Posted by kalango on 2020/01/14 03:04:41

Hey folks. I'm just passing by to announce that I'm (unofficially) picking up the work from QuakeForge for the MDL Import/Export add-on for Blender.
I'm currently adapting the code to work with blender 2.8 or greater (I hope) from now and also start adding some new features.

On that note, I'll need testers or people willing to use it so I can maintain it with a pretty smile. :-)
For now, the importer seems to be working OK, the exporter is next and that's when I'll need most of the test work. But feel free to start importing models into the latest version of Blender!

Changes:
+Added support for Quake Hexen II palettes and palette picker
+Added shadeless material to the render view
+Added import re-scaling option
~Fixed Import API for Blender 2.8
~Minor fixes
-Removed export support for now

To download and test, install the add-on the zip at https://github.com/victorfeitosa/quake-hexen2-mdl-export-import/archive/adapting-to-blender-2-8.zip

For now, send PMs for bug reports and whatnot. I'll soon add guidelines to contributing and bug reporting.

Happy modelling!

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Cool, Good Job!

#2 posted by kalango on 2020/01/14 15:15:32

I'll probably maintain my fork still, but I'll probably get some queues from this, thanks!
Btw I'm not really doing anything for QuakeForge, just forking their initial code. I have my own roadmap for this, which might be more Hexen II focused.

#3 posted by misc_ftl on 2020/01/15 17:42:39

Does this generate the bunch of QC code necessary to map frames? :D

Not Really

#4 posted by kalango on 2020/01/17 16:09:41

But thats a good idea. When exporting is done I might add that in eventually.

Exporter Released

#5 posted by kalango on 2020/02/18 01:52:45

Alright, just in time for the Blender 2.82 export is done. Big thanks to @Khreator for giving a great insight into exporting issues.

List of features:
+ Export support
+ Support for importing/exporting multiple skins
+ Better scaling adjustments, eyeposition follows scale factor

This is still considered an alpha release. But it should be good enough.

For info, roadmap and download you can visit https://github.com/victorfeitosa/quake-hexen2-mdl-export-import

What Is Ask Myself

#7 posted by wakey on 2020/03/04 00:36:49

for a long time now: Would it be possible to save a blender physics simulation as frame animated .mdl/.md3?

#8 posted by chedap on 2020/03/04 03:28:44

Enable MDD export addon. Export your simulation to MDD. Remove the sim from the object. Import MDD back into your object. You now have all of your sim frames as separate shape keys, ready to export to .mdl

Actually

#9 posted by chedap on 2020/03/04 04:19:34

Disregard that. It works fine without any of that extra voodoo, just export whatever straight to .mdl

Niiiice

#10 posted by wakey on 2020/03/15 18:45:39

Then let's think about practical use cases.
First think that comes to my mind are death animations, sagging bodies.
Explosion debrie might also work out.
I guess anything fluidic is out of question, like a tiling wave simulation anim.

What else comes to mind?

#11 posted by misc_ftl on 2020/03/16 16:21:57

Flags, fire, chains, breaking doors, breaking walls, etc.

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