XSI DTS Exporter Beta Download

We are still working on a few things in the core XSI DTS exporter but I wanted to at least get something out into the hands of current XSI owners so they can begin the process of exporting their content from XSI to Torque.

This is last beta version that was sent out to our small group of beta testers. Its relatively stable, and has almost full DTS feature support. Its still missing: material properties, dsq export and a few other miscellaneous things. Also no UI is included in this build as it is still a bit in flux.

Scene setup needs to be done manually, which involves creating a DTS shape using nulls, a bounds mesh, detail markers, and a mesh object with a detail number at the end of its name, etc, in an almost identical way to how the Max, GameSpace and Maya exporters work.

Basic Setup:

create two null objects named "start01" and "base01" parent them so that "start01" is the parent node and "base01" is the child node. Parent the root node of your mesh object to "base01" and then add a bounding box around your object and name it "bounds" the bounds mesh should be either at the scene root or parented to your mesh object as needed. You then need to add a detail marker to the scene named "detail(x)" where (x) = the pixel size value that this detail level should be displayed. The detail maker is just a named null object that is parented to the "start01" node. You will also need to make sure your mesh objects have a detail size at the end of their name. You can then go to file menu / export and choose export DTS.

Example scene setup:

Scene Root
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+ -bounds (mesh)
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+ -Start01 (null)
        |
       + -Base01 (null)
        |     |
        |    + -mesh2 (mesh)(detail size 2)
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       + -detail2 (null)(detail marker for size 2)

Note: make sure to freeze the transforms on your bounds and mesh objects before exporting. Because the exporter supports scale animation object scale is read by the exporter as a result if there are scale transforms on the exported shape when the object is loaded as a static shape it will appear at its un-scaled state and If it is loaded as an animated shape it would shrink down to its scaled size.

This build is compiled using the XSI 4.2 SDK, the next round of builds will also be compiled using the XSI 5.x-6 SDKs, the performance optimizations in the new SDK will equal faster export speeds than the 4.2 version. Something to note for complex shapes.

Download The Exporter

or

Download the updated exporter