There is a simple and easy way how to export GTA IV models to 3Ds Max in this article

We need tools below:

- 3Ds Max smd import plugin;
- Spark IV;
- Installed GTA IV. Spark IV doen’t work without one;
- 3Ds Max.

1. Run Spark IV and press Open button to open needed game archive (img and rpf files in pc\models\cdimages\). E. g. componentpeds.img.

2. You will see file list in archive. wdd – 3d model files, wtd – testure files. Use View button to find needed wdd files. After needed model was found it needs to check boxes linked with different model parts and export it by pressing Export button. Model parts will be exported in smd format.

3. Model textures stored in equal named wtd file. Check it and press View button. In new window press Save All Textures button. All textures will be saved in png format.

4. Install 3Ds Max smd import plugin and run 3Ds Max. open any of exported files. In import dialog window uncheck Import Skeleton box. Keep importing all model files to scene through Import/Merge menu item.

5. After import will finished it needs to texture it. If you try to apply exported textures directly you will see mismatches. To fix it you should add Unwrap UVW modifier to each model part. UVW map show you how to modify texture for proper fit. As a rule it needs to flip it vertically.

6. After fixing textures export will be finished.

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In this article I show you how to export Tekken 6 characters to 3Ds Max.

First of all we need stuff below:

- Tekken 6 disc image for XBox
- Any DVD drive emulator: Daemon Tools, UltraISO or Alcohol 120%
- Xbox Backup Creator (some antivirus tools can find unknow threat in it)
- xbdecompression
- poopypants
- Noesis

All tools you can download from there.

1. The first step is to install DVD drive emulator and mount game image. There are nothing special about it. Do it according your emulator guide.

2. Run Xbox Backup Creator, go to Image Tools tab and press Image Browser button.

It opens image file browser window where you can find needed *.bin and *.idx files.

Every file contains specific character resources:

data301 – Base model without hair and clothes
data305 – Paul, Law, Lei, King, Yoshimitsu
data306 – Nina, Hwoarang, Xiaoyu, Christie, Jin
data307 – Julia, Kuma, Bryan, Heihachi, Kazuya
data308 – Lee, Steve, Craig, Mokujin, Eddy, Jack
data309 – Roger, Anna, Wang, Ganryu, Asuka, Bruce
data310 – Baek, Devil Jin, Raven, Feng, Armor King, Lili
data311 – Sergei, Bob, Zafina, Miguel, Leo
data312 – Azazel, Lars, Alisa, Nancy

To extract needed files select it and choose Extract in shortcut menu.

3. After extraction it needs to decompress *.bin files using xbdecompression. Move *.bin files into xbdecompression folder. Edit runXBD.bat in notepad then run it. E.g. to decompress data301.bin file write:

After run you get Data301_.BIN decompressed file.

4. Then you should unpack decompressed *.bin files using poopypants. Move decompressed *.bin and *.idx files to poopypants folder. Edit in notepad runPP.bat file then run it. E.g. to unpack data301_.bin file write:

All unpacking content will be placed in poopypants folder. We need *.nmd files. You may view it with Noesis tool. Run it and select folder with unpacking content on left panel. You may see folder files on middle panel. To view specific file use double click on it and see file content on right panel. You may export needed content from selected file using File > Export item in main menu.

In export dialog window you may set output path and file format for models and textures. Use *.obj format to open it in 3Ds Max after. Press OK button to start export.

Often exported textures are needed to mirror vertically.

That’s all. You may export any Tekken 6 character by finding specific model parts. E. g. I made Miguel Caballero Rojo.

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You need all same tools: ActorX Importer for 3ds Max and unreal archive unpacker umodel (download here).

1. Export needed 1st person welder animation and textures (KF_Weapons_Trip.Welder_Trip, KF_Weapons_Trip_T.equipment. Welder_D and KF_Weapons_Trip_T.hands.hands_1stP_military_diff) then open it in 3Ds Max. More details here.

2. Add new welder model to scene. Previously it needs to remove all bones from model and pack all textures in one file (read texture baking article).

3. Using Move, Rotate and Scale tools combine models together so that new one looks naturally in hand.

4. Delete old welder and set new welder model material ID to old one. Combine effect mesh with new model. You may test results by playing animations.

