Hello,

Don't usually have difficulty converting direct x models to mdl but these ones seem to come out with texture problems. I use fragmotion exported to mdl. 32bit, etc

Original Model in Fragmotion


Model in MED after exporting


I have several models that do the same. Any ideas how I can keep the same quality? I've also tried importing directly into MED and also using Milkshape.

Would appreciate any help.

best regards,

Rob

it has nothing to do with your texture. your vertices arent being imported welded together.

MED -> select all -> merge

Second picture you've showed us is result of exporting model directly from fragMOTION into MED. But if you export it from fragMOTION into Milkshape and then from it into Milkshape ASCCII (.txt file) and then import result in MED, model will be OK.

Most important is to understand why it looks like this. As pointed out, vertices that share the same position but hold a different face are not welded together. The lightning is calculated individually per vertex group. By merging you replace all vertices that share the same position by one vertex, and this the model becomes one group of vertices. Then the algorithm to calculate smooth lightning can do its job properly .

Thanks to you all for your replies.

I tried the Fragmotion > Milkshape > AscII conversion. Worked well but yielded an mdl over 50mb.

Also tried welding the vertices in Fragmotion then converting to mdl. This worked quite well and the results are much better.

Thanks again for the explanations.

best regards,

Rob

To reduce size of the models just use internal .dds textures (you can find it in the same folder with ".x" file). That will reduce size extremely.

Try convert in fbx.

There is no sense to convert ".x" file into FBX and then into ".mdl".