Blender on a mac... DIF?
by Alex Palmquist · in Artist Corner · 07/12/2006 (8:06 am) · 7 replies
Been looking everywhere for a exporter to .dif, but all i can see is either a dead end in the posts, or someone speaking of using a pc-emulator. Someone said that there was a map2dif-exporter somewhere, and that there should be some exporter for blender to .map... am i in the total blue about this? kinda wanna be able to make big buildiongs without all the collisionmeshes...
#2
07/12/2006 (9:01 am)
I still lurk around here once in a while. There was the start of a .map exporter for torque using blender but hasn't been updated in a long time. You can still find the last version here at draekko.atspace.com/. 
#3
You could try creating the map in MacRadiant, a port of gtkRadiant, which is a popular map editor for Quake III and derivatives. Download Here
Keep in mind though that it doesn't directly support torque - although you can use its Half-Life support in order to generate valid .map files for use in map2dif to generate your DIF (in a similar way to using Worldcraft).
Good luck!
07/12/2006 (9:31 am)
Alex,You could try creating the map in MacRadiant, a port of gtkRadiant, which is a popular map editor for Quake III and derivatives. Download Here
Keep in mind though that it doesn't directly support torque - although you can use its Half-Life support in order to generate valid .map files for use in map2dif to generate your DIF (in a similar way to using Worldcraft).
Good luck!
#4
I found the "export-map-0.1.6.py", wich seems to be for blender, but can not seem to find where to put the script. I have the blender.app on my disk, and when i look at the package, i can't seem to find where the other scripts are placed.
James:
i can not seem to get the MacRadiant to work, i start up the app, but nothing happens, only the app name in the upper part of the window.
This is why i would love a .dif-exporter for blender.
07/13/2006 (12:33 am)
Thnx for all the response!I found the "export-map-0.1.6.py", wich seems to be for blender, but can not seem to find where to put the script. I have the blender.app on my disk, and when i look at the package, i can't seem to find where the other scripts are placed.
James:
i can not seem to get the MacRadiant to work, i start up the app, but nothing happens, only the app name in the upper part of the window.
This is why i would love a .dif-exporter for blender.
#5
07/13/2006 (5:04 am)
Alex: I don't have a mac so i am not sure for that platform, but under linux it goes in .blender/scripts in my home directory.
#6
i created a new folder on the drive called "blenderscripts" (just so i know what the content is later on, and so i can i easily find it), pressed "user preferences" in the big window in blender, pressed "default python script folder", and located my scriptfolder, and pressed "revaluate", and done.
now i have to figure out how to export it to .map, because everytime i try, i get error.
07/13/2006 (5:09 am)
I figured it out... i created a new folder on the drive called "blenderscripts" (just so i know what the content is later on, and so i can i easily find it), pressed "user preferences" in the big window in blender, pressed "default python script folder", and located my scriptfolder, and pressed "revaluate", and done.
now i have to figure out how to export it to .map, because everytime i try, i get error.
#7
07/13/2006 (5:10 am)
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