If you are making gun weapon then pay special attention to backsight combining and separate weapon parts binding also (magazine, barrel, cartridge)

5. Export obtained model to Killing Floor. Read details here.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for 3rd person model (KF_Weapons3rd_Trip/ Welder_3rd). If you are making dropped weapon it needs to take care about model static mesh also.

7. Make mutator that replaces regular welder. Create new mutator with 3 files:

NewWelder.uc

NewWelderMut.uc

NewWelderAttachment.uc

Compile and add it to server as NewWelder.NewWelderMut.

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3DX Ripper – the tool for capturing 3D scenes right from screnn during game process. You can download it here. It compatible with any DirectX 6/8/9 application and have 3Ds Max and Maya support. If your game have many renderer libraries (e.g. OpenGL) you should set it to DirectX.

Let’s take a look guide of human model extracting from Xenus 2 game to 3Ds Max.

1. Install 3DX Ripper.
During installing tool detect your 3Ds max automatically (versions 5-2011 are supported) and install nesessary plugin.

2. Run 3DX Ripper.
In start page you can set capture key and stuff directories.

3DX Ripper gives textures in dds format. 3Ds Max can work with dds directly. To convert in other formats I recommend to use Photoshop with NVidia plugin.

In Please select DirectX 6/8/9 application to analize field set game exe file. If game run not directly but through 3rd stuff go to step 3.

3. Run game through 3DX Ripper by clicking Launch. If game run not directly then click Start global system monitoring button and run game at usual way.

4. Start game process. If you can see label Ready to capture at left top corner all ready for capture. In other case your game can’t handle by 3DX Ripper and you should try to find other ways. Usually it’s multiplayer games with cheating protection stuff (e. g. Point Blank).

So, find location with target object/person and press capture key (F12 by default). You can see some information message and game freezes for few minutes then continues. After that you can close game and 3DX Ripper.

All objects in capture frame will be static. All objects will be captured in poses for given moment. If you want to make animation model in future with skeleton you better capture persons with bristling limbs.

5. Open capture frame in 3Ds Max. It needs huge amount of RAM so set big swap file limit. During opening you should set stuff in option window like:

You will see something like that:

In this case hemisphere is a border of game space and major objects places in its center.

6. Find needed model in scene. It better finds in Wireframe mode with manual rendering.

After finding model it needs to delete all other scene objects. select model and group it with title (e. g. MyModel). Then select all other objects through Select by Name tool and delete it.

Then ugroup target model and delete some wrong grouped stuff. You should get clean model.

Now work’s done. You may also find used textures in material editor by using pipette tool.

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Before beginning it needs to download couple of tools:

- STALKER Universal Extractor (SUE)
- OGF Master +

1. Run SUE, choose game kind with radio button (from up to down: Shadow, Clear Sky, Call of) then set path to game root by button Обзор. Game data unpacking process starts immediately. After couple of minutes all will be done and you can find unpacking files at UEgamedata subfolder of game root.

2. Run OGF Master + and install smd import plugin for 3Ds Max. Click Плагин SMD button, then Далее and save plugin. Next copy it to 3Ds Max plugins directory.

3. Add to OGF Master + required models for convert (e.g. P90) by clicking Добавить модель(ли) button. In example weapons locate at UEgamedata\meshes\weapons folder.

Click Конвертировать модель(ли) button then set destination convert directory with upper Обзор button clicking. Optionally you may make auto copy model textures from resources by checking box and add textures directory with bottom Обзор button. Click Начать конвертацию. When you get message Ковертирование закончено close OGF Master +.

4. After previous step you have folder with smd model file and textures. Now run 3Ds Max and open this one. It may set some options and set textures during opening.

That’s all.

After step 4 you get S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game models that you can modify and send to other games. In my nearest articles you may learn about how to port weapon models.

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1. Open model and prepare it for further work.
You should read making model guide and stop at step 9. In this case it uses Zoey model from Left 4 Dead. And you should better convert Mesh to Poly before Skin modifier using. It may use Edit Poly modifier as well.

2. Using Unwrap UVW modifier.
Select model and use one above Skin. Unwrap UVW cut mesh surface to separate areas automatically each of ones match to specified texture part (hands, jacket, pants).

