Doom3world

edit: For info on the latest release, look at my post on page 4 of this thread.
viewtopic.php?p=130466#130466
The latest version can be found here:
http://home.mnet-online.de/der/blender2md5.rar



Outdated info:

It has been completed a while ago, but BNA was away and couldn´t upload it. Thanks to him for uploading it so soon after his return!

Read the readme (duh), and read the other details that I included in the script itself (the header of the script is its own readme, kind of).

The script does NOT work with Blender2.30. Blender2.30 was announced as a "preview" version for the 2.3x gui features, and it apparently is exactly that, a preview (get what I mean?). Just stick to 2.28a or 2.28c until they release a proper 2.3x.

Things to come: a new version of my md5viewer (300% speed gain , more accurate lighting, especially on low-end cards), including an animated md5 character ("Bob", made by Kat, look at the WIP forum here). Animation was done in Blender, using this script to export to md5.

Hey - my pleasure to click the upload button while you're doing all the awsome work!

Thanks to you man!!!

Wow! That's really a big step forward to be able to use freeware for Doom3 animations. I think I will stay at Maya nevertheless, but it's good to know that this is possible now.

Would be cool if you could also write an exporter for 3DSMax Animation. There is already one that exports ASE to md5mesh, but until now you can't export the animations.

Good work!

Ok, some "requirements" for that script:

As I mentioned, use Blender2.28a or 2.28c

Then, in order to execute complicated python scripts in Blender, you have to install Python. Download Python2.2.3 here:
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.2.3/Python-2.2.3.exe (7 MB)

There are newer versions of Python, but this version is the one that works with Blender2.28. That should be the first step.

Then the next step is to update your system variables. You need a new system variable called PYTHONPATH, and it must be set to something like this:
C:\Python22\lib;C:\Python22\;C:\Python22\DLLs;C:\Python22\tcl;C:\Python22\libs\

Ofcourse that´s if you installed Python to C:\Python22

If you don´t know how to set that PYTHONPATH system variable, read more information:
http://www.elysiun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7723

I just got python working, and I am wanting to try out this script. But when I press alt p I get an error. In the, How to use, part you said something about typing, meta alt p ? where do you type meta?

what's the error (check both the DOSprompt box sitting behind the main app window and Blender highlighted text)

What Blender and Python vs you running?

I'm on osx so there is no console. But the error says: ERROR: Python script error, check console. ?????

I've not got Blender open atm but you should have the script open in the Blender script/text viewport? What normally happens is the error message pops up and when you 'ok' that it goes to and highlights the offending bit of the script... I don't have Mac so don't know if you actually get the same thing happening with errors.

Ok when I try to start the script, and get the error, it highlights: buffer = buffer + meshes[0] . to_md5mesh()

I just relized I didn't have 2.28a or 2.28c, but I got 2.28a and now it highlights: anim = ANIMATIONS . values() [0]

ah right.. I think that's come up before.. do a search using the error term and see what pops up.. der_ton said someting specific to it iirc... something about the mesh you're exporting not having any animation assigned to it

You could also post the exact error message that is printed on Blender´s console (the dos window that comes up with blender).

I think I have already mentioned that I'm on OSX so there is no console.

Ooops, sorry...
Well is your model animated? You don´t have to do a whole animation, just define two different keyframes for at least one bone

(with the skeleton selected, go to "pose mode", select a bone and press I ('insert keyframe'), select "LocRot" for the requested type of keyframe. That sets the first keyframe. Then move the framecounter to a different frame, and then set another keyframe there.)

Oh does the model have to be rigged and animated partialy for the script to work?

Yep, sorry... I´ll update the script soon and that´ll be fixed then, too. In the meantime, give me as much feedback as possible so that the next version is as usable as possible.

Hey I just got my linux box up and running It's totaly awesome, and python and blender 2.32 work flawlessly. So as soon as my brrother will give me the linux, I'm gonna try out the scripts again, see if they work

I can already tell you that it´s not gonna work with Blender 2.3x, because they f***ed up some stuff in the Python API. But I´ll write a workaround soon.

In the meantime, you could try it on Linux with Blender 2.28, would be nice to know if that works.

Ok yea I'll try 2.28 as 2.32 sure didn't work

There´s a new version,

http://www.doom3world.org/doom3/der_ton/blender2md5.zip

It can export camera animations, and it has a GUI!
Userfriendlyness should have improved a bit.
And it works on Blenders from 2.28 until the newest, 2.32.
As always, I´m interested in any feedback. But especially from the Mac and Linux users, as I can´t test it there myself.