Request: Update the Forge Tool set to todays standards.

from Sins Forums

This is more specific to ConvertXSI. Make it able to work with Softimage 2011 error free, or at least with XSI 7.5 error free. Right now there are a few lines in the dotxsi format that is exported from XSI 7.5, and above that ConvertXSI doesnt read right, and has caused problems.

If you use XSI 6.0 with ConvertXSI there are no issues, because that is what ConvertXSI was intended to be used with. The problem is that XSI 6.0 doesnt work with Windows 7 or Vista. So you ether have to downgrade your existing 64 bit machines to Windows XP 32 bit, or Get an older 32 bit machine with Windows XP to use XSI 6.0. Not many people are able, or willing to do ether. Plus XSI 6.0 is very hard to find.

ConvertXSI has not been updated since before the first release of Entrenchment! While most of the rest of the Forge Tool set has been updated.

Updating ConvertXSI to be compatible with XSI 7.5, or higher dotXSI formats will make many modders here very happy.

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I have never had any issues with either 7.5 or 2011 unless it was an error with the model according to the Modset tutorial.

Please upload a XSI scene with issues for both 7.5 (.exp) and / or 2011 (.scn) so I can see if I can recreate the problem.

Im runnin Vista 64 bit Ultimatum

I have experimented a lot with the export setting and wrote a script where I just press a button and it converts to mesh and puts mesh and textures to my mod of choice.

	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.project_name", ActiveProject.Name
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.output_file_format", 1 
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.output_file_format_version", 360 	
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.sceneroot", True
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.polymesh", True
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.user_normals", True
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.tesselation", 0				
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.nrbssrf", False
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.nrbscrv", False
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.animall", False		
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.animgeom", False		
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.animcam", False		
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.animlight", False
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.constraint", True
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.custompset", True
	
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.keep_shared_mat", True		
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.textures", True			
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.txtfiles", True			
	
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.constraint", True	
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.envelope", 1			
	SetValue "dotXSIExportOptions.ik", 1

 Let me know if you want the full script.

Forgot that if I import from another modeling program, XSIs explorer has Import Options saved I need to delete.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks for the offer. Perhaps you can post the script in the modding section :)

The whole point is that new modders are going to run into the same issues i ran into using xsi 7.5 and higher with ConvertXSI.

I found workarounds to my issues, but we shouldnt have to find workarounds, Models should be able to import and convert seamlessly, and error free with ConvertXSI using "any" version of Softimage.

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