Md2 Export

Maya
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Hi

Has anybody successfully exported a MD2 (not MD3) file out from Maya (idealy maya 8.5) before?

MD2 was the format used for the 3D games models used in Quake 2

I need to output this format in order to put it through a specialist flash game engine.

I've had a look all over the net for the last couple of days now and with not much luck.

This is the closest I've got is this website:
www.robthebloke.org

near the top of the page titled 'Quake 2 MD2 Loaders and Maya Exporter (+Source)'

I'm not sure were to drop the files or what to do as it seem to be controled by the command line!

Haaaa why is this so difficult!! I've know it can be done and people have stated this on forums I've looked at.

Is there a plugin somewhere what I don't know about?

Any help would be much appriciated

Wayne

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QUOTE(wr_uk @ 03/10/07, 10:43 AM) [snapback]261968[/snapback]
I'm not sure were to drop the files or what to do as it seem to be controled by the command line!

you'll need to re-compile it against maya 8.5.... then it should work. yeah it is a command line app (i was being lazy). Since it's compiled against maya 6.5 (or maybe earlier, can't remember), it won't be able to load maya 8.5 files to be able to export them.

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Hi thanks for the reply.... how do I recompile?

I'm a 3D artist and I'm not very savvy when it come to more tech stuff.

Also do I need to install anything else maya Api?

I read the readme file and I still confused as to where i put all the files or what do I type in the cmd line in order for it to work?

Thanks

Wayne

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Actually I cant even find reference of how to recompile, I really need to recompile this plug-in that I have for 8.0 and above, but like you I have no programming experience except "Hello World". Could anyone lead me to any documentation for recompiling.