AK-73 Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) PS2 .MDL Importer This tool basically allows at this point the import of the PS2 (and PS2 only) LCS and VCS .MDL files into GMax (and 3D Studio Max 4+). Both LCS and VCS skinned actors are supported (except for cutscene actors), though VCS actor import may benefit from a bit of refinement. There is an issue with face orientation that I currently don't know how to solve yet. As a consequence, as this point you'll have to correct that by hand for now. IMPORTANT! This importer is deliberately open source. Anybody can do about anything with it without asking me for explicit permission. Indeed if you have any bug fixes or enhanced features, please send them to me and I'll include them in the official version. Just in case anyone wants to publish a spin-off version, deviating from the official .MDL importer, please make sure you ask for permission first - I just wouldn't want many different versions of the script floating around, causing unnecessary confusion. Other than that you may consider this an open source project to which anyone may contribute, if they want to. ALSO IMPORTANT! I do not encourage anyone distributing LCS/VCS models converted with this script on the the internet freely and on a massive scale. Anyone who does so is doing it *at their own risk*. Talking about risk, I do not accept responsibility for anything that may result from installation/usage of this script. Use at your own risk. While gtagarage is undergoing an overhaul the lastest version of the script can be downloaded here: http://lcs.cat3illa.com/MDL_importer_latest.zip. Please do not ask me for a PSP version of the script. I don't have a PSP, never will, and I am not interested. However, if anyone wants to add PSP support on top of it, you're welcome to do so. Just make sure nobody is else is working on that already. Seems to be about all for now... if you got any questions about the tool, this is the place to ask. Alex Edited February 18, 2008 by AK-73 XEPOMAHT007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_CP_ Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 WOW! It's a very good program! I download this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H13N.H3N Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Seems to be about all for now... if you got any questions about the tool, this is the place to ask. Alex ye well... will sound like a stupid question, but.. i can't find any .MDL file in GTA LCS, and... neither one inside VCS, i'm missing some other extractor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow-Link Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 (edited) use imgtool made by dustcrazy.. look into the misc ps2 lcs file format thingy thread.. EDIT: http://dustin.gzwn.net/YAIE.rar You can open img files with it. The other img files are encrypted and not cracked yet.. Edited February 22, 2008 by Prince-Link ThePlayaJam765 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H13N.H3N Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 use imgtool made by dustcrazy.. look into the misc ps2 lcs file format thingy thread.. EDIT: http://dustin.gzwn.net/YAIE.rar You can open img files with it. The other img files are encrypted and not cracked yet.. thnks pal, as G-IMG from ReSpawn didn't work i guess i needed a "special" img extractor after all, this will be of use for a while, thnks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerzworld Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 use imgtool made by dustcrazy.. look into the misc ps2 lcs file format thingy thread.. EDIT: http://dustin.gzwn.net/YAIE.rar You can open img files with it. The other img files are encrypted and not cracked yet.. thnks pal, as G-IMG from ReSpawn didn't work i guess i needed a "special" img extractor after all, this will be of use for a while, thnks again. The stories games use a new version of the IMG format, most likely because of the new engine. Also, the new archives don't use .dir (directory) files. Dustin's program can open the new IMG files and it creates a .dir file for the IMG files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny404 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 use imgtool made by dustcrazy.. look into the misc ps2 lcs file format thingy thread.. EDIT: http://dustin.gzwn.net/YAIE.rar You can open img files with it. The other img files are encrypted and not cracked yet.. thnks pal, as G-IMG from ReSpawn didn't work i guess i needed a "special" img extractor after all, this will be of use for a while, thnks again. The stories games use a new version of the IMG format, most likely because of the new engine. Also, the new archives don't use .dir (directory) files. Dustin's program can open the new IMG files and it creates a .dir file for the IMG files. Even compressed ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerzworld Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 use imgtool made by dustcrazy.. look into the misc ps2 lcs file format thingy thread.. EDIT: http://dustin.gzwn.net/YAIE.rar You can open img files with it. The other img files are encrypted and not cracked yet.. thnks pal, as G-IMG from ReSpawn didn't work i guess i needed a "special" img extractor after all, this will be of use for a while, thnks again. The stories games use a new version of the IMG format, most likely because of the new engine. Also, the new archives don't use .dir (directory) files. Dustin's program can open the new IMG files and it creates a .dir file for the IMG files. Even compressed ones? Compressed "IMG" files (.LVZ) are a another story. There is an uncompresser that was made by Aru but the end file is just one big CHK file. http://gzwn.net/Documents/lcs-vcs-unimg-bin.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H13N.H3N Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 worked very fine, i can't ask for more, i'm very pleased, i extracted ALL cars from VCS and LCS now the forelly car and the sprit, the new borgnine plus some other cool cars can be on my game (i'm not planning to distribute them as a mod right now, cause i'm a little tired of conversions) freaking cool i must say, other thing, apparently G-IMG does it work, don't really know if after use YAIE created a DIR file, but it worked, fool of me that i didn't extracted the IMG file from the disc at first =p. thanks for this tool pal, i'm in doubt with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catzilla Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Doesn't work on peds for some reason.. 3dsmax freezes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Doesn't work on peds for some reason..3dsmax freezes Works for me. Which version are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny404 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Doesn't work on peds for some reason..3dsmax freezes Works for me. Which version are you using? I just get a weird cube in the 3dsmax, I'm using 7.0 and, What config do I need to get the models right? (Anti-strips and all that crap in MDL importer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Doesn't work on peds for some reason..3dsmax freezes Works for me. Which version are you using? I just get a weird cube in the 3dsmax, I'm using 7.0 and, What config do I need to get the models right? (Anti-strips and all that crap in MDL importer) Might be the max version you're using. I'm using 8 and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catzilla Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) Max: 9 Script: the latest version from he 1st post Edited March 3, 2008 by catzilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-73 Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 In theory it should work for all versions. I haven't tested the importer for all files, of course. Also, there's always some chance of an updated version introducing a bug into the import of .mdls that used to work. Anyways... if you got some .MDL that doesn't import properly, send me and I'll fix it. