Quick help need now

ardentcrest · Post by **ardentcrest** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:13 pm

I need a quick free and dirty way to convert RF ACT files to X with texture and bumpmaps

can any one help

or can you do it for me I need RF Robot and RF Virgil.

Thanks

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:24 pm

if u have MS3D then. if it can export to 3DS,do so,and put it in Blender,and export to .x

Juutis · Post by **Juutis** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:29 pm

zany_001 wrote:if u have MS3D then. if it can export to 3DS,do so,and put it in Blender,and export to .x

MilkShape can export directly to .x.

zany_001 · Post by **zany_001** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:40 pm

my bad, but i dont have it.

ardentcrest · Post by **ardentcrest** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:41 pm

I need to inport a act file first

Post by **bernie** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:54 pm

Decompile the .act file with actor decompile. Openthe .bdy file with lithunwrap and save as .ms3d. Milkshape can't import .bdy files even though it says it does. The importer doesn't work and never has as far as know.

Post by **bernie** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:00 pm

BTW some of the animations in Virgil are a bit suspect. In particular the run mot file crashes in milkshape for some reason.
I rebuilt the universal woman onto the virgil skeleton and gave it all the virgil animations. Works fine for me (except the run anim wich I can't alter due to the crash). I still works but it looks odd. I will have to build my own run anim for her.

ardentcrest · Post by **ardentcrest** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:03 pm

Tryed that but cant get a .bdy file just a mesh

Post by **bernie** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:12 pm

Sorry Derek. I forgot my own algorithm. You use actor decompile for the Motions and Materials. Open the .act file in lithunwrap. and then save as .ms3d forhget about the .bdy. The thing is when you save from lithunwrap it roates the skeleton and mesh thro 90deg so to get it straight you need to save as .bdy from milkshape and then load the .bdy into lithunwrap and save as ms3d three times to straighten it up again for use back in RF. If you are going to .x you might not need to do the last bit.