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Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 01:45 | Message # 16

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I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I placed an OBJ model in the corect model folder (Addons), the name of theconfig file is the same as the OBJ model name, and I followed your instructions. When I launch SE however, the OBJ model is not converted to the .sm format and I can't see the model in the engine itself, I can only see the text but not the geometry. Yes I tried restarting several times. I'm not applying any textures, I just want to load the raw GEO.

Any hints? What am I doing wrong?

Themodel is triangulated fully. I can attach it to this thread. Maybe you might have better luck getting it to import. I must be missing some step.

Attachments: bomber.rar (156.0 Kb)

Edited by Vuks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 01:47

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 03:45 | Message # 17

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In the config, did you specify that it was in "Addons/filename", or just "filename"? For any subfolders within the models/spacecrafts folder, you must have the subfolder in the filepath in the config.

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Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 08:21 | Message # 18

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Vuks, I converted your mesh for you... it seems to work well for me.

i used a random texture i found you can download by clicking this link.
Your .SM model is in the attachment..
If you need more help please ask me. (by the way nice spaceship, did you make it yourself?)

Attachments: Bomber.zip (216.1 Kb)

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Edited by RockoRocks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 08:22

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 12:20 | Message # 19

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Hey RockoRocks,

This is GREAT!!! Can you please walk me through the steps oh how you got this to work on your end? I feel like I messed up some step when I was doing it. I guess I'm having issues with .sm conversions from OBJ. Is there some step I missed?

This is what I did:

edited this file "spacecrafts.cfg"
Model "Addons/bomberobj.cfg" <---- this is the only line I changed for shuttle_01. Everything else is the same.

then in:
spaceengine\SpaceEngine 0.97\models\spacecrafts\Addons

I placed these file:
bomberobj.cfg
bomberobj.obj

the cfg file has the following text:
EulerAngles (0.000000 0.000000 0.000000)

Edited by Vuks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 12:24

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:07 | Message # 20

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Vuks, I will explain how to import spacecraft here in a tutorial.

1. Add the spacecraft in your spacecrafts.cfg file.
Such as:

Code

Spacecraft  "Bomber"
{
   Class   "Shuttle"
        Length   53
   Mass     495000000

   Model   "Addons/Bomber.cfg"

   Albedo   0.07
   Exposure 3.0
   Color  ( 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 )

   CurSystemID "-1.-1.-1.-1.-1.-1.-1.-1.73566.-1"
   UnivPos     (+00000000000000000000186DE92B0B58, +000000000000000000000A9992CD1523, +000000000000000000004CAA378EBA9F)
   Orientation ( -6.199546078222751e-002, -2.483291645026395e-001, 9.149480215368399e-001, 3.120245291409682e-001 )
   Velocity    ( 2.583036568748726e+001, 1.082117877108597e+001, -9.765405537119458e+000 )
   AngVelocity ( 0.000000000000000e+000, 0.000000000000000e+000, 0.000000000000000e+000 )

   Orbit
   {
    Period          1.71119e-4
    SemiMajorAxis   4.927139e-5
    Eccentricity    0.0
    Inclination     0.0
    MeanAnomaly     135.27
    AscendingNode   125.08
    ArgOfPericen    318.14
   }
}
2. Create a .CFG file for your spacecraft, named the same as specified in your spacecrafts.cfg file; in this case Bomber.cfg . Place the file, along your .OBJ model, which should be named the same (here Bomber.obj)
Example .CFG file:

Code

EulerAngles (0, 180, 180)

Material    "Default"
{
   DiffColor     (1.000 1.000 1.000)
   SpecColor     (10, 10, 10)
   SpecPower     150
   DiffMap       "bomber.*"
   NormMap       "None"
   SpecMap       "None"
   DetBumpMap    "Detail-noise.*"
   DetBumpScale  8.0
   DetBumpHeight 0.3
}
3. Now you've done that, you have to add a texture in your textures/spacecrafts folder, named the same as specified in our CFG file, in this case, bomber.* (* can be JPG, PNG, or TGA)
4. Now, launch Space Engine. If you've done the previous steps correctly, your spacecraft will be listed. Go to your spacecraft. Normally, you will not be able to see it. After going to your spacecraft, close Space Engine.
5. Enable "show file extensions" on Windows (if you haven't already). Click here to see how.
After that, your files should be listed like this:
6. Finally, you must select "Change filename" on the .obj file (Bomber.obj) and you must change the part saying ".obj" to ".sm". Like so:

Please tell me if this worked for you...

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Edited by RockoRocks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:10

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:33 | Message # 21

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Maybe it has something to do with the installation path?

Can you show your FULL path to the folders you mentioned?

I can see the ship name listed but it's blank, even after I restart I cannot see the ship at all.

Edited by Vuks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:34

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:50 | Message # 22

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Quote RockoRocks (

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6. Finally, you must select "Change filename" on the .obj file (Bomber.obj) and you must change the part saying ".obj" to ".sm". Like so:

No, absolutely not! You should NOT rename the file extension on your obj, or any other file! Keep it as it is!

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Edited by HarbingerDawn - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 13:51

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 19:33 | Message # 23

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No, absolutely not! You should NOT rename the file extension on your obj, or any other file! Keep it as it is!

I do that all the time, and it works for me; there's no other way it works for me, strange... wacko

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Edited by RockoRocks - Saturday, 12.10.2013, 19:33

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 22:40 | Message # 24

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HarbingerDawn, so how do I actually convert the OBJ to a .SM file? I thought it was supose to be automatic but it's not working for me.

Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 22:59 | Message # 25

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I thought it was supose to be automatic but it's not working for me.

It is automatic. All you should need to have is the entry in the config file pointing to the correct file names, and the obj and mtl files in that location. The conversion and creation of the sm and cfg should be done by the program when you bring the ship on screen. Note: sometimes it won't load right away, so make sure the rest of the system that you're in loads. It's best to load them while next to a planet to check whether everything is ok or not.

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Date: Saturday, 12.10.2013, 23:30 | Message # 26

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Finally got a drake model from EVE online loaded and it converted the model to .sm

The program did crash twice, but now seems stable.

Attachments: 8765332.jpg (138.3 Kb)

Date: Thursday, 26.12.2013, 12:49 | Message # 27

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Can somebody please make a tutorial for importing ships for 0.97.1? I don't yet understand the way textures are specified in the files. A tutorial like this one could be extremely helpful!

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Edited by RockoRocks - Thursday, 26.12.2013, 12:49