Blender and source: Weapon modeling ande exporting

[Deer]

Hi, I model in Blender and I've been searching for the most pain free way to get Blender models into Source. I'm also interested in making weapons for games using Blender and I haven't had much success. If anyone also uses Blender for Source and could help that would be great. Thanks.

[RawMeat3000]

Dis wat u need homie

http://blog.gneu.org/software-releases/ ... converter/

[kraid]

^^Not really.

Sure this is a nice little Tool for static or physic props, but since .obj doesn't support export of bones, it's not usefull for exporting skeletal meshes at all.

Try exporting your rigged and weighted mesh in .fbx format and open it in another 3d App. which is able to export smd files (3dsMax, XSI, Maya).

[Deer]

Alright, but from there I might need a bit more assistance. When I finish this step though I'll tell you.

[RawMeat3000]

Google has just informed me that there is a handy plugin perfect for you

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki ... _SMD_Tools

[Deer]

Google has just informed me that there is a handy plugin perfect for you

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki ... _SMD_Tools

I've tried it and it didn't work out for 2.49 Blender and I'm not too big on 2.5.

[Deer]

Are there any tutorials on rigging a weapon for Source? I looked around and couldn't really find anything.

[dissonance]

Are there any tutorials on rigging a weapon for Source? I looked around and couldn't really find anything.

i searched for a month or two as well, and unfortunately didn't find anything.
there seems to be a gargantuan gap in tutorials between modeling/texturing a model and playing with it ingame.

[stoopdapoop]

When you say "rigging a weapon" I assume you mean that you want to replace an existing weapon, and retain all the functionality (muzzleflash locations, shell ejection, maybe even animations if it's a very very close replacement) of the original.

Because source handles rigging just like any other engine, it's done entirely within your modeling program, then after that all the regular model compiling rules take over. But valve's supplied the smd's and Qc's for every weapon in hl2 in the "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\youraccountname\sourcesdk_content\hl2\modelsrc\weapons" you should read up on compiling models, and look at valve's examples to help you understand.

All you need to do is rig you model to the bones in the reference smd's, then recompile the model with your reference smd in the place of the old one.

if you have specific questions I'd be willing to help, but writing a tutorial is too much work

[Jike]

Dude, get started in Blender 2.56a

Google some "getting started with blender 2.5" videos and you'll see, it is much easier than it looks. Any exporter you'll find for 2.49b is bugged as fuck. I've been through the entire terror.

Use the Blender SMD Tools link from above. I will be creating Tutorial Videos, as soon as I have time.

Send me a PM and I'll respond to you with the tutorial links, when they are done.

[Deer]

Dude, get started in Blender 2.56a

Google some "getting started with blender 2.5" videos and you'll see, it is much easier than it looks. Any exporter you'll find for 2.49b is bugged as fuck. I've been through the entire terror.

Use the Blender SMD Tools link from above. I will be creating Tutorial Videos, as soon as I have time.

Send me a PM and I'll respond to you with the tutorial links, when they are done.

Do you think that having both 2.49 and 2.5 would work out? If I were to model in 2.49 and then rig and export the file in 2.5 that might be easy.

[LiamFarley1998]

yeah I do started doing that. but 2.5 is way better. Blender is one of the best 3d modelling tools out there. I switched to it from 3dsmax and now I wouldnt go back for ten thousand dollars.