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythbuster Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 (edited) Well, I spend 3 days finding out why the import thing wasn't working, then I read again and saw it was for ps2 only, lol. Now I've got the ps2 files, but the only model I can import so far is model411.mdl.(which is a petrolpump, and I just wanna have some cars xD) With the other files it just says "Clump/Atomics not recognized... exiting." in the bottom left. I am using 3DsMax 7. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? (I just tried some models, and the only one so far is model411.mdl, so I am not sure how many and which others will actually work.) Mythbuster EDIT: And yeah, I did read a few topics about all this, but not everything, so I could've missed something about this, just so you know before you start flaming me, lol... EDIT2: I just found out the VCS files import just fine..., just the LCS models don't Anyway, because the VCS files work, I started converting the Polaris V8(model is model178.mdl by the way).... Edited March 21, 2008 by Mythbuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[MenaceMovies] Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Nice useful tool dude, good work! I hope this will boost the popularity of PS2 GTA modding. //MenaceMovies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-73 Posted March 25, 2008 Author Share Posted March 25, 2008 hmm... lcs import has been working for me. Perhaps you are having a problem with actor models only? mdls 1-93 (circa)? I'll have to look into it. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'm not fully sure if this is a problem with the script, but when I imported a ped from VCS, then tried to export it as a dff, I got this error: Is there a way to get rid of that or do I have to re-rig the model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAfanattic Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Is there a way to get rid of that or do I have to re-rig the model? I know that problem - I had it myself not so long ago. It means that there is either a gap somewhere in your physical model, or there is an area on your model which is not rigged to any bone. I'd check your rigging first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkas Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Is there a way to get rid of that or do I have to re-rig the model? I know that problem - I had it myself not so long ago. It means that there is either a gap somewhere in your physical model, or there is an area on your model which is not rigged to any bone. I'd check your rigging first. But doesn't it give the "all vertices need to be rigged to a bone" error when some part isn't rigged? And what do you mean by "a gap somewhere in your physical model"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-73 Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 I don't use kam's exporter but my own so I can't tell for sure but usually the problem is linked to the object hierarchy. Press h in gmax/3dsm to open the selection window and tick the Display subtree button on. There you can see your current object hierarchy. Check if all bones are in the correct hierarchy. I think usually the problem lies with the root bone and whether it is linked to the mesh object or not. I forget which is correct: if it root does have the mesh as parent select it and hit unlink. If it doesn't, you will need to link it to ther parent. I know in my own exporter it has to be linked, so for KAM's you probably have to simply unlink it. Just a guess though. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie94 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I really want to use this but one problem. How do i open the GTA2 PS2 IMG? I have IMG Editor 2.0, but it sais that he can't locate the DIR, and when it opens it theres nothing in it. And TXD workshop just wont open it. Please help me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H13N.H3N Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I really want to use this but one problem. How do i open the GTA2 PS2 IMG?I have IMG Editor 2.0, but it sais that he can't locate the DIR, and when it opens it theres nothing in it. And TXD workshop just wont open it. Please help me! @Pie94: hee.. pal, why you didn't bothered to read some older quotes here? i made the same question and i get an answer @Simkas: I made a ped of test of one VCS character (not sure which, they are not named at all) and it did worked, i have Kams Tools and MDL importer, not conflicts or anything of that kind... what i can tell you is that for some reason, Kams tools conflicts with Material Packages for 3D Studio Max (i'm working with version 8) so, i know no other issue than that (at least, not one that can not be solved) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Ghost Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) hey nice work but can you make the .dff [ in vc and sa in ps2 ] into GMax ? and can you make the .dff from pc to ps2 [some people have ps2 chips so they can play copy and moded games like me ] it will be great if you do it Edited June 16, 2008 by Black Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-73 Posted June 18, 2008 Author Share Posted June 18, 2008 @Pie94: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=285544 should help answer your questions... @H13N.H3N: I would guess it is related to Kam making use of his own custom material, GTAMaterial. @Black Ghost: I am a GMax user myself, so yes you can use GMax. Unfortunately I am exclusively a vc on pc modder, so I will very likely not do that myself. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Ghost Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) Hey Alex you made it in c++? if yes can you PM me the source for this tool and dffxbox2pc ? maybe can change it to ps2 converter or something or even just learn from it. Edited June 19, 2008 by Black Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-73 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Hey Alex you made it in c++? if yes can you PM me the source for this tool and dffxbox2pc ? maybe can change it to ps2 converter or something or even just learn from it. Yes, dffxbox2pc is in c++ and yes I can. Remind me of it if you don't have it by next week. As for this script, it is of course in maxscript. If you can do c++, you should have no problem learning maxscript. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackMan128 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Some pland for future? I love it. Keep up work about models editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_Broadway Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 The link http://lcs.cat3illa.com/MDL_importer_latest.zip. wont work . Can someone put up another link please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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