[TOOL RELEASE] ps2ls (Planetside Tools)

[Electrofreak]

Awesome work! Can't wait to get home from work to give it a try.

[lametta]

Originally Posted by Gelnika

That's in the works, reliably finding the UVs for the textures has proved to be troublesome! I'll work on that next.


I'm not familiar with 3D printing, if you let me know what a 3D printer compatible format is, I'll see what I can do for you.




The skeleton/animation information is located in another file other than the DME (mesh) file that I'm reading in. It will take a considerable amount of work to figure out the format specifications for that file type.

the 3d printer i have access to uses the STL and CTL file formats. I don't know if the files from your program can be converted easily into that or not. Awesome program though, keep up the good work!!

[Shogun]

i´m also not familiar with 3d printing, but some companies offer 3d prints from your files, and those companies typically ask for file formats like this:

VRML2/97 (*.wrl), *.3DS, *.ply, *.obj, *.stl, *.zpr, *.stp, *.dxf, *.asc, *.igs, *.model, *.prt, *.X_t, *.exp, *.CATPart

stl being the one i have seen the most.

but there are some additional requirements and i don´t know if ps2 models meet them. (models need to be closed/waterproof, there is a minimum wallthickness and such things)

but if you are able to convert a model to one of those formats, i could try to let the result being checked for 3d printing. or lametta could give it a try with his printer.
if this works, i will have to do some research on the reprap project again.

damn it would be cool to have an actual vanguard model with maximum details, or a reaver.

[SturmovikDrakon]

TR quad cannons and NC railguns

Oh boy, I wonder when we will see those

[Wrel]

I'm looking for values of certain things, specifically the Drifter Jump Jets. Been perusing the documents, there's a lot to sift through.

Have you come across which files contain specifics values for damage/duration of certs/classes/weapons/etc?

[Jakobud]

Gelnika, what type of 3d format are the DME files? I couldn't figure that out. Also, any clue on how to apply the textures?

[Gelnika]

Originally Posted by Jakobud

Gelnika, what type of 3d format are the DME files? I couldn't figure that out. Also, any clue on how to apply the textures?

It's their own proprietary fomat, had to spend lots of time comparing and analyzing files and piecing together what everything means. I've made documentation on the DME format on the ps2ls project wiki here:

http://code.google.com/p/ps2ls/wiki/DME

I'm still looking for a way to get the UVs, I've been distracted with all the festivities that come around this time of year, haven't had as much time as I would have liked to work on it. The UVs will hopefully be in the next update.

[Gelnika]

Originally Posted by lametta

the 3d printer i have access to uses the STL and CTL file formats. I don't know if the files from your program can be converted easily into that or not. Awesome program though, keep up the good work!!

I will add an STL exporter into the next version, it's easy enough to do as its almost the same format as OBJ and it will save you trouble of doing a double conversion.

[Conq]

Cool tool, I wish these models were not so polygonal.

The new horn helms look sweet.

[Gelnika]

Gentlemen!

ps2ls v1.2.0.133 has been released. It now allows you export models with UV coordinates. The rendering aspect within ps2ls is not quite there, I've been focusing more on the exporting since that's what people care about.

http://code.google.com/p/ps2ls/downloads/list



(Yes, that's a rail gun on the Vanguard!)

[Hamma]

Very cool! Excellent work on this man - impressive.

[Jakobud]

How did you apply the texture? In Maya it doesn't seem like the textures have UV layouts that work with the models.

[Rockit]

Just need to print that railgun on a 3D metal printer and make it functional

[yozzer]

WTF?

[Jakobud]

The explanation for that is that the PS2 game files have several references to Free Realms content here and there since certain parts of Forge Light were pulled from or iterations of parts of the engine that runs Free Realms.