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Here i will list 2 links to 2 good programs as 1 screenshot of what ive made in it.

ANIM8OR-Exports/Imports .3ds .obj .lfo .am8
www.anim8or.com
(Screenshot in progress)

BLENDER-Exports/Imports .x .lfo .obj and others mostly film related export formatts.
www.blender3d.org
(Screenshot in progress)

Talking about good freeware modellers, my friend is a complete overly-obsessed, talk-about-nothing-but 3D software guy. One of the packages that pours out of his mouth is one called...

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=33028

Wings 3D.

Available at Sourceforge. He praises it so much. Apparently it is especially good for character modelling. or summink I myself do not have a clue how it works. maybe you ought to try

Anim8or he also mentioned. nice one.

i use anim8or for my modelling.

i also use UVMapper (http://www.uvmapper.com) for mapping the models since anim8or sucks terribley when it comes to mapping.

thnx, and zaroba im no good with texturing models, it has me baffled, i just model, think of me as a clay crafter =) without art skills, and ill try this Wings 3d as Blender has an import and export for it.

arg, i just went to download UVMapper and i find that they have stopped offering the old, free edition of it.
time to goto e-mule and get it

:\ seems like nothing is like the one i used before
soo uhh can tell me any converter that convert mdl to the one a tractor is using?

whats mdl? a model format or a texture format?

Deep Exploration probably could. it can import and export nearly 100 model and picture formats.

well its a model file that is being used by half life
its just a file which have all the texture and models in it
oh and if im not mistaken universal uses .atm and a separate texture file right?

mdl is a Quake format, as far as I know. Mebbe HL uses it too. Anyway.. it's not going to help you unless you have a way of exporting mdl files to 3ds or x format. If you can create .x or .3ds files, you can use The Universal's Model Converter to convert them into .atm files. You can also use .x files directly in game, thought .atm is way more efficient (and includes support for lots of additional features).

And yes, we have separate texture files at the moment - bmp, jpeg, tga etc formats supported.

Btw - don't use copyright 3d content in-game.

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to the best of my knowledge, .x can't be used anymore since the model lists wont display .x files anymore. think since the 0.03.9x age

Might want to give this a shot, looks like it should convert .mdl to .3ds, but don't know how well, or if it's just a trial version. Program is called 3dwin.
http://www.tb-software.com/index.html

Crossroads is another option, while it doesn't work with .mdl it does work with .obj and a few other formats. It can be downloaded here.
http://synapses.mcg.edu/tools/xroads/xroads.stm

If you're looking for other things, you might want to try checking http://www.ziekerdanziek.tk/

While the site deals with mostly vmrl worlds, and programs that can make vmrl models, it is updated frequently, and some of it can be transfered to be valid here. It might be worth looking at if you're bored.

Oops - yeh zar, I think you're right. .atm only.
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nah all the works im ganna make are going to be originally made by me that is
if i find a reliable converter XD

I have been using Autocad 2004 for my modeling. This program is great in builting models, however it is very expensive. ($2,000 US) Autocadd exports to 3ds and other formats. The problem is the UV mapping. (there is none) So I am in the need of a good mapper like UVMapper or something similar.

Zar, do you still have the freeware version of UVMapper? If so can you share it?

I am to cheap to buy a UV mapper so I have downloaded Blender and have been learning it for 4 weeks now. Progress is slow however I am moving ahead. I don't know if it will do what we need it to do. (maybe its me)


Also decreet offers a 30 day trial of 3d max version 7.

Here is a listing from E-Mule of all the freeware 3d Modeling software.

1.Wings3D : http://www.wings3d.com/
2.MilkShape : http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/
3.Blender : http://www.blender3d.org/
4.POV : http://www.povray.org/
5.Calimax : http://www.calimaxmodeller.de/index.php
6.Anim8or : http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html
7.Kray : http://www.kray.prv.pl/
8.K-3d : http://k3d.sourceforge.net/new/index.php
9.OpenFX : http://www.openfx.org/news/index.php
10.Art Of Illusion : http://www.artofillusion.org/index
11.Jpatch : http://jpatch.sourceforge.net/
12.zModeller : http://www.zmodeler.nfscheats.com/
13.Moray : http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
14.AC3D : http://www.ac3d.org/
15.3d-Designer : http://www.3d-designer.com/
16.3dom : http://threedom.sourceforge.net//index.html
17.Lightray3d : http://www.sxcreations.com/lr3d/lightray3d.php
18.Hamapatch : http://www.geocities.com/hamapatch/program/#dl
19.Getspatch : http://www.geocities.com/getspatch/index.html

Here is a listing of all the freeware UV mapping programs from E-mule

UVMapper Classic : http://www.atractorguide.com/~miscstuff ... er025e.zip
2.HDRShop : http://www.debevec.org/HDRShop/
3.Lightmap Maker : http://www.windssoft.com/
4.PlantStudio : http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/PlantStudio/index.htm
5.PolyTrans : http://www.okino.com/conv/conv.htm


regards, DUDE

actually, yes i do. i uploaded it a while ago but never posted the link.

i updated your post with its address

ok first off, .mdl if exported as a side file from BLENDER conatins all the jpg textures, also .mdl was used in Quake, md2 is Quake 2, just wanted to clarify all that, later.

didnt see it up here, so i guess ill post it
im using(well still learning alot about it), but it seems to be chock full of features and is free.

(heh, i suppose i had better put a link huh) http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/