Opening CMOD in blender

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Opening CMOD in blender

Post #1by trappistplanets » 21.04.2021, 14:08

is there anyway to open CMOD in blender?
i tried to reopen the original .obj (i made) but nothing is showing up and this happens every single time to my obj files
so how can i open cmod in blender?
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Post #2by Anthony_B_Russo10 » 21.04.2021, 16:28

Get a CMOD plugin.
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Post #3by trappistplanets » 21.04.2021, 17:41

Anthony_B_Russo10 wrote:Get a CMOD plugin.
i don't know of any
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Opening CMOD in blender

Post #4by John Van Vliet » 21.04.2021, 23:43

there was a very very old EXPORT only plugin for Blender 2.49b

however there is a DOT NET 5 ( C# ) microsoft only ( maybe linux with wine but i have not tried it ) , cmod to obj program

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viewtopic.php?f=25&t=21059



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Post #5by trappistplanets » 22.04.2021, 12:35

John Van Vliet wrote:there was a very very old EXPORT only plugin for Blender 2.49b
i want somthing that can import cmod
and somthing i don't have to build on my own, i don't know how to compile/build programs or plugins
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Post #6by SevenSpheres » 22.04.2021, 14:23

trappistplanets wrote:i want [something] that can import cmod
and [something] i don't have to build on my own, i don't know how to compile/build programs or plugins

That doesn't exist (unless someone compiles Andrew Tribick's program and releases it on the forum).

Update: there's a pre-compiled version now.
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Post #7by trappistplanets » 22.04.2021, 17:05

SevenSpheres wrote:That doesn't exist (unless someone compiles Andrew Tribick's program and releases it on the forum).
okay so who should i talk to about compiling it?
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Post #8by ajtribick » 22.04.2021, 19:11

John Van Vliet wrote:however there is a DOT NET 5 ( C# ) microsoft only ( maybe linux with wine but i have not tried it ) , cmod to obj program
It should work on any platform where the .NET 5 runtime can be installed, which includes Mac and Linux (at least several of the more popular distros), so hopefully WINE would not be necessary. Although since I abandoned the idea of putting a GUI on this, I might end up converting it to Rust at some point.

Whether converting from CMOD to OBJ will solve the original issue, no idea unfortunately.
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Post #9by trappistplanets » 22.04.2021, 19:16

ajtribick wrote:It should work on any platform where the .NET 5 runtime can be installed, which includes Mac and Linux (at least several of the more popular distros), so hopefully WINE would not be necessary. Although since I abandoned the idea of putting a GUI on this, I might end up converting it to Rust at some point.
i use windows 7 x32
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Post #10by SevenSpheres » 22.04.2021, 19:18

trappistplanets wrote:i use windows 7 x32
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/5.0
Click on the Windows x86 installer. (x86 = 32-bit)
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Post #11by John Van Vliet » 23.04.2021, 00:22

a rust version would be nice , looking at the code ( dot net) it looks like it will be a pain in the rear end to compile on linux or apple

however this is a great start


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