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MOD - Importing space ships 0.96
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| SpaceEngineer | Date: Saturday, 07.07.2012, 00:20 | Message # 1 |
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| How to add a ship model in SpaceEngine 0.96
First, the folder structure:
data\textures\spacecrafts\ - textures. While there are almost no textures, in the future try to use the textures from this folder. The more ships that use the same texture, the more video memory is saved. Put here new textures for your model.
data\models\spacecrafts\ - models. Each ship in its own folder, although it is not necessary. In the future there will be a library of models of standard modules, similar to textures.
data\models\spacecrafts\spacecrafts.sc - ship script (one script for all models). It describes the parameters of the ship, paths to the model and textures, and saves the coordinates and other stuff when you exit the game.
The ship supports up to four textures (this is the name of the script's parameters):
DiffMap - diffuse (i.e., color), RGB or RGBA (if it has an alpha channel, it is interpreted as the brightness of the specular highlight).
BumpMap - height map, Grayscale or RGB (the first is better - it has a smaller size). The engine automatically calculates the normal map on it.
NormMap - normal map in tangent space, RGB. If it is specified, the BumpMap and BumpHeight are ignored.
DetailDiffMap - detailed diffuse texture, i.e. minor color pattern. Applied to the entire model with repetition, so it is a tiled texture. The format is similar to DiffMap.
DetailBumpMap - detailed map of bumps, that is, minor surface irregularities. The format is similar to BumpMap.
It is better to save textures in png format. But remember that Photoshop saves RGBA textures in png incorrectly - for some reason it multiplies the RGB on the alpha and saves image as RGB png. To get around this, save RGBA texture in the tga format, and convert them into the correct RGBA png by SpaceEngine: open the main.cfg and set the ConvertRGBAtoPNG parameter to true - then when the engine loads an RGBA texture, it automatically saves it in png format in the same folder.
SpaceEngine has its own binary format for models: *.sm. To import the model from your 3D editor, save it in the format *.obj and put the file in the data\models\spacecrafts\modelname\ folder. Once the ship script is added (see below), simply run SpaceEngine - it will load the *.obj and automatically save it in *.sm in the same folder. After this the *.obj can be removed. Depending on the number of polygons, the *.obj can take minutes to load. If you need to update the model with a new version, simply delete the *.sm and copy the new *.obj file there.
When you export the model in *.obj, in the settings select the option to export geometry as triangles, and to keep the vertex data, normals and texture coordinates. Creating of the library of materials (the *.mtl file) is not needed. Example settings for 3ds Max 2011:
Example of the script:
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Spacecraft "Shuttle"
{
Class "Shuttle"
Length 25.0317
Mass 18000
Unit 0.01
Albedo 0.07
Exposure 3.0
SpecularPower 150
SpecularBright 10
Color ( 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 )
CurSystemID "-1.-1.-1.8403.1599.-1.0.0.28.-1"
UnivPos (-000000000000120026533AACF231C382, +00000000000001D01F8D4FCB6ABAEDD2, +0000000000000499C8432A00576D6A52)
Orientation ( -2.006531731819057e-001, -8.518595060530581e-001, 2.322854490015125e-001, 4.244021161837415e-001 )
Velocity ( 2.608899043696360e+001, 1.300856180226599e+001, -2.689579641440001e+001 )
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
}
Mesh "Shuttle/Shuttle.sm"
MeshEulerAngles (180, 270, 90)
DiffMap "Shuttle-diff.*"
BumpMap "Shuttle-bump.*"
BumpHeight 2.0
//DetailDiffMap "Detail-noise.*"
//DetailDiffScale 16.0
DetailBumpMap "Detail-noise.*"
DetailBumpScale 32.0
DetailBumpHeight 0.5
}
Description of some parameters.
Class
Allowed classes of the ships:
"Probe" - probe
"Shuttle" - landing vehicle
"Starship" - interstellar spaceship
"Planetship" - interplanetary spaceship
"Station" - space station
Length, Unit
Unit length is a length of the unit that you have used in the 3D editor. I.e. If you specify the unit length in the script, SpaceEngine will automatically calculate the length of the ship and save it to a script in the parameter Length. If the unit length is unknown, it is necessary to specify an approximate length of the ship in the parameter Length. All quantities are in meters.
MeshEulerAngles
If your ship displayed in the game upside down up or back to front, it is necessary to find the angles of rotation. You can do this in the game - select a ship to enter the Edit mode (press the * key twice). Then rotate the ship using the arrow buttons and the < and > buttons. Step of rotation - 90°, with the Shift held - 1°. The Euler angles is typed in the ship's info table, they must be written to the script manually.
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| Vinny | Date: Friday, 24.08.2012, 20:59 | Message # 2 |
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| Hi, SpaceEngineer!
Your post about importing the spaceship mods is very interesting! is there a space ship addon for space engine? Thanks!
