Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results

Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313545

By Brett Morgan - Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:27 am

- Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:27 am #313545

Hey Guys, I have been trying to make a bed of grass in modo with mesh paint, works well but when I export the scene into studio I get some wierd results, I gather whats happening is the painted mesh objects are getting one UV texture instead of individual ones, anyone know of a work around?

Thanks

Brett

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Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313550

By Mihai - Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:00 pm

- Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:00 pm #313550

Looks like they come in horizontal and there is no clipmapping.

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Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313662

By Marton Day8 - Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:39 pm

- Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:39 pm #313662

Hi Brett,

If you are using modo stencil map, than it can be a problem because stencil map export (in automatic material conversion mode) in version 0.9999 is broken.

But otherwise it should work fine. Could you send me the scene? - the image is not 100 percent clear for me...

Márton

Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313697

By Brett Morgan - Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:44 am

- Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:44 am #313697

Thanks Márton, pretty basic scene, grab it here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/301238356/G ... E.zip.html

Regards

Brett

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Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313769

By Marton Day8 - Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:54 pm

- Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:54 pm #313769

Hi Brett,

What I can see that it is not a clipmap problem, the position of the mesh painted rectangular grass polygons are weird. In the zip file I have only found the source terrain mesh, and the exported mxs, but the original modo file was not there. Could you please post it too?

Márton

Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313811

By Brett Morgan - Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:12 am

- Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:12 am #313811

Sorry Marton, think I deleted the original, bashed up another test exporting from modo 401 SP2, with the plugin, the transparency doesnt seem to be working at all, and some of the poly plane grass blades come in as horizontal.

New files:

http://rapidshare.com/files/301715209/G ... E.zip.html

Thanks

Brett

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Re: Trying to export mesh paint scene with odd results#313841

By Marton Day8 - Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:56 pm

- Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:56 pm #313841

Hi Brett,

This zip had all the files now:)

Ok, I have checked your scene, and as I can see it is not an export issue. The grass polygons are already horizontal in the modo file, and their position remains the same in Maxwell.

The transparency is working too. In your Grass_Test1.mxs scene there are two materials with grass texture ("(M)grassblade" and "Garden grass_TEST"). "Garden grass_TEST" material is assigned to the BLADE object, and "(M)grassblade" is assigned to GROUND. The mesh painted grass polygons are part of the GROUND object.
The "Garden grass_TEST" material has the weight map texture, but "(M)grassblade" doesn't have it, that is why it is not transparent.

Your weight map image is not totally clear on the no-grass areas (not 100% white) so clip mapping wont be perfect.

Márton