Looking for a Model Exporting Tutorial...

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Xada-Hgla

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Here's what I want to do... Using only UPL, UTX, and UKX files, I want to import completed player models back into UnrealEd. Why? Call me a visual learner I guess... ;) I guess the way that I thought about this idea was I was messing around with UnrealEd, and I found that I could load just the UKX files of different models, so that leads me to believe that there's a (relatively) simple way to do it.

Now, I did find a tutorial which unfortunately, is unfinished (Ok, I guess I haven't actually tried it to see if it's true. I only read through it, but the author claims it's unfinished, and I have no reason to disblieve him at this time...) So, can anyone here give me the rest of the story? Thanks in advance!
 
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jack9911

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-import mesh into animation browser
-import animation and set them to the mesh (you can use animations of an original model if you have respected the bone structure
-copy/past the mesh properties of an existing character
-save your package
-make an int and ucl file for your player (check out the existing ucl and int files)
-have fun with your brand new character
 
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Xada-Hgla

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Well, after 10 days of trying to figure this out, I'm really no closer than where I started... :( Is there a relatively simple way to import completed models (including the skins) back into their original form (such as the original texture's bmp's, jpeg's, etc.)? Assume I know absolutely nothing about UnrealEd (Which really isn't too far from the literal truth... ;) ), so start with "Open UnrealEd", and finish with "Close UnrealEd") Again, thank you in advance for any help you can provide! :D
 
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there's a couple of "art paths" (as they are called) for getting character models & animations into UEd, depending on what the modeling/animation software is. but there is NO way to backtrack that process -- the .ukx files can't be split up into their original components, then reimported from those parts. UED has no way to do this. here's why:

when a model is made, rigged and animated in a commercial app like Max or Maya, a plugin called ActorX is used to export two sets of data from the app -- a .psa file that records animation data, and a .psk file that records skeletal mesh/rig data. these two files are then imported into the Animations browser of UED and "digested" -- they are combined into a single binary file with the extender .ukx.

like food, once digested, a .ukx file can't be "un-digested" into its .psa/.psk components. in the Animations browser you can split off the animation set and the model mesh, but there's no way to export these as components -- they can just be manipulated in the browser.

so if i understand what you want to do, then you can't :(.

however, there are a few options starting with other software. Maya PLE doesn't use ActorX, but rather a special plugin that performs many of the same functions. it can export a character model to UEd and it will appear in the Animations Browser as a "pre-digested" .ukx file.

there's a modeling app called MilkShape 1.7 that can export .psa & .psk files, but i don't know how successfully they have been imported. might be worth a look -- the app isn't at all expensive.

the textures (skins) are stored in various .utx packages -- these can be exported in certain formats. check the Texture browser menus for those options.

hope this is of some help.
 
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Xada-Hgla

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Well, that sucks...

Yup, that's exactly what I was trying to do (unfortunately... :( ). I guess I'll have to take a look at Milkshape. What's the name of the Maya PLE plugin? I guess I'll look into that as well, while I'm at it... :hmm:
 
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the Maya PLE->UEd plugin is called unEditor.mll, and if you have UT2004 it can be installed when you install Maya 5 PLE, which comes with the game. look on CD6 (PlayDisk) of the CD set. not sure exactly where on the DVD edition it can be found, but it's there, too.
 
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Xada-Hgla

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chip said:
the Maya PLE->UEd plugin is called unEditor.mll, and if you have UT2004 it can be installed when you install Maya 5 PLE, which comes with the game. look on CD6 (PlayDisk) of the CD set. not sure exactly where on the DVD edition it can be found, but it's there, too.
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Oh, that one... Yeah, I've already installed it. I thought you were talking about another one being out there...
 
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