The insanely simple blender tutorial for Lugaru modders

[gameman581]

awesome, this is great. I just started using blender yesterday, just to see what it was like, thanks a bunch. there's also a thread "tutorial on making weapons?" has some stuff on it

[rudel_ic]

It says, please install full version of python, which i have

I think you have to set your PYTHONPATH variable.
Here's how to do it in principle (Windows): http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/b ... _setup.htm

[gameman581]

ok, I dropped my .x file into the DRAG_X_FILES_HERE.bat. where did my .solid end up?

[rudel_ic]

Where your .x came from.

Please read viewtopic.php?p=68751#p68751

[gameman581]

I don't have the full version, can I still export?

[Lotus Wolf]

you dont have the full version of blender? what??

EDIT: rudel, i may have unconsciously found a way around the subdivision problem, but i will need some info from Stromboli to be sure.

[gameman581]

I don't have full version of python, unlike noz

It says, please install full version of python, which i have

[Lotus Wolf]

oh, still, why not? its free.

EDIT: ok, i think i've figured the subdivision work around out, i'll do some more digging, and post what i've got soon. i may have what i need from Stromboli already, but it'd be nice to get some info from him anyway.

[rudel_ic]

Get python at http://python.org
Don't forget to set your PYTHONPATH

Lotus Wolf, awesome, looking forward to hearing about a way around this.

[Lotus Wolf]

I've found that subdivision will work fine for models, but you have to export .x import .x export .dae
if you simply export .dae (or .x) and then convert it, it will become polygon soup.
i haven't the faintest clue why this works, but i realized it had worked when Stromboli sent me the .x file of his Falcata and Longsword, both of which used subdivision.
so when i imported the .x files into blender, they were already fixed. since he had exported the .x file, then i imported it, fixing the subdivision. that's also why i never got why it didn't work for him, as they always worked for me, since he always sent me the .x files.

So: Make your models with subdivision if that's what you like to do, then export import export
also, if the model appears ingame without half its faces go back into blender (you should keep blender open until you're completely finished) and flip the normals (edit mode; w: flip normals)

[gameman581]

so I set my PYTHONPATH and it's still telling me that I need the full version of python...

[rudel_ic]

Hi gameman581,
are you absolutely sure that you've set the PYTHONPATH correctly? Please double-check. You have to set it so that it points to your Python installation directory.
How this is done is described here: http://www.katsbits.com/htm/tutorials/b ... _setup.htm
You have a different Python version than the dude who made the tutorial, of course. So your installation directory has a different path.
Mine, for example, is E:\Python25\

Lotus Wolf,
that probably means that subdivided faces have to be disjointed, meaning they cannot share vertices anymore. I have no clue why that is though, must be a Lugaru bug. Weird.

[gameman581]

oh, I see, it is in my C drive but python30, not python22, thanks, and sorry I've been asking so many questions, I don't know much about this stuff.

[rudel_ic]

It's totally fine, ask all you want. I'm happy it works now!

[gameman581]

ok, I followed the tutorial, but when I click FIle --> Export --> COLLADA 1.4(.dae) that window doesn't pop up.