Re: [Algorithms] Maya file format reader/writer.

[Jonathan M. <jo...@kn...>]

    So for your exporter plug-in do you actually have the artists export
stuff right in Maya?  Or do you compile your datastructures from the .MA or
.MB files using a plug-in to do the translation?  We do it the latter way so
that we programmers can change the engine data structures with impunity.
Once we change a version the game re-compiles into our format.

    You can definately bind more than 1 bone per vertex using weights.
    Take a look at MFnSkinCluster::getWeights.

    -Jon


----- Original Message -----
From: "Giovanni Bajo" <ba...@pr...>
To: <gda...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Algorithms] Maya file format reader/writer.


> The same here. We have a main export plug-in, plus several MEL tools.
> The only thing we were not able to export is a skinning structure that
> includes multiple weights/bones per vertices. From what we understood Maya
> skinning (1.0, we started a long time ago), you can bind only 1 bone per
> vertex. Any help for this?
>
> Thanks
> ---
> Giovanni Bajo
> Lead Programmer
>
> Protonic Interactive
> www.protonic.net
>
> a brand of Prograph Research S.r.l.
> www.prograph.it
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gda...@li...
> > [mailto:gda...@li...]On Behalf Of Neall
> > Verheyde
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:07 AM
> > To: gda...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Algorithms] Maya file format reader/writer.
> >
> >
> > >PS Is anyone else using maya as both their character builder,
> > animator and
> > >level design tool with no other tools (other than a few plugins)?
> >
> > We use Maya (with huge amounts of customisation) for everything.  An
> > exporter plugin is responsible for moving content out of Maya into our
> > internal file format.  In addition, we have plugins for facial
animation,
> > world building, effects, etc.
> >
> >
> > Neall Verheyde -- Technical Director, Pure3D -- Radical Entertainment
Inc.
> >
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