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Mack succesfully converted a gmax model to .x using this method:

http://www.panda3d.org/wiki/index.php/Converting_from_GMax

Besides issues with scaling (it's the Monolith!) this method has worked pretty well so far. And just so you can skip the entire Installation part:

http://www.xrucifix.com/mack/ewn/gmaxstuff.zip

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Using

To convert your gmax model to .X format. Go to ‘File > Export’ and select ‘Flightsim Aircraft Object (.MDL) from the file type dropdown. Type in a filename and click Save. The Middleman dialog window should now appear. Click the ‘Options’ tab and check ‘SaveXFile’ (this saves the x file) and ‘nocompile’ (this tells mdlcommander to only create an .X file not mdl/bgl). Then click the GO button.

After a few seconds the dialog will close and your newly exported .X model should be in the directory where you saved it to.

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Here is a possible alternative to gmax.

XSI Mod Tool:

http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v4/

The full version is only $500, which is very cheap compared to 3dsMax and Maya, and as one person pointed out:

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I just downloaded XSI mod tool which is a free tool kinda like the Discreet one where u can only export to file formats stated by the company , they have Unreal and hl2 exporter , but whats funny is that you can install the .x exporter . dunno if it works im no artist but if it works then u have a freeware tool

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XSI .x plugin:

http://www.softimage.com/download/xsi/converters/microsoft/default.htm

Various .x exporters:

http://www.quest3d.com/index.php?id=102

Lightwave .X exporter:

http://www.dstorm.co.jp/english/plugin/object.htm

Oh, and I'm not sure why you say .X is "outdated". More likely your software package is outdated since there are exporters for the newer versions of Truespace which one of our artists uses.

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Oh well, thanks for the tip, I think I can make TS 3.2 work, it'll just take some tinkering. Thanks for the tips though. I might try gmax, but I'm just afraid it'll be alittle tough to learn a whole new tool. I can make awesome stuff with 3.2, but I just have trouble exporting it.

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http://download.microsoft.com/download/DirectX/extras/8.1b/W982KMeXP/EN-US/DX81 b_SDK_Extras.exe

For more information on using the tool, including commandline options, go here:

htt p://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/directx9_c/directx/graphics/programmingguide/advancedtopics/xfiles/convertingexporting/conv3ds/conv3ds.asp

From what I've read about this tool, it is not part of the DX 9 SDK. It appears the information on the tool is archived, but it reportedly works with DX 7 through DX 9 for the creation/conversion of .X objects.

Hope this works for you

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