
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Speaking about huge, I think I need more space
This should cover all functionality of the .sur format, now I have to make sure it actually works
As you can see I also changed the descriptions of the multipart types again, since it was incorrect.P.S.: Since the site cuts the image you have to right click on it and select view image or how your browser calls it.
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Yes, I do recommend remaking them because I also fixed some bugs from the old converter, which leads to incorrect numbers in all the current created .sur files. This also seems to fix the flying through sometimes.
For the impatient, here is a little update (attached below). As you can see some new options and I cleaned up the GUI.
Things left to be done: Grouping all multipart groups with the same name to one appended group (currently they all are separated and give a warning in the log), implementing the “group belongs to” option and some minor fixes.
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This is shaping up to be ridiculously good. Keep up the nice work Schmack
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To all who are waiting: We are in the final testing state. Everything is finished and a release depends only on how much bugs are discovered in the last checks. If all goes well I release today.
Changelog:
v. 1.1 BETA- Fully support every feature of the .sur format
- New more accurate way of checking whether a shape is convex
- OBJ loader now reads more variations of the format
- Fixed all known cases where the .sur file was not correctly generated
- Some new options like merging close vertices and using only the outer convex hull for collisions
- Model cleanup before and after conversion
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Schmackbolzen wrote:
To all who are waiting: We are in the final testing state. Everything is finished and a release depends only on how much bugs are discovered in the last checks. If all goes well I release today.Changelog:
v. 1.1 BETA- Fully support every feature of the .sur format
- New more accurate way of checking whether a shape is convex
- OBJ loader now reads more variations of the format
- Fixed all known cases where the .sur file was not correctly generated
- Some new options like merging close vertices and using only the outer convex hull for collisions
- Model cleanup before and after conversion
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It’s out
The multipart support is working very good. I tested it with 4 groups connected to each other, like a train with 4 wagons. -
Been playing with the new version. A definite improvement over the last one. I’m only using it in single group models myself but even so, the hitboxes now actually register which they didn’t do before, (you could get the shield down but the hull wasn’t interested).
Not tried the multipart but i’m sure others will chime in with their reports. Managed to find a couple of models it wasn’t interested in making sur files for, but that’s ok. Keep up the good work.
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@Goulash:
Actually there should be no models which don’t work (except for too much vertices). If you are absolutely sure it’s not a problem with the .cmp file (wrong group names etc) then could you please send me the .obj and .cmp file and your settings so that I can test it myself.@All:
Skotty has said he his willing to write sort of a how to text, but this will take some time.Also don’t hesitate to post your feedback. It has taken a lot of time to finish the tool and of course I want to know how it is working for you.
Also if I forgot to explain something just ask, it is difficult to think about all the questions one might have.
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Very many thanks, Schmackbolzen, your long effort is very much appreciated as always.
And thanks to you too, Skotty, for your testing, I know how long it takes.
Just a quick query: are the default settings good for most vanilla ships?
Or what settings are better?
Thanks again.
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You can leave the default settings. They work good for nearly every sur (I never had one of my surs where I needed to change these settings).
Just make sure to create convex meshes, I recommend the Convex-Plugin for Milkshape for this.