Cheers,
Vincent
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Saturday, 25.08.2012, 03:12 | Message # 3 |
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| Quote (Vinny) is there a space ship addon for space engine?
There are a few ship addons made, just go look through the Mods and Addons section of the forum.
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| Vinny | Date: Saturday, 25.08.2012, 06:44 | Message # 4 |
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| Hi, HarbingerDawn!
Okay, got it! Thanks!
Cheers,
Vincent
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| Che | Date: Sunday, 02.09.2012, 01:45 | Message # 5 |
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| great... but...
how I can show this space ships in my Space Engine?
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| FloW | Date: Monday, 03.09.2012, 19:36 | Message # 6 |
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| hey community,
hope you can help me with my actual problem....i imported a 3d Starship .OBJ model, but i only have a black texture...
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/338/spaceengine201209032031.jpg/
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Spacecraft "Test"
{
Class "Shuttle"
Length 9.8
Mass 18000
Unit
Albedo 0.0001
Exposure 1.0
SpecularPower 10
SpecularBright 10
Color ( 1.5, 1.5, 1.5 )
CurSystemID "-1.-1.-1.8403.-1.114.8.8479277.9.-1"
UnivPos (-000000000000120099D50A83FB3FAFBB, +00000000000001D148A42B18FA39C552, +000000000000049D69EFB9BF8E99732F)
Orientation ( 1.882922227726560e-001, -8.951173192188432e-001, -3.203508778483821e-001, 2.463459736621949e-001 )
Velocity ( 5.524161104332127e+001, -7.027288514575403e+001, -5.603119420294679e+000 )
AngVelocity ( -6.975736996017264e-016, -1.047388061510629e-007, -4.043421067714033e-006 )
Orbit
{
Period 1.71119e-4
SemiMajorAxis 4.927139e-5
Eccentricity 0.0
Inclination 0.0
MeanAnomaly 135.27
AscendingNode 125.08
ArgOfPericen 318.14
}
Mesh "test/test.sm"
MeshEulerAngles (0, 270, 0)
DiffMap "destiny.*"
NormMap "destiny_normal.*"
SpecMap "SHW-spec.*"
DetailDiffMap "Detail-noise.*"
DetailDiffScale 32.0
DetailBumpMap "Detail-noise.*"
DetailBumpScale 8.0
DetailBumpHeight 10.3
}
maybe any of you can help me...
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Monday, 03.09.2012, 20:18 | Message # 7 |
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| I too am doing a Star Destroyer.
However I think your issue is the UV map. You need to fix that in your model editing software, you can only use 1 texture and 1 bump for the whole thing. Best option is to tile the texture in editing software and then remap the UV to it.
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Edited by DoctorOfSpace - Monday, 03.09.2012, 20:18 |
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| FloW | Date: Monday, 03.09.2012, 20:20 | Message # 8 |
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| do you know how to do with c4d?
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Monday, 03.09.2012, 21:17 | Message # 9 |
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| Quote (FloW) do you know how to do with c4d?
I do not, but if you'd like I could try to fix it for you if you send me all the required files.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Tuesday, 04.09.2012, 04:33 | Message # 10 |
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| Hello FloW, and welcome to the forum. Please take a moment to read the forum rules.
An appropriate place to ask this question would have been in the Importing ships thread (this thread). In the future, try not to create any new threads unless there is no other appropriate place for your post.
Thanks!
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| DoctorOfSpace | Date: Thursday, 27.09.2012, 04:24 | Message # 11 |
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| Is it possible to place a station into an orbit around a planet? I set one up but when I set the time on a new launch the planet goes to where it should be but the station stays in its current position.
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| HarbingerDawn | Date: Thursday, 27.09.2012, 04:50 | Message # 12 |
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| Quote (DoctorOfSpace) Is it possible to place a station into an orbit around a planet?
This is something I would like to know as well; is there a way to use spacecraft models "Celestia style", with specified orbits and physics disabled? If not, might this be something that could be added in the future?
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| Antza2 | Date: Thursday, 27.09.2012, 18:32 | Message # 13 |
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| When SE is finished, I want to import all the ships from Battlestar Galactica, start from Caprica and just pretty much re-act the whole series 
Go to antza2.deviantart.com for cool photos!
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| Solaris | Date: Thursday, 27.09.2012, 22:04 | Message # 14 |
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| Quote (Antza2) I want to import all the ships from Battlestar Galactica, start from Caprica and just pretty much re-act the whole series 
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| Antza2 | Date: Thursday, 27.09.2012, 22:06 | Message # 15 |
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| Quote (Solaris) With the original soundtrack in background, that would be great
Yes! That would be awesome!
I guess it would be possible to create a BsG mod for SE, since the upcoming gameplay seems to fit BsG-Universe pretty well.
Go to antza2.deviantart.com for cool photos!
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