[RELEASE] MDE Tool - Create your own effects with custom 3D meshes!

Hello epvp,
today is the day I release something that many Metin2 modders have awaited for a very long time: my "MDE Tool" to import and export MDE meshes into 3DS Max.
The script is released under the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]: it is in maxscript (.ms), a very powerful scripting language which is integrated in 3DS Max and allows automation of tasks: it has both a GUI and the chance to create new menu items to load and save this kind of files.
It's very easy to use and requires no knowledge of the format itself (it's all handled internally), the only constraint is meshes need to be of the "Editable mesh" kind to be exported correctly.

Short import guide:
Go to the "Maxscript" menu > "Run Script..." and browse to the .ms file you downloaded. A GUI like this should appear:
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Click on the "Import MDE" button and browse to the file you want to open:
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The file will be loaded. It might take some time depending on its complexity and weight, and 3DS Max might hang for a while: just wait for a bit and you will see the meshes displayed in the viewport.
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That's it! You will have the MDE file along with its animation (frames are adjusted automatically) loaded in 3DS Max, and you can now edit it (keep in mind that every frame is independent due to the MDE format itself).

Exporting is so easy that I won't even explain it... xD

Download is available [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].

Credits: martysama0134 for the Unwrap_UVW fix (sometimes texture animations didn't work).

Enjoy!

It works very well, thank you :D

Thanks man :) Amazing tool :)

da benutzt ich lieber den World Editor zu .. finde den viel besser trotzdem danke fürs teilen ;) und auch nice gemacht

Hmm?
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Originally Posted by .Slaya da benutzt ich lieber den World Editor zu .. finde den viel besser trotzdem danke fürs teilen ;) und auch nice gemacht

The WorldEditor and this tool serve two very different purposes. With the WorldEditor you can just use the MDE files in effects, adjust their color, speed and such things, while with my tool you can create new MDE files from 3D models.

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Originally Posted by Hachiwari Hmm? [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

Have you at least checked the two scripts? They are completely different, not only in the way they are written, but also in their functionality: the one you linked (as underlined by lollo_9_1) does not work properly, it scrambles UV coordinates and does not provide texture animation support, while mine does. Not to mention, mine was originally made in 2012, but it has been kept private until now for a series of reasons.

This one works with morph animations too? Or does it use another way?

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Originally Posted by Lord Inya This one works with morph animations too? Or does it use another way?

For the import part, mesh animation is handled with vertex animation, while texture animation is done in a Unwrap_UVW modifier. Exporting is processed using snapshots, so there's no direct need for modifiers at all: just animate it the way you want it, and it will handle it for you (of course, if you want texture animation you still need the Unwrap_UVW modifier, but that's because 3DS Max does not support it in any other way).

There is a little how to, so look and stop asking ;)

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Originally Posted by plechito There is a little how to, so look and stop asking ;) [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

awesome. now i know how to press the export button, you are my hero!

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Originally Posted by Dexam™ awesome. now i know how to press the export button, you are my hero!

I know who I'm... and I think I'm not your hero.. I just show that animations works fine with export mde, i saw some asking about this there...

I understand that you're angry..someone release for free something what you sell for 350€....

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Originally Posted by plechito I know who I'm... and I think I'm not your hero.. I just show that animations works fine with export mde, i saw some asking about this there... I understand that you're angry..someone release for free something what you sell for 350€....

If what you're saying is true and he's selling it for that much, I must say I am astonished. He was begging me to sell him my script for far less than that amount (because he didn't have much to spend, he said), but luckily I didn't sell to anyone at all.
If you people are so much after an importer/exporter for such a crappy file format, then you really haven't understood the potential of the metin2 source code yet.

Thanks nice work ;)

WoW nice release thx for sharing.

Danke hat mir super geholfen hab meiun ziel erreicht damit