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Exporting EVE Character as models....?
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Erik Raymond
#1 - 2013-02-25 08:19:49 UTC
Dumb question, but has anyone figured out how to export fully rendered characters (with and without clothing) to another 3d modeling platform such as XNALARA, Gmod or blender?

I've seen some people making fan films and such and I'm looking to do a SFM of my own but I need to port 5-10 already made characters and various props and envoronments from our beloved MMO.

An example would be from this persons project http://community.eveonline.com/externalLink.aspx?l=http%3A%2F%2Fcargocollective%2Ecom%2FThomasM%231490273%2F%2DEve%2D2%2DUnreal%2DUDK%2DCharacters

any ideas?
Erik Raymond
#2 - 2013-02-25 14:13:44 UTC
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Erik Raymond
#3 - 2013-02-28 09:24:41 UTC
no joy eh? I understand TriExporter was the progie to use back when, but I'm having a hard time resourcing new info as CCP has changed the file system a little.
Muscaat
EVE Markets
#4 - 2013-03-01 12:34:46 UTC
You could try something like 3D Ripper DX http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/3DRipperDX.htm which captures a whole scene, then extract your character from it?
Erik Raymond
#5 - 2013-03-03 09:47:30 UTC
no joy so far, I wonder if I'm doing something wrong?

I'm gonna try it a few more times but its killing me, I need to get my 5 alternates into models, I'm trying to make some scenic photos of them outside of their ships and stations and image capturing ain't cutting it :(
cerbus
Carpe Noctem.
#6 - 2013-03-09 06:55:30 UTC
just figured out how to do it last night actually, was a massive pain in the arse and have not yet figured out how to do it properly nor did I write down the process.

Will let you know once I can recreate it.
I did try 3D Ripper DX but that didn't work at all.

http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/CPPC/eve_character_export_with_bad_tattoo.png
http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/CPPC/player_designed_character_export_test.png
http://go-dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/CPPC/eve_online_character_export_test.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3PBUGN2.jpg

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cerbus
Carpe Noctem.
#7 - 2013-03-09 06:56:06 UTC
Erik Raymond wrote:
no joy so far, I wonder if I'm doing something wrong?

I'm gonna try it a few more times but its killing me, I need to get my 5 alternates into models, I'm trying to make some scenic photos of them outside of their ships and stations and image capturing ain't cutting it :(


Use the green screen mode in the character creator.

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Erik Raymond
#8 - 2013-03-11 04:11:21 UTC
holy frak!!! you're on to something my friend! :D:D:D this is awesome :D let me know how it turns out :D
Erik Raymond
#9 - 2013-03-11 04:37:43 UTC
I think 3d ripper's parameters are wrong :( I'm not getting that little icon label over the screen, mind you I'm trying this on my laptop right now, gonna see if I can get my desktop(aka supercomputer) to run the same app again.

Tell me your exact application setup and routing when capturing if you can.
Erik Raymond
#10 - 2013-03-11 07:30:46 UTC
cerbus wrote:
Erik Raymond wrote:
no joy so far, I wonder if I'm doing something wrong?

I'm gonna try it a few more times but its killing me, I need to get my 5 alternates into models, I'm trying to make some scenic photos of them outside of their ships and stations and image capturing ain't cutting it :(


Use the green screen mode in the character creator.


lol tried what you suggested there, it would save me time in the profile stage of portrait making but what ever you did on those images is pretty much what I'm looking for. I have a friend that can rig these models for maya, 3DS and XNALARA for movie making. this is where I'd like to go with it.

was there a cache file or folder you extracted it from?
Erik Raymond
#11 - 2013-03-14 05:35:22 UTC
any luck?
cerbus
Carpe Noctem.
#12 - 2013-03-14 05:59:36 UTC
Erik Raymond wrote:
any luck?


Um crap I totally forgot about this thread and how I did it. This weekend I will see if I can repeat!
sorry bru!

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Erik Raymond
#13 - 2013-03-14 08:04:31 UTC
no worries dude, take your time, if you figured it out and show me I will give you my first born :D
Erik Raymond
#14 - 2013-03-21 12:10:18 UTC
Ok, I found this tool, seems to catch the models and such rendered in the game, however I'm still working on a way to get them functioning in another program

http://www.lagspike.com/tutorials.php?id=116
Renslip Darkdraught
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-03-21 12:25:31 UTC
I'd be really interested in this as well since it seems I can't "pose" my character (ie: hands on hips, or whatever) in the full body green screen mode. I don't have need of,much more than that really. If if just being bad-at-character-capture please let me know.

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Erik Raymond
#16 - 2013-03-21 14:29:03 UTC
I think now its just a matter of importing the objects and cache files into 3DS, I'm gonna spend the next few days trying to figure this out

Everyone, give it a try, would love to see your results as well
Erik Raymond
#17 - 2013-04-18 23:40:26 UTC
Erik Raymond
#18 - 2013-04-21 01:51:31 UTC
more progress

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/914099_10151306224235736_1024712964_o.jpg

I wish I didn't have to learn this fraken program lol I'm lost right now
Roc Wieler
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2013-04-21 16:08:10 UTC
If you let me know what you've done so far I'm happy to take a look and see if I can get this working.

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Erik Raymond
#20 - 2013-04-25 11:00:19 UTC
so far I've followed the tutorials on this site : http://www.lagspike.com/tutorials.php?id=116

This is pretty much how far I've gotten, I have a series of OBJ files and associated files and folders, from there I was able to oepn the snapshot in 3DSmax, however, 3DS doesn't render the objects properly. Give it a try and see if you can make some sense of it.
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