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[Ceixari]

Some of you may recognise me from MTS where I'm writing the Blender Object (S3ASC) Import/Export Scripts for the S3ObjTool exports.

As we now have the .wso specifications I've started writing the import script. I am now able to import objects (without the bones). I could load the import script for testing if people want, else I'll only do it once I've tested quite a few objects and of course added in the bones as well.

I'll keep updating this thread with my progress and if people have questions (or problems later) this would be the place to ask them. :)

[Murano]

I'm very grateful for your effort to make a free tool environment around Workshop a reality. :--)

Good luck with the remaining scripting!

[pommes]

This is wonderful news!

As im kind of responsible for the workshop I´d gladly test the script or answer any question that you might have regarding the import/export procedure.

/micke

[johan-TSR]

Hello Ceixari!

It's really nice to see that you're working on Blender support for .wso :)
If you need any help with .wso/workshop related things please let us know and we'll do our best to help out.

When you feel ready i'd love to try it out (not very familiar with blender but what the heck) and help you test it!

[Ceixari]

Thanks for the support. :nw:

I'm setting up a SourceForge project as I write this, so I can maintain a central repository of all my Blender 3D / Sims 3 scripts. It's at http://blender3dsims3.sourceforge.net and should have the relevant scripts available in the next day or so.

[Ceixari]

I underestimated the complexities of the SourceForge process so have moved it to something a lot simpler: http://sites.google....pts4sims3tools/

Apologies for the swift change of mind.

[djehmli]

Ceixari,

Thank you so much again for working on this.

[johan-TSR]

It's looking good! I've successfully imported a .wso to blender but i don't have a clue about how blender works :)

[Ceixari]

I've updated the import script with the bones now, it doesn't make a lot of difference, since it looks like it's just there for reference.

http://sites.google..../blender-3d-wso

It does mean I can now start on the export script and since we have a bank holiday this weekend, I might have it done by then. :)

[Adri_M]

I can not say how grateful I am someone's doing this =). I came on with the intention of looking for an old forum to see if I could find any news. I've had blender for quite a long time though I admit I've hardly gotten a chance to master it but I'm more comfortable with it so what you are doing is just fantastic! Thank you so much! :D

[Ceixari]

Quick update to say that I'm still working on this. I have been able to export a .wso and import it back into the Workshop and although the mesh looks fine the UV is off, so back to a bit of debugging.

[Ceixari]

I've uploaded an initial export script, plus an update to the import script.

http://sites.google..../blender-3d-wso

I'm still fiddling with the UV, but I'm guessing if people change the mesh, they'll have to update the UVs as well as the textures, so might not be a biggie, but I'd like to get it working better for where people will rely on the existing UV and texture if the change is just a small fix/change.

Also please consider the scripts for more ideal when there is only a single bones as most objects do. Things like beds will not go down well.

[weirdchars]

There seems to be some issue with the import script. Specifically with the UV importing. If I comment out the following code and just work without original UVs it appears to work fine.

for i in xrange(0, len(meshData.faces)):
face = meshData.faces[i]
uv_verts0 = list_uv[face.verts[0].index]
uv_verts1 = list_uv[face.verts[1].index]
face.uv = [Vector(uv_verts0), Vector(uv_verts1)]

Throws the error "TypeError:Size of Vertex and UV sequences differ" in the Blender console and refuses to load. It fails on first iteration of loop where i = 0. This occurs regardless of the model/mesh you're loading. I tried several to be sure. Hope that is helpful.

Edit: I forgot to tell you, the specific line that throws error is
face.uv = [Vector(uv_verts0), Vector(uv_verts1)]

[Ceixari]

Thanks for the report.

Could you also tell me which object you worked with so I can try to fix the problem?

Thanks again

[Vlana]

Hi !

I'm completly new to 3d, blender and so on, but I'm really exited to learn and try.

I have downloaded and installed Blender version 2.49b, then Python 2.6.5. I copied the wso import/export files to the .blender\scripts directory. I started Blender then tried to import a .wso file. I've had an error message. So, I tried with another .wso file, but had the same error message. You can see it in the jpg file I have attached to this post.

As I'm new to all this, I may do something wrong. Anyway, I would be happy to have some help. ;)

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[pip218]

Hi I'm french so my English is the translation.
To begin, thank you, I try the export WSO with his hair but said script error.

[MandySA3]

Hi. I am new to Blender and still trying to learn my way around but where do we put these import and export scripts for WSO? I have just installed the 2.53 Beta version of Blender (the stable version wasn't downloading properly for some reason). I can't find a 'scripts' directory anywhere on 2.53.

[Murano]

I think these plug-ins only work with the stable version?

[MandySA3]

I have the stable version of Blender 2.49 and python 2.6.4 and am still getting the error message weirdchars mentioned when trying to import. I have tried to import the cheerleader outfit and also the chef's outfit mesh 1.

[Kookas]

Hey Ceixari,

I have a couple of major issues with your scripts, both import and export. Import, unless the UV Mapping section is commented out, will report "TypeError: Size of Vertex and UV sequences differ". When I am exporting, I get this:

http://j.imagehost.o...tupidErrors.png (click to view image)