3. Editing unwrap map.
Using Edit button you go to unwrap editing window. There are model parts projections here. Using Move, Rotate and Scale tools it needs to place all parts separately to blue square without intersedctions. It may use Tools/Pack UVs menu action, but this is worse than manually as all parts will have equal scale. It is important to keep original proportions of model parts. Bigger parts should have more space on unwrap map.

4. Prepare texture at Photoshop.
When unwrap map is done it should to use Tools/Render UVW Template menu item. It creates texture template.

Open this file in Photoshop and fill parts inside with one color. Then copy matching parts from original texture and align it to unwrap shape. After all elements are in right places save it.

5. Applying texture to model.
Select all polygons and set one ID on Polygon Material IDs tab.

Then in empty slot of Material Editor you should choose Diffuse Color at Maps tab and set it to Bitmap with new texture file. Select all model and use Assign Material to Selection button.

6. Checking texture quality.
Make rendering, check for texture mismatch. Fix bugs going to step 4.
7. Export model to Killing Floor Editor.
Using this guide import model to KF Editor. On Material mesh tab you should see only one texture slot and insert new texture to.

After learning this article you may import characters in KF through 3Ds Max without assistance.

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1. Open model and prepare it for work.
So we find 3Ds Max model file at the internet and want to import it in Killing Floor. E.g. Dante from Devil May Cry. Firstly you should open 3Ds Max file and prepare it for work. It needs to texture model and optimize its polygon quantity. How to texture model I write this article about. The difference is that model have more then one texture.
Polygon quantity optimization needs for keeping game performance. High detailed model may overload game engine or just not be imported. Right model polygon quantity is about 7000 for Killing Floor. If new model has too much polygons it needs to reduce it using Pro Optimizer mesh modifier. Reduce model quality step-by-step then it gets about 7000. Pro Optimizer guide here.

2. Import to scene one of regular Killing Floor player model.
Read here about how to do this.

3. Scale and match new model to regular
Scale and match its positions accurately. If new model has skeleton you should set mesh in regular position right away.

4. Delete regular model and match skeleton to new one.
Delete regular mesh and leave skeleton only, you should delete new skeleton as well. Then using rotate tool only you should match regular skeleton so that bones are inside body mesh parts. It may needs to additional scaling for model body parts. You must make no scaling or moving with skeleton bones! After matching it needs to save scene to separate file.

5. Making preliminary bones binding.
Apply Skin modifier to model and add all bones to it.

6. Check binding quality.
Open ActorXImporter as write here and use Restore Bindpose button on Tools tab. After that model turns to initial position. If some model parts turns to uncommon position (e.g. fingers stick together or limbs bend) you should back to step 4 file and improve skeleton position or back to step 5 and tune bones weigth at Evenlope node of Skin modifier. As soon as you remove bugs you may go to next step.

7. Import regular model again.
As on step 2. You should choose low detailed model better.

8. Attach regular model to new one.

9. Delete regular model.
Delete regular mesh parts from models merging.

10. Export new model with skeleton.
You may read how to here.

That’s all. It only needs to make texture baking and model ready to game test. About texture baking you may read in one of my futher articles.

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Before beginning it should download 3Ds Max plugin ActorX Mesh Exporter

1. Open plugin, fill the required fields and check all textured option. Click save mesh and it gets ready psk file.

2. Open Unreal Editor, go to Animation Browser, make an import of new psk mesh.

3. Next it should import standart animation set from psa file. One can be founded in 1st step results of export.

4. Save file as ukx, open one again and fill the mesh propeties. It needs for right 3D orientation and linking with animations. Open default game model file (for KF KF_Soldier_Trip) and copy default mesh properties.

Then open your file and past it:

Animation/DefaultAnimation property should be filled manually by mask MeshAnimation’UkxFileName.AnimationSetName’ or choose animation set, menu item Edit/Linkup anim and mesh and mesh itself.

Save and it’s done. Now you may use new mesh in game.

It should be noted, that for correct work mesh needs for its own texture and have a standart skeleton. Making textures and linking skeleton are different complicated themes that you may reed in follow articles.

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