Pipeline 3D Export Tool Requirements¶

This page lists the requirements for creating export tools for 3D data which can be used by the pipeline.

Export modes¶

shape	1 -> many	shape; anim; tga (lightmap)
ig	1 -> many	ig
skel	1 -> 1	skel
clod
cmb
pacs_prim
swt
veget
zone

shape¶

Exports:

• All shape nodes with lod (shape_with_coarse_mesh/nodename.shape)
• All shape nodes without lod (shape_not_optimized/nodename.shape)
• Animations per shape if any (shape_anim/nodename.anim)
• Generates lightmaps (LM) if required per shape per lightgroup (shape_lightmap_not_optimized/filename_nodename_lightgroupid.tga & filename_nodename.txt (log))
  • We might want to modify this to export the data required for a lightmap generation tool only to a data file, and run a lightmap generation tool outside of the 3d export process, that uses the exported shape and light information from the data file. See calc_lm*.* files under nel_mesh_lib.

Does not export:

• Accelerator
• Zone quad patch
• Particle system
• PACS Primitive
• Node properties DONOTEXPORT checked
• Node properties COLLISION checked
• Node properties COLLISION_EXTERIOR checked

Shapes may be:

• Particle system (???)
• Wave maker
• Node properties USE_REMANENCE checked
• Flare
• Triangle object

Triangle object may be:

• Water shape
• Shape with lod
• Shape without lod

ig¶

Exports:

• All instance groups for IGNAME used in node properties (igname.ig)

Instance groups contain:

• All shapes (by name)
• All lights
• All helpers

skel¶

Exports:

• One skeleton containing node tree in reference position starting from node Bip01 (filename.skel)