Maya Mb Import Of Other Versions?

[ilovedominikadetko]

I get an Error on even importing .mb files of other maya versions
I got maya6 i can export models with it to CoD2,
sum1 got maya 8.5 and he can not export it to CoD2,
so I want to export it for him ,
but can not even load his .mb files?
need a plug-in for it?
I found here on the site the Maya File Converter
will try to do it with the converter later hope it will work.
But I still need a .mb converter in CoD2
is a .mb file which gives me a character exsample
with the right Tags/bones/joints so without it I
will never be able to do my own CoD2 Characters.
But this .mb File won t load-up ,too.
It says it is Version 6.1 ? can that be true?
Someone said I could change the 2-3 Lines with an Editor
of the .mb-File and give it the 2-3 Lines of one of my own
.mb-file , but that does not work so right--

Before Editing the file Maya Error was:
Maya binary file parse error: : (6) corrupted file structure
(Does maya say also on "not the same version-of the mb-file")

After the Editing Maya Error says:
Maya binary file parse error: : (16) bad size
hmmm?
what can I do or try else?

[joojaa]

You should save the file in maya ascii form (thats a ma file instead of a mb), its more portable or atleast more fixable. 6.1 is actually possible, as far as i can recall.

As a rule of thimb i suggest using ma files for mostly everything you ever do, exception is files you NEVER ever expct to export that contain HUGE models with many levels of referencing.

PS. one the MB corrupts it corrupts a ma file is easier to salvage

[ilovedominikadetko]

Still no luck the Maya File converter does not function don t know why
so i can not import any ma file from a friend
and he can t do models/animations for the CoD2 game

and the .mb files came with the CoD2 game I can not open, too.
Convert it to another format with out loosing size ,
right location of the bones on the character and stuff
I think its hopless ,did 2 days only working to get it load up
The mb file very hard to Edit think don t got the skillz for it
and the ma file can Edit the Version but thenn there are other problems
of light informations

thats very complicated, sad its not possible to
open other scenes from maya in maya
can understand when its from another 3D Program
hard to import but the same only other version abit sad
also not when trying to edit the file
with an Editor
when doinin it as .obj I can not use it at all
because its not the right size , all mashes are put together
and I think the bones wont function ,too.

[joojaa]

Hmm... i think your main problem is that you have no clear view of what fileformat is wich.

So you seriously mean you editted a mb format headers in a editor!? are you sure it wasnt a ma format instead? because theres no way you could get that editting to work in mb format. Now this leaves me in doubt. So first things first are you aware of following things:
[li]maya is equipped with 3 formats:

• *.ma wich is a ascii text format, this format is slvageable and atleast workable for conversion
  
• *.mb wich is a maya binary format if you have no special reason to use mb format ALLWAYS use ma format. so instruct your friend to save as ma not mb, you chn do the choise in the save options box.
  
• *.mp Wich is also sometimes is extended *.mb is a format for ple version of maya, you cannot convert it into normal maya format, only a ple user can open it. reason is that ple is nonprofit and convertting out is allways profit.

[/li][li]Unless you system shows you extensions they will appear the sammer form your operating systems point of bview not true.[/li][li]maya is forward compatible to a degree so opening the file ewen without conversion should be possible, but sometimes going form windows to mac makes it impossible. Especialy some of teh special fix versions are problemetic here.[/li][li] file extensins are public domain so just because something is extended *.ma or *.mb does not mean its a maya file, it con be anything in thet case.[/li][li]theres relly nothing you can edit in the mb format just ma format.[/li][li]is ist possible thet the format has somehow been extended for the game. And also games are commonly using format names wich seem like true formats altough they are game specific. IE they arent what they seem[/li]PS start using ma today, iit can save your ass bigtime

PPS. i have no big problems in reading maya 6.01 binary files into maya 8.5

[ilovedominikadetko]

Thank you Joojaa I thought it was not possible at all , but I was wrong

I did install Maya6.0 unlimited new and did leave all the plug-ins away
I did try to install sum plug-ins and stuff ,also sum of them wrong....
....but now after reinstalling ,tata It does function
I can load up the files again
and for the future I will save my scenes as .ma thx to you all
Now I got also the Josh_DefMeshy Man this are the bones/rigging
I need to do new Characters for the Game , and I can export all the stuff
for sum1 else without changing stuff on his work , thats great

[pornozvedepo-pornozvedepo]

A great exchange of information.

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